The brother of a man who was strangled while being restrained by staff at the Caddo County Detention Center has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit alleging jailers used excessive force and failed to provide the man with adequate medical care. Video of an incident that authorities say led to the death of a Caddo County inmate was released on Monday. The state medical examiner said the inmate …
A local family says JBLM is to blame for the shooting death of a teenager, according to a new federal lawsuit. Alex DeMello, 13, died after being shot in the face by a friend. Police investigators said he was shot after the boys snuck through a hole in a fence that is supposed to secure the military installation.
Nearly two years ago, the Federal Trade Commission sued AT&T for allegedly misleading wireless customers by charging them for “unlimited” data plans while simultaneously throttling their cellular connection speeds when they passed certain monthly thresholds. AT&T failed in 2015 to get the case dismissed in District Court, but yesterday succeeded in convincing a federal appeals court to throw …
HomeArticlesLocal NewsLawsuit Filed Over Security At Los Angeles Rams Games Lawsuit filed over Security at Los Angeles Rams games Tweet Photo Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A taxpayer lawsuit will be filed today against the city of Los Angeles alleging an unlawful “gift of public funds” to the Los Angeles Rams in the form of security at home games. { “position1” : { “type” : “live”, …
A taxpayer lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles alleges an unlawful “gift of public funds” to the Los Angeles Rams in the form of security at home games and calls for changes to how those officers are paid. The lawsuit filed Wednesday by former Los Angeles City Councilmember Dennis Zine, a former police officer, and Los Angeles resident James Bibeau seeks “to prevent the city from expending …
A class-action lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Pop Warner football of not monitoring games, practices, rules, equipment and medical care “to minimize the long-term risks” associated with brain injuries and repetitive hits to the head, according to court documents obtained by The New York Times. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in California, takes on the nation’s largest youth football …
Melania Trump is bringing a $150 million libel lawsuit against Daily Mail after the website published an article seemingly linking her to dubious allegations of running and working for an escort service both in New York City and her native Slovenia. Although the article merely pointed to the allegations others had already made, Ms. Trump still believed it went too far. And Melania Trump is now …
Google is trying again to end an advertisement tracking privacy violation court case brought against it in 2012, this time with a settlement offer of US$5.5 million (A$7.3 million). At the heart of the legal action is Google’s bypass of the default cookie settings in Apple’s Safari for iOS and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browsers. Cookies are small text files that web servers can place on …
Homelessness may be the most difficult issue these days for municipal government, at least in big cities like Denver. Every conceivable policy is controversial and denounced as inhumane or, alternatively, as an affront to neighborhoods and the safety and image of commercial districts. Denver has tried to thread the needle by offering a broad spectrum of services on which the city says it spends …
Uber Technologies Inc. was dealt a second rejection of a legal settlement, this time in a case over claims the company misled riders when it charged them a $1 “safe rides fee” that earned the company almost half a billion dollars. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco said the proposed $28.5 million payout wasn’t enough for customers, considering how much Uber took in from the fees. …