The families of two UT football players have filed a new, class-action lawsuit against the NCAA and the Big 12 for failing to educate players about the effects on the brain for playing football. The families of Julius Whittier and Alan Rickman filed the federal lawsuit in Texas Wednesday against the Big 12 Conference and the NCAA. Both played for Texas between 1969 and 1972.
Sawyeh Esmaili, Catherine Kaiman, and Nicole Pecorella Thanks to Catherine Kaiman , Practitioner-in-Residence and Supervising Attorney of the Environmental Justice Clinic , two law students, 3L Miami Scholar Sawyeh Esmaili and 3L Nicole Pecorella, gained valuable experience drafting an amicus brief Kaiman filed in the Florida Supreme Court in the case of Gainesville Woman Care, LLC, et al. v. …
A 69-year-old man died after being forced to clean the Walgreens bathroom employees accused him of soiling, his family claims in court papers obtained by WFTV . According to the lawsuit, which moved from state to federal court Monday, Maria Elizarraras says that her husband Fernando Elizarraras died as a result of the emotional distress caused by his trip to the Walgreens on …
A couple who claims NBA player Matt Barnes assaulted them in a trendy Manhattan nightclub is going to sue him, their lawyer said Wednesday. Jasmine Besiso and Myrone Powell say Barnes, 36, who plays for the Sacramento Kings, went berzerk on them at the Avenue nightclub on 10th Ave., said their lawyer, Michael Lamonsoff said. The duo also plans to sue Barnes’ teammate DeMarcus Cousins, Lamonsoff …
Charter school parents are trying again to have a say in a lawsuit that they say could shut down some of their schools. Parents Ken Ross, Jr. and LeDiva Pierce filed an appeal in federal court Tuesday to have a say in an ongoing desegregation lawsuit. St. Louis Public Schools is attempting to recover about $50 million that has gone to charter schools through the city’s desegregation tax, which …
Wells Fargo is facing multiple lawsuits from customers and employees over the long-running fake account fiasco that saw more than two million bogus, unauthorized accounts being opened in customers’ names. Even though lawmakers and consumer advocates have repeatedly asked the bank to not sidestep its liability by using an often-ignored clause in its customer agreement, lawyers for Wells Fargo …
The Los Angeles city attorney’s office said it plans to sue four big retailers for deceptive advertising which allegedly misled shoppers into believing that thousands of products were on sale at a hefty discount. The retailers — JC Penney, Sears, Kohl’s and Macy’s — falsely advertised high “list” or “regular” prices on merchandise that was never actually for sale at that price, according to the …
No one expects the legal battle between Netflix and Fox over the latter’s allegations that the streaming service “illegally” poached of its two executives to end any time soon but a new twist today might speed things up – or at least force a definition on how enforceable employment contracts really are in the Golden State. “Netflix has no standing …
A black Michigan man has filed a lawsuit against his local police department a year after his brutal beating by officers was captured on video. Frankie Taylor was arrested on a DUI charge in August, 2015, and was being processed by officers in the Eastepointe Police Department outside of Detroit when he was restrained in a chair by several officers, and struck repeatedly as he cried out in pain …
Vergara is currently engaged in a legal battle with her ex-fiancé Nick Loeb over the two female embryos, which they created through IVF in 2013, during their relationship, and remain frozen at a Beverly Hills clinic. The world’s highest paid actress and Mr Loeb, a multi-millionaire businessman, separated in May 2014 after a four-year relationship. Eighteen months later and it seems the case is …