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ATLANTA, Ga. — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump issued the following statement on behalf of the family of Christon Collins, following today’s indictment of Tobias Woods for providing fentanyl that contributed to Collins’ tragic death while in custody at the DeKalb County Jail: “The family of Christon Collins is relieved …

LOUIS, Mo. — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and attorney Kayla Ferrel Onder, a nationally recognized advocate for survivors of sexual abuse and leader of OnderLaw’s Sexual Abuse practice, have filed a lawsuit on behalf of over 30 sexual abuse survivors against SSM Health DePaul Hospital and former physician Craig …

DALLAS, Texas — The legal team for the family of Botham Jean, including civil rights attorney Ben Crump, Daryl Washington, Brooke Cluse, and Gabrielle Higgins, along with Romanucci & Blandin’s Bhavani K. Raveendran, Antonio Romanucci, and Colton M. Johnson Taylor, issued the following statement after the $98.65 million verdict in the civil case concerning Botham’s …

LOUIS, Mo. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and attorney Kayla Onder, a nationally recognized advocate for survivors of sexual abuse and leader of OnderLaw’s Sexual Abuse practice, will hold a Thursday news conference to announce the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of dozens of survivors against SSM Health …

Broadcast Slated for Spring 2025 WASHINGTON D.C. — How to Sue the Klan from Emmy®-nominated director John Beder and producers civil rights attorney Benjamin L. Crump, Cameron S. Mitchell, and Raji Ramanathan, has been acquired by REEL SOUTH, a PBS documentary series for US broadcast. The short documentary was awarded the inaugural DX Reel South …

NEW YORK CITY, NY. — The estate of Malcolm X has filed a lawsuit against the United States Government, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the New York Police Department. The lawsuit alleges these entities played a significant role in the events leading to Malcolm X’s assassination and engaged …

DeMotte, Ind. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump released a statement in response to the findings of the Lake County Coroner’s Office regarding the tragic death of 26-year-old Rhyker Earl. The report, which attributes Earl’s death to cardiovascular disease and labels it as natural, fails to address the physical interaction …

New York, NY. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will hold a Friday news conference to announce the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of Malcolm X’s family. The lawsuit alleges that various government agencies and individuals, including the FBI, CIA, and NYPD, played a role in the conspiracy leading …

SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. – Today, Ben Crump Law, in collaboration with the law firm of Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Bendesky, and the Georgia Attorney General’s Office, will conduct a preliminary inspection of the Sapelo Island dock following the catastrophic collapse that tragically claimed the lives of seven individuals and injured others on October 19. The inspection marks …

COLUMBUS, Ohio –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump released the following statement after a jury’s decision to find former Columbus police officer Adam Coy guilty of murder, reckless homicide, and felonious assault in the 2020 killing of Andre Hill: “This verdict delivers a measure of justice for Andre Hill’s family, …

PALM BAY, Fla. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, co-counsel LaFonda Middleton, and the family of Thomas Farley will hold a Wednesday news conference to speak on the urgent need for transparency and justice in this case. Farley’s family and their attorneys will call for accountability from the Palm Bay …

The families and legal team will hold a Tuesday news conference JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the families of two individuals who tragically lost their lives and an individual critically injured in the catastrophic dock gangway collapse on Sapelo Island, Georgia, on October …

HOUSTON, Tex. — The family of 3-year-old A.W., who lost four fingers in a devastating escalator incident at a Bellaire H-E-B store, has filed a lawsuit against TK Elevator Corporation and H-E-B, LP for negligence, gross negligence, and premises liability. Filed today in Harris County, the lawsuit seeks justice for A.W., who is left permanently …

Newport News, VA – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, co-counsel Mark Krudys, and the family of Kaleiah Jones will hold a Thursday news conference to announce the filing of a lawsuit against the Newport News School Board, the City of Newport News, and other individuals named in the complaint. The …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci issued a statement in response to the verdicts reached in the federal trial of the officers responsible for the death of Tyre Nichols. All three officers, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith have been found guilty of witness tampering. Haley was …

