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Black Student Lost Salutatorian Due to Discrimination, Lawsuit Says

Now James is alleging that Cleveland School District officials took away the chance for her to be salutatorian because they “feared white flight.” (Photo: Courtesy of Lisa Ross)The school district did not respond to a request for comment. It’s not the first lawsuit Ross has filed against the Cleveland school district on behalf of a graduate alleging discrimination. In contrast, nearly 100% of …


Family of Teen Who Died at Penn State Frat to File Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The family of the New Jersey teen who died after a fall at a Penn State fraternity house plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit, their attorney said Monday on ABC’s Good Morning America. Timothy Piazza, 19, who grew up in Hunterdon County and lived in Readington Township, died on Feb. 4 after falling face-first down a set of basement stairs on Feb. 2 at the Penn State fraternity house where he …


Lawsuit: 1,000 Acres of Mixed-Use Development Exposed to Unsafe Radiation Levels

A Lakeland man’s federal lawsuit alleges thousands of people are in danger of radioactivity, living in communities developed on top of former phosphate mines. Jeff Jerue filed the lawsuit last week against Alabama-based Drummond Company on behalf of property owners of the Oakbridge and Grasslands developments. According to Jerue, the picturesque neighborhood he grew to love is now harboring a …



Civil Rights Lawsuit Lodged Against Police

A lawyer, who represents an anonymous family, has filed a federal lawsuit against three Newtown police officers alleging that the police violated the family’s civil rights, and also certain state law, in connection with the arrest of the father of the family on several child sexual abuse charges in May 2013. Attorney Sally A. Roberts of Hartford said November 2 that the police named in the …



Defense Attorney Files Lawsuit for Snitchgate Civil Rights Violation

A defense attorney has filed a $10 million lawsuit in federal court in Santa Ana, alleging that his civil rights were violated when he got into a courthouse scuffle with an Orange County District Attorney’s Office investigator. James Michael Crawford is suing Orange County, the investigator, Dillon P. Alley, and a series of unnamed plaintiffs who the attorney alleges were part …


PwC Must Face MF Global Lawsuit Over Accounting Advice

A US JUDGE has given the go-ahead for a $1bn lawsuit against PwC over claims the firm provided bad accounting advice which contributed to the 2011 collapse of MF Global. MF Global and its parent company, MF Global Holdings Ltd, collapsed in October 2011 after investors left the firm on learning about risky bets on sovereign debt taken by former chairman and New Jersey Senator Jon Corzine. In a …