Saudi Arabia and its allies are warning that U.S. legislation allowing the kingdom to be sued for the 9/11 attacks will have negative repercussions. The kingdom maintains an arsenal of tools to retaliate with, including curtailing official contacts, pulling billions of dollars from the U.S. economy, and persuading its close allies in the Gulf Cooperation Council to scale back counterterrorism …
New York City has agreed to pay $5.75 million to the family of Bradley Ballard, a mentally ill inmate on Rikers Island who was found dead in solitary confinement after being denied water and medication for six days. The payout represents the largest the city has ever made to settle a lawsuit over the death of an inmate in custody, according to the New York Times. But in addition to the …
On the day he came into a $15 million windfall, Rodell Sanders said he is considering a much-deserved vacation. During 20 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit, Sanders studied the law and devoted himself tirelessly to overturning his conviction for the 1993 murder of Philip Atkins in Chicago Heights. On his way to successfully appealing his guilty verdict, Sanders told relatives not …
Conventional wisdom says the 2016 presidential race is about personality. Is Donald Trump too offensive? Is Hillary Clinton too imperious?
A Christian school in Florida is suing the Florida High School Athletic Association claiming the group violated the school’s constitutional rights. Cambridge Christian School’s federal lawsuit says the FHSAA refused to allow the school to offer a prayer over the loudspeaker before the Division 2A state …
A class-action lawsuit against Samsung alleges that some of its top-loading washing machines are dramatically falling apart. A statement from Samsung did little to soothe concerned consumers, saying, “we are in active discussions with the CPSC to address potential safety issues related to certain top-load washing machines manufactured between March 2011 and April 2016.” In case you concerned: …
The Riverbend Market and Eatery is closing its doors next month and the owners said it’s because of a lawsuit. Riverbend employs 30 people and in the 18 months it has been open and it has quickly become one of the busiest restaurants in the area. But Riverbend is getting ready to close on Oct. 30.
A 16-year-old girl said she was sexually harassed by two managers at the Chipotle restaurant on Eldridge Parkway in the Energy Corridor in west Houston for four months in 2013. This week, a jury awarded her and her attorneys a multimillion-dollar judgment. The now-16-year-old told KPRC 2, “It was definitely hard.
Attorneys working for the Democratic National Committee are hoping a federal judge will throw out a lawsuit filed by a bunch of Bernie Sanders supporters who believe they got duped by the DNC. ‘The DNC was biased in favor of one candidate – Hillary Clinton – from the beginning and throughout the process,” the plaintiffs wrote in their original lawsuit. The complaint, which was filed in federal …
The net keeps getter wider as the trustee overseeing the bankruptcy liquidation of Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc. sues the company’s insiders and top executives along with a wide range of other players. And it appears that even doctors are not going to be off the hook as the bankruptcy case of one of Richmond’s former star startups …