The family and legal team will respond to today’s court ruling on the Georgia abortion laws Atlanta, GA. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family of Amber Thurman will hold a news conference on Tuesday to demand justice for the 28-year-old mother who died tragically from an infection …

STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of 28-year-old Amber Nicole Thurman, a Black mother who tragically died on August 19, 2022, after being denied timely medical care due to Georgia’s restrictive abortion laws. Thurman had sought a medication-induced abortion in North Carolina …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, alongside the family of Tyre Nichols and Attorney Tony Romanucci, will hold a prayer vigil outside the courthouse tomorrow at 9 am CT. The vigil will take place outside of the U.S. District Court as the federal trial related to Tyre Nichols’ …

The family and legal team will hold a Monday news conference DeMotte, Ind. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, attorney Stephen M. Wagner of Wagner Reese, and the family of Rhyker Earl will hold a Monday news conference to demand justice for the 26-year-old father of two who tragically died …

DeMotte, Ind. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Stephen M. Wagner of Wagner Reese have been retained by the family of 26-year-old Rhyker Earl, who tragically passed away on September 10, 2024, following a fatal encounter with law enforcement during a medical emergency. Earl, a father of two, …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, members of the Congressional Black Caucus, and the families of Breonna Taylor, Tyre Nichols, and Sonya Massey will hold a Friday news conference to address the urgent need for criminal justice reform and provide updates on legislative efforts. The news conference comes …

ATLANTA, Ga. – Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump issued the following statement after the lawsuit against the Fearless Fund was dropped: “It has been an honor to represent the Fearless Fund in this historic case. By strategically avoiding a Supreme Court ruling that could have eliminated race-based funding, we protected vital opportunities for the …

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — On the day following what would have been Micah Dunmore-Tennant’s 15th birthday, nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump—alongside co-counsel Devon Jacob, Richard Stoloff, and Oliver Barry—will join Micah’s family to announce the filing of a 30 million dollar demand on behalf of the family, referred to as …

Springfield, Ill. — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump released the following statement after new footage surfaced showing Sonya Massey, a 38-year-old Black woman, experiencing a mental health crisis on July 5, the day before she was fatally shot by former Springfield deputy Sean Grayson: “Sonya Massey’s family is devastated by …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci, and the parents of Tyre Nichols, released the following statement in response to one of the officers responsible for Nichols’ death changing his federal plea to guilty. Tyre Nichols was critically injured and left unrecognizable after a traffic stop …

WALTON BEACH, Fla. — National civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family of Senior Airman Roger Fortson issued the following statement, responding to the State Attorney’s decision to file charges against the sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed Fortson in his apartment more than three months ago. Senior Airman Roger Fortson …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci will hold a news conference tomorrow with the parents of Tyre Nichols to provide an update and a response to the plea hearing for one of the officers responsible for his death. Tyre Nicols was critically injured and left …

MILWAUKEE, Wis. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Will Sulton and B’Ivory Lamarr released the following statement after the team reached a settlement with Hyatt over the death of D’Vontaye Mitchell: “In recent weeks, we entered good faith conversations with the goal of helping to achieve resolution for …

PHOENIX, Ariz. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Imani Jackson, a 46-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by Phoenix police on Saturday, August 10. According to police reports, Jackson was shot after allegedly reaching for his waistband during a traffic stop. Attorney …

OCALA, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump released a statement following a jury returning a guilty verdict for Susan Lorincz, shooter of AJ Owens. Lorincz was found guilty of first-degree felony manslaughter with a firearm. Lorincz faces up to 30 years in prison. On Friday, June 2, 2023, Owens’ …

HOUSTON, Tex. –– National civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will hold a news conference on Friday to announce the filing of two new lawsuits against Harris County for the deaths or abuse of eight individuals: Daevion Young, Michael Walker, D’Alessandro Chavez-Sandoval, Victoria Simon, Alan Kerber, Kyle Ryker, Eric Russell, and Robert Terry …

