The family of two teens killed in an accident involving an 18-wheeler is hoping to persuade lawmakers to pass tougher regulations for commercial trucks, according to FOX DFW. 17-year-old AnnaLeah and 13-year-old Mary Karth were killed last year after an 18-wheeler veered out of its lane and crashed into their vehicle in Georgia. The teens […]
The City of Dallas has agreed to a settlement of nearly $1 million to the family of Tobias Mackey, an unarmed man shot by a Dallas police officer in 2010, according to the Dallas Morning News. After three days of testimony, the two parties were able to agree on the settlement of $900,000; the family’s […]
After the wrong kidney was removed in surgery, an Arlington man and his wife are suing the doctors involved for malpractice and gross negligence, according to WFAA News. 55-year-old Glenn Hermes was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2013, and as a result, underwent surgery to remove the cancerous kidney. However, Hermes’ doctor misread the pathology […]
A civil lawsuit filed against the City of Dallas and the Dallas Police Department for the death of Tobias Mackey is set to begin soon, according to NBC DFW. Mackey was shot nine times by a Dallas police officer in October 2010 while the officer was investigating an unrelated criminal activity outside of his apartment […]
Grace Garcia, the executive director of Annie’s List and senior advisor to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, was killed Monday afternoon after her vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer in Waxahachie. Garcia and the deputy director of Annie’s List, an organization that seeks to help female Democratic politicians elected to office, were headed […]
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, […]
A second lawsuit has been filed against Dr. Lou Tierce, the Fort Worth veterinarian accused of keeping his clients’ supposedly euthanized pets alive. The former client of Tierce claims that he kept her Chihuahua alive for over four months; she is now seeking $1 million in damages, according to FOX DFW. The pet owner also […]
A judge has ordered the attorneys of Ethan Couch, the intoxicated teen that killed four and injured several others in a car crash last summer, to hand over Couch’s psychological records, according to the Dallas Morning News. The order is related to the suit against Couch’s family by one of the boys injured in the […]
A police report has been filed and a Child Protective Services case opened against the principal of Dallas’ Bryan Adam High School, Richard Kasl, after a mother accused him of yanking her son’s earring out in the school’s hallway. The male student was wearing gauges in his ears at the time of the incident, according […]