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The family of Ryan Edward Radabaugh, 53, has filed a wrongful death and dependent adult neglect lawsuit after Radabaugh was struck and killed in the parking lot of Stepping Stone Resources, an adult care facility in Fallbrook, California. The lawsuit alleges that Stepping Stone Resources and the driver involved in the July 2026 incident failed…
Corteva Agriscience and Inari Agriculture have settled a major seed-technology lawsuit that was already in trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The case involved patented corn and soybean technology, plant variety protection, seed-depository materials and claims of patent infringement, breach of contract and civil conversion. Corteva was seeking more than…
Eureka landlord Anil Dwivedi has agreed to pay $102,750 into a settlement fund to resolve a putative class action over rent increases at the Hillsdale Apartments in Eureka, California. A Humboldt County Superior Court judge is expected to decide on preliminary approval on October 9, 2026. This is a proposed settlement. It does not take…
Two University of Mississippi students died on September 21, 2026, and investigators reportedly found packages labeled “Smax Pseudo-DHM” tablets in connection with the cases. The question now is whether those tablets contained concentrated or enhanced kratom-related compounds rather than ordinary kratom leaf. The distinction matters. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned that…
A confidential Cook County, Illinois, birth injury lawsuit has settled for $3.5 million after a child suffered permanent damage to the right arm from an alleged brachial plexus injury during birth. The settlement was announced September 29, 2026, by Zayed Law, which represented the child and family. According to the firm’s announcement, $2.5 million was…
The estate of a 26-week-old unborn child has received a $200,000 wrongful death settlement in Wabbington v. Boyd, a New Mexico lawsuit against Dr. Curtis Boyd and other abortion providers. The case was filed in the Second Judicial District Court in Bernalillo County under Case No. D-202-CV-2023-09292 and was settled and dismissed with prejudice on…
A federal judge has approved a $1,687,483 wrongful death settlement between Tammy and Antoine Bufford and St. Louis police officer Lucas Roethlisberger. The settlement resolves their claims over the December 12, 2019 death of their 24-year-old son, Cortez Demarko Bufford. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri approved the deal on September…
A Placer County, California jury has awarded $15.8 million to Miranda Flores, the widow of retired California Highway Patrol officer Patrick Seamus Mulderrig. Mulderrig, 59, died after a May 14, 2024 collision in Granite Bay with a vehicle driven by Sacramento developer Philip “Phil” Oates, chairman of Buzz Oates and a minority owner of the…
A federal judge sentenced Purdue Pharma L.P., the maker of OxyContin, on April 28, 2026, ordering a $3.544 billion criminal fine and a $2 billion criminal forfeiture. Together that is $5.544 billion, though the Justice Department says it will credit up to $1.775 billion against the forfeiture.[1][2] Purdue’s business moved to a new company, Knoa…