A Millville police sergeant has filed a lawsuit against the city’s police department alleging that he was retaliated against for pursuing an Internal Affairs investigation into a fellow officer. The Daily Journal of Vineland reports Detective Sgt. Brian Starcher filed the lawsuit against Millville police, the city government and a series of “John Does” earlier this month in Cumberland County …
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lawsuit against a police officer who fatally shot a fleeing suspect can move forward. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision Aug. 22 finding Flint Township police officer Matthew Needham is not entitled to qualified immunity for the July 16, 2014, fatal shooting of Dominique Lewis. Lewis’ family filed the …
It looks like Pokémon Go is under scrutiny once more with angry residents taking aim at the developers. A couple in Detroit are filing a lawsuit against Niantic, Nintendo, and the Pokemon company according to the Detroit Free Press, after complaining that the developers have been raking in cash while property owners have suffered from the barrage of Pokémon Go players invading their properties. …
On New Year’s Day 2016 a new state law went into effect in California which affirms the right to vote for thousands of seniors and people with disabilities. If they can express their desire to vote, they have the right to vote. The problem? Unless immediate action is taken, thousands of eligible California voters are going to be watching November’s election results on television knowing they were prevented from voting because of California officials previously disqualified them from voting – in violation of federal voting rights laws.
Attorney General Brian Frosh (D). (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) By Fenit Nirappil August 29 at 4:21 PM Follow @FenitN The owners of two Maryland power plants in the Washington suburbs will pay $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging illegal releases of nitrogen into rivers, a leading cause of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. State Attorney General Brian E. Frosh (D) and Maryland …
The Shareholders Foundation announced that a deadline is coming up on August 22, 2016 in the settlement reached in the securities class action lawsuit filed on behalf of investors in NYSE: GNW shares between October 30, 2013 and November 5, 2014. Investors who purchased a significant amount of shares of Genworth Financial Inc (NYSE: GNW) between October 30, 2013 and November 5, 2014, have …
Defense attorneys in the wrongful-death lawsuit by Michael Brown’s parents cite recent rampages that killed police in warning against expanding who can see unredacted grand jury transcripts related to Brown’s death. A St. Louis federal judge agreed in June to letno more than two attorneys for the defense and each of Brown’s parents see transcripts of grand jury proceedings involving …
There are now 35 confirmed cases of Hepatitis A that are connected to frozen strawberries from Egypt used at Tropical Smoothie Cafes across Virginia, according to a new report from the Virginia Department of Health. The number has grown by seven in just one day. The previous report given Thursday by the VDH listed the confirmed number of cases at 28.
Hipster Gold Coast cafe faces mass lawsuit after putting 22 customers in hospital with salmonella poisoning from Eggs Benedict Published: 04:39 EST, 28 August 2016 | Updated: 07:20 EST, 28 August 2016 9shares A cafe that gave more than 40 diners salmonella poising after serving contaminated eggs is now facing a mass lawsuit from the victims. Grocer and Grind cafe, on the Gold Coast was last …
New York — A former Fox News host has sued the network, its ousted chairman and other top executives, claiming they retaliated after she detailed unwanted sexual advances made by her onetime boss, Roger Ailes. Andrea Tantaros described Fox in the lawsuit, filed Monday in New York, as a “sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult.” She said after she complained last spring about Ailes, one of his top …