October 30, 2014
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit over an earthquake that injured a woman, finding that the case should instead be heard by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. In August, Prague resident Sandra Ladra filed a lawsuit against the operators of …
September 26, 2014
A soccer ball kicked into the crowd at a Las Vegas concert has bounced back to Rod Stewart in the form of a lawsuit by a Southern California man who says he has lingering injuries after his nose was broken. …
July 28, 2014
A Virginia woman whose son was allegedly knocked down and dragged while on a ride at an Ocean City, Md., amusement park is suing the park for $1 million. The Daily Record of Baltimore reports that Raffinee McNeill is seeking …
April 24, 2014
An Oregon duck accused of having “abnormally dangerous propensities” finds itself at the center of a lawsuit that seeks $275,000 in damages. The duck – the feathered kind, not the football kind – is accused of attacking a Washougal, Wash., …
March 31, 2014
Veteran comedian George Wallace told a Nevada jury on Friday that it felt like a bear trap clamped his leg when he injured his Achilles tendon during a stand-up comedy show for a private audience at a resort on the …
February 25, 2014
A Texas woman has been awarded more than $1 million for a fall on ice outside a Bettendorf, Iowa, hotel that shattered her right ankle and left her with limp. A Scott County jury awarded 54-year-old Brenda Alcala of Dallas …
June 6, 2013
A vacation at a swanky Miami hotel turned into a nightmare for a U.S. woman when she was beaten up by prostitutes who mistook her as competition, the woman and her husband claim in a federal lawsuit. Anna Burgese, 34, …
August 14, 2012
A former beauty queen in western Nebraska is suing Scotts Bluff County officials over injuries she suffered when a bull charged her at the 2010 county fair. The Scottsbluff Star-Herald reports that Jessica Littlejohn and her father William Littlejohn filed …
July 5, 2012
A candidate for the Iowa House has been sued by a former college roommate who claims he was injured at a party. The Gazette in Cedar Rapids reports that 22-year-old Jake Highfill, of Johnston, is named in a lawsuit filed …