There are 24 article(s) tagged lawsuit:

• August 2024

  • Bailey: A lawsuit and a campaign and whether they can coexist

    Germantown voters will have to consider whether a $5 million lawsuit against the suburban school board impacts the candidacy of Vicki Gandee.

    By Clay Bailey August 30, 2024

• July 2024

  • Memphis-Shelby County Schools settles in Satan Club lawsuit

    Representatives for the club filed a lawsuit in March, claiming that the school district had “chosen to defy the First Amendment” by charging “excessive” and “unexpected” fees to rent space at Chimneyrock Elementary School for the club.

    By Laura Testino July 19, 2024

• January 2023

  • Calkins: Ja Morant got into a fight at a pickup basketball game. Should we even care?

    A 22-year-old got into a fight with a 17-year-old at a pickup basketball game. Why does TMZ care? Because the 22-year-old was Ja Morant. 

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    DA’s office not pursuing criminal charges in alleged Ja Morant assault

    By Geoff Calkins January 04, 2023

• November 2022

  • Varsity Brands says claims in lawsuits are ‘blatantly false’

    Varsity Brands and Memphis-based Varsity Spirit are among several defendants named in federal lawsuits that accuse multiple cheerleading coaches of a range of misconduct and illicit sexual behavior with minors.

    By Julia Baker November 02, 2022

• October 2022

  • North Carolina lawsuit alleges new sexual abuse case against Varsity Spirit

    The victim alleges he was sexually abused by a Varsity and USASF-approved choreographer and by coaches at Cheer Extreme gyms in Raleigh and Kernersville. He was a teenager at the time of the alleged abuses. 

    By Julia Baker October 27, 2022

  • Three more alleged victims file sexual abuse lawsuits against Varsity Spirit

    The alleged survivors listed in the newest suits, one male and two females, are represented by civil rights attorneys Bakari Sellers, Jessica Fickling, and Alexandra Benevento. The plaintiffs join the other seven female and two male accusers listed in the initial suit filed in South Carolina. 

    By Julia Baker October 12, 2022

• January 2021

  • Family of Shelby County jail detainee files wrongful death lawsuit

    The family of a man who was a detainee last year at the Shelby County Jail has filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging health officials at the jail did not do enough to help the victim, which led to his death at the hospital. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 22, 2021

• July 2020

  • Both sides await decision in lawsuit seeking release of vulnerable inmates

    A lawsuit seeking the release of medically vulnerable detainees from the Shelby County Jail because of COVID-19 has ended. Both sides now will wait to see how the court rules. 

    By Yolanda Jones July 14, 2020

• May 2020

  • Lawsuit seeks release of medically vulnerable from Shelby County Jail

    Amid the coronavirus pandemic, a federal lawsuit seeks the release of medically vulnerable detainees from Shelby County Jail. 

    By Yolanda Jones May 20, 2020

• January 2020

  • Memphis has paid $1 million in attorney fees in consent decree lawsuit

    The City of Memphis has paid $1 million to Baker Donelson law firm in attorney fees to defend the city in a 2017 consent decree lawsuit. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 06, 2020

• October 2019

  • Appeals court upholds city of Memphis dismissal from Darrius Stewart civil suit

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied an appeal filed by the family of Darrius Stewart, who wanted the court to decide on a ruling from a federal court judge who dismissed the City of Memphis from a civil lawsuit. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 14, 2019

• July 2019

  • Jerry Lawler files wrongful-death lawsuit in death of his son

    Jerry Lawler files a wrongful-death lawsuit against Hardeman County in connection with the death of his son last year. Authorities say Brian Lawler died after he was found hanging in in his jail cell. 

    By Yolanda Jones July 29, 2019

  • Appeals court sides with Memphis man wanting to protest near Planned Parenthood clinic

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has sided with a Memphis man who wanted to protest on a street near a Planned Parenthood clinic.

    By Yolanda Jones July 26, 2019

• June 2019

  • MLGW worker, fired for protesting statue removal, successfully sues the utility

    An MLGW worker, fired for protesting Confederate statues' removal, to get $223,000 judgment after ruling in federal civil lawsuit. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 27, 2019

  • Sprouts settles discrimination lawsuit with former Memphis employee

    Sprouts and former Memphis employee reach settlement in federal lawsuit filed against the Phoenix-based grocer. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 14, 2019

• April 2019

  • Black Lives Matter activist wins defamation suit against former Shelby County commissioner

    Black Lives Matter activist Pamela Moses has won a defamation lawsuit against former Shelby County Commissioner Terry Roland, but the $500 award for court costs and fees was far short of the $1 million the suit sought.

    By Yolanda Jones April 03, 2019

• March 2019

  • Insurer claims Wei Chen’s company didn’t disclose aircraft ownership

    The late Wei Chen's company, Sunshine Enterprise, and Memphis agency Lipscomb & Pitts are named in a lawsuit alleging Sunshine didn't disclose aircraft ownership in applications for workers' compensation insurance policies.

    By Wayne Risher March 28, 2019

• January 2019

  • What employers should know about court ruling on religious accommodation requests

    In a case of first impression, a federal appeals court found that an applicant’s request for a religious accommodation did not constitute protected activity under Title VII for the purpose of establishing a retaliation claim.

    By Greg Grisham January 09, 2019

  • Judge sets mediation for black farmers’ dispute with seed company

    A federal judge in Memphis Thursday ordered a mediation period in black farmers' lawsuit alleging they were sold defective soybean seeds as part of a racially motivated conspiracy.

    By Wayne Risher January 04, 2019

  • Appeals court rules Tennessee punitive damages cap unconstitutional

    The 6th Circuit Appeals Court has struck down a Tennessee cap on punitive damages related to a lawsuit filed in Memphis.

    By Yolanda Jones January 03, 2019

• October 2018

  • Activists see vindication in Memphis police surveillance court order

    For the last few years, Memphis activist Keedran Franklin said police have sat outside his office in an unmarked car. Some have followed him, and other officers he doesn’t know have approached him and addressed him by name.

    By Yolanda Jones October 31, 2018

  • Court orders Memphis skin and hair care company to stop operations of some products

    A 92-year-old Memphis company that makes skin care and hair care products has been ordered by a federal court to stop making its over-the counter products after the company was found in violation of several Food and Drug Administration safety measures, the U.S. Department of Justice said this week.

    By Yolanda Jones October 24, 2018

  • Graceland sues city in federal court over zoning delay

    Graceland has sued the city of Memphis again, this time in federal court, over an indefinite delay of a zoning change allowing Elvis Presley Enterprises to expand the Whitehaven tourist magnet.

    By Wayne Risher October 18, 2018

  • Memphis attorney Art Horne gets 30 days, probation on assault charge

    Memphis attorney Arthur “Art” Horne, acquitted of aggravated rape, aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping, was given a sentence Thursday of 11 months, 29 days’ probation and 30 days in jail on the misdemeanor assault charge he was convicted of during his August trial.

    By Yolanda Jones October 11, 2018