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A teenage girl was shot and killed inside an apartment in Arcadia, California, on Thursday, October 22, 2026. Authorities identified 20-year-old Paul Anthony Cruz Jr., the girl’s boyfriend, as the suspected shooter. They say he forced his way into the residence before the shooting. Investigators say Cruz left the apartment before police arrived. About an…
On October 21, 2026, a Kern County Superior Court jury in Bakersfield, California returned a $9.25 million verdict against former OB-GYN Arthur Park over the April 2019 deaths of Demi Dominguez, 23, and her newborn son, Malakhi. The jury found Park negligent in Demi’s care. Verdict at a Glance Detail What the record shows Total…
The family of Angelica Davila, a Phoenix mother struck and killed by a Valley Metro bus while walking to work, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court. It names Transdev Services, Inc., the company that operated the bus, and alleges that Transdev negligently hired, supervised and retained driver Ana Maria Rivas…
The unfinished Mandarin Oriental Residences in downtown Boca Raton, Florida, now sits at the center of several overlapping court fights. Condo buyers are suing to get back deposits worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. A lender group has filed a $417.7 million foreclosure lawsuit against the condo developer. Contractors are pursuing unpaid…
The City of Canton, Ohio has proposed a $3.5 million settlement to end the federal civil-rights lawsuit over the death of James Williams, a 46-year-old man shot by Canton police officer Robert Huber through a backyard fence just after midnight on New Year’s Day 2022. Local reports say the deal needs approval from the Stark…
A judge in Wayne County, Missouri, has reportedly approved a $100,000 settlement for a child injured in an alleged driving-while-intoxicated (DWI) crash, according to a headline published by the Wayne County Journal-Banner on October 21, 2026. This is an individual child’s personal injury settlement. It is not a class action. There is no settlement website,…
On October 14, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a precedential 2–1 opinion in Lisa DeBar v. FirstEnergy Corp., No. 25-2006, affirming the dismissal of a wrongful death and survival lawsuit over the death of Cody Hatt, a 29-year-old demolition worker. Hatt died after a metal catwalk collapsed during demolition…
Clearwater, Florida, is moving to settle a contract lawsuit for $7,500,000 with the company that owns a business property where hundreds of graves from a historic African American cemetery remain buried. The money goes to the property owner. It does not pay descendants, require a memorial, or set up a plan to relocate the remains….
Fred Roberts Jr. has reportedly filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a cement-truck driver and Bay Concrete after the September 2, 2026 crash that killed his 21-year-old son, Jeriah Roberts, on Kushla McLeod Road in Mobile County, Alabama. According to local reporting, the lawsuit alleges the truck driver negligently caused the collision and that Bay…