King Solomon Baptist Church Rev. Charles Elliott, Jr., left, a supporter of the new west end Wal-Mart, fires up attendants near the proposed location for the west end Wal-Mart on Wednesday during a prayer vigil.
Two Short Creek area residents arrested last year in a dispute over access to what was once a city zoo filed a federal lawsuit in Arizona this week, claiming their “illegal” arrests constituted yet another example of alleged discrimination by Colorado City marshals against residents who aren’t members of the community’s dominant polygamous church. Andrew Guy Chatwin, 48, of Hildale and Patrick Leroy Pipkin, 33, of Colorado City claim the marshals, Colorado City and its municipal attorney Kenneth Brendel, the city of Hildale and the corporate charter of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints conspired to prevent the men from using property they were legally entitled to amid a dispute with a “squatter” who …
A red-light camera photo that shows an unidentified person dressed as the Grinch in a sheriff’s patrol car roll through a red light in the Inland Empire is part of a civil lawsuit that alleges a deputy illegally blew through the light to snap a souvenir picture. The Dec. 2013 photograph, which shows a costumed person waving at the camera as they blow through a red light in Victorville, was …
Seven Detroit schoolchildren, represented by a California public interest law firm, sued state officials Tuesday in what attorneys say is an unprecedented attempt to establish that literacy is a U.S. constitutional right. The suit, brought against Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and several education officials, claims the state has …
David Worby’s story begins two years after hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center towers. As tales of 9/11 heroism turned into Ground Zero medical mysteries, the White Plains lawyer started an odyssey of court battles, media frenzy and funerals. At the time, cancers and rare diseases mounted among firefighters, police and others who spent months cleaning up Ground Zero, but authorities still disagreed with Worby’s theory that working at the site made them sick. “Our people were wearing, at best, hospital masks of paper, so tens of thousands of people are sick as a result of the way this was handled,” Worby said during a recent interview. “It’s tragic, and it’s sad that more people are sick and dying from this than died on that actual date.” Since 9/11, the ranks of …
There are now 35 confirmed cases of Hepatitis A that are connected to frozen strawberries from Egypt used at Tropical Smoothie Cafes across Virginia, according to a new report from the Virginia Department of Health. The number has grown by seven in just one day. The previous report given Thursday by the VDH listed the confirmed number of cases at 28.
Footwear maker Crocs isn’t commenting on a Texas couple’s lawsuit alleging negligence after their 2-year-old son’s foot got caught in an escalator at a Waikiki resort. Crocs, Inc. spokesman Patrick Rich said in an email Thursday that company policy is to not comment on pending …
The Washoe County School District has agreed to pay $1.35 million to two families that accused a teacher of abuse at Marvin Picollo School, according to public documents filed in court Friday. The suit, filed Nov. 18 in U.S. District Court, alleged that during the 2013-14 school year two 8-year-old girls were the victims of physical, verbal and emotional abuse …
At least 13,000 and possibly as many as 15,000 residents living near the former Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant may be entitled to approximately $12,000 each. It’s part of a class action lawsuit filed 26 years ago against Dow Chemical and Rockwell International. Those entitled to money must have owned property near the former site as of June 7, 1989.
A federal judge has cleared the way for a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit to proceed against the Gates Chili Central School District over a special …