The family of a girl that died after jumping from a school bus has field a lawsuit against the school district, according to FOX DFW. 13-year-old My’Kayla Thomas died in December after she jumped from a moving bus on her way home from an alternative school in Galveston. The bus was going 55 miles per […]
Two Rockwall-Health ISD students were hospitalized last weekend after consuming a supplement before their school’s homecoming dance, according to FOX DFW. A group of about 50 students purchased and drank the legal supplement, Potion 9, which is sold online and in convenience stores as a mood enhancer. Two of those students that drank Potion 9 […]
The energy drink company, Red Bull, has settled a class action lawsuit, agreeing to pay $13 million to consumers, according to FOX DFW. The lawsuit was brought about after some consumers alleged the company made false claims in their advertisements, which famously state that the drink “gives you wings.” Specifically, drinks were upset with the […]
The family of Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died of Ebola in Dallas last week, may file a lawsuit against the hospital where he was treated, according to the Dallas Morning News. Duncan came to Dallas last month in hopes of reconnecting with his estranged son and marrying his child’s mother, but he […]
The family of a man killed by the LAPD last month has filed a lawsuit against the city, seeking $75 million in damages, according to the Huffington Post. Ezell Ford’s family accuses the officers of unlawful search and seizure of Ford, who had a history of mental illness. The officers are also accused of using […]
A compensation expert hired by General Motors to investigate which deaths are tied to a faulty ignition switch has found at least 19 deaths that are eligible to receive payments from the automaker, according to the Huffington Post. The investigation comes after GM began recalling vehicles due the ignition switch, after a decade of knowing […]
A man formerly incarcerated in a Colorado jail has filed a lawsuit, claiming he lost fives toes due to the facility’s negligence, according to the Huffington Post. 47-year-old James Neisler spent time in the Arapahoe County Jail in 2013 while awaiting resolution to a domestic dispute during the burial of his dog. Neisler alleges that while […]
A Missouri man and his family have filed a lawsuit against the hotel chain, La Quinta Inn, for a June incident at a Dallas location, according to the Dallas Morning News. While in town for a Baptist convention, Walter Harrison and his family were staying at the La Quinta Inn on LBJ Freeway; at around […]
A woman that appeared on VH1’s provocative reality show, Dating Naked, is now suing the network, according to the Huffington Post. The show, which premiered earlier this summer, follows several young people go on dates while in the nude. New York model Jessie Nizewitz has filed a lawsuit against VH1 for $10 million, alleging the […]
A photographer is suing singer Justin Bieber and his bodyguard for altercation that took place in Hawaii last year, according to the Huffington Post. The photographer, Aja Oxman, took a picture of Justin Bieber jumping off a cliff in Kauai, Hawaii while on vacation. Oxman claims Bieber sent his bodyguard, Dwayne Patterson, over to Oxman […]