An Army lieutenant has filed suit against two Virginia police officers claiming his constitutional rights were violated when they pulled him over, pepper sprayed him in the face, and threatened to wreck his military career if he didn’t cooperate during a traffic stop late last year. Lt. Caron Nazario, 27, was behind the wheel of …
An Oregon social worker has sued a former anesthesia resident at the hospital where she worked — and his university — in a multi-million lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing her even after she told him his comments and actions were not welcome, the Oregonian reports. Jason Campbell has racked up millions of social media …
New Mexico social workers are using qualified immunity as a defense for a wrongful death lawsuit filed after an infant died in foster care. In 2017, 11-month-old Ariza Barreras died while in the care of a state respite care foster parent, Stephanie Crownover. Ariza and her siblings were dropped off days earlier at Crownover’s home in …
The grandparents of a slain Minnesota toddler have filed a federal lawsuit, naming medical workers and a social services employee as part of the blame for the child’s death. Star Tribune reports that the lawsuit was filed by Thomas Hunziker and Mary Egan, the paternal grandparents of 3-year-old Arianna Hunziker, who passed away in 2017. …
A 3-week-old infant was knowingly placed into a foster home with a sexually aggressive teenage boy who raped her, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Marion County, Florida. The lawsuit charges that Kids Central, which manages child welfare in the Ocala region, and The Centers, which provides case management services, knew that the …
“Tarzan” star Ron Ely has filed a lawsuit against the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, following the deaths of his wife and son. TMZ reports that Ely’s son Cameron, 30, was accused of stabbing Ely’s wife, Valerie, 62, in their Hope Ranch home in October 2019. According to the lawsuit, when officers arrived at the …
