Lawsuit


Sale of Charleston’s SPARC Triggers Lawsuit, Pitting Executives Against Firm’s Founder

When the technology firm SPARC sold the core of its business last fall, its executives were in for a big payday. Their incentive packages, intended to give them a stake in the company’s success, awarded them a slice of the eight-figure deal, which was among the highest-profile and priciest buyouts in Charleston’s technology industry in recent years. The question is, how much should they have made?



Judge Doesn’t Rule in Texas’ Lawsuit Over Transgender Protections

Despite the state’s request for an expedited ruling, a federal judge took no action Friday on a request to block the Obama administration’s guidelines to accommodate transgender students. U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor did not issue a ruling from the bench after an almost two-hour-long hearing during which state attorneys — as part of a Texas-led, 13-state effort to block …


F Bar Houston Hit With Million Dollar Wrongful Death Lawsuit

A popular LGBTQ+ nightclub in Montrose has been sued by the family of a man that was fatally shot outside the club last year. According to the lawsuit filled with the Harris County District Clerks office, the victim, 22 year-old Juan Carlo Ramirez and a ‘friend’ were leaving F Bar, when Ramirez was shot and carjacked on March 12, 2015. Legal documents allege that nightclub owner Irwin Palchick, …


Former Deputy Improperly Sought Arrest of Spring Valley Parent, Lawsuit Alleges

Seven months before former Richland County sheriff’s deputy Ben Fields made national news by pulling a student from her chair and tossing her in a Spring Valley High School classroom, Fields caused the unlawful arrest of an innocent woman who was helping another Spring Valley student, a lawsuit in federal court alleges. Although Fields got an arrest warrant for the woman, Holly Johnson, a …


Public Records Dispute in Kent State Rape Investigation Lawsuit Sent to Mediation

The Ohio Supreme Court ordered a case to mediation to solve a public records dispute between Kent State University and a former softball player that accused the university of covering up a sexual assault by her former coach’s son. The high court on Aug. 5 ruled the case to mediation instead of having in-person arguments after attorneys for the former player, Laura Kesterson, filed …



Joplin Pays $100K in Lawsuit After Police Used Taser, Detained Man

After three years in federal court, a lawsuit accusing Joplin police officers of illegal imprisonment and excessive force has cost the city of Joplin $100,000, said the city’s attorney. The lawsuit stems from an incident on June 5, 2012. According to a lawsuit, Joplin police barged into a man’s hotel room …