A Lakeland man’s federal lawsuit alleges thousands of people are in danger of radioactivity, living in communities developed on top of former phosphate mines. Jeff Jerue filed the lawsuit last week against Alabama-based Drummond Company on behalf of property owners of the Oakbridge and Grasslands developments. According to Jerue, the picturesque neighborhood he grew to love is now harboring a …
People who live in Security-Widefield and Fountain aren’t just sitting back and waiting until the water contamination is resolved by officials. A lot of people are now part of at least two class action lawsuits to get damages they said are caused by the contaminated water. Peterson Air Force Base admits to using firefighting foam that contained potentially dangerous …
The family of a Gig Harbor man killed a year ago by a falling tree filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against eight companies involved with logging the site where the tree fell. Jennifer Lee Morgan, wife of Jamie Fay, 36, filed the suit in Pierce County Superior Court. Fay died Aug. 29, 2015, when an unseasonable windstorm toppled a Douglas fir tree that fell onto his car as he drove along …
General Electric Co. has agreed to pay Halfmoon $5.6 million to resolve a federal lawsuit the town filed seven years ago seeking reimbursement for the costs of finding an alternate water supply as a result of the company’s PCB dredging project in the upper Hudson River. …
Indigenous people who say they lost their cultural identity when they were removed as children from their homes on Ontario reserves to be placed with non-aboriginal families are urging the federal government to negotiate a settlement in a long-standing case that will go before a judge later this year. The class-action suit seeks redress for what the plaintiffs say was the government’s failure …
NEW YORK — In a landmark settlement announced today, the New York City Police Department has agreed to reforms designed to protect New York Muslims and others from discriminatory and unjustified surveillance. As a further safeguard, the settlement installs a civilian representative within the NYPD to act as a check on investigations involving political or religious activity. The settlement was …
NEW YORK — In a landmark settlement announced today, the New York City Police Department has agreed to reforms designed to protect New York Muslims and others from discriminatory and unjustified surveillance. As a further safeguard, the settlement installs a civilian representative within the NYPD to act as a check on investigations involving political or religious activity. The settlement was …