Last week, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted on amendments that would cancel many of the protections offered to undocumented immigrants by President Obama’s immigration orders. House members voted to add the amendments to a $40 billion spending bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The amendments approved by the House were prompted by […]
After the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that medical malpractice damage caps were unconstitutional, some of the state’s lawmakers are pursuing ways to reinstate those limits. Republican legislators and business groups want the medical malpractice damage caps reinstated on both civil injuries and on punitive damages. The lawmakers want to create a constitutional amendment that would […]
The ex-wife of an Oklahoma oil tycoon received a handwritten divorce settlement check for over $974 million. Sue Ann Arnall, the ex-wife of Continental Resources Chief Executive Office Harold Hamm, deposited the divorce settlement check for $974,790,317.77. The staggering amount represents the balance of the couple’s divorce settlement from November 2014. Mr. Hamm had previously […]
A Florida medical malpractice lawsuit accused a Tampa-area doctor of dispensing “potentially lethal” doses of several powerful prescription drugs. Dr. Edward Neil Feldman was accused of prescribing drugs such as the anti-depressant Valium, the muscle relaxant Soma and the painkiller oxycodone in heavy doses. The heavy doses mentioned in the Florida medical malpractice lawsuit reportedly […]
State investigators have charged three San Antonio women with stealing funds from at least eight different Texas child support accounts. The women all worked for a private firm that collected Texas child support funds and issued debit cards to the custodial parents. Reports showed that the women would change the mailing addresses on the debit […]
U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen has scheduled the first hearing for the states’ immigration lawsuit against President Barack Obama for January 15 at 10 a.m. in Brownsville, Texas. The attorneys general of 24 states filed the immigration lawsuit to block President Obama’s executive orders that would suspend the deportation of millions of illegal immigrants. […]
Icy conditions led to a Texas 18 wheeler crash near the West Texas town of Seagraves. The accident occurred on State Highway 62 in the morning hours of New Year’s Eve. The Texas 18 wheeler crash happened when a truck in the southbound lanes jackknifed and skidded onto the west side of the highway. Police […]
A federal judge blocked an Arizona immigration law that allowed illegal immigrants to be prosecuted for identity theft. U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell ruled that the state must immediately stop prosecuting undocumented workers for identity theft as part of the state’s strict Arizona immigration law campaigns. Judge Campbell stated that an illegal immigrant does […]
A state senator will propose changes to Wisconsin medical malpractice law that will remove limits on which family members can file claims. The current Wisconsin medical malpractice law only allows spouses, minor children and parents of minor children to file wrongful death claims. State Sen. Nikiya Harris Dodd (D-Milwaukee) plans to propose a bill that […]
The advent of social media sites has allowed people to promote every aspect of their life in front of the world. From jokes to job promotions, from dinners to dates, every social media user posts their news on sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. But how do couples in the midst of a legal […]