More than 700 former NFL players have joined in to file a class action lawsuit against the league, alleging that the NFL created a culture of drug use to push players to continue games despite injuries, according to FOX DFW and ESPN. Among the claims made against the NFL is that trainers and doctors regularly, […]
Following several recent six-figure settlements, the city of Dallas approved a settlement of $105,000 to Danny Cantu, after he alleged that police used excessive force while executing a search in his home in 2010. Cantu’s complaint claims that police officers burst into his home, using a flash bang grenade, and struck him repeatedly, after zip-tying […]
A young woman has been hospitalized after a hit-and-run driver crashed into her on her way to work, according to MyFOX DFW. 22-year-old Lisa Hernandez was getting off of the bus in downtown Dallas this weekend when, according to the police report, a green SUV ran a red light and hit Hernandez. Hernandez says the […]
The family of 31-year-old Corey Deon Bailey has settled with Dallas County $800,000 after Bailey died in their custody in 2008. According to the Dallas Morning News, Bailey was arrested for driving while intoxicated; less than two weeks after his arrest, he was involved in an incident with jailers and didn’t receive adequate medical attention. […]
Testimony has begun for a rape case, in which the accused is a Dallas radio DJ, according to the Dallas Morning News. The victim came forward in 2010, alleging that Anthony Salvatori lured her to KISS-FM, the radio station that Salvatori, known then as DJ Tony Marino, worked at in 1999, promising her tickets to […]
Six months after recalling a frightening evening in which he and his family were shot at and detained by Dallas police officers, David Blair is suing the two officers involved and the city of Dallas. According to the Dallas Morning News, Blair and his family moved in an Oak Cliff apartment last fall. Blair’s complaint […]
A DART employee was killed Monday evening while working on a bus at the Central Supply garage in east Dallas, according to the Dallas Morning News. The man, whose name has not been released, was a mechanic employed by DART for 10 years. He was working on a bus when the incident occurred. The man […]