A group of Arizona school districts and several school groups announced during a press conference at Landmark Elementary School May 1 they have filed a lawsuit against the State of Arizona and the Arizona School Facilities Board over cuts to funding for public school buildings and maintenance. “The case filed this morning in superior court alleges the school finance system is unconstitutional …
The nation’s second largest private prison company is facing some serious legal challenges—and other companies may soon be in the same situation. On Monday, a federal judge ruled that current and former detainees held at an immigrant detention center in Colorado can join a class-action lawsuit against GEO Group, a private prison company. The plaintiffs allege that the GEO Group forced detainees …
A company with 11 skilled nursing homes in Pennsylvania doesn’t have enough staff to provide basic patient care — and faked it when state Department of Health inspectors were around, the state attorney general said in a consumer protection lawsuit filed Friday. One patient, for example, needed medical cream applied daily but records show it was skipped 19 times one month. The same resident …
The state attorney general’s office has filed a lawsuit that claims a nursing home operator failed to provide basic services to elderly residents at its Harrisburg facility and 10 others in the state. Pittsburgh-based Grane Healthcare, which manages and operates Colonial Park Care Center, is accused of limiting the number of certified nursing assistants on duty, leaving …
An earlier lawsuit filed by Rosen Law Firm alleged that Cognizant lacked effective internal controls over financial reporting, and that as a result of the improper payments related to 12 facilities made in India, the company’s statements about its business, operations and prospects were materially false and misleading and lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the …
CCA, together with its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and manages private prisons and other correctional facilities in the United States, and provides inmate residential and prisoner transportation services for governmental agencies. The complaint alleges that CCA and certain of its executive officers made a series of false and misleading statements and/or failed to disclose to investors during …
Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against The GEO Group, Inc. (“GEO” or the “Company”) (NYSE:GEO) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, and docketed under 16-cv-81494, is on behalf of a class …
The fight continues for an elderly couple forced to live apart during their final years. Noboru and Elaine Kawamoto were staying at an assisted living facility when his health started to deteriorate. Because he needs constant care, he’s now living in a care home in Kaneohe, but state law prevents his wife from joining him.
Fayette County Commission President Matthew Wender, the Fayette County Commission, and two parents in Fayette County are hoping a lawsuit against the State Board of Education and the School Building Authority will spur action in finding a remedy for the crumbling school facilities in the county. “Our citizens are just simply not willing to step back and hope for a good …
Next week looms large in the troubled history of 12 provincial residential facilities, including locations in Oro-Medonte Township and Muskoka. Ontario Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba will decide Monday whether to approve a $36-million settlement reached last fall between the province and the Toronto-based legal firm acting on behalf of former residents at a dozen facilities like the…