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$32M Settlement in California Child Welfare Lawsuit

Central California’s Tulare County will pay $32 million to settle a lawsuit alleging its child welfare agency failed to respond to reports of abuse involving an infant boy who was hospitalized for malnutrition and suffered brain damage, plaintiffs’ attorneys said …

Woman Who Survived Train Crash into Patrol Car Files Lawsuit in Colorado

A woman who was seriously injured when the parked patrol car she was detained in was hit by a freight train filed a lawsuit against police, accusing three officers of acting recklessly and failing in their duty to take care …

Lawsuit: Las Vegas Strip Resorts Used Vendor to Fix Hotel Rates

A federal lawsuit in Nevada is seeking class-action damages for countless hotel patrons who booked rooms in Las Vegas since 2019, alleging that most hotel-casinos on the Las Vegas Strip have used a third-party vendor to illegally fix prices. The …

Subpoena Granted in Reno Mayor’s Lawsuit over Tracking Device

A Nevada judge has granted subpoenas sought by Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve to force a private investigator to identify who hired his firm to secretly install a tracking device on her vehicle. Washoe County District Judge David Hardy approved the …

Supreme Court Won’t Take up Applied Suit Against California Department of Insurance

The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up a lawsuit from Applied Underwriters Inc. over a decision by the California Department of Insurance to put its affiliate into conservatorship. The court on Monday declined to hear the case. A CDI …

Son Seeks $50M in California Suit for Dad’s Death From Stun Gun

Lawyers for the 5-year-old son of a man who died after repeatedly being shocked by Los Angeles police with a stun gun following a traffic collision filed a $50 million claim Friday for damages against the city. The legal claim …

California Lawsuit Claims Woman’s Death Stemmed from Disneyland Fall

A lawsuit claims Disneyland employees snickered at a disabled woman struggling to get off a Jungle Cruise boat before she fell and broke a leg, leading to her death from an infection five months later. The lawsuit was filed in …

California County Paying $12M in Beating and Stun Gun Death

San Diego County will pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of a man who died after he was beaten, shocked with a stun gun and hogtied by sheriff’s deputies in 2015. The settlement approved by a …

Arizona Father Seeking Answers After Son Dies in State Care

Richard Blodgett, a single father, was jailed on a drug charge when a worker from Arizona’s child welfare agency delivered the news: His son was brain dead and on life support, just days after being taken into state custody. Blodgett …

California Lawsuit Filed over Oil And Gas Drilling Ban

An oil company sued the city of Los Angeles over its recent law to ban the drilling of new oil and gas wells and to phase out existing ones within city limits over the next two decades. Warren Resources filed …