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Michael McIntosh and Rebecca McIntosh v. City of Maidsonville, Kentucky

Owensboro, Kentucky condemnation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on violation of due process theory.

The City of Madisonville condemned one of several mobile homes that Michael and Rebecca McIntosh own in their Kentucky town. The City demolished the property a month later. The McIntoshes filed this § 1983 action in response, alleging that the City deprived them of their due pro... More...
   $0 (01-21-2025 - KY)

Chad E. Osterhout v. Kendall Morgan, et al.

Muskogee, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights theory.
forceable and unambiguous. We therefore affirm.

Mr. Osterhout was badly beaten during a traffic stop by Mr. Morgan, the
former Undersheriff of LeFlore County. Mr. Osterhout filed suit seeking damages
from Mr. Morgan under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for excessive use of force. At trial... More...
   $0 (01-14-2025 - ok)

David Bailey v. Oscar Ramos

San Antonio, Texas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the defendant on unlawful seizure, First Amendment retailaition, and excessive force theories.

David Bailey and his friends went to downtown San Antonio to “film the police.” With cameras rolling, they approached Officers Oscar Ramos and Christopher Dech, who were guarding an ambulance. An altercation ensued, a... More...
   $0 (01-10-2025 - tx)

Karen Ashley v. Clay County

Dallas, Texas employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a breach of contract theory.

Clay County Memorial Hospital (“CCMH”) is among Texas’s last
county-owned hospitals. It operates under the oversight of the Clay County
Commissioners’ Court, which appoints a Board of Managers to govern the
hospital’s operations pursuant to Chapter 263 of the Texas ... More...
   $0 (01-10-2025 - TX)

West Virginia Parents for Religious Freedom, et al. v. Dr. Matthew Christiansen, et al.

Wheeling, West Virginia civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against a state mandate for vaccination of children.

The Plaintiffs herein seek appellate relief from an abstention ruling made against
them in August 2023 in the Northern District of West Virginia. See W. Va. Parents for
Religious Freedom v. Christiansen, 685 F. Supp. ... More...
   $0 (01-03-2025 - WV)

Corrine Morgan Thomas, et al. v. County of Humboldt, et al.

San Francisco, California constitutional law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who challenged the constitutionality of county ordinance.

Putative class action arises out of Humboldt County’s system of administrative penalties and fees
involving cannabis abatement. Plaintiffs—residents of Humboldt County—filed this action under 42 U.S.C.
§ 1983, alleging a number of constitut... More...
   $0 (12-30-2024 - CA)

Lamont Ferguson v. Lt.Rlackmon, et al.

Roanoke, Virginia criminal defense attorney represented the Defendant seeking release from custody.

Lamont Ferguson, a Virginia pre-trial detainee, has filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His amended complaint alleges that Lt. Blackmon and M. J. Gilcrist invaded his privacy and unlawfully gathered evidence against him, resulting in his arrest in Winchester, Virginia. ... More...
   $0 (12-30-2024 - VA)

Hendry Unseld Washington v. Robert Gilmore, et al.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that he was sexually abused while a prisoner.


Juries have leeway to punish and deter wrongdoers with punitive damages. Prison guard T.S. Oswald sexually abused a
prisoner twice. So the jury ordered him to pay not only $20,000 in compensation for each assault, but also $25,000 in punitive damages fo... More...
   $1 (12-25-2024 - PA)

Carrie Gregory v. State of Montana and Tomeka Williams

Great Falls, Montana civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an excessive force claim.

In this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Plaintiff Carrie Gregory alleged that Defendant Tomeka Williams, a
Montana Probation Officer, used excessive force on Gregory during a May 15, 2020 encounter that occurred in a parking
lot adjacent to the Montana Department of Corrections Probatio... More...
   $0 (12-23-2024 - MT)

Dr. William Gardner, D.D.S. v. Charles Schumacher, DDS, et al.

Albuquerque, New Mexico civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed his due process rights were violated by the State of New Mexico.


Dr. Gardner held a license to practice dentistry in the state of New Mexico.
The defendants were members of the New Mexico Board of Dental Health Care (the
Board).

Delta Dental of Michigan, a provider of dental insurance, ... More...
   $0 (12-23-2024 - NM)

Terry Proctor, et al. v. Carolyn J. Scruggs, et al.

Baltimore, Maryland civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.

Plaintiffs' allegations arise out of Mr. Proctor's death after he was stabbed by another inmate on December 14, 2020, while he was incarcerated at Dorsey Run Correctional Facility (“Dorsey Run”) in Jessup, Maryland. (ECF No. 1 ¶¶ 19, 24.) Plaintiffs allege that shortly before 11:00... More...
   $0 (12-20-2024 - MD)

Kolette Smith v. Brian Williams, Labetter County Medical Center, d/b/a Labette Health

Wichita, Kansas employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff.

This case stems from the termination of the independent contractor
relationship between Plaintiff-Appellant, Dr. Kolette Smith, and Defendants-
Appellees, Brian Williams and Labette County Medical Center (“Labette Health”)
(collectively “Defendants”). Dr. Smith appeals from the district court’s grant of... More...
   $0 (12-18-2024 - KS)

R.C. v. Independent School District No. 2 of Osage County, Oklahoma, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an education law theory.

