Tag: Lawsuits
Couple in eBay harassment case sues company, ex-officials
BOSTON — A Massachusetts couple subjected to threats and other bizarre harassment from former eBay Inc. employees filed a civil lawsuit against the Silicon...
Justices deal blow to outdated claims of child sexual abuse
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania's high court on Wednesday dealt a blow to victims of child sexual abuse who had hoped to revive their otherwise...
Judge: $150M initially for victims in Florida condo collapse
Victims and families who suffered losses in the collapse of a 12-story oceanfront Florida condominium will get a minimum of $150 million in compensation...
Mississippi city settles over man’s death in police custody
SOUTHAVEN. Miss. — The family of a Tennessee man who took LSD at a concert and then died after police stunned him and restrained...
Suit says police held wrong woman at gunpoint, damaged car
WILMINGTON, Del. — A woman is suing Delaware State Police alleging that plainclothes officers in unmarked cars blockaded her in her car and held...
Radio host Larry Elder files lawsuit over California ballot
LOS ANGELES — Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder has filed a lawsuit challenging a decision by California election officials to block him from...
‘White Boy Rick’ movie’s inspiration sues police for $100M
DETROIT — A Detroit-area man whose decades in prison for drug dealing and work as an informant inspired the movie “White Boy Rick” filed...
Court blocks order lifting CDC virus rules on cruise ships
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a judge’s ruling that sided with a Florida lawsuit challenging U.S. Centers for...
Probe: Journalists, activists among firm’s spyware targets
BOSTON — An investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data provides further evidence that military-grade malware from Israel-based NSO Group,...
Deal over prisoner care tossed over Arizona’s noncompliance
PHOENIX — A judge threw out a 6-year-old legal settlement requiring Arizona to improve health care for thousands of prisoners, saying corrections officials have...