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Quebec Woman Proposes Class Action Lawsuit Against 27 Opioid Manufacturers

A new proposed class action lawsuit is seeking compensation for Quebecers who’ve suffered from opioid addiction, targeting 27 companies that manufactured, marketed or sold the drugs and “deliberately misrepresented” the effects of opioids. The class action application, filed in Montreal on Thursday, seeks $30,000 in damages for each member of the class in addition to $25 million from each …


Lawsuit: Trans Woman Jailed Because She Didn’t Pay a $15 Seatbelt Fine

She wanted to report to the Cobb County Police Department that her car had been damaged a week earlier. Now, Sierra Castle is suing Cobb County, Sheriff Neil Warren, and Col. Janet Price over her experience at the Cobb County jail. In Colorado, after Lindsay Saunders-Velez was sexually harassed and assaulted in a male prison, she sued the state Department of Corrections for failing to protect …


Detroit Officer Who Mocked Black Woman, Faces Another Lawsuit

A former Detroit police officer is facing two lawsuits for alleged misconduct and abuse that was “racially motivated.”According to NBC News, two Black women filed two separate actions in Wayne County Circuit Court against, former officer Gary Steele. The suit further states that when officers arrived, Murriel told them that she “legally owned a firearm” and complied with officers. …


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 …


Lawsuit: Woman Claims Rodent Was Baked Into Chick-Fil-A Sandwich

A Bucks County woman has filed a lawsuit against a popular fast food restaurant after she says a small rodent wound up in a sandwich she purchased. A Holland, Pennsylvania woman claims in the lawsuit that she found a small rodent baked into the bottom bun of a sandwich she purchases at the Chick-Fil-A in Langhorne. The woman, who shared photos of her gruesome discovery is …


Indiana University Settles Lawsuit Over Sexual Assault Case

Indiana University settles lawsuit over sexual assault case File photo BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A federal lawsuit filed by a Maryland woman against Indiana University has been dismissed after a financial settlement was reached. In her lawsuit, the woman alleged she was raped by a student who had been allowed to remain at the school after being accused of sexually assaulting someone else two years …


Arizona Lawsuit: 2 Cops Made Woman Take DUI Test Half-Naked

A woman has filed a lawsuit against the Phoenix suburb of Avondale and two of its police officers, claiming they forced her to take a sobriety test at the side of a city street while she was naked from the waist down. The lawsuit filed earlier this month said the woman had removed her pants before the 2016 traffic stop because she had soiled them earlier due to an incontinence problem. The …


Bloomberg Sued Over Drug Culture and Rape Allegations

Nick Ferris, former head of global development allegedly attacked the woman in his New York City apartment twice in February and March of 2013 A former saleswoman at Bloomberg has launched a number of shocking accusations against the company, including that she was drugged and raped by a high-level executive. Nick Ferris, former head of global development allegedly attacked the woman in his New …


Rape Victim Files Lawsuit Against ODU

A woman who says Old Dominion University police interrogated her for nearly eight hours before allowing her to get a medical exam to preserve evidence of her reported rape filed a federal lawsuit against the school Friday. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Norfolk and obtained by The Associated Press, accuses the school and campus officers of unlawfully detaining …


Woman Wins Groundbreaking Lawsuit Against Ex After He Posts Revenge Porn Photos

It’s a growing trend in the United States, and one that is sickening and illegal: Revenge porn. Our story begins with a young woman, an aspiring model who posed for nude photos thinking they would remain relatively obscured and within her control. An ex-boyfriend is accused of posing as the woman to obtain photos from the photographer who took them.