FT. WALTON BEACH, Fla. — National civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family of Senior Airman Roger Fortson will hold a news conference on Friday to demand that the State Attorney file charges against the officer who shot and killed Fortson in his apartment more than three months ago. Senior Airman …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family of Sonya Massey will hold a news conference on Wednesday in response to Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell’s retirement announcement. Attorney Crump and the family will discuss the implications of Campbell’s retirement and the legislation they are advocating for …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – In the wake of the tragic death of Sonya Massey, Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell has announced his retirement amid growing public outcry and demands for accountability. Attorney Ben Crump, who represents the Massey family, has issued the following statement in response to the sheriff’s retirement: “The retirement of Sheriff Jack Campbell …

FERGUSON, Mo. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s tragic death, reflects on the impact of Brown’s death and the ongoing struggle for justice in the face of systemic racism. Michael Brown’s death on August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri, became a turning point …

TAMPA, Fla. –– Local attorney Shannon Ligon, joined by Ben Crump Law, Florida State House Rep. Michele Rayner, and Domingos Law, will host a press conference at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 8, at the Middle District Federal Courthouse in Tampa regarding a new civil complaint against Pinellas County School Board, and others, for the …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has issued a statement following the reintroduction of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in the United States Congress. The death of Sonya Massey has highlighted the remaining problems with police conduct in America following George Floyd’s death and the subsequent …

MILWAUKEE, Wis. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Will Sulton and B’Ivory Lamarr released a statement in response to Milwaukee County prosecutors filing charges against four Hyatt employees who were involved in the death of D’Vontaye Mitchell. Security guards allege Mitchell entered a hotel and “caused a disturbance,” …

ATLANTA, Ga. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of 27-year-old Christon Collins, a Black veteran who was found dead in DeKalb County Jail on March 13. Collins’ mother obtained footage via an open records request that shows her son lying on the floor for …

Lawsuit names Novartis Pharmaceuticals as defendant, alleges unjust enrichment BALTIMORE, Md. –– Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump and attorney Christopher Seeger of Seeger Weiss announced today that they have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family of Henrietta Lacks against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Novartis Gene Therapies Inc., Viatris Inc., and Mylan Pharmaceuticals. The …

MILWAUKEE, Wis. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, co-counsel Will Sulton and B’Ivory Lamarr, and the family of 43-year-old D’Vontaye Mitchell released a statement in response to the release of the medical examiner’s report. Security guards allege Mitchell entered a hotel and “caused a disturbance,” had an altercation with security …

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law has released the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s announcement of over $2 billion in direct payments to Black and other minority farmers who have faced systemic discrimination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA): Attorney …

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. –– National civil rights attorney Ben Crump is calling on Florida First Judicial Circuit State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden to file charges against and prosecute former Sheriff’s Deputy Eddie Duran, who shot and killed U.S. Airman Roger Fortson on May 3. Attorney Crump issued the following statement: “Roger Fortson was shot and …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has issued the following statement following the release of 911 calls that preceded the police shooting of Sonya Massey. Deputy Sean Grayson shot Sonya Massey in the face, killing her, on July 6. Massey, a 36-year-old unarmed woman, had called the police …

CHICAGO, Ill. – Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump; the family of Sonya Massey; Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network (NAN); and the Leadership Network will lead a “Remembering Sonya Massey” rally tomorrow at 6 p.m. CST at New Mount Pilgrim Church. A press conference before the rally will …

Mitchell’s family is also demanding criminal charges and civil accountability MILWAUKEE, Wis. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, co-counsel Will Sulton and B’Ivory Lamarr, and the family of 43-year-old Dvontaye Mitchell will hold a news conference on Monday to continue demands for transparency and accountability for his death from Hyatt. …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family of Sonya Massey will address the media tomorrow following the state’s attorney’s release of the autopsy report on the fatal police shooting that killed Massey. Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson shot Sonya Massey in the face, killing her, …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family of Sonya Massey will address the media with updates on the police shooting of Sonya Massey. Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson shot Sonya Massey in the face, killing her, on July 6. Massey, a 36-year-old unarmed woman, had …

