Dec 1, 2016

Sofia Vergara Lawsuit: Who Owns Frozen Embryos?

Vergara is currently engaged in a legal battle with her ex-fiancé Nick Loeb over the two female embryos, which they created through IVF in 2013, during their relationship, and remain frozen at a Beverly Hills clinic. The world’s highest paid actress and Mr Loeb, a multi-millionaire businessman, separated in May 2014 after a four-year relationship. Eighteen months later and it seems the case is …


Lawsuit Accuses Stanford of Failing to Act on Years of Sexual Assault

A lawsuit has accused Stanford University of systematic negligence for failing to stop an alleged sexual predator accused of assaulting numerous women during his time at the university. The complaint, filed Monday, alleged college staff failed to connect the dots accusing the male student, identified only as “Mr. X,” of sexual assaulting four female students over the course of four years. In …


Victim’s Family Files Lawsuit Against Marshall Doran and Parents

Two years to the day Mary Cochran died in a fire at Carolina Beach, her daughter filed a lawsuit against the man who set it. Alice Beth Cochran is suing Marshall Doran and his parents, Peter and Cynthia. In the early morning hours of December 6, 2014, Doran set multiple fires at Carolina Beach.


Desiigner Facing $500K Lawsuit Over Wrecked Ferrari

Desiigner Facing $500K Lawsuit Over Wrecked Ferrari December 6, 2016 | 10:36 AM Desiigner is facing a $500,000 lawsuit after a company claims the Brooklyn rapper wrecked a Ferrari over the summer. While Desiigner’s team says they’ve never heard of the incident until now, the company claims they have documents to prove their side. According to documents obtained by TMZ , friends of the “Panda” …


Lawsuit Prompts Forest Service to Reinstate Elk Security Standard

Helena-Lewis Clark National Forest has decided to withdraw a controversial change in elk security requirements in the Divide area near Helena that sportsmen’s groups argued in a lawsuit could have negatively impacted big-game habitat. The Divide Area west of Helena includes about 155,480 acres of public land located in Lewis and Clark and Powell counties. In March, the Forest Service removed the Big Game 4a standard. That standard required secure areas for elk and other big game species on …


Alabama Prison System on Trial

On Monday, a U.S. District Court began hearing arguments in a lawsuit over the allegedly inadequate mental health care provided to inmates of the Alabama Department of Corrections. The case is part of a larger suit, Braggs, et al. …


Diluted Chemo Victims ‘Won’t Get a Dime’ if Case Goes to Court, Strosberg Says

Lawyer Harvey Strosberg is encouraging his clients — diluted chemotherapy victims — to object if they’re outraged over the proposed $2.375-million class-action settlement his firm helped negotiate. “They’re my clients, I love them, even though they’re angry at me,” the prominent Windsor class-action lawyer said this week, as a Dec. 7 deadline loomed for the 1,202 members of the diluted chemo …


Man Files Lawsuit for Alleged Eastpointe Police Beating Caught on Video

A lawsuit was filed against Eastpointe police, alleging a brutal beating against a black man while he was restrained in a chair. That beating caused the man to lose vision in one eye – and it was caught on video. “If you keep acting like a child, you’re going to get strapped in that chair and you’re going to stay there,” an officer can be heard saying on the video …


Not ‘As Seen on TV’: Snuggie Maker Sues Amazon.com

Makers of the Snuggie blanket and other products sold mainly on TV have sued Amazon.com Inc, accusing the internet retailer of trademark infringement for letting an “astronomical” number of counterfeit products to be sold through its website. The lawsuit was filed on Monday night by Allstar Marketing Group LLC, Ideavillage Products Corp and Ontel Products …


Lawsuit Filed to Stop Trump Presidency

President-elect Donald Trump may have won the election but he still has one final hurdle to clear. His actual victory doesn’t come until the Electoral College votes on December 19. According to Colorado state law, Colorado’s electors are required to vote for whoever won the popular vote in the state, but two electors have filed a lawsuit in hopes of changing that rule.