A 30-year-old mother who gave birth by cesarean section has died after a surgical team in Brooklyn made an error, according to the New York State Department of Health’s investigators. Christine Fields died last November at Woodhull Medical Center, shortly after going into labor. According to The New York Times, doctors decided to conduct an […]
In a statement released by the law firm representing him, Flores said: “God has gifted me with a special talent to coach the game of football, but the need for change is bigger than my personal goals.” “In making the decision to file the class action complaint today, I understand that I may be risking […]
Former Hertz Car Rental customers have filed a lawsuit against the company suing for allegedly having them falsely arrested and jailed. Over 165 customers from Delaware, California, Florida, Illinois and other states have come forward filing legal complaints against Hertz. Each of them claiming to have rented cars from the rental company only to be stopped, […]
A lawsuit claims a Chattanooga police officers falsely arrested a Black man who had called 911 to report that a white teenager had crashed into a building according to News Channel 9. Last month Michael James filed a lawsuit against Chattanooga, TN city and several officers claiming they violated his civil rights during an incident that […]
Basketball legend Lisa Leslie opened up about her personal life when she sat down for an interview with TV One’s UNCENSORED, talking about meeting her father for the first time and about a troubling encounter she said she experienced with a WNBA coach. Leslie, who was 12 years old when she first met her father, […]
The Southern Poverty Law Center, along with civil rights firm Scott Wagner and Associates, are now representing Donofrio in the lawsuit. The lawsuit has named the school district, as well as former principal supervisor Scott Schneider for “relentless retaliation and violation of her rights to free speech and expression.” “I hope this case will set […]
A news conference took place last week in Jacksonville announced an update in a lawsuit against Publix that involves its reported use of off-duty uniformed police to work in its stores. Attorney Ben Crump and co-counsels Steve Combs, Jamie Holland hosted the event on behalf of Tawanda Crowell according to First Coast News. The legal […]
Marion Humphrey Jr., a Black man who was stopped by an Arkansas state trooper while driving a U-Haul last year is now suing the state trooper who handcuffed and detained him for over an hour in the back of a police car while officers searched his vehicle with no valid legal basis. According to 5News, […]
Herbert Alford, a Michigan man who was convicted of murder in 2016, is now suing Hertz, saying the car rental company failed to produce a receipt that would have proved he was not at the scene of the crime in 2011. Although the charges against Alford were dropped after the company produced the receipt in 2018, the […]
A family in Indianapolis, Indiana, is suing the city and its police department for the death of Eleanor Northington, a woman who died in church two years ago with a cop’s knee digging into her back. As she struggled in her final moments, the 43-year-old Black mom of three uttered the familiar words heard in the killings of […]