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North Carolina puts thousands of children in harm’s way by failing to fix the state’s broken child welfare system, says a federal class action complaint filed on behalf of nine foster children.
A lawsuit accusing North Carolina officials of unnecessarily warehousing foster children in locked psychiatric facilities has survived the Department of Health and Human Services’ effort to ...
A common case would be a future threat of harm that would not constitute common law assault but would nevertheless cause emotional harm to the recipient. IIED was created to guard against this kind of emotional abuse, thereby allowing a victim of emotional distress to receive compensation in situations where he or she would otherwise be barred ...
Ultimately, Young instituted a federal habeas action. The court determined that the Community Protection Act was civil and, therefore, it could not violate the double jeopardy and ex post facto guarantees. On appeal, the Court of Appeals reasoned that the case turned on whether the Act was punitive "as applied" to Young. [5] 5th
Gov. Roy Cooper, DHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley, Mecklenburg County and others failed to fix a broken system, the lawsuit says. Inept NC child protective system puts vulnerable kids in danger ...
The case centers on Dusty McKinney and two other East Gaston High wrestlers’ lawsuits against the Gaston County Board of Education. The former wrestlers contend the board dismissed numerous ...
Snyder v. Phelps, 562 U.S. 443 (2011), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held that speech made in a public place on a matter of public concern cannot be the basis of liability for a tort of emotional distress, even if the speech is viewed as offensive or outrageous.
More than 250 lawsuits were filed after the 2019 SAFE Child Act set up a two-year window allowing some child sex abuse survivors to file lawsuits, no matter their age.