Current and former inmates at the Henry County Jail will proceed as a class in a federal lawsuit broadly alleging overcrowded, unconstitutional and inhumane conditions at the facility in New Castle. Barker rejected Henry County’s argument that because Bell was no longer jailed, he lacked standing to properly represent the class. The suit claims these additional bunks never received required …
“Rather than responding to our clients’ urgent complaints, Starbucks instead chose to methodically bury them. In filing this lawsuit, Mr. Fox, Mr. D’Auria and Ms. Shwiner are speaking out for the protection of tens of thousands of hardworking New Yorkers who would never otherwise have imagined what’s in the air around them when they set foot into Starbucks stores in Manhattan,” attorney Ariel …
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.
The death of an inmate earlier this week at San Bernardino County’s West Valley Detention Center marked the ninth at the Rancho Cucamonga jail in the past year, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said Tuesday. All of the deaths were related to inmate medical issues, sheriff’s spokeswoman Jodi Miller said. “To date, nine medical related deaths per year is below average for correction facilities of similar size and function,” Miller said. She said there also was one medically …
A group of public housing residents are suing a city official for not enforcing building-quality standards at federally subsidized apartments, saying the policy has unfairly left low-income tenants to languish in poor living conditions that are illegal under city law. Landlords are required by the city building code to keep rental properties in decent condition, but the city typically doesn’t …
Three years to the day after the NFL and thousands of former players reached a tentative settlement in a massive concussion class action, the settlement is finally official. Via the New York Post, Monday came and went without the former players who opposed the settlement filing a petition for appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, ending the case and allowing the settlement to proceed. “It’s been …
A district judge in California ruled last week to allow a class action lawsuit alleging wage theft to go forward, even though he remained unconvinced that McDonald’s Corporation exercises enough control over working conditions in the franchise stores to be held liable for fair wage and overtime claims. Courthouse News Service reported last week, …
The German siblings were aboard the Leviathan II on Oct. 25, 2015, when the 20-metre vessel flipped, killing six people. They are accusing the company of negligence for allowing the Leviathan II out in treacherous ocean conditions. The response to a civil claim praised Capt.
Retired NFL players who have been waiting since August 2013 for concussion settlement proceeds will be waiting even longer. Nine former NFL players have filed yet another appeal regarding the settlement, seeking a rehearing before the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit regarding the recent decision of a three-judge panel to uphold agreement to provide retired players with certain …