A Utah judge has released 2014 courtroom footage showing a U.S. Marshall fatally shooting a pen-wielding gang member during a federal racketeering trial. Deseret News reports that the 24-second video shows Siale Angilau, a member of the Tongan Crips gang, standing up, grabbing a pen, and approaching the witness stand to possibly attack a shackled witness. …
The victim contracted a venereal disease from the 2010 attack, the lawsuit also alleged
An Army veteran has filed a lawsuit, accusing a surgeon at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut of leaving a scalpel inside his body–where it remained for four years before being discovered. According to the Hartford Courant, Glenford Turner, 61, claimed underwent a robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy at the West Haven VA on August 30, 2013. He reportedly …
A former employee at a Pennsylvania hospital who had an operation at her job accused a co-worker of taking photos of her private parts that were later circulated throughout the workplace. According to the Observer-Reporter, the woman, identified as Jane Doe, filed a 39-page complaint earlier this month. In it, Doe explained that she was undergoing incisional hernia …
A California family has sued Target, accusing the retailer of selling a potty trainer that nearly ripped a 3-year-old’s penis off. The Press-Enterprise reported that the Riverside family is suing Target for selling the weePOD Basix potty trainer, a product that they say Target knew was dangerous. The manufacturer, Prince Lionheart, was also listed in the …
A woman who accused Usher of giving her herpes has reportedly dropped her $20 million lawsuit against the singer. According to People, Laura Helm filed the multi-million dollar suit in July, claiming she had unprotected sex with Usher, 39, and contracted the virus. Helm’s attorney, Lisa West, stopped representing her and Helm was left to hire …
At least 22 people are suing the maker of Nutribullet, alleging the blender’s malfunctioning parts resulted in serious lacerations and injuries. Sheryl Utal told CBS News that she used her high-powered blender daily for years until it exploded after 20 seconds and gave her second-degree burns. “It just came flying out all over me, all over …
A 3-year-old boy with a dairy allergy died earlier this month after his preschool served him a grilled cheese sandwich, his family said. The New York Times reports that Elijah Silvera died November 3 after the Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services in Harlem, New York, gave the toddler a grilled cheese sandwich. A GoFundMe set …
A family accused a St. Paul, Minnesota, hospital of discarding a stillborn baby in dirty laundry instead of cremating him as promised. The Washington Post reported that Esmeralda Hernandez delivered her premature, stillborn son, José, in April 2013. She kept him with her overnight and Regions Hospital staff offered to arrange a “respectful and dignified” cremation for …
An 82-year-old Houston, Texas, woman has sued Red Lobster, accusing the restaurant of getting her so drunk that she fell in the parking lot and broke her hip, as reported by Inside Edition. The Houston Chronicle reports that Marlene Spencer filed the lawsuit last week, alleging that she was hospitalized for six days and underwent a …
Actor Ryan Phillippe is facing an assault-related lawsuit after his former girlfriend, Elsie Hewitt claimed he beat her up during a drunken rage. PEOPLE reports that Hewitt, 21, filed a civil lawsuit against the 43-year-old actor on Monday at a Los Angeles court, claiming that he roughed her up on July 3, after drinking excessively. According …
A man has reportedly filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against a New York City hospital, accusing them of sending his HIV diagnosis to his workplace, as reported by NY Daily News. The man, who in his 30s and identified as “John Doe,” has accused Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital of sending information about his diagnosis …
