Blog Category - Lawsuits Filed

Apr

Lawsuit Filed By Man Trapped in Cook County Jail

A man who spent more than 30 hours trapped in an eight-by-eight foot room in the Cook County Jail has filed a lawsuit against the county. No dollar amount is specified in the suit, but attorneys are asking for compensation for physical, emotional and psychological injuries.&...

Apr

Lawsuit Filed in Hospital Strangulation Death

The mother of a man who was murdered by another patient while hospitalized has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital. The suit contends that hospital staff was negligent when they placed the woman's son in the same room as a man with a violent criminal history...

Apr

Professor’s Interest in Student’s Porn Modeling Leads to Lawsuit

A PSU student who worked as a pornographic model has filed a lawsuit against the college and the professor she says fixated on her pornography career.A former student at Portland State University has filed a lawsuit alleging a professor's intense interest in her care...

Apr

Bystanders Injured in Police Shootouts May Face Trial

New York City is taking a hard stance against lawsuits filed when bystanders are injured or killed in police shootouts, says Frenkel & Frenkel.Since 2011, police bullets have struck 16 bystanders in New York City during shootouts with suspected criminals, yet city...

Apr

Judge Agrees Child’s Fourth Amendment Rights Violated

A lawsuit filed by the parents of a 10-year old boy whose female principal stripped him down to his underwear may proceed, according to U.S. Magistrate Judge William A. Webb. The judge denied a motion to dismiss the case against the principal, Teresa Holmes, and the Sampson Count...

Apr

Woman Wins Lawsuit Against Husband

After his insurance company refused to pay her medical bills after a motorcycle accident successfully sued her husband for damages, says Frenkel & Frenkel.After her husband's insurance company refused to pay her medical bills, Birdie L. Whithorn of Vancouver, was left...

Apr

Car Dealer and State Representative Sued After Employee’s Taser Attacks

A Houston man whose repeated attacks with a taser at work were published on YouTube is suing his former employers, says Frenkel & Frenkel.A Texas State Representative and her husband, who co-own a Houston car dealership are the subjects of a lawsuit filed by a former employ...

Apr

Chicago Agrees to $10 Million for Coerced Confession Case

A man who spent 25 years in prison based on a coerced confession received a $10 million settlement from the city of Chicago, says Frenkel & FrenkelEric Caine spent 25 years in prison after falsely confessing to murdering an elderly couple in 1986, and the city of Chicago ju...

Apr

EA Sports Hit With $11 Million Lawsuit Award

A federal jury awarded a former programmer with $11 million due to royalty infringement, says Frenkel & Frenkel.EA Sports has suffered several setbacks recently, with a lawsuit filed by current and former college players regarding the use of their names and likenesses witho...

Apr

Lawsuit Proceeds Against Firms for Colluding to Depress Prices

A federal judge permitted a lawsuit regarding collusion against eight of the world's largest private equity firms to move forward, according to Frenkel & Frenkel.Although the judge dismissed two companies, Apollo Global Management and Providence Equity Partners, from...

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