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump today announced his enthusiastic endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for President of the United States. “Today, I am proud to endorse my friend and a fierce advocate for the American people, Vice President Kamala Harris, for President of the United States. Her lifelong commitment …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has issued the following statement regarding a judge’s decision to hold Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson in custody without bail. Grayson allegedly shot Sonya Massey in the face, killing her, on July 6. Massey, a 36-year-old unarmed woman, had called the …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has issued the following statement regarding the indictment and arrest of Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson. Grayson allegedly shot Sonya Massey in the face, killing her, on July 6. Massey, a 36-year-old unarmed woman, had called the police to report a …

LELAND, Miss. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Van Turner have issued a statement in response to the release of the autopsy report for Kadarius Smith, a 17-year-old who was run over by a Leland Police Department cruiser and later died. Smith’s death, determined by the autopsy to …

MILWAUKEE, Wis. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has released a statement in response to the referral of four felony murder charges to the District Attorney’s Office by Milwaukee Police for staff at the Hyatt Regency Hotel where D’Vontaye Mitchell, a Black man, was killed on Sunday, June 30. Attorney …

MILWAUKEE, Wis. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has released the following statement in response to the firing of security personnel who held down Dvontaye Mitchell, a Black man who was killed outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Sunday, June 30. Attorney Crump issued the following statement: “The decision to …

MILWAUKEE, Wis. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will deliver a call for justice at the Thursday funeral for Dvontaye Mitchell, whose death mirrors that of George Floyd over four years ago. Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network (NAN), will deliver the eulogy for the …

MILWAUKEE, Wis. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, co-counsel Will Sulton and B’Ivory Lamarr, the family of 43-year-old Dvontaye Mitchell will hold a Wednesday news conference to reveal significant new evidence from a witness. After the news conference, the group will march from the state attorney’s office to the Hyatt …

Amir was shot and killed during a botched February 2, 2022 no-knock raid by the Minneapolis Police Department MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — In a thorough and significant decision, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota has denied the motion to dismiss filed by the defendants in the case brought by Karen Wells and …

MILWAUKEE, Wis. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, co-counsel Will Sulton and B’Ivory Lamarr, and the family of 43-year-old Dvontaye Mitchell will hold a Monday news conference to demand transparency and accountability for his death. Mitchell, a Black man, was killed by security guards outside a Hyatt Regency Hotel. Security …

MILWAUKEE, Wis. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of 43-year-old Dvontaye Mitchell, a Black man who was killed by security guards outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Sunday, June 30. According to Milwaukee police, Mitchell entered the hotel and “caused a disturbance.” Police say …

ATLANTA, Ga. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by Aaliyah Adams, the mother of 5-year-old Skylar Adams. The mother and daughter were caught in a terrifying carjacking incident that led to Skylar being hit by a deputy’s bullet on Sunday night. According to Aaliyah Adams, her daughter …

HOUSTON, Tex. –– The family of Henrietta Lacks and national civil rights attorney Ben Crump have been named recipients of “The Galveston International Juneteenth Museum’s Dr. Ronald Myers Legacy Award.” This prestigious award is in recognition of their historic legal victory for the unjust enrichment derived from Henrietta Lacks’ immortal cells. The award ceremony will …

Crump Represents Family of Akeem Terrell, Man Who Died in a Maricopa County Jail PHOENIX, Ariz. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump released the following statement in response to a newly released report from the Department of Justice on the Phoenix Police Department. The report found that the DOJ believes …

The award ceremony will be held on June 19 in Galveston, the birthplace of Juneteenth GALVESTON, Tex. –– National civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the family of Henrietta Lacks have been named recipients of “The Galveston International Juneteenth Museum’s Dr. Ronald Myers Legacy Award.” This prestigious award is in recognition of their historic legal …

Activists are calling for justice and accountability for Samuel Sterling, Patrick Lyoya, and Riley Doggett LANSING, Mich. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will be joining community activists on Friday to call for justice and transparency for Samuel Sterling and other victims of police brutality. After being approached by the …

