Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III on Wednesday announced the filing of a lawsuit against a Texas law firm, its sole attorney, and two investigators working for the firm, in connection with the tragic Woodmore Elementary bus crash. The civil enforcement action, filed in Hamilton County Chancery Court, alleges that the Witherspoon Law Group PLLC, based in Dallas, Tex., has engaged …
A New Haven women who fell over a chair during a crowded funeral service has won a $1 million lawsuit against the East End church. A six-member Superior Court jury deliberated about two hours before finding the English Chapel Cathedral of Miracles negligently caused the injuries suffered by Glenora King and ordered the Wilmot Avenue church to pay her $51,000 in economic damages and …
A second lawsuit has been filed in connection to a high-speed pursuit that began in Coffee County and ended 31 miles later in Rutherford County. The pursuit started when Garieon Simmons allegedly stole an SUV from a Manchester funeral home in Coffee County on June 24. He led law enforcement on the two-county chase before he hit two vehicles on South …
The family of a 20-year-old man shot and killed by Denver police is suing the department. The lawsuit claims there was a cover-up in the case of Ryan Ronquillo. It also claims police used “grossly excessive deadly force.”