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Bill Cosby Drops Lawsuit Against Woman Accusing Him of Assault

Comedian Bill Cosby on Thursday dropped the remaining counts of a lawsuit he filed against one of the women accusing him of sexual assault, along with several others, claiming they violated the terms of a confidential settlement in another lawsuit. The dismissal comes 10 days after U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno ruled that Cosby could not sue Andrea Constand, her mother, Gianna Constand, …


Mom Files Lawsuit Against Murfreesboro Officer After Controversial Child Arrests

The mother of a little girl arrested at her Murfreesboro elementary school earlier this year has filed a lawsuit against a city police officer. Elexecia Martin is demanding a jury trial after she says Officer Chrystal Templeton violated her daughter’s Fourth Amendment rights. It all began when video surfaced in April of two …


Michael Jackson’s Nephews Hit Back at “vicious” Sexual Abuse Reports With $100m Lawsuit

Jackson’s nephews announce legal action over recent Neverland pornography claims. Michael Jackson’s nephews have sued Radar Online for libel over sexual abuse reports published last month, which they describe as a “vicious and unrelenting attack” on the late singer. In June, Radar Online published police documents from a 2003 raid on Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in California, which detailed items …


Fired Recycling Plant Contractor Files Federal Lawsuit Against Ann Arbor

The private company that operated Ann Arbor’s recycling plant for the last several years is suing the city. Resource Recovery Systems LLC and FCR LLC, commonly known as ReCommunity, filed a complaint in federal court on Wednesday, July 27, claiming the city wrongfully terminated its contract. The company claims the city breached its contract, broke promises and unjustly enriched …


Lawsuit Claims Bradley County Sheriff’s Office Tried to Cover Up Needless Killing by Deputy

Bradley County Sheriff Deputy Tiffany Oakley Bradley County Sheriff Deputy Tiffany Oakley Photo by Contributed Photo /Times Free Press. The family of a 23-year-old man shot to death last year by a Bradley County, Tenn., deputy has filed a $3 million lawsuit saying he was needlessly killed and charging the sheriff’s office covered up what really happened. When the shooting happened on July 28, …


Updategate: Trio Files Class-Action Suit Against Microsoft Over Windows 10

Three US citizens have filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft over Updategate. Florida Windows users Al Khafaji, Ahmad Abdulreda and Robert Stahl filed the suit in a federal court, claiming that Microsoft “coerced” them into upgrading to Windows 10 and that the “unintentional” upgrades borked their machines. There have been rumblings all year from customers talking of class-action …


School District of Lancaster Sued Over Handling of Refugee Students

The School District of Lancaster was slapped with a class-action lawsuit Tuesday over its handling of older refugee students. The U.S. District Court suit claims the district steered students to a disciplinary high school, rather than enroll them at McCaskey High School. Six refugees, ages 17-21, are part of the lawsuit.


California Federal Court Dismisses Claims in Class Action to the Extent Plaintiff’s Claims Are Based on the Theory That Rates Were Not Filed Pursuant to the California Insurance Code

In this class action lawsuit in a California federal court, Shasta Linen Company and all those similarly situated brought an action against Applied Underwriters, Inc. and its affiliate entities. Shasta Linen alleges that the “EquityComp” workers’ compensation insurance program marketed and sold by Applied Underwriters violated the California Insurance Code and Regulatory provisions by …


Leonardo DiCaprio Must Talk in ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Lawsuit

Leonardo DiCaprio will have to find time in his busy schedule of dating models and making movies to be questioned under oath in a lawsuit filed by a lawyer who claims he was defamed by a character in the film “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Long Island Magistrate Judge Steven Locke ruled on Thursday that the actor “will be produced” for his deposition “at a reasonable time and place agreed to by the …