Discussions will center around the Black wealth agenda, the widening of the wealth gap, and corporate America’s marginalization of Black-owned companies NEW YORK, NY –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump is joining the legal team of Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who is trying to increase minority representation in the multibillion …

Crump and the family will hold a Monday news conference ATLANTA, Ga. — National civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family of Senior Airman Roger Fortson will hold a news conference on Monday to provide a response to the termination of Deputy Eddie Duran. Attorney Crump issued the following statement on …

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. –– National civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents the family of Roger Fortson, has released a statement following the firing of Deputy Eddie Duran. It was announced today that Duran was terminated following an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigation. Duran shot and killed Fortson, a 23-year-old active-duty Senior Airman, in his …

KENTWOOD, Mich. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has released a statement in response to charges filed against Detective Sergeant Brian Keely who struck 25-year-old Samuel Sterling, a Black man, with an unmarked police vehicle on April 17. Sterling died from the injuries. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday …

BALTIMORE, Md. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and Christopher Seeger of Seeger Weiss responded to a major ruling yesterday denying Ultragenyx’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed against them on behalf of Henrietta Lacks’ family. Crump invited the pharmaceutical company to resolve the case, correcting …

Crump partners with Robeson Co. Housing Authority to provide groceries to single parents LUMBERTON, N.C. –– The kickoff for the Ben Crump SPINN Feeding Initiative (BCFI), an initiative started by renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and retired Air Force veteran Vanessa Riley Harris, Executive Director and Founder of (SPINN), will …

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, who represents the family of Roger Fortson, has released a statement following words of support from the Congressional Black Caucus. Attorney Crump issued the following statement: “On the day that they will lay their loved one to rest, it brings some measure …

ATLANTA, Ga. — National civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family of Senior Airman Roger Fortson will hold a news conference on Thursday to reveal new evidence in the case. The family will also address how they and Fortson’s dog, Chloe, who was present at the time of the shooting, are …

Crump joins lead attorney Jeff Trevillion Jr., Barbara Arnwine, and more than 50 prominent attorneys in the call for her pardon WASHINGTON, D.C. — National civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, lead attorney Jeff Trevillion Jr., attorney Barbara Arnwine, attorney Barry Scheck, and more than 50 other attorneys are urging President Joe Biden …

ATLANTA, Ga. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family of Roger Fortson announced today that his body will be returned to his family by the Air Force via dignified transfer. Fortson, a 23-year-old active-duty Senior Airman, was fatally shot by a Florida Sheriff’s Deputy on Friday, May 3. …

ALBANY, N.Y. — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump today made an urgent plea for the NY Legislature to pass and Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign the Grieving Families Act, citing the tragic cases of multiple families who are being denied justice. “What is the value of a life? Well, in …

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has released an additional statement following the release of body cam and FaceTime footage from the deadly shooting of Roger Fortson. Roger was a 23-year-old active-duty Senior Airman who was fatally shot six times by a Florida Sheriff’s Deputy on Friday, …

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. –– The family of Roger Fortson has released a statement after viewing the body cam footage from the deadly shooting. Roger was a 23-year-old active-duty Senior Airman who was fatally shot six times by a Florida Sheriff’s Deputy on Friday, May 3.The family issued the following statement: “In the four-and-a-half minute, heavily …

Crump and the family will call for transparency and the release of body cam footage OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will hold a Thursday news conference with the family of Roger Fortson, a 23-year-old active-duty Senior Airman who was fatally shot by a Florida Sheriff’s Deputy …

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Roger Fortson, a 23-year-old active-duty Senior Airman who was fatally shot by a Florida Sheriff’s Deputy on Friday, May 4. According to a witness who was on Facetime with Roger during the entire encounter, …

CHICAGO, Ill. — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will hold a news conference with plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit against GEICO. For the first time publicly, minority-business owners who were formerly employed with the agency will detail how GEICO, as alleged in the Complaint, unfairly and unlawfully deprived them …

Livingston was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life for killing Alvin Motley Jr. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — National civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, who represents the family of Alvin Motley Jr., has released a statement following today’s verdict. Alvin Motley Jr. was killed by Livingston, a security officer, over loud …

