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THEY’RE NOT VERY HOSPITABLE AT ... Featured, Civil Rights, Public Interest, Statutory Interpretation, Hostile Work Environments, Injunctions, generally, Settlements, generally, Labor Law, generally, law, Case law , EEOC, general, EEOC, public
COMPLAINT ABOUT “N-WORD’s” USE GOT THIS EMPLOYEE FIRED After a co-worker called her the “n-word,” the victim (a Black nursing aide) was fired after ...
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NURSE LOSES SLIP AND FALL AGAINST S ... Featured, Public Interest, Appellate Division, Personal Injury, Accidents, generally, Negligence, Premises Liability, Hospitals, generally, real estate , public
FAILED TO SHOW THAT FACILITY HAD “ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE” OF CONDITION After she slipped and fell on some water which was in the vicinity of a ...
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WISCONSIN MAN GETS 20 YEARS FOR SEX ... Featured, Public Interest, Statutory Interpretation, Sexual Assault, generally, Penalties, Assault, generally, Battery, generally, Minors, generally, Penal Law, generally, law, Case law , Crime, public, United States Department of Justice, DOJ
FORCED WOMAN AND MINOR TO ENGAGE IN COMMERCIAL SEX ACTS On April 11, 2024, AK (30), of River Falls, Wisconsin, who pleaded guilty to two counts of sex ...
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WAS HE TRYING TO KILL HIS GRANDMOTH ... Featured, Judges, generally, Public Interest, Appellate Division, Mental Illness, generally, Penalties, Family Court, generally, Assault, generally, Injunctions, generally, Penal Law, generally, law, Case law , Crime, public
80-YEAR-OLD WAS SUBJECTED TO “BIZARRE, OFFENSIVE AND FRIGHTENING” BEHAVIOR After she claimed that her grandson turned on the gas stove without ...
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BARONHR THOUGHT DISCRIMINATION LAWS ... Featured, Civil Rights, Public Interest, Statutory Interpretation, Discrimination, generally, Injunctions, generally, Settlements, generally, Labor Law, generally, EEOC, general, EEOC, Racial Discrimination , public
COMPANY AGREES TO PAY $2.2 MILLION TO SETTLE EEOC LAWSUIT Everything that could go wrong, went wrong, when it came to the hiring process at BARONHR, a ...
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CONSOLIDATION WASN’T PROPER Featured, Judges, generally, Public Interest, Appellate Division, Contracts, generally, Fraud, generally, Disclosure, generally, Conversion, generally, law, Case law , public
CASES INVOLVED “DIFFERENT QUESTIONS OF LAW AND FACT” Some five years after “E” was sued by plaintiff “3B” for breach of contract, the latter filed a ...
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ILLINOIS COPS PLEAD GUILTY TO CIVIL ... Featured, Civil Rights, Public Interest, Statutory Interpretation, Penalties, Assault, generally, Battery, generally, Minors, generally, Penal Law, generally, Crime, public
USED “UNREASONABLE FORCE” AGAINST TWO JUVENILE DETAINEES While two kids were being detained by the East St Louis, Illinois, Police Department, an ...
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COMMERCIAL TENANT ZONKED FOR $220K+ Featured, Judges, generally, Public Interest, Appellate Division, Commercial Tenants, Rent, generally, Contracts, generally, Waiver, Demands of the Rent, real estate , landlord, law, Case law , public
SURRENDER DIDN’T EXCUSE OBLIGATION TO PAY RENT After it was hit with a $220,504.17 judgment (for not paying its rent), HLL appealed. And on its review ...
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DISCRIMINATION SPROUTED AT THIS ... Featured, Civil Rights, Public Interest, Statutory Interpretation, Discrimination, generally, Penalties, Injunctions, generally, Settlements, generally, Labor Law, generally, law, Case law , EEOC, general, EEOC, public
APPLICANT ASKED ILLEGAL QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS DISABILITY An Olive Garden restaurant, out in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, interviewed a disabled individual ...
