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Teen's Suicide Over Sex Video Leads to $250K Payment

Corey Walgren was 16 when he jumped off a parking garage roof

(Newser) - The case of a suburban Chicago teenager who killed himself after being confronted at his high school about whether he made a video of himself having sex with a classmate raised uncomfortable questions about how aggressively school officials should question kids suspected of wrongdoing and whether they should wait until...

$5K Lawsuit Targets Chicken Sandwiches

Craig Barr accuses Popeyes of deceptive business practices

(Newser) - A Tennessee man is suing Popeyes Chicken because, he says, they ran out of chicken sandwiches. Craig Barr filed the $5,000 suit Wednesday after what he called repeated attempts to buy the sandwich at different locations, NBC News reports. "I can't get happy; I have this sandwich...

Woman Sues Over Terror-Filled Birth at Denver County Jail

Diana Sanchez says she was forced to labor and deliver alone in her cell

(Newser) - A Colorado woman says she was forced to give birth alone without medical assistance in a dirty cell at the Denver County Jail, even as nurses milled about. Diana Sanchez's lawsuit claims she delivered a baby boy at 10:44am on July 31, 2018, nearly six hours after alerting...

Suit: Premium Dairy's Cows Surrounded by Dirt, Concrete

Class-action complaint against Tillamook creamery says most cows' life isn't as idyllic as advertised

(Newser) - Visit the website of the Tillamook County Creamery Association, and you'll view photos of "pampered" cows roaming freely in verdant fields. A new lawsuit from the Animal Legal Defense Fund, however, takes issue with this idyllic imagery from the company that churns out Tillamook-brand butter, cheese, ice cream,...

Suit: School Didn't Like Teen's Haircut. Out Came a Sharpie

School staffers said Texas teen's fade haircut violated dress code

(Newser) - A lawsuit against a school district and three white staffers at Texas' Berry Miller Junior High School alleges a dress-code violation ended with a 13-year-old boy being publicly humiliated and subjected to racial discrimination. Per NBC News , Dante Trice and Angela Washington's complaint—which names the Pearland Independent School...

Epstein Is Gone, but the Suits Keep Coming
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Aug 16, 2019 4:56 PM CDT

Epstein's Death Is Ruled Suicide

2 more women have filed suit against the financier's estate

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein's death has been confirmed a suicide by hanging, the AP reports, by the New York medical examiner's office. The autopsy was completed Sunday, per NBC , but the office said it was waiting on information from investigators before issuing its ruling. Barbara Sampson, the medical examiner, said...

She Finally Got an Audition With the Boys Choir. Now She's Suing

9-year-old says she was rejected because of her gender from Berlin's State and Cathedral Choir

(Newser) - For more than 550 years, the State and Cathedral Choir of Berlin has performed all over Germany and the world. But while the choral group has renown, there's one thing it doesn't have, and never has: a female voice. The AP reports a 9-year-old girl hopes to change...

Epstein Accuser's Suit: 3 Girls Made Available to Him Daily

Jennifer Araoz files a civil suit against estate, 4 others

(Newser) - We've heard from Jennifer Araoz before , just not quite like this. The 32-year-old went public with her accusations against Jeffrey Epstein in July . But on Wednesday she filed suit against his estate and four alleged accomplices—and she's out with an opinion piece in the New York Times ...

He Was Fired by His Dad. Now He Can't Use His Own Name

George Sink Jr. temporarily blocked from using name to market new firm after father's lawsuit

(Newser) - A South Carolina attorney is unable to use his own name to market his law firm after he was sued by his father. George Sink Jr. worked for personal injury lawyer George Sink Sr.—whose TV ads and billboards have made him famous across the state—for just shy...

Woman's Xmas Gift to Parents Brings Devastating Surprise

Rebecca Cartellone, conceived via IVF, finds out dad isn't biological father due to apparent clinic mix-up

(Newser) - A 24-year-old Ohio woman who thought an Ancestry.com kit would make a great Christmas gift for her parents is now wracked with guilt, and her family thrown into turmoil, after the DNA test revealed her dad isn't her biological father. Per the New York Daily News , the family...

