A Jacksonville mother claims in a lawsuit against multiple parties that background check failures led to her 12-year-old daughter being groomed and repeatedly sexually assaulted by a landscaping employee at the apartment complex where they lived.

The leadership team at Impact Church has released a statement on social media in the wake of its lawsuit against Jacksonville’s Regency Square Mall that alleges Blackwater Regency LLC and its principal, Rurmell McGee, diverted a property purchase deal away from the church to acquire the mall themselves.

A legal battle has emerged over the former Regency Square mall in Jacksonville, involving Impact Church of Jacksonville Inc. and Blackwater Regency LLC, as reported by our news partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record.

On Friday, Ellis’ attorney, Stephen Kelly, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against multiple officers, Sheriff T.K. Waters, and the City of Jacksonville. The lawsuit alleges violations of Ellis’ Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights, excessive force, failure to intervene, fabrication of evidence, false reporting, and municipal liability under Monell.

The attempted kidnapping of a 5-year-old Nassau County boy after he was groomed by a predator on Roblox exposed “pervasive misrepresentations about safety” by the popular gaming app that create “a breeding ground for predators,” according to a new lawsuit against Roblox Corporation.

A Leon County circuit judge has rejected a lawsuit alleging that a state deal allowing the Seminole Tribe of Florida to offer online sports betting violated a 2018 constitutional amendment aimed at limiting casino gambling.

Former St. Johns County fire chief Scott Bullard has been awarded $500,000 after a jury found the county breached his contract rights by refusing to reinstate him.

A St. Johns County mother is preparing to sue the school district after she expressed frustration with how officials handled an attack on her son’s school bus.

A Jacksonville man is suing Sheriff T.K. Waters and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, claiming officers used excessive force and violated his constitutional rights during a February arrest on charges that were later dropped.

A former Jacksonville firefighter with ADHD is suing the city, claiming he was denied extra study time and accommodations during a lieutenant promotion exam, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Detainees held at Florida’s controversial immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” are suing the Trump administration, alleging inhumane conditions and unlawful confinement.

The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission has voted to dismiss a lawsuit against PepsiCo that the previous commission filed in the waning days of the Biden administration.

Duval County Public Schools have reached a settlement with a former Douglas Anderson student who accused the district of failing to protect her from sexual harassment and abuse from Jeffrey Clayton.

A federal judge denied a motion from JWB and JWB Capital’s lawyers to dismiss a housing discrimination lawsuit filed against it.

Veterans who are Black say they were denied housing loans from Navy Federal Credit Union because of their race.

JWB property management and some of its former tenants have come to a settlement agreement in a class action lawsuit regarding eviction filing fees.

MrBeast, 25, made his fortune using a long list of revenue streams that include posting highly produced and sometimes controversial videos to his 189 million YouTube followers, selling merch and through his Feastables snack bar line. Feastables is now being sued by a Jacksonville company.

A second jury will determine how much McDonald's USA and its franchise owner, Upchurch Foods, will pay the child and her mother, the South Florida SunSentinel reported.

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Gov. Ron DeSantis and others on his Central Florida Tourism Oversight District for “declaratory and injunctive relief.”

Four families filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging rules adopted by Florida medical boards that prohibit doctors from providing gender-affirming treatment to transgender children.

Residents who live near the Pumpkin Hill preserve have filed a lawsuit against the city of Jacksonville. They're upset with the City Council's decision to move forward with a new development in Northeast Jacksonville.

The story of Emmett Till is considered to be the catalyst of the civil rights movement back in the 1950s.

The mother of Daniel Neal, a man who the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said was shot and killed by a detective who was responding to a reported armed robbery in 2021, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

The News4JAX I-TEAM has learned an appeals court ruled seven St. Vincent’s employees must produce more than 2,700 text messages and images on their personal phones referencing a former orthopedic surgeon at the center of hundreds of malpractice lawsuits.

A Lake City man who is legally blind, is suing the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, the City of Lake City and Columbia County. The lawsuit stems from the man's arrest on October 31 while he was walking home from jury duty.

A lawsuit filed by the state of California accuses 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused to the environment and the public from chemicals that have over decades found their way into waterways and human bloodstreams.

Attorneys for a Jacksonville-area perfume plant will argue Wednesday to have a lawsuit filed against them dismissed.

A contractors group and an Orlando-area roofing firm Thursday challenged the constitutionality of a new law that combines a property-insurance change with efforts to bolster the safety of condominium buildings.

Three parents whose children attend Mandarin Middle School want a teacher and two administrators fired over allegations of racism, violence and threatened school shootings.

The mother of a student at Jacksonville’s Mandarin Middle School announced she will sue Duval County Public Schools, MMS’s principal, and its dean over a series of alleged incidents of racial discrimination and retaliation.

Former Jaguars kicker Josh Lambo is suing the Jacksonville Jaguars and seeking his full salary for last season, plus damages for emotional distress.

As a new round of legal battling begins about congressional redistricting, the state is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that has urged judges to draw new district lines.

A spokesperson for the founding pastors of Celebration Church, one of the largest churches in the Jacksonville area, says the couple did not misuse government PPP money as the church alleges in a court filing.

Duval County Public Schools is being sued after an award-winning teacher was removed from her classroom.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville manufacturer that produces flavors, fragrances, and cosmetic actives is at the center of a new class-action lawsuit. That’s how some neighbors have described what they’re smelling day in, day out in Murray Hill. The city of Jacksonville told News4jax, in a public records request, that from October 1, 2020, through December 28, 2020, 567 citywide odor complaints were reported. Fed up with the stench, three Murray Hill neighbors filed a class-action lawsuit against IFF earlier this month. I can’t move, but IFF can.”In the letter, IFF also neighbors’ concerns directly.

Meanwhile, outside the State Farm Arena where the final Georgia votes are being counted, we have a growing crowd. At stake in Georgia are 16 electoral votes. The lawsuit alleges that a Republican observer watched a poll worker take unprocessed absentee ballots from a back room and mix them into processed absentee ballots waiting to be tabulated. In Georgia, ballots must be received by 7 p.m. on Election Day in order to count. In the race to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency, Democrat Joe Biden currently has 264 while Trump has 214.

Families file lawsuit after semi-truck crash kills young couple on I-95Published: September 23, 2020, 7:13 pmThe father of a young woman killed in a semi-truck crash on Interstate 95 earlier this month has a message for all truck drivers — slow down and be careful.

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Florida representative announces lawsuit over Jacksonville mask mandatePublished: July 6, 2020, 5:38 pmAnthony Sabatini, a Republican member of the Florida Legislature, announced Monday morning that he has filed a lawsuit against the City of Jacksonville over the recently implemented mask mandate.