December 18, 2020
Record injury awards and major court rulings caught the attention of personal injury attorneys in 2020, including a U.S. Supreme Court decision barring civil damages in fatal cross-border shooting cases and lower courts' resolution of suits involving questions of liability for social media-related injuries.
February 27, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to toss a suit over a Mexican teen's fatal shooting by a Border Patrol officer effectively leaves similarly situated families with no legal recourse for constitutional rights violations, experts said.
February 25, 2020
The family of a Mexican teenager who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent across the Southern border can't collect damages, the U.S. Supreme Court held Tuesday.
November 15, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court’s skepticism aimed at a 15-year-old Mexican boy’s parents suing an American border agent for their son’s death could result in a ruling that restricts individuals’ ability to sue federal officers for violating their constitutional rights.
November 12, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared wary of allowing the parents of a Mexican teen fatally shot along the U.S.-Mexico border to sue the border agent who killed him.
November 08, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider the Trump administration's decision to wind down the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for childhood immigrants and whether the parents of a slain Mexican teenager can sue the border agent who killed him, in what's expected to be a dramatic week of oral arguments to close out the November session.
October 24, 2019
The parents of a Mexican teenager fatally shot by a U.S. border agent argued that national security and foreign affairs should not affect their bid for damages, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that they are not challenging government policies.
October 15, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the federal government can argue against a Mexican family seeking damages from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent after the parents' teenage son was fatally shot across the border.
October 01, 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday cautioned the U.S. Supreme Court against allowing the father of a slain Mexican teenager to collect damages after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot the boy across the southwest border.
September 24, 2019
A federal agent who fatally shot a teenager across the United States' southern border has urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to award damages to the bereaved parents, warning that allowing damages to be collected in a cross-border shooting could threaten national security.