Category: lawsuit

Texas Border Town Reaches Deal With DHS Over Illegal Immigrant Transfers

A Texas border town and the federal government have reached a deal that stops the transfer of illegal immigrants to the border community, according to a report. Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz told The Monitor that, under the agreement, illegal immigrants transferred to the border town from the Rio Grande Valley will no longer remain in…


Peloton Is Sued for Improperly Charging Sales Tax

NEW YORK—Peloton Interactive Inc. subscribers have filed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing the maker of at-home stationary bicycles of improperly charging sales tax on memberships in New York, Virginia, and Massachusetts. In a complaint filed on Thursday night in federal court in Manhattan, Brandon Skillern and Ryan Corken said Peloton should have treated its…


Judge Dismisses Woman’s Defamation Suit Against Roy Moore’s Campaign

An Alabama judge has thrown out a defamation claim against Roy Moore’s Senate campaign that was filed by a woman who claims she was sexually abused by Moore when she was a teenager. Montgomery Circuit Judge John E. Rochester ruled that Leigh Corfman can only proceed with her lawsuit against Moore, not his former Senate…


LA Deputies Shot in Ambush Sue ‘Ghost Gun’ Kit Maker

LOS ANGELES—Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies badly wounded in an ambush shooting last year sued a Nevada company Monday for making the parts for a “ghost gun” used in the attack. The lawsuit alleges Polymer80 Inc. negligently and unlawfully sold an “untraceable home-assembled gun kit” that resulted in the September attack. It was the…


Lawsuit Filed Over Alabama Interstate Crash That Killed 10

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—The driver of a girl’s home van in which eight children died in a fiery interstate crash in Alabama has filed suit against trucking companies based in California and Georgia and a driver, her lawyers said Monday. The federal lawsuit, which seeks an unspecified amount of money, recounts a desperate attempt by the woman,…


Lawyers for Migrant Children Sue Biden Admin Over Treatment at Intake Sites

Attorneys representing illegal immigrant children being held at emergency intake sites sued the Biden administration on Monday asking a federal judge to order the Department of Justice to comply with the terms of the landmark immigration agreement. The lawsuit (pdf), filed against Attorney General Merricks Garland, alleges that the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office…


Lawyers for Illegal Immigrant Children Sue Biden Admin Over Treatment at Intake Sites

Attorneys representing illegal immigrant children being held at emergency intake sites sued the Biden administration on Monday asking a federal judge to order the Department of Justice to comply with the terms of the landmark immigration agreement. The lawsuit (pdf), filed against Attorney General Merricks Garland, alleges that the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office…


Texas Water Park Chemical Leak Blamed on Filtration System

SPRING, Texas—A Texas water park says a chemical exposure that sent dozens of people to hospitals was caused by “improper installation” of a water filtration system. Six Flags officials said Wednesday that a third-party service company improperly installed the system at Hurricane Harbor Splashtown, causing pool-sanitizing chemicals to be released in an outdoor kiddie pool…


Newsom Recall Backers Sue to Block Framing of Effort as ‘Republican Takeover’ of California

Key backers of the recall election against California Gov. Gavin Newsom have filed a lawsuit to prevent the Democrat governor from framing the contest as a Trump-aligned Republican power grab in an official voter information guide that will be distributed publicly. Orrin Heatlie, the lead organizer of the recall campaign, and Mike Netter, a board…


Trump Amends Big Tech Lawsuit as 65,000 Americans Submit Censorship Stories

Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has amended his class action lawsuit against Big Tech to incorporate additional class representatives and more censorship stories provided by everyday Americans. According to the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), Trump’s July 7 lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter, and Google is adding ”additional censorship experiences” from some of the nearly…