Civil Lawsuits

Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families for calling the massacre a hoax, bringing total judgment against him to $1.44B. More

November 10, 2022

Sandy Hook families' lawyer said large punitive damages must be imposed on Alex Jones to stop conspiracy theorists from calling the shooting a hoax. More

November 7, 2022

Attorneys for the Petito family claimed that if officers had followed the law, Gabby Petito would still be alive. More

November 3, 2022

CBS and EX-CBS president Les Moonves to pay $30.5M as part of an insider trading investigation and for concealing sexual assault allegations. More

November 2, 2022

Former college football player Matthew Gee's widow, Alana Gee, sues NCAA saying they're responsible for concussions that led to husband's death. More

October 28, 2022

Justice Dept. sued owners of Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City, SD, alleging they committed racial discrimination by turning away Native Americans. More

October 19, 2022

Actor Anthony Rapp sued Kevin Spacey, accusing him of assault, battery and intentionally inflecting emotional distress when Rapp was 14. More

October 10, 2022

Families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims have been tormented by those who say it was a hoax. How do you put a price tag on their suffering? More

October 7, 2022

Colorado baker who refused to make gay couple's wedding cake is challenging a ruling he violated the law by refusing to make a gender transition cake. More

October 6, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS (Court TV) — The mother of Daunte Wright’s son has filed a lawsuit against multiple individuals over funds from a donation campaign. Chyna Whitaker filed the lawsuit Monday against Wright’s parents, Katie Bryant and Arbuey Wright, and prominent attorney Ben Crump and his law firm.   Wright was killed April 11, 2021, by former […] More

October 4, 2022

Letecia Stauch, who's accused of murdering her 11-year-old stepson, claims her civil rights have been violated in the El Paso County jail. More

September 28, 2022

Kenny Hamner, who was wrongly arrested for murdering his mother, Sheila Hamner, has settled a lawsuit against the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office. More

September 22, 2022

Alex Jones had portrayed the Sandy Hook shooting as staged by crisis actors as part of gun control efforts. More

September 22, 2022

Family of Easton Oliverson, who fractured his skull when he fell off a bunk bed at the Little League World Series, sues the league and bed manufacturer. More

September 20, 2022

Charlotte Bennett, a onetime aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has sued him, saying Cuomo sexually harassed her and smeared her reputation. More

September 14, 2022

A lawyer for Alex Jones' Infowars acknowledged at trial that the show and website spread lies about the Sandy Hook school shooting. More

September 14, 2022

A man doused in hot water and stabbed in his sleep while detained in Baltimore is suing the State, Mayor, City Council and correctional officers. More

September 7, 2022

The sisters and widow of Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum allege Baldwin subjected them to online threats and harassment. More

September 1, 2022

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that religious freedom rights protect the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis from being sued by a teacher who was fired from his job at a Catholic high school for being in a same-sex marriage. More

August 31, 2022

The family of a Texas soldier who was was sexually harassed and killed at a military base near Killeen in 2020 filed a lawsuit Friday seeking $35 million in damages from the U.S. government. The family of 20-year-old Vanessa Guillen is seeking damages on the basis of sexual harassment, abuse, assault, rape, sodomy and wrongful death. More

August 12, 2022

Eight minority corrections officers who were working at the jail where a former Minneapolis police officer was awaiting trial in the death of George Floyd were awarded nearly $1.5 million Tuesday to settle a lawsuit. More

August 9, 2022

YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (Court TV) — Three days before filing an appeal to the $10.35 million judgment she was ordered to pay her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, Amber Heard’s California desert estate quietly sold, according to public property records. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom Yucca Valley home, featured in many of Heard’s Instagram posts, sits on just under 6 […] More

August 2, 2022

The ongoing trial in Austin, which is where Alex Jones’ far-right Infowars website and its parent company are based, stems from a 2018 lawsuit brought by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son was killed in the 2012 attack along with 19 other first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School. More

August 2, 2022

A family is suing Sesame Street-themed amusement park Sesame Place for $25 million over claims of racial discrimination, alleging costumed characters ignored a 5-year-old Black girl. More

July 28, 2022

A federal judge has ordered Indianapolis Public Schools to allow a 10-year-old transgender girl to rejoin her school’s all-girls softball team while a lawsuit continues against a state law that bans transgender females from competing in girls school sports. More

July 26, 2022

Jury selection is set for Monday in a trial that will determine for the first time how much Infowars host Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook Elementary School parents. More

July 25, 2022

Amber Heard notified a Virginia court that she will appeal the $10.35 million judgment she was ordered to pay ex-husband Johnny Depp during a high-profile defamation trial. More

July 21, 2022

Twitter claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Delaware that Musk's “outlandish” and “bad faith” actions have caused the social media platform irreparable harm and sunk its stock price. More

July 13, 2022

A Virginia judge on Wednesday rejected an effort by actress Amber Heard to set aside the $10 million judgment awarded against her in favor of her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. More

July 13, 2022

In court papers filed Monday, Depp's lawyers dispute arguments from Heard's team that the jury's verdict was nonsensical and unfounded. More

July 12, 2022