A Rochester man wrongfully convicted in a 40-year-old rape case has
been awarded $6.2 million. Feddie Peacock, 64, was convicted of first-degree rape in 1976. Earlier this year, U.S. District Judge Michael Telesca denied the City
of Rochester’s attempts to have Peacock’s civil lawsuit dismissed.
The family of the Texas student who became known as “Clock Boy” has filed a lawsuit against a high school principal, the Irving Independent School District, and the City of Irving, TX. The lawsuit alleges the defendants violated the civil rights of Ahmed Mohamed (a.k.a. Clock Boy) in how they responded to the discovery of a homemade clock device Mohamed brought to school.
Anyone caught doping at this year’s Olympic Games in Rio will be punished. But at least these athletes won’t be in trouble for violating copyright law. The same can’t be said of those in the eSports arena, whose performance-enhancing methods are increasingly spelling lawsuits.
On Wednesday, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey expanded the state’s lawsuit against Volkswagen Group of America to include allegations against its parent company, in addition to Audi, Porsche and the German engineering corporation Robert Bosch. The amended complaint, filed in Kanawha Circuit Court, charges Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche used Robert Bosch …
A federal judge in New York has ruled that Tony Stewart’s insurance carrier is not liable for any claims arising out of a civil lawsuit filed against Stewart by the family of driver Kevin Ward Jr. U.S. District Court Judge David Hurd of the Northern District of New York issued a ruling on Friday that said Axis Insurance Co.’s policies with Stewart limited the insurer’s liability to specific …
After two years of legal back-and-forth, a Columbia student will be allowed to sue the University, which he claims violated his Title IX rights in an adjudication process that found him responsible for sexual assault. The student, identified by the pseudonym “John Doe,” initially filed a lawsuit against the University in the spring of 2014. But after a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit …
Engineer Bryan Thompson had initially sued BNSF Railway for neglecting safety measures, but added Standard Steel later. Thompson was injured in the derailment, according to court documents. He alleges that a Standard Steel-made axle “failed suddenly and catastrophically,” causing the derailment, a complaint initially filed in Cass County District Court alleges.
Fallout from a state crackdown on the medical director of a chain of Washington pain clinics has expanded with new sanctions against more providers — and a lawsuit filed by the family of a patient who died. As many as 20 health-care providers who worked for Seattle Pain Centers have been suspended from the state Labor & Industries department network, which authorizes treatment for workers’ …
Chicago Federal Center and the Dirksen Federal Building, which houses the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals – Photo: Teemu008, via Wikimedia. On Friday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court judgment dismissing a lesbian’s employment discrimination lawsuit.
A real estate lawsuit out of Emerald Isle is headed to the North Carolina Supreme Court and some say the result of the case could spell disaster for Crystal Coast tourism. “It would kill us from a tourism standpoint that is the number one industry in the economy,” said Carol Lohr, executive director of the Crystal Coast Tourism Development Authority. At center of the controversy are the Nies …