Opioid trials
A federal trial for a case filed by Huntington and Cabell County against drug companies they accuse of creating and fueling the opioid epidemic in the area will not take place in January as planned due to COVID-19.
The lawsuits argue the companies had a duty to monitor and report the high volume of pills being shipped into the area, but ignored it.
The case had been set to go to trial Jan. 4, but U.S. District Court Judge David A. Faber continued the trial indefinitely due to COVID-19. A pretrial conference will now take place Jan. 6 and Feb. 3 at 11 a.m. via videoconference to further discuss the case.
One of the most innovative ways to shelter homeless people is to set up so-called tiny homes or houses. Constructed of aluminum and composite materials and built to be lived in, they generally measure a miniscule 64 square feet.
In L.A., the hope is to make them a workable if temporary solution under a bleak set of circumstances: a dearth of housing and shelter for the city’s estimated 41,000 homeless people; a raging pandemic; and pressure from U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter to move thousands of homeless people into shelter as soon as possible. Villages of tiny homes in empty lots would appear to be a quick and inexpensive alternative to conventional shelters and scarce temporary housing.
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Black Lives Matter sign citation leads to federal lawsuit against Grosse Pointe Shores
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GROSSE POINTE SHORES A since-rescinded violation notice over a Black Lives Matter sign in a front yard has led to a lawsuit against Grosse Pointe Shores filed by one of the city’s residents.
On Dec. 8, Shores resident Todd Russell Perkins a prominent local attorney filed suit against the Shores and two of its public safety officers in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The suit alleges that the Shores violated Perkins’ First Amendment rights and civil rights by issuing him a citation over the Black Lives Matter sign, and it argues that Shores’ sign ordinance is “constitutionally vague and overbroad.”
CHARLESTON â A federal trial for a case filed by Huntington and Cabell County against drug companies they accuse of creating and fueling the opioid epidemic in the area will not take place January as planned, due to COVID-19.
The lawsuits argue the companies had a duty to monitor and report the high volume of pills being shipped into the area but ignored it.
The case had been set to go to trial Jan. 4, 2021, but in an order released Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge David A. Faber continued the trial indefinitely due to COVID-19. A pretrial conference will now take place Jan. 6 and Feb. 3 at 11 a.m. via videoconference to further discuss the case.