COLUMBUS, Ohio – Conservation groups today sued the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Bureau of Land Management over plans to permit hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in Ohio’s only national forest, the Wayne. The lawsuit aims to void BLM leases and halt fracking in the national forest. Today’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus, charges that the agencies failed to analyze threats to …
A $10 million wrongful death lawsuit was filed on behalf of the family of a 3-year-old girl who was killed at a Head Start program when she was struck by a table that folded into a gymnasium wall. The Archdiocese of Detroit, Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency and St. Albert the Great Church in Dearborn Heights are named in the civil suit. Lilliana Kerr was …
The fight to allow fracking in Wayne County has been shot down. A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit this week that sought to have a natural gas well pad on hunting club land in northern Wayne County. The Delaware River Basin Commission, which regulates drilling in the area, does not have regulations in place for fracking like the rest of the state, essentially putting a …
A lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims Wayne Farms illegally discriminated against two employees for their disabilities. EEOC said Monday that Wayne Farms’ inflexible attendance policy violated the rights of certain workers at its poultry processing facilities on on Plugs Drive in Decatur.