Legal Commentary

Music Teacher
Town of Brookline agrees to $150,000 settlement after the former employee exploited a freshman student.

Burst Drain Pipe
Town of Smithtown agrees to pay homeowners $260,000 property damage settlement.

Suspended and Fired
Town of Alton agrees to pay former police chief $10,000 wrongful termination settlement.

Landfill Eminent Domain
Surry County pays $800,000 settlement to purchase farm land for town dump.

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...