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INSIDER TRADING COULD GET HIM ... Featured, Public Interest, Statutory Interpretation, Fraud, generally, Penalties, Penal Law, generally, Conversion, generally, law, Case law , Crime, public
ACCESS TO NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION NETTED HIM $650K On April 11, 2024, a Los Angeles federal jury convicted SB (35) of Brentwood, Los Angeles, of six ...
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DOWNPAYMENT LOST FOR FAILING TO CLO ... Featured, Judges, generally, Public Interest, Appellate Division, Contracts of Sale, generally, Contracts, generally, real estate , law, Case law , public
FAILURE TO TIMELY CLOSE RESULTED IN WAIVER OF RIGHTS AND LOSS OF DOWNPAYMENT After the buyer failed to close on a $2.2mm piece of property located in ...
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AMERICAN SCREENING POORLY SCREENED ... Featured, Civil Rights, Public Interest, Statutory Interpretation, Discrimination, generally, Penalties, Injunctions, generally, Settlements, generally, Labor Law, generally, law, Case law , EEOC, general, EEOC, public
COMPANY TO FORK OVER $50,000 AND MUST MODIFY POLICIES AND PRACTICES American Screening, LLC, a medical testing supply company, is said to have ...
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MASS SHOOTING GOT HIM 37 YEARS Featured, Civil Rights, Public Interest, Statutory Interpretation, Discrimination, generally, Religious Discrimination, Penalties, Guns, generally, Penal Law, generally, law, Case law , Racism, Crime, public, United States Department of Justice, DOJ
KILLED ONE MAN AND SHOT AT OTHERS BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIGION On April 3, 2024, APT (39) of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced to 37 years in prison (on five ...
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WERE THEY OUT OF THEIR TREE? Featured, Judges, generally, Public Interest, Statutory Interpretation, Appellate Division, Alterations, generally, Construction, generally, Licensing, generally, Property Damage, Penalties, Administrative Proceedings, generally, Article 78 Proceedings, law, Case law , public
DEVELOPER ORDERED TO PAY OVER $60K FOR UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL After a developer sought permission to remove a tree from a neighboring property (so that ...
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DISABLED EMPLOYEE DENIED TELEWORK Featured, Civil Rights, Public Interest, Statutory Interpretation, Discrimination, generally, Reasonable Accommodation, Labor Law, generally, law, Case law , public
SCHOOL DISTRICT WRONGFULLY FORCED DISABLED EMPLOYEE TO RESIGN In early April, West Memphis School District was sued by the United States Justice ...
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DIDN’T TIMELY SUE HER DOCTOR Featured, Judges, generally, Public Interest, Statutory Interpretation, Appellate Division, Motions to Dismiss, Doctors, generally, Hospitals, generally, law, Case law , public
STARTED MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE TOO LATE After J.C. filed a “medical malpractice” case alleging that her doctor, J.E.S., failed to diagnose her ...
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MASSACHUSETTS MAN SERIOUSLY INJURES ... Featured, Civil Rights, Public Interest, Statutory Interpretation, Discrimination, generally, Penalties, Assault, generally, Battery, generally, Cars, generally, Penal Law, generally, law, Case law , Racism, Crime, Racial Discrimination , public
TELLS VIETNAMESE FAMILY TO “GO BACK TO CHINA” On April 3, 2024, JS pleaded guilty a “one federal hate crime count.” Apparently, as GN, who is ...
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NO DISREGARDING A SCHEDULING ORDER Featured, Judges, generally, Public Interest, Statutory Interpretation, Appellate Division, Disclosure, generally, law, Case law , public
DIRECTIVE PROVIDED FOR A WAIVER OF DISCOVERY IF NOT TIMELY COMPLETED After the plaintiff, C.K., sought a 30-day extension of time within which to file ...
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RANDDER FUEL BOTTLES RENDERED DANGE ... Featured, Public Interest, public
According to a Consumer Product Safety Commission press release, these Chinese-made fuel bottles, sold by Randder aren't "kid safe." Some 1800 units ...
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NO GOING FULL SPEED AHEAD WITH ... Featured, Public Interest, public
The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently announced a recall of these Taiwanese-made cranksets sold by Full Speed Ahead. Over 12,000 units ...
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