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Rutter Mills LLP, a personal injury law firm in Norfolk, Virginia, announced on October 8, 2026, that two of its attorneys recovered more than $13 million across nine Virginia cases. The firm credits $8.2 million across eight cases to partner Adam H. Lotkin and a $4.85 million car accident settlement to attorney Georgina D. Montgomery….
Quavo and Offset may be called as witnesses in a legal fight between the parents of the late Migos rapper Takeoff over how to divide the proceeds of a confidential wrongful-death settlement. His mother, Titania Davenport, and his father, Kenneth Ball, disagree about how much Ball should receive and about whether Texas or Georgia should…
The family of Juan Antonio Obeso Soto has reportedly reached an $8.5 million settlement with the City of Torrance, California, over his death in police custody on October 8, 2021. The lawsuit alleged that Torrance officers failed to recognize and respond to signs of a mental health crisis and left him alone in a holding…
William Shives, 92, and Barbara Shives, 84, are suing Scout Motors Inc. and Richland County, South Carolina, alleging that construction of Scout’s Blythewood manufacturing plant damaged their property and forced them out of the home where they had lived for more than 40 years. In an October 2, 2026 filing, Scout denied responsibility, blamed its…
Women who applied for pallet repairer jobs at certain Birchstone Management locations and were not hired because of their sex may be able to claim money from a $445,000 settlement fund. Birchstone Management, a warehousing and logistics management company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, agreed to provide $55,000 to the female applicant whose charge started the…
A Polk County, Missouri, jury has awarded $50 million to a plaintiff for emotional and psychological injuries stemming from physical and sexual abuse in childhood, according to a report published by Missouri Lawyers Media on October 6, 2026. The plaintiff is identified in the case only by initials, and the plaintiff’s identity is confidential. This…
The widow of a Georgia man killed in a January 2026 head-on crash has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the driver of a Ford F-150, the dealer that sold the truck, the business that installed its aftermarket suspension lift kit, and companies tied to the lift-kit equipment. Lolita Holloway filed the suit in the State…
A Utah judge has ordered Kouri Richins to pay $55,120,516 to the estate of her late husband, Eric Richins, resolving the wrongful-death claim brought by his sister and estate representative, Katie Richins-Benson. The order was signed by Third District Court Judge Richard Mrazik in Summit County, Utah, on October 5, 2026, according to reports of…
The $25 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by Kathleen Peters over the death of her daughter, Olivia Peters, in a December 23, 2021 crash in Loudoun County, Virginia, has reportedly been resolved. The suit named former Washington Commanders safety Deshazor Everett, players Jamin Davis and Benjamin St-Juste, and Shahidul Islam, the owner of an auto…