The State of Ohio is in turmoil over motor vehicle registration laws. A recent crack-down by the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) has resulted in a suit by the League of United Latin American Citizens, who claim the BMV’s sudden move to require proof of identity to register a vehicle amounts to enforcement of the immigration laws by the [...]
A former postal supervisor in Spokane, Washington plans on suing over wrongful termination over his he refusal to accept a late delivery of Netflix DVDs. He claims that the WA Post Office fired him because he refused to process the DVDs. The Daily News Online reports that John A. Branda refused to accept the shipment of 20,000 DVDs [...]
It seems like walking in to a bar and being gay can subject you to being treated like a criminal in Atlanta. CNN reports that a federal lawsuit against Atlanta police was filed last Tuesday. The lawsuit was on behalf of patrons of a gay bar called the Atlanta Eagle who claim that Atlanta police forcibly searched and detained them [...]
Defendant’s aggravated sexual abuse of a minor conviction and sentence are affirmed where: 1) the admissibility of testimony accompanied by a Fed. R. Evid. 612 refreshment did not depend upon the source of the writing, the identity of the writing’s author, or the truth of the writing’s contents; 2) a victim-witness’s youth and nervousness could [...]
In an action claiming that defendant-contractors’ dredging activities caused environmental damage to protective wetlands in the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where the dredging was authorized by statute and plaintiffs did not allege that defendants exceeded their Congressional authority or in any way deviated from Congress’s direction or expectations. Read [...]
Komo News reports that a lawsuit filed over a bike rickshaw crash fatality in Seattle was filed by the family of Peter Dzioba. The lawsuit filed claims that the bike rickshaw (or pedicab) company failed to inspect the brakes on the rickshaw vehicle which failed and caused the rickshaw to run through a red light. When the rickshaw ran though the [...]
A former postal supervisor in Spokane, Washington plans on suing over wrongful termination over his he refusal to accept a late delivery of Netflix DVDs. He claims that the WA Post Office fired him because he refused to process the DVDs. The Daily News Online reports that John A. Branda refused to accept the shipment of 20,000 DVDs [...]
A school bus accident between two buses in the Kings School District in Ohio raises questions on school safety. The Dayton Daily News reports that one school bus rear ended another school bus when the bus accident occurred on Nov. 24. There were four buses with middle school children who were on their way to an orientation [...]
It seems like walking in to a bar and being gay can subject you to being treated like a criminal in ATL. CNN reports that a federal lawsuit against Atlanta police was filed last Tuesday. The lawsuit was on behalf of patrons of a gay bar called the Atlanta Eagle who claim that Atlanta police forcibly searched and detained [...]
In a suit filed by a railroad operator (B&M) seeking to enjoin the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) from making its Chapter 21E contribution claims against B&M for 95 percent of $15,340,810 for past costs and 95 percent of all future costs, as contribution for certain cleanup activities MBTA undertook at the railroad terminal operated [...]