The onset of a federal trial scheduled for Monday in Winston-Salem marks a pivotal moment in the legal battle surrounding North Carolina’s controversial photo voter identification law. The lawsuit, initiated more than five years ago by the state NAACP and various local chapters, challenges the constitutionality of the law enacted by the Republican-dominated General Assembly…
In the lawsuit surrounding abuse at a New Hampshire state-run youth detention center, the jury foreperson expressed dismay over the possibility of reducing a $38 million award to just $475,000. David Meehan, the plaintiff, alleged negligence on the state’s part, claiming he endured repeated rape, beatings, and solitary confinement as a teenager at the Youth…
Donald Williams, the man who witnessed George Floyd‘s murder and tried stopping the deadly arrest, will get a $150,000 payout from the City of Minneapolis for mental health issues he suffered from the encounter. According to the Star Tribune, officials unanimously approved the settlement on Thursday (April 25) after Williams sued the city last spring.…
In a landmark verdict, a Sacramento jury awarded over $80 million in damages to three former workers of Zurich American Insurance Co. in Northern California. The workers, Melinda Brantley, Nicholas Lardie, and Daniel Koos, were fired after taking “off-the-record” paid time off, according to Sacramento attorney Lawrance Bohm. The case, which originated from a lawsuit…
CNN anchor Laura Coates had a harrowing experience outside the Manhattan Courthouse, where she was covering the historic hush money trial involving Donald Trump. In a shocking turn of events, a man, identified as Max Azzarello from Florida, set himself on fire just feet away from her, causing panic among bystanders who mistook the commotion…
A St. Louis judge awarded nearly $23.5 million to Luther Hall, a former police officer who was brutally beaten by colleagues while working undercover during a protest in 2017. The incident occurred during demonstrations following the acquittal of a former St. Louis officer, Jason Stockley, on a murder charge related to the shooting death of…
Grammy-nominated singer Trey Songz, real name Tremaine Neverson, has settled a $25 million sexual assault lawsuit filed against him by a woman identified as “Jane Doe.” The confidential conditional settlement was disclosed in recent court documents, just before the trial was set to begin this fall. A trial was due to begin on Sept. 16…
It was the kind of tawdry tale that Donald Trump might have relished before politics: a porn actor claiming they had had sex. But on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Trump feared the story, which he says is false, would cost him votes. So, prosecutors say, he arranged to pay Stormy Daniels to…
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