Widow Files Suit Against Atlanta Country Club Over Husband’s Shooting Death

The widow of a man who was killed after attending a wedding has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Atlanta's Capital City Country Club, arguing that the wedding venue should have done more to protect her late husband. The lawsuit, filed around February 28, 2019 in Fulton County State Court, demands a jury trial and [...]

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US Government To Pay $5 Million In Escaped Prisoner Murder, Rape Case

The United States government is set to pay out $5 million in compensation to settle a lawsuit filed by the victims of David Renz, an escaped prisoner who broke out of his electronic ankle bracelet while in custody and went on to murder a school librarian and rape a 10-year-old. US Government Settles Negligence Lawsuit [...]

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Iowa Hotel Settles Sexual Assault Negligence Lawsuit

A hotel in Iowa has agreed to settle the lawsuit of a New Jersey woman who claims to have been sexually assaulted in her seventh-floor hotel room. Attorneys for the plaintiff say the owners of the Embassy Suites hotel in Des Moines agreed to the deal shortly before she was scheduled to testify at trial [...]

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Black Teens Targeted By White Couple In Miami File Civil Hate Crime Lawsuit

The families of four black teens subjected to racial slurs and vulgarity over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday in Miami have filed a civil lawsuit against the white couple who targeted them, claiming the couple's actions constitute a hate crime, the Miami Herald reports. Racist Rant, Concealed Weapon On Miami Bridge In addition to [...]

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Family Of Murdered Cleveland Student Files Civil Lawsuit

The family of a young Cleveland student who was raped and murdered on her way to school has filed a civil lawsuit against her charter school and the city. In court documents, the mother and father of Alianna DeFreeze, a seventh grader murdered in January 2017, take aim at her school, E Prep and Village [...]

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Indiana School Shooter Took Guns From Home Cabinet, Authorities Say

On Thursday, December 13, 2018, a teenage boy showed up at a Richmond, Indiana middle school armed with two guns, his mind set on staging a school shooting. Thankfully, disaster was averted that day. Despite a vehicle stuffed full of explosives, the boy, Brandon Clegg, was stopped, thanks to the efforts of local police authorities, [...]

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Oregon Substitute Teacher Convicted On Sexual Abuse Charges

A former substitute teacher in Oregon has been convicted for sexual abuse of a student in a criminal case that languished for over six years before a sexual abuse survivor filed her own civil lawsuit against the offender. On Friday, December 14, 2018, Dale Arnold Buckendahl was convicted by a Multnomah County jury on evidence [...]

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