Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Texas University Settles Wrongful Death Over Student Shooting
The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a former student who was shot five times during a traffic stop. The student was white. The university had argued that it could not be held liable for the death under rules related to sovereign immunity. Texas has… Read More »
Mother Sues After 9-Year-Old Struck By Car At School
A mother from Washington, D.C. has filed a lawsuit against the school her son was attending after he was struck by a vehicle outside of the school and suffered severe injuries that left him a quadriplegic. The mother claims that the school was allowing him to wander around unsupervised when the accident occurred. According… Read More »
Family Files Lawsuit After Mother Dies Of Ketamine Injection
Ketamine is a powerful sedative and horse tranquilizer that is used in club settings as a recreational drug. Its use in non-hospital settings has been criticized by medical professionals after the deaths of two individuals. Now, a family is suing the ambulance company and paramedics who delivered the fatal dose of the drug after… Read More »
Gabby Petito’s Parents File Wrongful Death Against Utah Police
The grieving parents of Gabby Petito have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Utah police over their handling of the investigation. However, such lawsuits are essentially prohibited by statute and this one is unlikely to survive summary dismissal. To be sure, other plaintiffs have tried to file lawsuits against police departments concerning their handling… Read More »
Day Care Sued After Toddler Suffers Concussion
A Jacksonville daycare is facing a lawsuit after their child came home with a busted lip, black eye, and a concussion, according to a recent press release. At present, it is unclear how the child sustained these injuries. The child’s mother took her child to the emergency room directly from the daycare. She proceeded… Read More »
Carnival Cruise Line Loses $10M In Sexual Assault Lawsuit
Sexual assault lawsuits aboard cruise ships are not uncommon, unfortunately. Jurisdictional issues can create legal black holes for some individuals who escape accountability for their actions while on the high seas. This isn’t the case for Americans. America doesn’t care where you are when you commit a crime. We can still hold you accountable… Read More »
Family Sues School After 7th Grader’s Suicide
A family claims that their daughter was harassed so badly at school that she took her own life. They further claim that the school district did not follow its own policies against school bullying. While the student reported many of the worst abusers, no student was ever disciplined for taunting or harassing the girl…. Read More »
Family Sues After Son Is Killed On Haunted Hayride
A young man was shot and killed while trying to break up a fight at a haunted hayride event. The family is now suing the company that ran the haunted hayride on the grounds of negligent security. They claim that after the shooting death, the haunted hayride company hired security to work these events…. Read More »
Mormon Church Faces Multi-State Lawsuits Over Sex Abuse Of Children
With the Catholic Church abuse scandal, there was an undercurrent of corrective rape. If you’ve never heard this term before, you should understand that it was very much a pretense for abusing children. The idea was that sexually promiscuous children could be corrected by making them dislike sex. This often meant sexually abusing the… Read More »
Nursing Home Fined $824,000 After Patient’s Suicide
The Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit against a nursing home conglomerate based on several failed inspections and the suicide of a patient with a history of self-harm. This is the second-largest fine tolled against a nursing home since 2018, according to reports. At this point, the company has refused to pay the… Read More »