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Wednesday, July 29 2009 |
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U.S.-born children whose parents face deportation as illegal aliens have sued President Barack Obama. A group of 100 children in Florida sued to stop the deportations of their parents until Congress overhauls U.S. immigration laws. The children argue that their constitutional rights are being violated because they will likely have to leave the country to follow their parents, that they don't have enough money to pay for school supplies and are at risk of losing their homes if the breadwinning parent is deported. They also say they are suffering psychological and physical hardship. “Today these children's voices are not heard,” said Nora Sandigo, the head of the American Fraternity which brought the lawsuit, “but tomorrow these U.S. citizens will be voting.” Immigration experts say the case has a tough road. “These are deportable aliens, and they get whatever due process Congress grants them and nothing more,” said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies. A hearing is scheduled for next month. —Source: cbsnews.com |
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Thursday, July 23 2009 |
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A Missouri man is suing Apple, the St. Louis Police Department, unknown agents of the FBI, a private investigator and an auto mechanic, accusing the defendants of conspiring with the Mafia to stalk, extort and torture the plaintiff. Gregory McKenna claimed in his lawsuit filed in a U.S. District Court in Missouri that after purchasing an iPod shuffle on eBay he discovered that the device was manufactured “with an illegal receiver as the Mafia proceeded to transmit extortion threats and audible harassment to it.” The alleged motive for the threats was that the Mafia wanted McKenna to work as a fashion model for them in New York. McKenna further claims that after purchasing a new iPod mini he realized it was bugged as well and would state “I'm about to kill him” in sync with a song. McKenna said his calls to local police and the FBI field office were disregarded and that the private investigator he hired to search his home and car first claimed he found listening devices, but when later questioned by police about his findings, said he found nothing. “Well if you have bugs you should call an exterminator, not the Police,” an officer reportedly told him before recommending examination by a doctor. The lawsuit seeks $14.2 million in damages and trial by jury. —Sources: news.cnet.com and macnn.com |
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Thursday, July 16 2009 |
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Walking and texting may be hazardous to your health. So hazardous that you may just have to sue. And that's exactly what the parents of 15-year-old Alexa Longueira have done. According to news reports, Alexa was so busy tapping out a text message on her cell phone while walking along Victory Boulevard in Staten Island that she didn't see the open manhole ahead of her. You guessed it. She fell in. The Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) said its workers had turned away briefly to grab some warning cones. “We regret that this happened and wish the young woman a speedy recovery,” DEP spokeswoman Mercedes Padilla said in a statement. Alexa suffered some scrapes on her arms and back. “It was four or five feet, it was very painful. I kind of crawled out and the DEP guys came running and helped me,” Alexa said. “They were just like, 'I'm sorry! I'm sorry!'” Now Alexa's parents are suing. “Oh my God, it was putrid. One of her sneakers is still down there,” her mother, Kim Longueira, said. —Source: nbcnewyork.com |
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Wednesday, July 08 2009 |
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Recently, a baseball fan sued the New York Yankees after alleging that he was ejected from the stadium by police after he left his seat during the seventh-inning-stretch. Bradford Campeau-Laurion says his rights were violated when he tried to pass a police officer to use the restroom during the singing of "God Bless America," a seventh-inning-stretch tradition at Yankee Stadium since September 11, 2001. Campeau-Laurion said he is proud to be an American but objects to being required to participate in displays of patriotism. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages against the Yankees and the city, whose police officers were paid by the Yankees to work the game. Police spokesman Paul J. Browne said the officers ejected Campeau-Laurion after they "observed a male cursing, using inappropriate language and acting in a disorderly manner while reeking of alcohol." The Yankees had no comment. —Source: USA Today |
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Thursday, June 25 2009 |
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A Quebec dad, unhappy with the amount of time his daughter was spending surfing the Internet, chatting on Web sites and posting “inappropriate pictures” of herself online, grounded his daughter from attending a school trip that his ex-wife had already approved. Not taking “no” for an answer, the daughter sued – and won. The father, who had custody of the child, appealed the lower court's decision, and lost again. His lawyer, Kim Beaudoin, told news reporters that the father is “flabbergasted” by the appellate court's ruling to uphold the lower court's decision on grounds that the punishment was too severe for the wrongs he said his daughter committed. "Either way, he doesn't have authority over this child anymore. She sued him because she doesn't respect his rules," Beaudoin said. "It's very hard to raise a child who is the boss." The daughter has moved in with her mother. In its recent ruling, the appeals court warned the case should not be seen as an open invitation for children to take legal action every time they're grounded. —Source: cbcnews.ca |
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