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Amtrak Race Discrimination Litigation

By wigginschilds | June 20, 2023

The long-running case Campbell, et al. v. Amtrak, originally filed in November 1998, has now been settled. However, the Williams, et al. v. Amtrak case, on behalf of many of the former putative class members, is very much ACTIVE. For more information, click here.

Alabama inmate ‘literally baked to death’ in overheated prison cell, says lawsuit

By wigginschilds | December 19, 2022

Thomas Lee Rutledge, 44, died alone in an Alabama prison cell two years ago, sitting with his face pressed to his window, trying to breathe in cold air, as the heat piped into the mental health unit rose to an extreme level, and according to a federal lawsuit, “he was literally baked to death in his cell.”

Inmates Represented by Wiggins Childs Attorneys Granted Class Certification in Nashville, Tennessee Federal District Court

By Eric Sheffer | October 18, 2018

Inmates Represented by Wiggins Childs Attorneys Granted Class Certification in Nashville, Tennessee Federal District Court On October 3, 2018, the District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Nashville Division issued an order granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification. Plaintiffs assert that Defendants Tennessee Department of Corrections, Parker (as Commissioner), and CoreCivic, have deprived, and […]

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