A federal judge has made public his intent to throw out a Topeka man’s lawsuit seeking $32 million against defendants that include Topeka’s city government. U.S. District Senior Judge Sam Crow issued a ruling Wednesday saying Joseph C. Wakefield failed to state a valid legal claim in the suit, which contended he was entitled to compensation because Topeka police failed to adequately investigate …
The largest health insurance company in Idaho is fighting one federal lawsuit and recently lost a second after refusing to pay medical bills for two men who were seriously injured in motorcycle crashes. Blue Cross of Idaho denied those claims based on a little-known exception: Insurers may refuse coverage when a patient is found to have committed “illegal acts.” Idaho law says health insurers …
Mariah Carey retorted against ex-fiancée James Packer, saying the media mogul is a “lying opportunist” who only “used her for fame,” an entertainment magazine reported. A negotiation settlement between the two former lovers is reportedly severed. This means that the 46-year-old multi-talented Carey will not getting any from the $50M-suit against Packer.
On Friday Donald Trump settled the class action lawsuit against his bogus university for $25 million , despite repeated claims that he would not settle and settling was for losers. The settlement makes him look like a hypocrite (and also a crook). In fact, Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway had stated that when Bill Clinton settled the civil suit brought against him by Paula Jones it …
Late last week, a Federal Judge rejected an ill-fated attempt to make an end-run around the Senate to find a way to put Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court: Merrick Garland’s last, long-shot chance at being confirmed as a Supreme Court justice has now vanished: A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a case that sought to force the Senate to take up his nomination. Garland, the chief judge of …
Late on Thursday Patently Apple posted a report titled ” Apple Formally Acknowledges the iPhone 6 Plus ‘Touch Disease’ Issue and Offers Customers with this Problem Some Relief .” While Apple opened a new program to deal with the issue this week that would provide some Apple customers a bit of financial relief, I questioned whether that would be enough relief for the law firms handling the class …
On Friday evening, a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge issued preliminary approval to a proposed class-action settlement for customers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) who were overcharged at least $67.5 million following the introduction of a new billing system in September of 2013, …
Missouri’s highest court says it won’t intervene in a lawsuit by activists seeking an independent probe of a prosecutor’s handling of grand jury proceedings in the Ferguson police shooting of Michael Brown. The Missouri Supreme Court announced in an order obtained by media outlets Friday that it won’t hear the matter. Activists were challenging a state appellate court’s May conclusion that a …
A LaSalle woman is speaking out against a proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit involving diluted chemotherapy treatments. Sarah Johnson blames the incident for her cancer coming back and she says the settlement doesn’t cover her pain and suffering. This story goes back to 2012, when it was discovered that over 1,200 cancer patients allegedly received diluted chemotherapy.
Lawyers for Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Jessen have clashed with the Justice Department over what classified evidence is needed to defend against the suit’s allegations that the men “designed, implemented, and personally administered an experimental torture program.” Lasting Scars Articles in this series examine the American legacy of brutal interrogations. Last month, despite United States government …