Hooters responded Friday to a lawsuit filed over a 2014 fatal DUI crash outside of Anderson University. Hooters corporate offices and the local affiliated restaurant were named as defendants, along with Anderson County bar The Bench, in a lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of 13-year-old Cheyenne Perkins, who nearly died in the November 2014 wreck. Three others did lose their lives in the crash.
A lawsuit was filed Friday with the Oklahoma Supreme Court to stop the expansion of turnpikes. The lawsuit claims the way the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority has been funding road projects is unconstitutional. The statute being questioned states that bonds issued by the authority can be used for multiple turnpikes in the state system.
The Westland Irrigation District has responded to a lawsuit filed by long-time patrons who argue they’ve been cheated out of water for years to benefit large farms with junior water rights. Attorneys for the district are trying to get the case dismissed from federal court over lack of jurisdiction. A motion was filed Friday which states the plaintiffs did not exhaust their legal remedies by …
After finding justice in criminal court, Tim Bosma’s family is now hoping for the same in civil court as they pursue a lawsuit against the Ancaster dad’s killers. The $14-million suit was filed quietly in London, Ont. Superior Court last May — more than a year before Dellen Millard and Mark Smich would be found guilty of first-degree murder in the 32-year-old’s death.
More than three dozen New York officials stepped into a high-profile court battle over rent stabilization yesterday, filing a brief on behalf of tenants who have sued their Lower Manhattan landlord, claiming they were denied rent caps that should have been guaranteed under a state tax program. The fight between residents of 90 West Street and developer Kibel Companies, which ProPublica first …
The trial would have begun Monday in Sarasota County Circuit Court. A two-page document filed Friday in court says that the plaintiffs, led by the environmental group ManaSota-88, were dropping their claims against the county and the developers. The dismissal is “with prejudice,” meaning the opponents waived their right to file another lawsuit with the same claims, which included arguments that …
The lawsuit accuses the district of waiting about a month after receiving the first report to investigate a Begich Middle School teacher’s aide, Julianti Clarke. During those weeks, the district did not alert the police or forbid contact between Clarke and the student, says the civil complaint filed Wednesday in Anchorage Superior Court. In a statement Friday, the Anchorage School District said …
Dorchester County Council and as many as 100 employees are being sued over a unique wrinkle in the county’s benefits program. The lawsuit alleges that three council members — Chairman David Chinnis, George Bailey and Willie Davis — and up to 100 other public officials, appointees or employees received illegal payments after they opted out of the county’s health and dental benefits …
Oregon police and two FBI agents could face a lawsuit from the widow of an Arizona rancher who took part in the Malheur Wildlife Refuge occupation and was killed in a confrontation with authorities. California-based lawyer Brian Claypool told the Oregonian/OregonLive that the lawsuit on behalf of Jeanette Finicum and the family has not been …
More than 600 Bard IVC filter lawsuits are pending in court, with all federally filed cases consolidated in the District of Arizona in August 2015. A new case, filed on May 5, 2016, has now joined the MDL in Arizona. The plaintiff in this case name as defendants C.R.