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94 First Nations Bands Join Day Scholars Lawsuit

94 First Nations Bands Join Day Scholars Lawsuit by pmnationtalk on March 15, 201630 Views Date Posted: 2016-03-14 | The opt-in period is over and it is clear that the Day Scholars Class Action has strong support all across Canada. 94 separate bands have come forward to be included in the lawsuit representing every province where an Indian Residential School was located. Launched in 2012 by the …


Residential School ‘Day Scholars’ Can Launch Class-Action Lawsuit: Court

Hundreds of First Nations’ people left out of residential-school compensation will be allowed to collectively sue the federal government for their mistreatment. The decision comes one day after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released a momentous report on the same school system. Federal Court in Vancouver certified a class-action lawsuit on Wednesday proposed by the former aboriginal …


Two Panhandlers Are Suing One of the US’s Largest Sheriff’s Departments

syndication.ap.orgKim Pindak stands outside Chicago’s federal courthouse after the first day of testimony in a civil lawsuit involving him and and other panhandlers Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Chicago. A federal civil trial pitting two panhandlers against one of the nation’s largest sheriff’s departments got underway Monday, in a case stemming from a lawsuit that alleges the men were improperly …


EOS Lip Balm Can Damage Skin, Class Action Lawsuit Alleges

A class action lawsuit has been filed against EOS, claiming its lip balm causes skin to crack, bleed and blister. According to the suit, filed in California, the plaintiff Rachael Cronin said her lips felt like “sandpaper” several hours after using the product. After she reapplied it to soothe her skin, her lips began to crack, flake and bleed.