The family of an Iraq War veteran who was fatally shot by a police officer wanted to settle a lawsuit against the city of Albuquerque for $1 million before a judge ruled in February that the veteran was unlawfully killed. …
Parents of a convicted robber who was left brain-damaged after an alleged prison suicide attempt are suing Riverside County and the state. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported the suit claims Christopher Godair is a victim of negligence and civil rights violations. …
A judge says she is inclined to allow a lawsuit by Michael Jackson’s mother against concert promoter AEG she claims is responsible for her son’s death to go to trial on a single claim. Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos issued …
A Fresno County jury has awarded $8.5 million in a lawsuit alleging county social workers failed to protect a 10-year-old boy who was fatally beaten by his mother’s boyfriend. The civil jury handed down its verdict on Friday, awarding $5 …
A jury has awarded a former BNSF Railway Co. employee $1.7 million in damages in a civil lawsuit. The Great Falls Tribune reported jurors found BNSF negligently injured Robert Dannels’ spine by assigning him work that caused trauma over the …
The current Los Angeles schools superintendent and five of his predecessors in Southern California have been sued on grounds that they systematically covered up complaints about teacher sex abuse of students over the past two decades. Attorney Brian Claypool said …
A lawsuit that accuses Johnson & Johnson of knowingly marketing a faulty hip implant that lawyers say left thousands of people with crippling problems or in need of replacement surgeries is underway. The fraud and negligence suit is the first …
Relatives of four passengers killed last month with Jenni Rivera in a plane crash in Mexico filed a lawsuit against Rivera’s company alleging the singer was negligent when she hired a faulty Learjet 25. The civil lawsuit filed in a …
A judge has dismissed a widow’s lawsuit against the federal government over her husband’s death in a mountain goat attack at Olympic National Park in Washington two years ago. U.S. District Judge Robert Bryan dismissed most of Susan Chadd’s claims …
A law firm that helped reach an $816 million settlement for first-responders to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has filed a lawsuit on behalf of several victims of the Aurora, Colo. theater shooting. The Denver Post reported the lawsuit filed …
