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Lawsuit: Illinois agency wrongfully imprisoned children

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services wrongfully incarcerated hundreds of children in juvenile detention after a court ordered them to be released to a guardian

The Independent UK

Religious leaders sue to overturn Missouri’s abortion ban

ST. LOUIS — More than a dozen faith leaders filed suit Thursday in St. Louis Circuit Court to overturn Missouri’s abortion ban, arguing state legislators acted based on their personal religious beliefs and violated the separation of church and state protected in Missouri’s Constitution.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Illinois paramedics, ambulance company sued for man's death

Attorneys say the family of an Illinois man whose death prompted murder charges against two paramedics who strapped him facedown on a stretcher has filed a lawsuit against them and their employer

The Independent UK

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Settlement reached over Philly-area school abuse claims

A $3 million settlement will establish a fund for former students as part of a lawsuit alleging abuse and deprivation of education at a now-shuttered Pennsylvania juvenile justice facility

The Independent UK

Thinx settled a lawsuit over chemicals in its period underwear. Here's what to know

The lawsuit says Thinx underwear, long marketed as safe and sustainable, contains harmful chemical substances known as PFAS. The company denies those allegations but will pay up to $5 million.

WEKU

Man sues Denver archdiocese over abuse by convicted priest

A man who says he was repeatedly sexually abused as a teen by his Catholic priest more than two decades ago is suing the now-defrocked priest and the Archdiocese of Denver

The Independent UK

Group of faith leaders sue challenging Missouri abortion law

A lawsuit filed on behalf of several Missouri faith leaders on the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision is asking a court to throw out the state’s abortion law

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Army lieutenant pepper-sprayed in Virginia traffic stop receives $3,685 in damages

Caron Nazario filed a lawsuit in 2021 saying he was pepper-sprayed, struck and had his car illegally searched by two officers with the Windsor Police Department in Virginia.

WEKU

Robin Abcarian: Did Donald Trump rape, then defame a well known advice columnist?

I can't really understand why former President Donald Trump wanted to keep his deposition sealed in that lawsuit filed against him by author and former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll.

Los Angeles Times

Illinois State Rifle Association files federal lawsuit over state’s assault weapons ban

CHICAGO — Illinois’ flagship gun rights organization on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit alleging the newly signed state law that prohibits high-powered guns and large-capacity ammunition magazines violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Chicago Tribune

Universal settles lawsuit after 11-year-old’s foot crushed on E.T. Adventure

Universal Orlando has settled a lawsuit with a Brazilian tourist who said her 11-year-old son’s foot was crushed on the theme park’s E.T. Adventure ride in 2019.

Orlando Sentinel

Disneyland employees laughed at struggling disabled guest before fall, wrongful death suit alleges

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Disneyland employees laughed at the struggles of a disabled woman rather than help her out of a Jungle Cruise boat before she suffered a fall that ultimately led to her death, a lawsuit alleges.

The Orange County Register

Illinois weapons ban faces federal suit, mayor proposes CTA bus cams and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Conspiracy-Peddling Mayor Who Fondled Drunk Stepsister Loses Defamation Lawsuit

Colleyville’s Bobby Lindamood has been ordered to pay nearly $200k after losing a years-long, politically-charged case.

Texas Observer

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France 24

Blame it on big tech? The digital age's growing inequality gap

You won't see Elon Musk in Davos this year. He says it’s boring on Twitter, which he now owns, and which is still bleeding money. The same big losses are being seen at his electric car maker Tesla. But it would take a lot more for the billionaire to go…

Reason

She Lost Her Job For Showing a Painting of Muhammad in Class. Now, She's Suing.

"Hamline subjected López Prater to the foregoing adverse actions because . . . she did not conform her conduct to the specific beliefs of a Muslim sect," the lawsuit states.

The Independent UK

Lawsuits challenge recent Illinois semiautomatic gun ban

Legal challenges to Illinois’ semiautomatic weapons ban have begun

Chicago Tribune

Illinois State Rifle Association files federal lawsuit over state’s gun ban

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Gun lobby, stores file federal challenge to assault weapons ban, arguing it violates ‘right to keep and bear common arms’

The Illinois State Rifle Association lawsuit appears to be the first in federal court to challenge Illinois’ new weapons ban, but it is part of a burgeoning legal effort aimed at undoing the new law. Other lawsuits have been filed in state court.

Salon

Accuser sues Matt Schlapp and his wife

The lawsuit alleges that Matt and Mercedes Schlapp, a former Trump aide, tried to discredit the accuser

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Barclays boss saw Jeffrey Epstein abuse young women, US lawsuit claims

Suit filed by victim against JP Morgan alleges Jes Staley knew of trafficking of young women and witnessed sexual abuse

Tribune News Service

FDA suit accuses Florida company of making and selling ‘adulterated’ drugs

The Food and Drug Administration has filed a lawsuit accusing a Boca Raton pharmaceutical manufacturer of selling “adulterated” drugs and failure to correct violations cited by the FDA in 2018.

Tribune News Service

Truth? Or a simple dream? Lawsuit by man claiming he woke during surgery goes to trial

SAN DIEGO — The dreams that began haunting Randy Dalo almost as soon as he recovered from neck surgery in January 2017 went on trial in a downtown San Diego courtroom Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

California school district transitioned child without telling parent, lawsuit alleges

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A conservative legal group has filed a lawsuit against the superintendent and school board members for the Chico Unified School District, alleging that a district employee helped a fifth grade student transition their gender identity without informing the child’s parent.

Reason

Hamline Adjunct Fired for Showing Muhammad Images Sues + Hamline Statement Seems to Backtrack

The Pioneer Press (Josh Verges) reports [UPDATE: see also the Complaint]: The adjunct professor accused of Islamophobia for showing artwork in class that depicted the Prophet Muhammad filed a lawsuit against Hamline University on Tuesday as Hamline's president conceded the school mishandled the controversy. Professor Erika Lopez Prater is suing…

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