Lawsuits

Nashville Family Files Lawsuit Against Amazon Following Hoverboard Fire

A Nashville family who lost everything in a house fire earlier this year has filed a lawsuit against Amazon and its subsidiaries. Brian and Megan Fox’s home on Radcliff Drive in west Nashville on Jan. 9, 2016 was the first reported house fire in Tennessee believed to have been started by a hoverboard. The lawsuit is seeking $30 million in damages.


Civil Lawsuit: Jeremy Mardis ‘Suffered Immensely’ After ‘Barbaric’ Shooting

A civil lawsuit filed Thursday by the family of Jeremy Mardis against Marksville, Avoyelles Parish and multiple individuals seeks damages for what it calls “a barbaric and excessive use of deadly force” during which the 6-year-old boy “suffered immensely.” The federal lawsuit was filed in Alexandria by attorneys for Christopher Few, Jeremy’s father who was seriously wounded in the Nov. 3, 2015, shooting; and mother Catherine Mardis and Few’s sister, Candace Few, who owned the Kia Sport her brother was …



Ex-New Boston Police Officer Claims Supervisor Had ‘Rapability’ Scale in Lawsuit

A former New Boston police officer has filed a lawsuit against the town of New Boston saying she was sexually harassed and illegally terminated. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Alexandra Drake, of Nashua, accused her superiors of making inappropriate comments and making her fear for her job before she said they eventually ruined her reputation. Drake accused …


Second Lawsuit Challenging Colorado’s ‘Ballot Selfie’ Statute Filed in Federal Court

A second lawsuit arguing Colorado’s laws forbidding people from taking pictures with their ballots is unconstitutional has been filed in federal court, and the matter is likely to be resolved before the Nov. 8 General Election. The second suit was filed in U.S. District Court of Colorado Tuesday, and names three people as plaintiffs: Caryn Ann Harlos, who is the Communications Director …


Family of Slain 6-Year-Old Files Lawsuit Against Town of Marksville

A family has filed a federal lawsuit against the town where two deputy marshals will stand trial for second-degree murder. Documents show that the lawsuit was filed Thursday, Oct. 27 on behalf of the family of Jeremy Mardis, the 6-year-old boy with autism who died after he was shot six times during an alleged traffic stop. The child’s father, Christopher Few, was also critically injured during …


Lawsuit Claims Rampant Violence, Crime at Savannah State

The family of a Savannah State student, mourning the loss of their son. Now that family is looking for answers- and someone to pay for what they call negligence. That’s why they, along with the victim of another SSU shooting, have filed a lawsuit, which names the school, but is targeted at the people they say are responsible.


Judge Approves Byron Allen’s $10 Billion Discrimination Lawsuit

Comedian and Entertainment Studios Networks (ESN) CEO Byron Allen (“Comics Unleashed”) scored a legal victory on Monday (October 24) when a federal judge permitted his $10 billion racial discrimination lawsuit against Charter Communications to continue. Deadline reports that federal district court judge George Wu rejected Charter’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by ESN and the National …


Woman Sues l’Oreal for $5m After Relaxer ‘Left Her Partially Bald’

A New York woman is suing L’Oreal for $5million in damages after a hair relaxer allegedly left her head covered in bald spots and burns. Delicia Taylor is claiming the SoftSheen-Carson Optimum Amla Legend No-Mix, No-Lye Relaxer caused large patches of her hair to fall out. Taylor also said the product, which promises ‘fuller, silkier hair’, caused her scalp to blister and scab, according to the …


National Guardsman Sues Over Being Billed for Bonus

Army Sgt. Bryan Strother sifted through a stack of letters, pay stubs and other documents from the Pentagon and the federal government on his dining room table at his Oroville home Wednesday. They document a long road starting in 2007 when the National Guard asked …