A federal judge says a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the fatal shooting of a man who helped lead the armed occupation of an Oregon wildlife refuge can proceed against Oregon State Police, but allegations against other federal, state and …
A Los Angeles company that runs 27 nursing homes has agreed to pay $16.7 million to settle allegations of Medicare fraud, the U.S. attorney’s office announced. Longwood Management Corp. didn’t acknowledge any wrongdoing but it did agree to undergo an …
The parents of a California man who died while being detained on suspicion of trespassing at Sacramento’s basketball arena has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging a security guard kept his knee on the man’s neck for more than four …
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 10 people from northern Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay after their boat began sinking, plunging the boat’s passengers into the chilly waters, officials said. The Coast Guard said it dispatched a rescue boat and a helicopter …
A second lawsuit has been filed against an Oregon ranch accused of causing millions of dollars in damages by negligently igniting a 2018 wildfire. The federal government filed a complaint claiming that J-Spear Ranch of Paisley, Oregon, started the Watson …
Pacific Gas & Electric is expected to plead guilty to 84 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter during a court hearing in which the nation’s largest utility will be confronted with its history of neglect and greed that culminated in a …
The parents of a University of Utah student who was shot and killed on campus in 2018 filed another lawsuit against the school on Monday. In the lawsuit, Jill and Matt McCluskey allege the university violated the state constitution by …
A whistleblower lawsuit filed by former New Mexico police detectives says they were retaliated against for repeatedly raising concerns about the operation of their department’s sex crimes unit. Former Albuquerque Police Department detectives Mandi Abernathy, Sally Dyer and Teresa Romero …
A southeastern Missouri city has agreed to an $8 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by a man who spent 17 years in prison for murder before the state Supreme Court overturned his conviction. Jonathan Douglass, the city manager of …
The owner of a downtown Las Vegas apartment building where six people died in the deadliest residential fire in city history has been hit with another lawsuit seeking damages. This time, several fire alarm manufacturers, sellers and monitoring companies were …
