The U.S. government has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit that accuses federal border officers of beating and Tasering a handcuffed Mexican man at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in a confrontation that ended in his death. The settlement would be split among the five children of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, and about a quarter of the amount would pay attorney costs and fees. The terms …
Melania Trump has resubmitted her defamation lawsuit against the Daily Mail’s website for wrongly reporting rumours that she worked as a high-end escort in the 1990s. But this time the paperwork has removed references to her plans to monetise her position as first lady. The former model is suing Mail Media Inc for $150 million (£120 million) in damages after The Mail Online alleged that her …
The city is delaying borrowing $300 million to support a massive rebuild of the city’s parks, libraries and community centers as a lawsuit over the new sugar-sweetened beverage tax snakes through the courts system. Mike Dunn, a spokesman for Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration, told Billy Penn Tuesday that in addition to delaying the borrowing of that $300 million, the city …
Sterling Heights City Council on Tuesday night voted to allow the construction of a mosque that was previously met with controversial opposition from being the community, prompting federal intervention. Mayor Michael C. Taylor called the decision the “American thing to do.” The seven-member city council voted unanimously to enter into settlement agreements with the American …
The American Civil Liberties Union in Wisconsin is alleging in a lawsuit that Milwaukee police are operating a stop-and-frisk program mostly targeting black and Latino residents who are often detained without cause. The lawsuit being filed in federal court Wednesday is on behalf of six black and Latino plaintiffs who say they’ve been stopped once or multiple times without a …
The Milwaukee Police Department will need to defend its controversial use of stop-and-frisk policies in light of a class-action lawsuit lodged by the American Civil Liberties Union, according to a report. The nonprofit is representing Charles Collins, 67, and numerous others in the Wisconsin city, with a class-action case accusing the police force led by Chief Edward Flynn of racially profiling …
Should a judge be able to demand Tennessee and its legislative body provide the full amount of money for schools detailed in its …
Under Minnesota law, DUI offenders — in some cases — have the option of using the ignition interlock system as part of their sentences after conviction. The interlock system requires drivers pass a breathalyzer test before their cars will start with the ignition interlock. But the plaintiffs contend they did not agree to GPS tracking capabilities within the interlock devices as part of their …
Just days before a state competition, a transgender Euless Trinity High School wrestler has been put into the middle of a lawsuit …
A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed most of an investor lawsuit accusing several major banks of conspiring to manipulate the benchmark European Interbank Offered Rate, or Euribor, and related derivatives. In a 100-page decision, U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel in Manhattan said several claims in the proposed class action must fail because of a lack of evidence …