YMCA changes breastfeeding policy after mother files lawsuit WESTERLY, R.I. — A Rhode Island YMCA being sued by a mother who claims the agency wouldn’t allow her to breastfeed in public says it had developed a policy allowing mothers to breastfeed in the facility in response to her complaint. The American Civil Liberties Union said Friday it filed a lawsuit against …
Government sub-contractor agrees to settle whistleblower allegations of false claims and defective rebar meant for construction of nuclear waste facility. DALLAS, TX and ATLANTA, GA — Energy & Process Corporation (E&P) has agreed to pay the United States $4.6 million to settle whistleblower allegations that the company provided defective rebar for the construction of a government-owned nuclear …
A Middle Island pet rescue under investigation by the state attorney general’s office was hit with a class-action lawsuit Monday claiming that sick dogs are being put up for adoption and fake pet medications are being distributed. Miller Place attorney Vesselin Mitev said in a telephone interview that he filed the suit against Friends of Freddie Pet Rescue in Suffolk County Supreme Court Monday …
DENVER – A Gunnison man born in Colorado was picked up by immigration officers after a court appearance and illegally detained in immigration detention centers across the state for days, according to two newly-filed federal lawsuits. Bernardo Medina, 22, is Hispanic and was born in Montrose in May 1994. He and his parents moved to Mexico before his first birthday, which is where he spent much …
(Photo: KUSA) KUSA – Citing facility charges that can sometimes top $6,000, a federal lawsuit with ties to Colorado seeks to challenge the billing practices of the country’s largest operator of freestanding emergency rooms. The suit, which references ongoing reporting by 9Wants to Know, suggests the co-owner of Colorado’s 19 UCHealth ERs “actively conceals its billing practices from consumers …
About 62,000 people who were held in an Aurora immigration detention center and required to work, sometimes for $1 a day, while they awaited possible deportation have been certified as a class in a lawsuit alleging violations of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Senior Judge John Kane’s ruling could have far-reaching implications, potentially boosting the cost of holding …
Incarcerated As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis filed a $35 million lawsuit against a California medical team earlier this year. The suit stems from accusations of medical negligence, which claim Lambesis was not given a prescribed medication for nearly two months, allegedly resulting in the metal vocalist developing gynecomastia (enlarged breasts). In 2014, Lambesis was sentenced to six …
Charles White is escorted into the Carbon County Courthouse on June 21, 2010, where he was sentenced to life at the Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs for two counts of deliberate homicide and aggravated kidnapping. White is one of four psychiatric patients who are named in a lawsuit against the state alleging extreme psychological and emotional harm while under the state’s care. Four …
The suit was filed Thursday by Barbara Ellington, the last surviving daughter of Dorothy Carpenter, the lone resident who died in the fire. Ellington’s lawsuit is the first to claim negligence by Columbia County as well as individual employees, including the county’s fire marshal Brian Clark, battalion chief Jimmie Paschal, special operations chief Danny Kuhlmann, Capt. Gary Griffith and Lt. …
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.