INDIANAPOLIS — A tort claim filed last month alleges an Indianapolis special education teacher assaulted a nonverbal and autistic student. The tort also indicates that the same teacher trapped the ...

In Ohio Sec. Ins. Co v. Brakefire, Inc., CA. No. 5:24-cv-267, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97606 (Brakefire), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio considered whether a ...

Two doctrines frequently arise in Pennsylvania jurisprudence when addressing disputes between the parties to a contract: the parol evidence rule and the gist of the action doctrine. While each serves ...

A Seattle police lieutenant, who is named in a July lawsuit filed by four female officers alleging gender discrimination and sexual harassment, filed his own tort claim against the city last week, ...

Portland’s fired chief administrative officer, Jack Graham, followed through with an implied threat that came along an awkward “name-clearing” hearing last month where he attempted to give his side of ...

One of the major concerns of the plaintiffs' bar was that the Court of Appeals decision in Bostic seemed to require a showing of strict "but-for" causation—so that but for the exposure to a specific ...

Trucks queuing at a container terminal gate. (photo courtesy of the Port of Los Angeles) SAINT PAUL, Minn. (CN) — Minnesota joined the slight majority of states that recognize tort claims for ...

Multiple lawsuits and a tort claim that have come to light recently accuse the city of Caldwell and the Caldwell Police Department of discriminatory workplace violations. The lawsuits, filed by former ...

A longtime Portland police officer has signaled her intent to file a lawsuit against the City of Portland for the Portland Police Bureau’s (PPB) “ongoing pattern and practice of severe and pervasive ...

Environmental law did not begin with enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in 1969. Nor did it begin when Massachusetts adopted the first state wetland protection statute in 1963 ...