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Lawsuit Filed Over Waffle House Shooting in Tennessee

The mother of a woman who was killed in a shooting at a Tennessee Waffle House last year has filed the latest lawsuit over the attack. News outlets report 21-year-old DeEbony Groves’ mother filed the suit seeking $100 million and a jury trial. The suit was filed against Travis Reinking and his father, Jeffrey Reinking. The lawsuit contends he shot and killed Groves with a gun he wasn’t supposed …


YMCA Changes Breastfeeding Policy After Mother Files Lawsuit

YMCA changes breastfeeding policy after mother files lawsuit WESTERLY, R.I. — A Rhode Island YMCA being sued by a mother who claims the agency wouldn’t allow her to breastfeed in public says it had developed a policy allowing mothers to breastfeed in the facility in response to her complaint. The American Civil Liberties Union said Friday it filed a lawsuit against …


Parents of Man Shot and Killed by Officer File Lawsuit, Claim He Never Threatened Them

The parents of the 22-year-old who was shot and killed by an El Paso police officer have filed a lawsuit against the officers involved and the city of El Paso. According to court documents, the lawsuit was filed on Friday and alleges that the shooting death of Erik Emmanuel Salas Sanchez was unjustified and that he was killed in front of his mother, his sister and her infant daughter. Earlier …


Lawsuit: DC Denied US Citizen College Aid Over Mom’s Immigration Status

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund is suing the District of Columbia on behalf of a U.S. citizen they say was denied college financial aid because her mother has temporary protected status. Natalia Villalobos, who was born and raised in Washington, D.C., said she was twice denied financial aid from the District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant (DCTAG) – a program that …



Minnesota Joins the Washington AG’s Lawsuit Against Trump

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the lawsuit on Monday. “[The executive order] violates the rule of law and I will not put up with it,” he said. AGOWA Minnesota, one of the highest refugee-accepting states in the country per capita, has joined the Washington Attorney …



JetBlue Asks Court to Throw Out Lawsuit Over Misplaced 5-Year-Old

More than three months after losing track of an unaccompanied minor and sending him to an airport in an entirely different city than his intended destination , JetBlue is arguing that an international treaty prohibits the mother from bringing a lawsuit against the airline. Back in mid-August, the youngster was supposed to fly from the Dominican Republic to JFK International Airport in New York …


William Paterson Student Committed Suicide Following Failed Rape Probe, Lawsuit Alleges

A mother alleges in a recently-filed lawsuit that her daughter committed suicide at William Paterson University after school officials failed to report and fully investigate the young woman’s alleged rape last year, NJ.com reported. Cherelle Jovanna Locklear, 21, hung herself in her dorm room bathroom in November 2015, according to the lawsuit her mother, Marquessa C. Jackson- …


Private Prison Giant CCA Accused of “False and Misleading Statements”

A shareholder class action lawsuit was filed Wednesday against Corrections Corporation of America, a private prison company that was the subject of a recent Mother Jones investigation. Last week, the Department of Justice announced it would work to end its private prison contracts. The shareholders allege that CCA and its executive officers made false or misleading statements that put the …