Hustler Hollywood’s plans to develop a boutique to sell merchandise and materials carrying the adult magazine’s brand are back on track after a settlement of the company’s federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Fresno. The city agreed to pay $15,000 to Hustler Hollywood for the company’s attorney fees. The two sides reached the settlement in U.S. District Court on the company’s plans …
A lawsuit over the upkeep of the Superman Building in downtown Providence has been settled ahead of a trial slated to start Monday. The building’s owner was seeking millions of dollars for what he called faulty maintenance. The Superman Building, formally known as the Industrial National Bank Building, has been vacant since 2013.
New details were released in the case of a woman who was allegedly killed by an Orlando apartment building security guard. The new information is outlined in a new lawsuit. WESH 2’s Summer Knowles reports on who Sasha Samsudean’s parents are blaming for her death.
Lawyers representing the sinking San Francisco Millennium Tower homeowners’ association announced a lawsuit against the developer and builders Wednesday. The lawsuit names the developer, Millennium Partners, along with the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA), the regional agency overseeing the building of the adjacent Transbay Transit Center. The suit also names the …
It’s been a mystery for months. Students and staff at Nichols Junior High in Arlington have been saying that something in the school has been making them sick: Now, the Arlington NAACP has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to shutter the school until the district can provide answers. “It’s a human rights and a civil rights issue,” says …
A developer sent a fake immigration agent to an East Harlem building to threaten rent-stabilized tenants, sparking an investigation by the state attorney general, according to a new lawsuit. Araceli and Rosa Ramos said that soon after the landlord of their E. 115th Street building died his children tried to sell the property to the Valley Stream, NY-based real estate investment company …
The mayor here is trying to stop a business owner from opening a laundromat because of his religion, a lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges. Mohammed Almuttan says Bender McKinney, the mayor of Country Club Hills, has repeatedly denied him a license because his family is from Palestine and are practicing Muslims, the lawsuit claims. The suit also names three members of the Board …
There was movement Thursday on two federal lawsuits filed over poor learning conditions in Detroit schools. The American Federation of Teachers announced a settlement with the Detroit Public Schools over decrepit building conditions in some schools. The settlement lays out a process for reporting, logging and prioritizing requests for building repairs, as well as timelines for following through.
A group of homeowners is suing a home improvement businesses, alleging a distribution of substandard windows and failure to deliver quality products as advertised. On Oct. 17, a class action complaint was filed in U.S. District Count for the District of Minnesota against Ohio-based Simonton Building Products LLC, previously known as Simonton Building Products …
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera Thursday filed suit against the developer of the Millennium Tower, alleging that the company knew that the luxury high-rise was sinking more than expected before it began selling units but failed to disclose the information to buyers. Herrera said the developer Mission Street Development LLC, an affiliate of Millennium …