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Hampton Woman Awarded $22,000 in Lawsuit Against Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail Over Lack of Toilet Paper and Fecal Matter Towels

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Hampton, Virginia – A federal jury has awarded a Hampton woman $22,000 in a lawsuit against the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail. The woman, Antoinette Weathers, claimed that jail guards denied her toilet paper for several days in 2022. Additionally, she alleged that the towels provided to her were “caked in fecal matter.” In addition to the compensation, the jail is also responsible for paying approximately $60,000 in attorney fees. Weathers, 63, was taken into custody in June 2022 to serve a three-week sentence on assault and DUI charges from York County. During her time in … Read more

Lawyers Resolve Immaturity Impasse with Unconventional Game of ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’

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ORLANDO, FLORIDA – Lawyers often fondly hold on to cherished childhood memories. For one lawyer, his fascination with garbage trucks as a little boy unexpectedly influenced his career path in an unusual way. The lawyer recalls his mother’s surprise when he chose to become a lawyer, considering his childhood obsession with sanitation workers and their garbage trucks. Little did she know that years later, one of his first product liability cases would involve a defective side-loading trash collection truck. Maintaining a connection to childhood joys is important for lawyers. However, sometimes behaving childishly in a … Read more

Trump’s Attempt to Avoid $83.3 Million Defamation Award Compared to ‘Scribbles on a Paper Napkin’ by Carroll’s Lawyers

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New York City, NY – Lawyers representing E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused former President Donald Trump of rape, have urged a judge to dismiss Trump’s attempts to avoid posting security for the $83.3 million defamation award she was granted. According to Carroll’s lawyers, Trump’s promises to pay the judgment, which they anticipate will be overturned on appeal, are nothing more than empty promises. “The basis of Trump’s argument for this extraordinary relief boils down to a simple ‘trust me’,” stated Carroll’s lawyers in their submission to U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who … Read more