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News Oct 11, 2017

Las Vegas Shooting: Lawsuit Filed as New Questions Raised Over Timeline

A California college student injured in the Las Vegas music festival massacre filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the hotel owners, the concert promoter and bump stock manufacturers, claiming they were all liable in the mass shooting. The claims against MGM Resorts International, which owns both Mandalay Bay and the concert venue that hosted the festival, raise more questions about a timeline that has changed numerous times — and, according to Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, could change again. …

Lawsuits May 14, 2017

$25 Million Lawsuit: Fearing Walter Scott-Like Backlash, Charleston County Officials Misled Public in Deputy Shooting

Just a month after controversy erupted over police accounts of Walter Scott’s death, Charleston County sheriff’s officials faced possible backlash about why one of their own deputies had shot a man in his home, leaving him paralyzed. They hosted a news conference and released recordings — a show of transparency. But the officials withheld from the public the deputy’s own report — an account …

Legal News Apr 10, 2017

U.S. Supreme Court Case Could Impact Olango Family Lawsuit

Protesters rallied outside police headquarters Saturday, calling on the El Cajon Police Department to fire the officer who shot and killed Alfred Olango back in September of 2016. In Olango’s case, attorneys argued that Officer Richard Gonsalves “aggressively confronted Olango and cornered him.” They allege the officer’s demeanor provoked Olango to take a shooting stance, …

News Apr 7, 2017

U.S. Superme Court Ruling on Police Provocation Could Impact Olango Lawsuit

Even though a police officer might ultimately be justified in shooting a person during a confrontation, can the officer still be held liable if he was found to have recklessly or intentionally provoked the violent encounter in the first place? It’s a question the U.S. Supreme Court is considering in a Los Angeles-area case, and one that lawyers for El Cajon police say may have bearing on the …

Lawsuits Dec 20, 2016

Facebook, Twitter, Google Sued by Orlando Shooting Victims’ Families

Facebook, Google and Twitter are being sued by the families of three victims slain in the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub for allegedly providing “material support” to the Islamic State. The lawsuit, first reported by Fox News, was filed Monday in federal court in the eastern district of Michigan on behalf of the families of Tevin Crosby, Javier Jorge-Reyes and Juan Ramon Guerrero. The lawsuit is the latest to target popular Internet services for making it too easy for …

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News, Settlements Dec 9, 2016

2 Lawsuits Over Fatal Shootings by Chicago Police Being Settled for About $3M Each

The city of Chicago will pay more than $3.4 million to resolve a fatal police shooting lawsuit that sparked a review of how the city’s Law Department handles litigation involving allegations of serious officer misconduct, while paying $3 million for another fatal police shooting captured on video that began when a 17-year-old ran from a traffic stop carrying what turned out to be a black iPhone …

Settlements Nov 25, 2016

Baton Rouge to Pay $100,000 to BLM for Use of Excessive Force During Alton Sterling Protests

Ninety-two protesters arrested during demonstrations sparked by the police shooting death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, earlier this year are set to get a hefty payout from state and local authorities, who they accused of using excessive force and violating their civil rights, the Christian Science Monitor has reported. The Baton Rouge Metro Council moved on Nov. 23 to settle a …

Lawsuits Oct 28, 2016

Civil Lawsuit: Jeremy Mardis ‘Suffered Immensely’ After ‘Barbaric’ Shooting

A civil lawsuit filed Thursday by the family of Jeremy Mardis against Marksville, Avoyelles Parish and multiple individuals seeks damages for what it calls “a barbaric and excessive use of deadly force” during which the 6-year-old boy “suffered immensely.” The federal lawsuit was filed in Alexandria by attorneys for Christopher Few, Jeremy’s father who was seriously wounded in the Nov. 3, 2015, shooting; and mother Catherine Mardis and Few’s sister, Candace Few, who owned the Kia Sport her brother was …

News Sep 29, 2016

Chicago Heights Pays $15M to Settle Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit

On the day he came into a $15 million windfall, Rodell Sanders said he is considering a much-deserved vacation. During 20 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit, Sanders studied the law and devoted himself tirelessly to overturning his conviction for the 1993 murder of Philip Atkins in Chicago Heights. On his way to successfully appealing his guilty verdict, Sanders told relatives not …