This case involves an alleged sexual assault by a four-year old student against another four-year old student in a school bathroom. The following facts alleged in the First Amended Complaint ("FAC") (ECF No. 7) are relevant to the § 1983 claim against Madison.[1] For the 2022... More...
   $0 (12-18-2024 - OK)

Brian Hallum v. Sheriff of Delaware County and Ronald Williams

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.

After receiving some upsetting news, Brian Hallum drove to his business, a
marijuana dispensary in Delaware County, Oklahoma. There, he had four shots of
tequila and a marijuana gummy. He then began destroying items in the dispensary, 2
such as display cases, cannabis paraphernalia, and speakers. He also scattered ... More...
   $0 (12-16-2024 - ok)

Lorenzo Clerkley, Jr. v. Kyle Holomb, and City of Oklahoma City


Oklahoma City, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who claimed police officer used excessive force when he shot him.



In March 2019, a group of teenage boys entered a vacant house to play with
BB guns. A concerned neighbor called 911, and Officer Kyle Holcomb and an
Oklahoma City Police Department colleague responded. Within minutes, HolcombMore...
   $0 (11-26-2024 - OK)

Helga Dyrhauge v. Robert Randolph Black, Jr.

Las Vegas, Nevada personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an automobile negligence claims.

Appellant Helga Dyrhauge sued respondent Robert Randolph Black, Jr., after an automobile accident. Dyrhauge rejected Black's NRCP 68 offer of judgment, and after a jury trial, failed to obtain a more favorable verdict. Black later moved for attorney fees and costs, which the district cou... More...
   $0 (11-14-2024 - NV)

Deborah D. Peterson, et al. v. Bank Markazi, AKA Central Bank of Iran, et al.


New York, New York personal injury lawyers represent the Plaintiffs seeking to collect a judgement.



the Plaintiffs’
efforts to enforce multi-billion-dollar judgments that they hold against the
Islamic Republic of Iran based on Iran’s involvement in the 1983 bombing of the
U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. In this action, they seek turnover to
... More...
   $0 (11-13-2024 - NY)

Jayne Swinford v. Officer Joshua Santos, et al.


Macon, Georgia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants for excessive force wrongful death theory.



Thomas was shot and killed by Athens-Clarke County (“ACC”)
police officers after he refused officers’ commands to drop a gun1
and instead raised and pointed it at police officers. Thomas’s
widow, Jayne Swinford, filed a laws... More...
   $0 (11-12-2024 - )

R.L. v. Knox County, Tennessee, d/b/a Knox County Board of Education


Knoxville, Tennessee civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that defendant violated Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 and the Fourteenth Amendment.



Defendant KCBE operates the public schools in Knox County, Tennessee. During the period at issue, KCBE had a Title IX Coordinator on staff and had established policies and procedures addres... More...
   $0 (11-06-2024 - TN)

Lamone M. Johnson v. Dr. Sanders, et al.


Muskogee, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking additional medical care.



Plaintiff-Appellant Lamone Johnson, a male-to-female transgender woman, 1
appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment against her on a single 42
U.S.C. § 1983 claim for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs.
Ms. Johnson asserted the cla... More...
   $0 (11-05-2024 - OK)

Maria Varnas v. Conner Thompson

Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.

Maria Varnas sued Conner Thompson claiming he used excessive force when he shot and killed Brandon Lynch, age 27, in 2022.

Following the tragic death of her son, Plaintiff Maria Varnas filed this lawsuit, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as Special Administr... More...
   $0 (11-05-2024 - KS)

Michael Anthony Allen v. Facebook, et la.


Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant claiming to have been injured and/pr damaged by Facebook's operation.

Michael Allen filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights lawsuit
against Facebook and other social media entities alleging that, while incarcerated, he
is the target of some sort of “illegal A.I.” emitter technology, ca... More...
   $0 (11-04-2024 - KS)

Ashley Myers v Turn Key Health Clinic, LLC, et al.


Tulsa, Oklahoma prisoner civil rights personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs.



Myers v. Turn Key Health Clinic, LLC
22-cv-119-JDR-JFJ (N.D. Okla. Aug. 30, 2024)

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"In an emergency, seconds count; it is only when the emergency is over that a court is tasked with counting seconds. That is the Court's unenviable job following th... More...
   $0 (10-29-2024 - OK)

Jessica Gifford v. Horry Coounty Police Department and Saundra Rhodes

Florence, South Carolina civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on South Carlina Tort Claims Act negligence and 42 U.S.C. 1983 constitutional rights violation theories.

Jessica Gifford filed suit against the Horry County Police Department (“HCPD”) and Saundra Rhodes (collectively, Appellants), and several other parties with whom Gifford settled her claims prior to trial. Giffo... More...
   $0 (10-23-2024 - SC)

The State of Ohio v. Johnathan Smith


Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a felony.




Pursuant to Supreme Court Practice Rule 7.08(B)(3), we summarily reverse the First District Court of Appeals' judgment holding that there was insufficient evidence to establish that the offenses with which appellee, Johnathan Smith, was charged occurred in Hamilton County. We ... More...
   $0 (10-22-2024 - OH)

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