A bitter feud over Florida’s largest private school voucher program ended Wednesday when the state Supreme Court tossed out a lawsuit challenging a program used by nearly 98,000 school children. The court in a 4-1 decision declined to hear the case, resulting in a significant victory for backers of school choice programs while handing a sizable defeat to Florida’s main …
On Friday a federal judge dismissed two wrongful death lawsuits against the WWE. The lawsuits stemmed from the families of two former WWE wrestlers that believed their deaths were caused by traumatic brain injuries they suffered while working for the company. The families of Nelson Frazier (Mabel, Viscera and Big Daddy V) and Matt Osborne (Doink The Clown) alleged in their lawsuits that the WWE …
A $1.5 billion putative class action accusing Tenet Healthcare Corp. of failing to protect patients and newborns from being exposed to tuberculosis at one of its hospitals has been moved to federal court. The lawsuit, which could represent the families of 3,000 children delivered at Tenet’s Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus facility in El Paso, Texas, alleges hospital officials ignored a …
The Woodhaven Care Center in Monroeville promises families that a large, accommodating staff will see to the grooming and medical needs of their loved ones. But when retired steelworker Reggie Hickman’s wife, Catherine, became a resident there after suffering a stroke, he says she just languished in bed. “She never got the proper care that she she should have had, being …
A federal lawsuit has been filed against Northland Investment Corporation over claims of “demolition by neglect” at the Church Street South housing complex in New Haven. The lawsuit claims the company did not properly maintain the building, forcing families to move to motels last year. Units in the Section 8 complex were condemned because of mold and water and had to …
The ACLU of Michigan says it will announce a new class action lawsuit on Tuesday, Oct. 18. It’s being filed on behalf of Flint families impacted by the city’s lead-tainted water. The ACLU released this statement: “All children can learn-but the ongoing water crisis in Flint creates urgent problems for Flint students, parents and teachers,” said Kary Moss, executive …
Tatyana Phillips never imagined she would have to talk about her baby boy’s death. “I have nightmares regularly so I don’t get any sleep, sometimes I stay awake for days at a time,” said the young woman through tears. On Friday, Phillips sat in the office of her attorney, and recounted that how last fall, her baby boy lived for just minutes after being born.
Congress dealt President Obama a humiliating foreign-policy blow Wednesday — voting to overturn his veto of a bill that would let families of 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia for that country’s alleged role in the terror attacks. The Senate voted 97-1 to override the veto, and hours later the House did the same by 348-77. The …
Two employees scolded by fryer grease after a floor collapsed at a Church’s Chicken in Livingston have filed a lawsuit against the franchise for $150 million, the women’s attorney announced this week. Hugolina Guerrero de Garzon and Joselin Damian Gonzalez were two of three employee who were working in the restaurant’s kitchen August 1 when the floor collapsed around 6:30 p.m, …
A group of local parents and caregivers filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday, accusing Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration of failing to provide enough group home living opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities. More than 11,000 people in New York state with intellectual disabilities – including Down Syndrome, autism and other conditions – are stuck on a waiting list because …