Freedom or Death
One of the groups hardest hit by COVID-19 has been inmates. Close living quarters combined with shoddy sanitary conditions have made many prisons throughout this...
COVID-19 IS KILLING BLACKS MORE THAN ANY OTHER GROUP
The statistics are deeply disturbing. In Milwaukee county, African-Americans have accounted for 81 percent of the city’s COVID-19 deaths. In Chicago, 70 percent of COVID-19...
Case Update – Hernandez v. Mesa
Because of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, individuals whose constitutional rights have been violated by a federal official will now find it even more...
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Brought Against Doctors and Jail That Ignored Inmate’s Cancer Symptoms
On September 6, 2019, the Magna Law Firm brought suit against several doctors, a Minnesota jail, and the Minnesota Department of Corrections for the premature...
Black Women at a Far Higher Risk for Pregnancy-Related Death
According to a recent report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”), 700 women die each year in this country from pregnancy-related complications....
Birth Injuries: Was There Medical Negligence?
Although childbirth should be the happiest of times for a family, sometimes things go terribly wrong. In some instances, this is unavoidable. There are other...
Eighth Circuit Panel Finds that Plaintiff’s Excessive Force Case Can Proceed to Trial
CASE UPDATE: After the Eighth Circuit decision put this case back on track toward a jury trial, the case settled in mediation pending St. Paul...
Police Misconduct? City of St. Paul Says No!
In brief, the facts of the case are that on the evening of June 6, 2012, our client, Robin Neal, (“Mr. Neal”) was leaving a bar in St. Paul with two of his friends. St. Paul police believed that Mr. Neal fit the description of another black man who had…
Infant Wrongful Death Settlement (Medical Malpractice)
Our firm recently reached a $250,000.00 settlement on behalf of the parents of a child whose wrongful death was the result of medical malpractice committed...
Swallowing the Fourth Amendment?
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is meant to protect citizens from unlawful searches and arrests conducted by police officers. However, when citizens sue...