Tag: lawsuit
First they tried to take our Kinder, now they want our Cadbury Creme Eggs. Due to a lawsuit filed by Hershey’s against the original U.K.-based creme egg chocolate manufacturer Cadbury, imports of products from the company are currently on hold. Hershey’s claims that some products by Cadbury are too similar to it’s own. According to DNAinfo: […]
Occupy Wall Street cases are still being settled in courtrooms, more than three years after the protest movement became an international obsession. Three clients of attorney Jeffrey Rothman settled their cases against NYC on Monday and they received a combined total of $142,500. The Daily News reports: The biggest chunk goes to Sandra Fields, 68, of Manhattan, […]
Hundreds of people are expected to sue New York City following March’s devastating East Harlem explosion, which destroyed two buildings, killed eight people, and wounded at least 70 others. DNAinfo reports that the city could “face up to $1 billion in payouts,” ranging from wrongful death to property damage lawsuits. First responders injured by the […]
An NYPD officer allegedly took $1,300 from a man’s pocket in Coney Island during a stop-and-frisk, reports the Daily News. The money has not been accounted for. The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office is investigating. In video footage recorded at the scene, the cop frisking construction worker Lamard Joye “appears to reach into Joye’s pocket and pull out a thick wad of […]
On Monday, the family of Eric Garner — who died after being placed into an illegal chokehold by a police officer — has taken the first step in their planned lawsuit against the city, the NYPD and six officers involved in the incident, filing a claim to sue for $75 million. The claim is currently under review. The police […]
Notorious narcotics detective Peter Valentin has been on modified duty since March, but the city is still paying his giant legal tab. As NYPD’s highest overtime earner who called himself “PistolPete” and “the King of the Bronx,” Valentin was sued 28 times since 2006, with an average settlement of $50,000. Since April, Valentin’s six settlements totaled $402,000. With […]
Andy Henriquez died in his solitary confinement cell from a torn aorta, in severe pain, while guards ignored his and other inmates’ cries for help, DNAinfo reports. After a shocking report detailing institutionalized abuse, rights violations, a “culture of violence” and frequent medical emergencies experienced by young inmates at Rikers Island, other cases of systemic corruption are being brought to light, […]
The city has approved a $2 million lawsuit settlement for the wrongful death of Tamon Robinson. In April 2012, cops chased down the victim in their NYPD radio car for allegedly stealing “paving stones” outside Bayview Houses in Canarsie. Robinson was running away from the cop car on foot. The Daily News reports: The official police accident report contended that the radio car […]
The City of New York will pay $583,000 in compensation to falsely arrested Occupy protestors, the largest settlement yet in any case against the NYPD for their conduct throughout the Occupy Wall Street protests. The previous highest was $350,000, won by lawyer Norman Siegel for the destruction of property when officers cleared Zuccotti Park in […]
In a press release, law firm Hagens Berman has announced its filed a national class action against Google, claiming the company is unlawfully denying payments to web site owners who used Google’s AdWords. This comes on the heels of allegations that Google had been unfairly banning accounts just before a payout; altering their widely used […]
