Tag: Lawsuits
Lawsuit filed over 2019 police custody death in Connecticut
HARTFORD, Conn. — A wrongful death lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses Stamford, Connecticut, police of using excessive force on a mentally ill man and failing...
Lawsuit filed in Black man’s death from fight with police
NEW ORLEANS — Family members of a Black man who died after an altercation with police filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against a northwest...
Court: Lawsuit against MLB over foul ball injury can proceed
CHICAGO — An Illinois appellate court ruled Tuesday a woman struck by a foul ball at Wrigley Field can move ahead with a lawsuit...
Hearing set on effort to dismiss youth center abuse lawsuit
<p>CONCORD — A judge will hear arguments next week on whether to dismiss a lawsuit alleging decades of abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention...
Cities, groups aim to stop Ohio’s push for early census data
<p>A coalition of cities, counties and civil rights groups sued the U.S. Census Bureau last year to stop it from ending the 2020 census...
Diverse jury so far for ex-cop’s trial in Floyd’s death
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — The jurors seated so far in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death are a diverse...
US female firefighters fight discrimination with lawsuits
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The highest ranking female firefighter in Asheville, North Carolina, says she was repeatedly discriminated against because of her sex and fought...
US female firefighters fight discrimination with lawsuits
<p>WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The highest ranking female firefighter in Asheville, North Carolina, says she was repeatedly discriminated against because of her sex and fought...
Owner of boat that burned, killing 34, sells other vessels
LOS ANGELES — The owner of a scuba diving boat that burned and sank off the California coast, killing 34 people, has sold off...
Baton Rouge council rejects changes to Sterling settlement
<p>BATON ROUGE, La. — Lawyers representing Alton Sterling's five children have unsuccessfully argued for a quicker payout of a proposed $4.5 million settlement of...