A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lawsuit against a police officer who fatally shot a fleeing suspect can move forward. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision Aug. 22 finding Flint Township police officer Matthew Needham is not entitled to qualified immunity for the July 16, 2014, fatal shooting of Dominique Lewis. Lewis’ family filed the …
Hipster Gold Coast cafe faces mass lawsuit after putting 22 customers in hospital with salmonella poisoning from Eggs Benedict Published: 04:39 EST, 28 August 2016 | Updated: 07:20 EST, 28 August 2016 9shares A cafe that gave more than 40 diners salmonella poising after serving contaminated eggs is now facing a mass lawsuit from the victims. Grocer and Grind cafe, on the Gold Coast was last …
A U.S. court has the authority to hear a trademark lawsuit by grocery chain Trader Joe’s against a man who purchased the company’s products and resold them in Canada at Pirate Joe’s, a store designed to mimic a real Trader Joe’s, a federal appeals court said Friday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court’s decision to dismiss California-based …
The Navajo Nation wants a lawsuit against the Mormon Church over the alleged sexual abuse of four Navajo children heard in tribal court. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the tribe’s attorneys filed a motion Friday asking a federal judge in Salt Lake City to dismiss the suit until after it goes through tribal proceedings. According to the motion, the attorneys argue that …
The underage daughter of a famed Hamptons winemaker slammed into the young son of a Manhattan perfume purveyor with her golf cart while rolling through her family vineyard, a lawsuit claims. Marc Wolffer, who co-owns the Wolffer Estate Vineyard with his sister, Joey, allegedly let his daughter get behind the wheel of the cart one night last summer, according to court papers Manhattanite Wendy …
Last Tuesday, a proposed class action lawsuit naming Columbia University was filed in the New York federal district court.
An Ohio man will be allowed to sue a web monitoring software maker for breaking US state and federal wiretap laws, the US Court of Appeals has ruled this week. In 2009, Javier Luis forged an online friendship with Catherine Zang, married at the time to her husband, Joseph Zang. Even if later it would be proven that the relationship was platonic, Mr. Zang became suspicious of his wife, which led …
Rosanne DiPizio filed a federal lawsuit in July 2015, accusing state development officials of racketeering. She claimed that state officials illegally terminated her construction company’s $19.8 million contract to build the ice rink at Canalside and then arranged to have the contract turned over to a politically-connected Rochester company. So far, federal judges have handled the case like a …
The Westland Irrigation District has responded to a lawsuit filed by long-time patrons who argue they’ve been cheated out of water for years to benefit large farms with junior water rights. Attorneys for the district are trying to get the case dismissed from federal court over lack of jurisdiction. A motion was filed Friday which states the plaintiffs did not exhaust their legal remedies by …
After finding justice in criminal court, Tim Bosma’s family is now hoping for the same in civil court as they pursue a lawsuit against the Ancaster dad’s killers. The $14-million suit was filed quietly in London, Ont. Superior Court last May — more than a year before Dellen Millard and Mark Smich would be found guilty of first-degree murder in the 32-year-old’s death.