Another Ex-FBI Official Is Suing
Another Ex-FBI Official Is Suing
Aug 8, 2019 3:33 PM CDT

Another Ex-FBI Official Is Suing

Andrew McCabe says his firing was unlawful

(Newser) - Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a frequent target of President Trump's ire, sued the FBI and the Justice Department on Thursday over his firing, the AP reports. The lawsuit, the second this week from an ex-FBI official challenging the circumstances of his termination, says the firing was part...

Surgical 'Never Event' Leads to $25M Lawsuit

Woman had stent put in wrong kidney at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

(Newser) - Two doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have admitted to implanting a stent in the wrong kidney of a woman who sued in March for more than $25 million. Carla Miller of Jackson, Tenn., died two months later, though her children are continuing with the lawsuit and will argue kidney...

Suit: Boy Scouts Hiding 'Pedophilia Epidemic'

Lawyer group says it has 800 clients in the wings and has identified 350 new alleged abusers

(Newser) - A lawsuit was filed Monday in Philly against the Boy Scouts of America on behalf of a man who says a Scout leader sexually abused him for years in the '70s, and the lawyer group that filed the complaint says there's new proof that the BSA tried to...

Simpsons Composer Sues, Says He Was Fired Over Age

Alf Clausen, 78, is suing Fox

(Newser) - Alf Clausen was fired from his role as composer for The Simpsons in 2017 after 27 years on the job , and he says he was told the show was "taking the music in a different direction." But the real reason, the 78-year-old says in a lawsuit against Fox,...

Philly Team Is Suing Mascot's Creator

And not the Philly team you would think

(Newser) - If any Philadelphia sports team was to sue the creator of its mascot, one could reasonably presume it would be the Flyers . Alas, Gritty will remain while the Philadelphia Phillies are suing the New York company that created the Phanatic to prevent the green furry fan favorite from becoming a...

Elizabeth Warren, Kathy Griffin Named in New Covington Suit

Dozen defendants 'invited public retaliation against these minors,' complaint claims

(Newser) - A $250 million defamation lawsuit against the Washington Post by Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann was just dismissed last week by a judge, but a new Covington complaint is now on the books, with a dozen public figures named as defendants. Per the Cincinnati Enquirer , the suit involves...

Suit: 5 Took Their Lives at Frat Leader&#39;s Urging
Suit: 5 Took Their Lives
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Aug 2, 2019 9:45 AM CDT

Suit: 5 Took Their Lives at Frat Leader's Urging

'There were too many similarities'

(Newser) - A disturbing lawsuit out of Missouri claims a fraternity member at Truman State University successfully urged five of his friends to kill themselves in a single year. Alpha Kappa Lambda members Alex Mullins, Jacob Hughes, Josh Thomas, and two others who weren't part of the frat died between August...

He Approved a Brain Study. Then His Mom's Body Blew Up

Jim Stauffer is one of 35 people suing over Biological Resource Center

(Newser) - Jim Stauffer thought he was benefiting Alzheimer's research when he donated his mother's body to Biological Resource Center five years ago. As Doris Stauffer, 73, had suffered from Alzheimer's but was without the gene linked to the disease, her son thought a brain study could be useful....

Wrestling Star Sues Sheriff Over Son's Death

Jerry Lawler's son died last year

(Newser) - Jerry "The King" Lawler of WWE fame lost his son last year —and the wrestler blames the Hardeman County Sheriff's Department in Tennessee. Lawler is suing the department over Brian Christopher Lawler's death at age 46; he hanged himself in his jail cell after he was...

Judge Rules on Kentucky Teen's $250M Lawsuit

Nicholas Sandmann says he was falsely labeled as racist

(Newser) - A federal judge has thrown out a Kentucky teen's lawsuit accusing the Washington Post of falsely labeling him a racist following an encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial, the AP reports. Nicholas Sandmann, a student at Covington Catholic High School, sued the newspaper for $250...

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