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Inmates Claim County is Depriving Them of Basic Medical and Mental Health Care - Similar Lawsuits Expected to be Filed as Counties...

Inmates in the Riverside County jails served a federal class-action lawsuit last week, claiming the county is subjecting them to cruel and unusual punishment by depriving them of basic medical and mental health care. Among...more

7th Circuit Extends Bivens Civil Rights Actions to Brady Violations

This week we examine the hugely important 7th Circuit case Engel v. Buchan that found that the violations of the Brady v. Maryland right requiring a prosecutor to disclose potentially exculpatory evidence to a criminal...more

Why Would I Sue the Government?

Certain situations exist where you can file some kind of legal action against the government, either administrative or a lawsuit. Examples are special education due process hearings and Section 1983 claims for violation of...more

No Disability Discrimination Where Employee Cannot Competently Perform Job, Ninth Circuit Holds

In Lawler v. Montblac North American LLC, the plaintiff, Cynthia Lawler, a store manager at a boutique retail store, was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. Lawler initiated the action after Defendant employer terminated her...more

Trooper Suspended after Shocking Roadside Cavity Search

A Texas state trooper is suspended with pay and will face a grand jury next month for conducting a body cavity search of two women on the side of a highway near Irving, Texas, in full view of passing traffic and a male...more

Langarica v. County of Los Angeles

Appellate Opinion

After hospital staff got into a dispute with Appellant, Antonio Langarica, the hospital defendants convinced the social worker defendants that Antonio had a bad attitude and needed to be brought into line. They then worked...more

Jury Finds Milwaukee County Not Liable For Sexual Assault Committed By Jail Guard

Back in 2009, Milwaukee County jail guard James Howard sexually assaulted an inmate. A state court convicted Mr. Howard of two counts of sexually assaulting an inmate. The inmate then sued Mr. Howard in federal court,...more

Audio Recording of Police in Action Found to Be Protected Right under 1st Ammendment

Audio Recordings of Police Are Protected By First Amendment According to Two Different Courts Of Appeal. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a blow to Illinois’ 50-year-old anti-eavesdropping law according to trial...more

Broadwater v. Fow et al.

Complaint

FRANKLIN COUNTY MAN FILES COMPLAINT IN FEDERAL COURT ALLEGING STATE POLICE CORPORAL VIOLATED HIS CIVIL RIGHTS DURING AN UNPROVOKED ATTACK Violent action caught on tape by in-car video camera shows brutal attack on handcuffed...more

Legal Byte: After a parent sexually abuses his daughter should the courts grant him custody of his sons?

Legal Byte: After a parent sexually abuses his daughter should the courts grant him custody of his sons? Find out what California courts have to say....more

LEGAL BYTE: Are boys and girls different?

This LEGAL BYTE asks and answers the question: What if an apartment owner restricts his tenancies and refuses to rent to families with the “wrong kind” of children? Will such discrimination be tolerated in California? ...more

Woman Alleges Police Illegally Strip Searched Her

A California woman is filing suit against Imperial County and a sheriff’s sergeant for what she alleges was an improper strip search. Earlier this year, plaintiff Ana Hicks alleged in court documents that she was falsely...more

Purcell v. United States

Petition for Certiorari

On Monday, January 23, 2012 I am filing a petition for certiorari seeking to refine or overturn the Feres doctrine. Over the last 60 years the Feres doctrine – a judicial interpretation of the Federal Tort Claims Act - has...more

Shareholder Dale Allen Obtains Defense Verdict for Johannes Mehserle and Four Other BART Police Officers

On December 1, 2011, Low, Ball & Lynch shareholder DALE L. ALLEN, JR., and associate DIRK LARSEN obtained a defense verdict for five Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officers, including Johannes Mehserle, who is widely...more

FICHERA & MILLER TAKES CASE TO U.S. SUPREME COURT FIGHTING FOR THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF MILITARY SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN

January 23, 2012, Chicago, IL: Chicago personal injury attorneys, Fichera & Miller, call upon the United States Supreme Court to overturn the 60- year-old Feres Doctrine and preserve the rights of servicemembers and...more

Plaintiff's Guide to Dog-Bite Litigation (Powerpoint)

Delivered by Michael Kaiser of the Kaiser Legal Group to a national audience in December, 2011, and July, 2012, in conjunction with the National Business Institute's Continuing Legal Education seminar (CLE) "Plaintiff's Guide...more

Deon Gentry v. Wayne County Deputy Sheriff Daniel Carmona

Michigan Court of Appeals Issues Definitive Ruling Protecting Law Enforcement Officers in "Excessive Force" Shooting Case

In the wake of the Michigan Supreme Court’s pinnacle decision in Odom v. Wayne County, 482 Mich 459 (2008), which I briefed and argued, the Michigan Court of Appeals had yet to address the difficult case involving...more

Preview of Supreme Court Cases Impacting Government Liability

October 3rd marked the official start of the 2011 term for the United States Supreme Court. There are several cases already on the Court’s docket that are likely to impact government liability. This article summarizes...more

WHAT IS LIBERALISM

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ABUSE OF RIGHT

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Woman Sues Queens Sizzler for Alleged Gay Bias Attack by Manager, New York Civil Rights Violation Lawyer Comments

New York civil rights violation lawyer David Perecman comments on the discrimination lawsuit filed against the Forest Hills Sizzler by a gay diner. She claimed she was attacked and berated at the Queens restaurant because of...more

Muslim Woman Assaulted in an Alleged Hate Crime in New York, Civil Rights Violation Lawyer Investigates

New York civil rights lawyer David Perecman comments on allegations of an possible attack on a burka-wearing woman in Harlem. New York City police are investigating whether the attack was a hate crime. Aissatou Diallo...more

Il diritto all'identita personale

Il diritto all'dentità personale. Studio di D.Minussi...more

New York Auto Accident Lawyer David Perecman Supports Ambitious Campaign to Reduce Traffic Casualties

New York auto accident lawyer David Perecman gives his support to a new initiative to prevent traffic fatalities and auto accidents in New York City. Transportation Alternatives, in partnership with the Drum Major...more

The 9th Circuit Should Reconsider the Rule on Loss of Relationship Claims

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in contrast to the other federal courts of appeals, holds that family members have a claim under the United States Constitution to loss of relationship with another...more