ALBANY — State Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the owners and operators of four nursing homes in Queens, the Bronx, White Plains County and in Buffalo accusing the homes of fraud that harmed, neglected and humiliated residents. “Suffering was immense, and relentless … inhumane behavior,” James said Tuesday. She said […]
Behind the scenes, progress is being made in the homicide investigation of Stephen Smith, a Smith family attorney said this week. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), which took over the Smith’s cold case and began investigating the unsolved death in the summer of 2021, is now making “substantial” progress, attorney Eric Bland said. […]
This post was authored by Amy Lavine, Esq, A recent decision from the Suffolk County Supreme Court, Matter of Save Sag Harbor v Village of Sag Harbor, involving the village’s adoption of a local law that expanded the definition of an apartment building in order to allow more affordable housing. The village attorney had drafted […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for the man accused of killing five of his neighbors after storming into their Texas home suggested on Thursday that not all has been revealed about what led up to the deadly shooting and that the suspect was someone who was generous and well -liked. Francisco Oropeza, 38, made his initial […]
An attorney for Tiger Woods filed court documents Monday that said Woods’ ex-girlfriend, Erica Herman, is not a victim of sexual assault or abuse but is instead a “jilted ex-girlfriend” who wants to publicly litigate “special” claims in public court. The attorney, JB Murray, filed the documents in response to two lawsuits Herman has filed […]
Donald Trump has faced an incredible number of lawsuits in his life. In 2016 USA Today found that Trump and his businesses were involved in at least 3,500 legal actions in federal and state courts over the three decades before that. Some of those legal troubles are, notably, going on as we speak, while he’s […]
The Hexavalent Chromium Spill That Never Happened: Without Disasters, Where Does Environmental Litigation Come From? Kathleen Ross On July 29, 2022, Tribar Manufacturing, an auto supply manufacturer, improperly released 10,000 gallons of toxicant-containing discharge into the sewer system of Wixom, Michigan.[1] The release overwhelmed the Wixom wastewater treatment plant and entered Norton Creek, a tributary […]
This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq. Charlestown Township, a municipality in Chester County, enacted a zoning ordinance that permits outdoor, off-premises advertising signs in a particular district. A statewide regulation concerning roadside billboards promulgated by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”) had the practical effect of barring that use. The property owner Charlestown […]