VA School Board to Pay Damages to Teacher Fired for Refusing Pronouns
The West Point, Virginia, school board has agreed to pay $575,000 in damages and attorney fees to a teacher who was fired for refusing to refer to a transgender student by his preferred pronouns. French teacher Peter Vlaming was unanimously fired by the West Point School Board in December 2018 for refusing to use pronouns […]
Hurricane Helene Death Toll Rises To Over 50, Billions Of Dollars In Damages Caused
After heavy rains from Hurricane Helen in Lake Lure, North Carolina on September 28, 2024, the Rocky Broad River flows into Lake Lure, flooding the town with debris from Chimney Rock, North Carolina. About 6 feet of debris has piled up on the bridge from Lake Lure to Chimney Rock, blocking traffic. (Photo by Melissa […]
Lawyer who crashed snowmobile into Black Hawk helicopter is awarded $3.3 million in damages
A federal judge ruled this week that the U.S. government must pay $3.3 million in damages to a Massachusetts lawyer who was involved in a March 2019 snowmobile accident. Black Hawk Helicopter A car parked on the sidewalk overnight. U.S. District Judge Mark Mastroianni ruled that the government was 60 percent liable for parking a […]
Engraged man steals tow truck and damages several cars in Brooklyn
A man who became enraged after seeing his car being towed in Sunset Park Friday morning allegedly stole the tow truck and damaged multiple vehicles, authorities said. Police said the man fled the scene in a tow truck, which was also towing his own truck, and struck several vehicles from the side. According to police, […]
Anti-Israel agitators who tore up City College with $3M of damages don masks, keffiyehs as they plead not guilty
Eight anti-Israel protesters who caused millions of dollars' worth of damage in violent demonstrations on the campus of City College in Upper Manhattan pleaded not guilty Thursday to a string of charges, including two who assaulted campus public safety officers. They are charged with third-degree theft and other related offenses following clashes between police and […]
HP to continue $4B damages case against Mike Lynch, who died when his yacht sank off Italian coast
Hewlett-Packard said on Monday it would continue a lawsuit in Britain seeking up to $4 billion in damages against the estate of British billionaire Mike Lynch. The US company Seeking compensation The British tech company has filed a lawsuit over its acquisition of Autonomy amid allegations that Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch conspired to fraudulently inflate […]
Explosion damages Maryland business; several injuries reported | FOX 5 DC
Authorities in Montgomery County say an explosion at a building in the Laytonsville area has left three people injured and the … source
Abbott must pay $495M in damages after girl develops dangerous disease from premature infant formula
A jury found Friday that Abbott Laboratories’ specialty baby formula caused an Illinois girl to develop a dangerous intestinal illness and ordered the medical company to pay $495 million in damages. The ruling in a state court in St. Louis, Missouri, was the first against the company among hundreds of similar lawsuits over the formula […]
Fish falls from sky, damages New Jersey couple’s Tesla
That’s painful for the bass. A fish fell from the sky and slammed into a Tesla parked in a New Jersey couple’s driveway, cracking the car’s windshield. Cynthia and Jeff Levin said they heard a crash outside their Atlantic Highlands home, about a mile from the nearest body of water, Raritan Bay. According to ABC7. […]
Heritage report breaks down precisely how to hold China accountable for the COVID-19 cover-up, $18 trillion in damages
In recent years, there have been several attempts to place full or partial blame for the pandemic on the Chinese government. For example, Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) wrote: China lied and people died The bill, enacted last year, would “prohibit the use of Federal funds for any program, project, or activity in the People’s Republic […]