RICHMOND, Va. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, co-counsel Mark Krudys, and the family of Irvo Otieno will hold a Monday news conference following the announcement from Dinwiddie Commonwealth Attorney Amanda Mann’s decision to “nolle pros,” or to dismiss for now, the cases against five of the eight criminal defendants …

LELAND, Miss. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has issued a statement in response to the release of the police incident report from the death of Kadarius Smith, a 17-year-old who was run over by a Leland Police Department cruiser and later died. Smith’s death occurred in the early morning …

The legal team and family will hold a Thursday news conference CANTON, Ohio –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Bobby DiCello have been retained by the family of 53-year-old Frank Tyson, a Black man who tragically died while crying ‘I can’t breathe’ during an encounter with Canton police officers …

KENTWOOD, Mich. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will join the family of 25-year-old Samuel Sterling, a Black man who was struck and killed by an unmarked police vehicle, for a Friday news conference to present scathing evidence and demand justice. After being approached by the police officers at a …

KENTWOOD, Mich. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of 25-year-old Samuel Sterling, a Black man who was struck and killed by an unmarked police vehicle after being pursued and chased by law enforcement on Wednesday, April 17. After being approached by the police officers …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– The Tyre Nichols Foundation will host a Design Charrette on April 26 in honor of Tyre Nichols, who tragically died following a violent beating by five Memphis Police Officers on January 7, 2023. For this event, members of the community are invited to participate in creating design concepts for the Tyre Nichols …

TITUSVILLE, Fla. –– Attorneys Natalie Jackson and the family of James Lowery will hold a news conference on April 24 to publicly comment on the plea and sentencing of Titusville Police Officer Joshua Payne who was charged with manslaughter in the death of James Lowery. Lowery’s sister, Johari Brown, will present a victim impact statement …

LOS ANGELES, Calif. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and co-counsel Levi McCathern will hold a news conference with Reggie Bush to announce the reinstatement of the 2005 Heisman Memorial Trophy to Bush. After one of the most legendary performances in college football history, Bush was …

MIAMI, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has released a statement in response to Donald Armstrong’s charges being reduced. Armstrong was tased twice and shot six times by Miami Police on March 7, leaving him paralyzed. Charges of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest without …

LELAND, Miss. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will hold a news conference with the family of Kadarius Smith, a 17-year-old who was run over by a Leland Police Department cruiser and later died in the hospital. Crump and the family of Smith will demand transparency and call for the …

DOJ will provide technical assistance to Jackson agencies in the uncovering of pauper’s field burials JACKSON, Miss. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Dennis Sweet has released a statement following the announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice that they will provide technical assistance to the Jackson Police …

Crump and the family will hold a Tuesday news conference MIAMI, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Larry Handfield have been retained by Donald Armstrong, a man who was tased twice and shot six times by Miami Police on March 7, leaving him paralyzed at this time.Armstrong …

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump has been named by Forbes as one of America’s Top 200 Lawyers for 2024. The inaugural list of America’s Top 200 Lawyers highlights the finest practitioners in the profession—lawyers with stellar track records in their specialties, those who have broken barriers to emerge as …

LOS ANGELES, Calif. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Bradley Gage will announce a $4 million settlement on behalf of the family of Rob Adams, a 23-year-old Black man who was killed by a San Bernardino police officer on July 16, 2022. Adams was shot six times in …

LELAND, Miss. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Kadarius Smith, a 17-year-old who was run over by a Leland Police Department cruiser and later died in the hospital. Smith’s death occurred in the early morning hours of March 21, when he was walking …

Stevenson died in custody at the Avoyelles Parish Detention Center AVOYELLES PARISH, La. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will hold a Friday news conference to announce new evidence regarding the death of Jerome Stevenson. Stevenson was an inmate at the Avoyelles Parish DC-1 facility who lost his life after …

