One of the fastest-growing issues on college campuses across the country is sexual assault, and Kansas is the latest university to find itself in the legal crosshairs. Both the Lawrence Journal-World and Dallas Morning News are reporting that the parents of a former KU student-athlete have filed a lawsuit against the university in which it’s claimed the school “is misleading the public by …
by TRACY CONNOR Flint mom Melissa Lightfoot says her youngest child, Payton, is one of the top students in her kindergarten class, but she is “so scared that could all change next year.” That’s because the 5-year-old — along with her two older siblings — was found to have high lead levels in her blood after the Michigan city switched to a more corrosive water source in 2015. The little girl …
Hundreds of lawsuits against seed company Syngenta could evolve into a major class-action and involve almost every corn farmer in the country, National Public Radio reports. China rejected some American corn imports in 2013 because they contained the Viptera trait, produced by Syngenta, which had not yet been approved for sale in China. Lawyers have filed many cases on behalf of farmers seeking …
FLINT, MI – A new class-action lawsuit filed Monday, March 7 over the city’s water crisis is seeking damages for those injured from exposure to the introduction of lead and other substances. The lawsuit on behalf of seven families states children and adults have been exposed to “damaging levels” of lead and seeks relief for physical and psychological injuries, learning and other permanent …
Seven families in Flint, Michigan, filed a class-action lawsuit on Monday, seeking to hold a raft of city and state officials responsible for the lead-poisoning crisis that has made Flint into a symbol of government failure and environmental disaster, NBC News reported. The suit is the latest in a tide of litigation spawned by the crisis. Lawyers will ask the courts to certify a class action …
Swedish Medical Center (Photo: KUSA file photo) KUSA – Attorneys representing three former patients at Swedish Medical Center filed a federal lawsuit against the hospital and its owner Tuesday alleging negligent hiring practices put thousands of patients at risk. Last month, the hospital told 2,900 patients to get tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV after hospital staff caught a …
DENVER – A health scare at a metro Denver hospital has now resulted in a class action lawsuit against the facility’s parent company. Investigators say what happened inside an operating room at Swedish Hospital has put thousands of people at possible risk for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV. Surgical technician Rocky Allen is accused of taking a syringe filled with Fentanyl and then putting …
Donald Trump’s model wife on her path to citzenship Donald Trump’s modeling agency has profited from the very same visa program that the presidential candidate himself has slammed — and appears to have violated federal law in the process, a CNNMoney investigation has found. Throughout his campaign, Trump has loudly opposed the practice of U.S. companies using foreign workers instead of …
APTN InFocus with Cheryl McKenzie Indigenous women from different parts of the country are stepping forward with their experiences in taxicabs saying they’re being harassed, including unwanted sexual advances. In this edition, we hear why some feel the reason they’re being mistreated is because they’re Indigenous women. Now, in response to the stories going public on a national level, at least …
More than 1,000 former Newfoundland and Labrador residential school students say the federal government must recognize the abuse they suffered. Survivors from this province said they were unjustly excluded from a multi-billion-dollar settlement with other Canadian residential school survivors. The group of survivors from this province launched a class-action lawsuit and, after years of delays, …