The Democratic National Committee and former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz are currently facing a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of Bernie Sanders supporters in federal court for rigging the Democratic primaries in favor of Hillary Clinton. On May 12, CBS reported another class action lawsuit was filed against the DNC for stiffing dozens of field organizers all over the country for …
The Chesapeake School Board has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a boy with Down syndrome and a history of autism. The lawsuit alleged school personnel strapped him into a chair as a means of behavior control. Initially, the lawsuit included both the school board and 10 unnamed employees, but the employees were removed, leaving the school board as the only …
A lawsuit was filed against Eastpointe police, alleging a brutal beating against a black man while he was restrained in a chair. That beating caused the man to lose vision in one eye – and it was caught on video. “If you keep acting like a child, you’re going to get strapped in that chair and you’re going to stay there,” an officer can be heard saying on the video …
A New Haven women who fell over a chair during a crowded funeral service has won a $1 million lawsuit against the East End church. A six-member Superior Court jury deliberated about two hours before finding the English Chapel Cathedral of Miracles negligently caused the injuries suffered by Glenora King and ordered the Wilmot Avenue church to pay her $51,000 in economic damages and …