A former city prosecutor has filed suit against Lafayette Consolidated Government alleging wrongful termination and breach of contract. In a suit filed Monday, Marcus A. Allen alleges he was fired on the basis of allegations of a criminal act without …
A San Jose teenager stabbed outside a McDonald’s is suing the restaurant owners for failing to provide enough security. The Santa Clara County lawsuit filed Tuesday by 17-year-old Jonathan Paredes and his mother Gloria Paredes alleges negligence, saying the McDonald’s …
A high school student injured in a locker room incident last year is suing the Logan County Board of Education. David and Robin Cantrell filed the lawsuit on behalf of their son, Justin. He was a sophomore on the Man …
The state of Pennsylvania has paid $50,000 to settle a lawsuit by a man who claimed two state police officers beat him at the Washington County barracks before taking him to the county jail, a newspaper reported on its website …
A Louisville man has filed suit against five police officers alleging that they attacked him without provocation. Shawn Gellhaus claims in the lawsuit that police repeatedly slammed him to the ground last June, then punched, kicked and choked him before …
A Nevada man claims boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. directed his bodyguards to attack him at a Las Vegas casino last year after the man tried to take a photograph of the undefeated champion and asked about a fight with another …
A wave of pharmacy robberies is sweeping the United States as desperate addicts and ruthless dealers turn to violence to feed the nation’s growing hunger for narcotic painkillers. From Redmond, Washington state, to St. Augustine, Florida, criminals are holding pharmacists …
A Chicago family says members of the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast were real louts during a boozy trip to a Caribbean resort. Yolanda Martinez and some of her relatives filed a lawsuit Monday in New York. They say …
Evangelist Tony Alamo, who is serving a 175-year sentence in federal prison for taking young girls across state lines for sex, faces a civil trial starting Tuesday that he ordered the beating of two of his former ministry members. In …
A former Twin Cities attorney has been ordered to pay $15 million to the trust of a teenager he sexually assaulted. Forty-eight-year-old Aaron Biber is serving an 18-year prison sentence for assaulting his son’s friend, who was a neighbor. Court …