The Navajo Nation wants a lawsuit against the Mormon Church over the alleged sexual abuse of four Navajo children heard in tribal court. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the tribe’s attorneys filed a motion Friday asking a federal judge in Salt Lake City to dismiss the suit until after it goes through tribal proceedings. According to the motion, the attorneys argue that …
A Texas couple is suing footwear maker Crocs and a Waikiki resort after their 2-year-old son’s foot got caught in an escalator while the family visited Hawaii for an oral surgeon convention. The lawsuit says the Crocs shoes were “negligently and improperly designed,” while the Hilton Hawaiian Village was also negligent in maintaining the escalator’s safety. According to the lawsuit, …
“This is a case about unconscionable, illegal conduct creating insurmountable obstacles to success of black club owners, clubs catering to black people and clubs offering entertainment and playing music appealing to black people.” That’s how a lawsuit filed on behalf of Donna Thames against the City of Portland starts. Thames owned Exotica, a gentlemen’s club, from 2010-2015. She says she would …
Last Tuesday, a proposed class action lawsuit naming Columbia University was filed in the New York federal district court.
Morgan Stanley faces $1.5 billion lawsuit for mismanagement of employee retirement funds Submitted by Valerie Rogers on Sat, 08/20/2016 – 08:32 Morgan Stanley’s 401 (k) plan participants have filed a lawsuit claiming that the financial services major mismanaged the funds. The lawsuit claims that nearly 60,000 participants in Morgan Stanley’s fund faced significant financial loss as the fund …
Walton County’s new blanket ban on signs on private beach property violates a retired couple’s First Amendment free-speech rights, Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Christina Martin told me Friday. And PLF has filed a lawsuit in the in federal court on the couple’s behalf. Edward and DeLanie Goodwin, who have owned their beachfront home in the Panhandle community Santa Rosa Beach, since 1978, …
Severely burned when he was shocked by electricity while installing a switch at the Teleport in Bloomfield earlier this year, a New Dorp man is creating a few sparks of his own. Juan Garcia has sued the Port Authority and others for negligence over the Jan. 5 incident. Garcia, 31, an employee of Control Electrical Contracting Corp. in Stapleton, alleges the defendants …
Friday, Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson was finally able to break his silence. The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against he and his department in 2012, accusing deputies of racially profiling and discriminating against latinos. Last year, a federal judge ruled in his favor, but the DOJ appealed the decision.
Hooters responded Friday to a lawsuit filed over a 2014 fatal DUI crash outside of Anderson University. Hooters corporate offices and the local affiliated restaurant were named as defendants, along with Anderson County bar The Bench, in a lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of 13-year-old Cheyenne Perkins, who nearly died in the November 2014 wreck. Three others did lose their lives in the crash.
The Westland Irrigation District has responded to a lawsuit filed by long-time patrons who argue they’ve been cheated out of water for years to benefit large farms with junior water rights. Attorneys for the district are trying to get the case dismissed from federal court over lack of jurisdiction. A motion was filed Friday which states the plaintiffs did not exhaust their legal remedies by …