| | Suit Settled over Girl Born in Michigan Prison | |  | | Wayne County, Mich., will pay $8 million to settle a lawsuit over brain injuries suffered by a 14-year-old girl when she was born in a local prison in 1998. According to the suit, the county "violated the girl's civil rights by not getting her mother to a hospital for the delivery." Prison guards allegedly failed to quickly respond to the woman's increasing labor pains; when the girl was born in the jail cell, she lacked "critical oxygen," which caused the brain injuries.
Wire Report, Detroit Free Press 12/13/2012    | | Read Article: Detroit Free Press | | Lubbock to Settle Suit over Police Brutality | | | | The city of Lubbock, Texas, has agreed to pay $425,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by three residents accusing two police officers of using excessive force during an arrest. The lawsuit claims two officers entered the home of one of the plaintiffs without permission and "beat him and used a stun gun on him repeatedly" during the arrest. The criminal charges that faced all three plaintiffs from the arrest were dismissed shortly thereafter.
Adam D. Young, Lubbock Avalanche Journal 12/13/2012 | | Read Article: Lubbock Avalanche Journal | | 19,000 Ford Fusions Recalls over Headlight Issue | | | | Ford Motors has issued a recall of about 19,000 2013 Ford Fusion vehicles to repair defective headlights. The company said an issue with the reflectors in the low-beam lights can cause them to haze over time, which reduces brightness. This is the sixth recall for a new Ford vehicle in the last five months.
Wire Report, Detroit Free Press 12/13/2012 | | Read Article: Detroit Free Press | | Philly Bar Accused of 'Pinching' Employee Tips | | | | A bartender at a restaurant in the Philadelphia airport has filed a lawsuit against his employers, claiming he and other employees have had the tips "pinched" by the owners. According to the suit, restaurant owners required employees to pay the bar two percent of their total credit-card receipts each night. The tax would sometimes result in a 10 percent loss of employee wages on a given night, the plaintiff says, which becomes a violation of minimum-wage laws.
Jason Nark, Philadelphia Inquirer 12/13/2012 | | Read Article: Philadelphia Inquirer | | |
