Royal Caribbean Sued By Passengers Who Traveled During Hurricane Harvey Royal Caribbean allegedly pressured passengers booked on a cruise, to travel into Houston, even though Hurricane Harvey was about to strike the area. Passengers claimed they were told to travel to Houston, or risk losing the ability to get a refund on their tickets. The cruise was scheduled to travel…
New Jersey Family Sues Six Flags Great Adventure In 2015, Rachel Alesiani rode El Diablo, a 7-story tall loop roller coaster at the park located in Jackson, New Jersey, The ride is a vertical thrill ride and swings back and forth like a pendulum. At the top of the ride, it stops at the peak and suspends riders upside down.…
St. Louis University Responds to Lawsuit From Surgical Resident With Their Own Lawsuit In Late August, a surgical resident filed a civil lawsuit against St. Louis University. The student, Mandy Rice, filed the claim against St. Louis University; Carl Freeman, the chief of the trauma service; Catherine Wittgen, the director of the university’s surgery residency program. Rice says she has to repeat…
St. Louis Federal Judge Awards $32.4 Million in Robocall Lawsuit A St. Louis County couple, along with 3.2 million other people, were awarded $32.4 million by a St. Louis federal judge. In 2012, Ron and Dorit Golan received two calls that went to voicemail, even though they are on the Do Not Call registry. The calls were to promote the…
Judge Dismisses Defamation Lawsuit Former U.S. Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, tried to bring a lawsuit against the New York Times, but a federal judge dismissed the case. Palin claimed the New York Times defamed her in an editorial linking her to a mass shooting in 2011. The editorial, written in June 2011, was about a shooting at a Virginia…
New Missouri Law Suspended Recently, a new law banning mandatory union fees, was suspended in Missouri. Over a thousand people rallied at the Capital in Jefferson City, hoping to block the law and demanding it be put to a public vote. Dozens of boxes that held signed over 300,000 petitions were delivered to the Secretary of State’s Office. Maura Browning,…
Why Hire a Personal Injury Attorney? No one wants to hire a personal injury attorney. Unfortunately, accidents happen in everyday life, and with those accidents come expenses. If an accident was the result of another person’s negligence, then you are entitled to compensation. Getting compensation and proving another party’s negligence can be complicated and timely. A personal injury lawyer knows…
Some of the most famous food recalls in American history A recall from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) can be a nightmare for any food company. Even with stricter FDA and USDA regulations food recalls still happen. It seems like every year there is another huge product recall caused by a manufacturer’s…
Recently, the city of St. Louis passed a law to raise it minimum wage to $10 an hour. $10 an hour is more than $2 higher than any other city in the state of Missouri, and the amount was set to increase to $11 an hour in 2018. Many minimum wage employees were thrilled, considering overnight their income raised by…
Missouri Department of Social Services Sued by Saint Louis University and Child Advocates The National Center for Youth Law, Attorneys for Children’s Rights, and Saint Louis University School of Law Legal Clinics filed a lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Social Services. The federal lawsuit regards foster care children who were inappropriately given psychotropic drugs and the systemic lack of…