by admin | Jul 31, 2014 | Discrimination
A federal jury has awarded an Illinois police officer $540,000 in a discrimination lawsuit, The Chicago Sun Times reports. The jury found that retired Sgt. Lawrence C. Knasiak of the Chicago Police Department discriminated against Officer Detlef Sommerfield...
by admin | Jul 30, 2014 | Personal Injury Law
The parents of a Georgia teenager who was found dead in his high school gym are suing the district superintendent, school principal and county school board, FOX News reports.The body of Kendrick Johnson, 17-years-old, was discovered in a rolled up exercise mat on...
by admin | Jul 30, 2014 | Personal Injury Law
An Alabama judge recently ordered a landlord to pay $500,000 to a woman whose 11-year-old child died in a fire at a property he owned, according to local news outlet The Huntsville Times. In January 2008, Angela Roddy's daughter, Carrie Crowder, was at home...
by admin | Jul 28, 2014 | Sexual Harassment
A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit filed by a former Indiana prison counselor who alleges that she was discriminated against and was forced to work in a hostile, sexually-charged environment. The three-judge panel said a district judge was wrong to...
by admin | Jul 28, 2014 | Personal Injury Law
A seventh death is being blamed on a 2013 building collapse in Philadelphia. Prosecutors say that poorly managed construction work next door led to a brick wall falling on a Salvation Army store, burying people in rubble. The family of Danny Johnson has filed a civil...
