ALBANY, NY – JUNE 16: The New York State Senate debates legislation in the Senate chamber on June 16, 2011 in Albany, New York. The Senate is expected to vote on a bill that would legalize gay marriage as soon as tomorrow. (Photo by Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images)TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Rensselaer County Clerk and the County Executive are taking steps to file a lawsuit. At this point, we are …
In the dojo of frivolous litigation, Donald Trump is to men’s rights activist Steve Frye what a sensei is to a janitor. Frye, a resident of Huntington Beach, California, likes to sue service industry companies that offer any sort of “ladies’ night”-type promos. In 2013, for instance, he filed an unsuccessful lawsuit against Cha Cha’s Latin Kitchen, from which he demanded $4,000 in compensation …
A Charlottesville Circuit Court judge denied a request Tuesday to stall the wrongful death lawsuit against George Huguely. Huguely was convicted of killing his girlfriend, University lacrosse player Yeardley Love, in 2012. In their $29.45 million …
On Saturday, September 3, an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale shook Oklahoma and states as far away as Nebraska, Illinois and Texas. The quake caused significant property damage in the area and shook homes and buildings as far away as Dallas. Since September 3, there have been 10 quakes measuring at least 3 on the Richter scale in the same vicinity.
Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson is vowing to keep fighting after a judge dismissed his lawsuit against the Commission on Presidential Debates. Johnson and one of his rivals, presumptive Green …
A former Northwest Middle School coach is accused in a lawsuit of serving up a 14-year-old boy to a fellow teacher for sex. The mother of …
Regina Honts filed the lawsuit in 2013 against HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Gadsden, stating that her mother, Doris Green, 79 years old, had died from an allergic reaction to an opiate administered by hospital staff, even though there were “clear warnings” she was allergic to such drugs when she was admitted. Doris Green was admitted to HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Gadsden …
The ACLU Foundation of Southern California has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the Victor Valley Family Resource Center against the city of Hesperia and San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon. The nonprofit VVFRC, which is led by founder and CEO Sharon Green, is challenging Hesperia’s attempts to “unlawfully restrict” housing and support services for “individuals with …
A Vancouver Island-based lawsuit against the cold remedy Cold-Fx is a lawyer-manufactured action in search of a victim and not worthy of class-action certification. Or at least that was the argument advanced by lawyers for the drug giant Valeant Pharmaceuticals earlier this month in a New Westminster courtroom. To be certified, an applicant must show the existence of a…
The makers of Cold-fX are in court fighting allegations they ignored their own research and misled consumers about the short-term effectiveness of the popular cold and flu remedy. Valeant Pharmaceuticals was in British Columbia Supreme Court on Monday, opposing an application to grant the lawsuit class-action status. Vancouver Island resident Don Harrison launched a claim in 2012 against …