American Legion Post 128 in Teaneck is among several North Jersey bars and social clubs facing federal lawsuits from a California pay-per-view boxing promoter seeking $170,000 in damages because they allegedly pirated a pay-per-view boxing match two years ago. Floyd Mayweather complaining to the referee during his Sept. 13, 2014, title fight against Marcos Maidana. California-based J&J Sports …
Lawyers for a Concord prep school and the family of a sexual assault victim met Wednesday to schedule the next steps in an ongoing lawsuit. According to court paperwork, the parents of the assault victim are seeking damages in excess of $75,000, claiming that St. Paul’s School was negligent. Wednesday’s hearing was held behind closed doors, and lawyers said the next step in the case is …
A Colorado Springs law firm filed the second lawsuit this week targeting the manufacturers of a firefighting foam believed to have contaminated drinking water in Security, Widefield and Fountain. McDivitt Law Firm capped a monthlong campaign to woo clients by filing a federal lawsuit Thursday seeking class-action status on behalf of thousands of people whose tap water comes from the fouled …
A Dallas Police Office has filed a lawsuit against the Black Lives Matter movement. Co-defendants include President Obama, Hillary Clinton; Al Sharpton; Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and George Soros. Sergeant Demetrick Pennie, a 17-year veteran of the force, is seeking between $500 million and $1.5 billion in the complaint filed in federal court, the Dallas Morning News reported.
Bills running back LeSean McCoy didn’t face criminal charges, but he’s still dealing with the effects of a February bar fight. Two police officers who claim they were injured by McCoy in the altercation have now filed a civil lawsuit. According to John Barr of ESPN.com, the suit was filed Tuesday morning in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, naming McCoy and three other men.
Wisconsin is among a coalition of 21 states suing the U.S. Department of Labor over a new rule that would make more higher-earning workers eligible for overtime pay. Nevada Attorney General Adam …
The State of Oregon has filed lawsuits against people it says were responsible for starting two forest fires. The state filed one lawsuit against a man who is accused of napping while his campfire sparked a 200-acre Southern Oregon blaze, according to the Oregonian/OregonLive. In that case filed against Joe Thurmond Askins, his wife and step-daughter, the state is seeking almost …
Delaware officials say a transgender prison inmate who filed a civil-rights lawsuit has a history of filing unsubstantiated grievances. Lawyers for the state have filed their response to the lawsuit by inmate Kamilla London.
ACLU seeks intervention in lawsuit targeting anti-discrimination protections for transgender people and women FORT WORTH, Texas — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Friday filed a motion to intervene in a case challenging a section of the Affordable Care Act that prohibits health care entities from discriminating based on race, national origin, sex, age, or disability. The lawsuit, …
Gov. Pat McCrory on Friday dropped one of the state’s lawsuit with the federal government over the legality of House Bill 2, leaving untouched a separate and similar contest in a different judicial district. The now-dropped lawsuit was filed in May by McCrory and Frank Perry, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, in the Eastern District of North Carolina …