A federal civil rights lawsuit that seeks $1 million in damages has been filed against the town, Police Chief Paul Madera and five of his officers. The lawsuit stems from an incident at plaintiff Thomas Tzikas’ automobile repair garage on July 1, 2013. Officers were called there for a report of a man inside the business after hours with a flashlight.
The Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland, Ore. is seen in this file photo. The Westland Irrigation District in Northeast Oregon is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of cheating smaller growers out of water.
A federal judge in Denver has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against Fort Collins that claims an ordinance that bars women from exposing their breasts in public violates the Constitution and is rooted in outdated puritanical values and discrimination. U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson said that the plaintiffs, Free the Nipple, an association of Colorado residents who advocate for …
The city of Trinidad has agreed to pay $775,000 to settle two federal lawsuits alleging police arrested innocent people on drug charges because they relied on wrong and misleading information from an unreliable confidential informant, lawyers said. The ACLU of Colorado, which filed a lawsuit in January 2015 on behalf of two women, announced the terms of one settlement on Thursday. Danika …
The ballad of the “Outerbridge Cowboy” continues, which now includes a notice of claim for a $50 million lawsuit and an ongoing criminal case. Prior to criminal charges against Tod “Doc” Mishler being continued Wednesday to a Jan. 9 court date, he sang cowboy songs outside the courthouse and detailed a notice of claim for a $50 million lawsuit he’s filed against the …
Schneider National Carriers Inc. will pay $28 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by California truck drivers who claim the company shorted them on pay. The resolution of the case, which dates to 2008, marks the …
Utah is poised to become ground zero in a lawsuit aimed at making Wells Fargo pay. Victims of the bank’s recent scheme hope to hit the bank where it hurts and hit them hard – and Utah might hold the key to it all. In the weeks since news broke that Wells Fargo opened as many as 2 million fake accounts in their customers’ names, there has been a barrage of moves made by the bank to show …
Samsung’s Note 7 fallout keeps expanding, as a possible class action lawsuit looms against the company, after three former Note 7 owners in the U.S. joined ranks to take the OEM to court. The news lands only a week after the company pulled the plug on the manufacturing of the handset, a decision determined by mounting numbers of devices that overheat and burst into flames. The lawsuit, which …
Ever had to buy a new Apple charger from Amazon? Well beware even those labelled as the genuine article — according to a recent lawsuit filed by Apple, 90 percent of them are fake. The iPhone-maker is currently suing a company named Mobile Star LLC for trademark infringement, alleging that the firm has been passing off counterfeit Apple chargers as the real thing.
A Leonia man has started a class-action lawsuit against the Costco Wholesale Corporation, claiming the business illegally charged him sales tax on toilet paper. Robert Arnold, 55, claims he and his wife purchased Charmin toilet tissue from the wholesaler twice in July 2015 – once at the Wayne store and another time at the …