Lawsuits

A growing number say qualified immunity has become one of the chief ways in which law enforcement avoids accountability for misconduct.

There's no way this monumental lawsuit will win in federal court.

A Massachusetts lawsuit challenges for the right to wear political buttons and apparel to polling places.

What is she, a racist? This "hateful, nasty" woman must hate a white man in the White House. There can be no other explanation. If you follow the rationale of the defenders of the Obama Administration, the policy criticism is "really" just cloaked racist sentiment...

Efforts to regulate New Bedford's panhandlers through licensing met its match during Thursday evening's City Council meeting thanks to major concerns over costly lawsuits against the city.

First responders, health professionals and family members who administer overdose-reversing drugs would be shielded from potential lawsuits under a bill filed in Congress. The bill's supporters say the use of drugs like naloxone _ also known as Narcan _ in an emergency overdose situation shouldn't be deterred by fear of legal action...

The death of a New York City inmate in a 100-degree cell in February shows the dangers of overheated conditions in jails and prisons, an issue facing corrections officials nationwide. As summer approaches, corrections officials throughout the country must deal with prisoners' potentially fatal exposure to extreme heat...