In a conclusion to the defamation trial between former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and Leigh Corfman, the woman who accused him of molesting her, the jury finds no defamation from either side.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Selma Attorney and long-time former state senator Hank Sanders — files a million dollar defamation lawsuit against Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson. The lawsuit filed against Jackson — was not in his capacity as District Attorney. The suit stems from a $200 dollar political ad that Jackson bought in the Bridge Crossing Jubilee newspaper…
A Mobile County woman who says she was falsely arrested for shoplifting at a Walmart and then threatened by the company after her case was dismissed has been awarded $2.1 million in damages.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A long running dispute between two former Selma city officials comes to an end — after nearly four years litigation. Former City Treasurer Ronita Wade sued former mayor Darrio Melton in federal court — and won. Wade was removed from the job by Melton during his tenure — and reinstated by the city council —…
A lawsuit is challenging Alabama’s congressional districts as racially gerrymandered, saying the district boundaries limit Black voters’ influence in all but one congressional districts.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – The Alabama attorney general’s office is trying to revive its lawsuit over the removal of a Confederate monument from outside the county courthouse in the city of Huntsville. The state claims in court documents that a judge shouldn’t have dismissed the suit just because someone anonymously paid a $25,000 fine that was owed by Madison County…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – The federal government has filed suit accusing an Alabama housing program of segregating residents by race in low-income apartments. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the Housing Authority of Ashland and three companies that were identified as owners of apartments in the Clay County town. The suit alleges officials purposely have divided residents by race since…
The Southern Poverty Law Center announced Tuesday the city of Montgomery has settled a lawsuit on behalf of people who pandhandle. The lawsuit was filed in February by the SPLC, ACLU of Alabama, and the National Homelessness Law Center on behalf of people who panhandle filed the lawsuit last February. As part of the settlement the city of Montgomery will…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – President Donald Trump’s campaign is withdrawing a central part of its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania. Democrat Joe Biden captured the state to help win the White House. Ahead of a Tuesday hearing in the case, Trump’s campaign dropped the allegation that hundreds of thousands of mail-in and absentee…
King Williams Demetrius Jackson Courtesy: ABC 33/40 Montez Moses Miracle Coleman The family of 8-year-old Royta Giles Jr. has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover. Giles was killed during a shooting inside of the mall on July 3rd. The family filed a lawsuit against the mall, the general manager, and mall security. “They had a…
