In August of last year, students of Thomas M. Cooley Law School filed a class-action lawsuit against the school claiming that they were mislead by the school’s salary and post-graduate employment reports. But last week, a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit, saying that while the school’s salary and employment figures were “vague and incomplete”, the […]
Supermax Prison Accused in Lawsuit of Mistreating Mentally Ill Patients
A lawsuit has been filed against the Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, alleging that prisoners with diagnosed mental illnesses are being transferred to the prison by Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)officials, directly violating the bureau’s policies against housing such inmates there. The Denver Post reports that “the suit claims that the prison then basically stops treating those […]
Family Sues Over Skiers Death in Winter Park Avalanche
The Denver Post reports that the wife of a 28-year-old man killed in an avalanche inside the Winter Park ski area on January 22nd has filed a lawsuit against the ski area’s operator, Intrawest. The lawsuit filed by the widow of Christopher Norris alleges that the ski area failed to “close the area within its boundary which […]
Analyst Sues FBI Saying One Pushup Kept Him From Being a Special Agent
Jay Bauer, an intelligence agent for the FBI, alleges that one pushup kept him from becoming a special agent and has filed a gender-discrimination lawsuit, saying that the FBI’s fitness test is biased against men. Bauer joined the FBI in 2009 and had passed a fitness test, scoring at or near the highest in his […]
Colorado Supreme Court says $15 million awarded to fall victim will stand
Holly Averyt, a 41-year-old trucker from Cheyenne, slipped and fell on grease and ice while making a delivery at a Wal-Mart in Greeley, Colorado. Averyt was badly injured, resulting in three spine surgeries and an inability to work as a driver, causing her to lose her truck. A jury awarded Averyt $15 million in November of 2010, […]
Apology Statutes Could Reduce Litigation and Preserve Relationships
Brad Reid, of Lipscomb University’s Dean Institute For Corporate Governance and Integrity, presented an argument in The Huffington Post favoring the development of “an apology statute that encourages statements of concern and at the same time allows a jury to determine the facts of a particular incident.” “The traditional legal risk of an apology,” he says, “has […]
Supreme Court Finds Civil Litigants Have No Automatic Right To Counsel
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Supreme Court has ruled that poor civil litigants that face incarceration do not have automatic right to counsel. The justices voted 5-4 to uphold the appeal of Michael Turner of South Carolina who was sent to jail after he insisted that he could not pay his child support payments. […]
Supreme Court Dismisses Class Action Suit Against AT&T
Vincent and Liza Concepcion purchased a cell phone plan from AT&T, signing a two year contract, a contract that also provided for arbitration of all disputes between parties. This contract came with cell phones that AT&T advertised as free, but the Concepcions were charged $30.22 in taxes. The Concepcions then sued the company for fraud. […]
Court Orders VA Revamp of Mental Healthcare System
A San Francisco appeals court ordered the Department of Veterans Affairs to dramatically revamp its mental health care system, noting that an average of 18 veteran service members commit suicide each day, and 6,500 end their own lives each year. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 3 judge panel said on Tuesday that it takes […]
