A Florida woman is suing Walgreens after she says her husband’s unlawful imprisonment in an Orange County store ultimately led to his death. According to the lawsuit, reported by Courthouse News , the woman’s 69-year-old husband visited the restroom of his local Walgreens, and then headed for the store’s exit. He was approached by employees, the complaint says, who told him to “stop walking and …
The collapse of the plan to build a hotel and conference center next to St. Joseph’s hospital has resulted in the filing of a lawsuit on Thursday in which the would-be developer is seeking $400 million in damages from the medical center. An artist’s rendering of a hotel proposed for Paterson. The 51-page complaint by the nonprofit group that proposed building hotel alleges that St. …
Attorney General Jim Hood, with assistance from Flowood attorney John Davidson, has sued eight pharmaceutical companies, alleging that they have promoted drugs like hydrocodone by understating the health risks and overstating the benefits — in violation of state law. Washington Post editorial writer Charles Lane’s column said the lawsuit, based in Hinds County, could …
Four conservation groups have sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for not listing the Pacific fisher, a small, weasel-like predator, as a threatened species. The lawsuit alleges the agency failed to consider the best scientific evidence when it decided not to provide the fisher protections under the Endangered …
A federal civil rights lawsuit that seeks $1 million in damages has been filed against the town, Police Chief Paul Madera and five of his officers. The lawsuit stems from an incident at plaintiff Thomas Tzikas’ automobile repair garage on July 1, 2013. Officers were called there for a report of a man inside the business after hours with a flashlight.
A Birmingham man is asking a judge to remove a statewide amendment from the Nov. 8 ballot because he says it could overturn a judge’s ruling that halted Jefferson County’s plan to refinance more than a half-billion dollars in school construction debt and divert much of the $60 million in savings to the county’s general fund and other non-educational projects. Besides the general …
On a Saturday night this past March, Melissa Sheldrick gave her eight-year-old son Andrew his usual liquid medication for his REM sleep disorder and then tucked him into bed. When she went to wake him in the morning, her little boy was dead. It’s a nightmare almost too painful to even imagine.
The ballad of the “Outerbridge Cowboy” continues, which now includes a notice of claim for a $50 million lawsuit and an ongoing criminal case. Prior to criminal charges against Tod “Doc” Mishler being continued Wednesday to a Jan. 9 court date, he sang cowboy songs outside the courthouse and detailed a notice of claim for a $50 million lawsuit he’s filed against the …
Utah is poised to become ground zero in a lawsuit aimed at making Wells Fargo pay. Victims of the bank’s recent scheme hope to hit the bank where it hurts and hit them hard – and Utah might hold the key to it all. In the weeks since news broke that Wells Fargo opened as many as 2 million fake accounts in their customers’ names, there has been a barrage of moves made by the bank to show …
Ever had to buy a new Apple charger from Amazon? Well beware even those labelled as the genuine article — according to a recent lawsuit filed by Apple, 90 percent of them are fake. The iPhone-maker is currently suing a company named Mobile Star LLC for trademark infringement, alleging that the firm has been passing off counterfeit Apple chargers as the real thing.