SHREVEPORT, La. ––  National civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will join Pulitzer Prize winner Nikole Hannah Jones to discuss Henrietta Lacks’ family’s 70-year quest for justice and the intersection of fertility, health equity, and medical racism at the second annual Henrietta Lacks Symposium. The Southern University Law Center, in partnership with Southern …

RALEIGH, N.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, attorney Dawn Blagrove with Emancipate NC, and attorney Joe Fouche, who represent the family of Darryl Tyree Williams today filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The lawsuit names the City of Raleigh, the chief of Raleigh Police, and the officers involved in Williams’ …

RALEIGH, N.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, attorney Dawn Blagrove with Emancipate NC, and attorney Joe Fouche, who represent the family of Darryl Tyree Williams, will hold a news conference with the family to announce the filing of a wrongful death lawsuit. The lawsuit names the City of Raleigh, …

Lawyers and the family will hold a Monday news conference to demand updates WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has joined the legal team for the family of Dalaneo Martin, a 17-year-old shot and killed by a U.S. Park Police officer last year. Crump joins with attorneys from …

State bill will nullify ordinances passed in Memphis in response to Tyre Nichols’ death MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– The family of Tyre Nichols responded to Tennessee senators voting to pass SB2572. The proposed state legislation that will be sent to the Governor Bill Lee’s desk threatens to reverse and override critical municipal police reforms enacted in …

LOUISVILLE, Ga. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Freddie Walker, a Schizophrenic man allegedly tased to death by Burke County deputies in July of 2023. Crump joins local counsel Matt Harmon in representing the family. Family of Freddie Walker called the police for …

SB2572 would nullify ordinances passed in Memphis in response to Tyre Nichols’ death MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– The family of Tyre Nichols is urging Tennessee senators to vote ‘no’ on SB2572 as it moves towards passage, amplifying their calls for the Tennessee Senate to abandon the proposed state legislation that threatens to reverse and override critical …

RICHMOND, Va. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump released the following statement on behalf of Caroline Ouko, mother to Irvo Otieno, on the one-year anniversary of his death at the hands of seven Henrico County Sheriff’s deputies: “Today marks one year since I lost my beloved son, Irvo Otieno. My …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — National civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will deliver a call to action, and Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), will deliver a eulogy at Ramon McGhee’s memorial service, which will be held on Tuesday, March 5 at 12 p.m. CT. Gershun Freeman, Deion …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has issued the following statement regarding the release of Ramon McGhee’s preliminary autopsy results and photos of cell conditions he was found in at Shelby County Jail.  While in custody, 42-year-old McGhee was found unresponsive on Jan. 10 and taken to the …

WOODBINE, Ga. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Harry Daniels have announced their filing of a lawsuit on behalf of the family of Leonard Cure, seeking at least $17 million in damages from Camden County, Georgia, Deputy Buck Aldridge, who fatally shot Cure, and Camden County Sheriff Jim …

Crump and the family will hold a Monday news conference  AVOYELLES PARISH, La. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Jerome Stevenson, an inmate at Avoyelles Parish DC-1 facility who lost his life after an altercation with two corrections deputies and an incarcerated offender …

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, the family of Z’Kye Husain, and co-counsel Gregg Zeff will hold a news conference on Thursday, February 22 at 4 p.m. ET. Family and attorneys will discuss a recent settlement that includes a new NAACP implicit bias training for law enforcement.  Z’Kye …

NEW YORK, NY –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump, Adam Levitt, and Hassan Zavareei will hold a Thursday news conference to discuss the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of Black, Latino, and Native American plaintiffs who sought home loans with defendant Navy Federal Credit Union. The complaint will reveal …

HOUSTON, Texas –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has issued the following statement regarding a medical update on Eboni Pouncy, a woman who was shot five times by Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies on Feb. 3 in her friend’s home. Eboni recently received a surgical procedure to remove one of the …

Flint Taylor and The People’s Law Office join legal team on behalf of the family  New York, NY. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will hold a news conference on Feb. 21, exactly 59 years since Malcolm X’s assassination, to introduce two new witnesses who offered evidence in the alleged …

Sure! Relentlessly Seeks Coverage of  Life-Saving Blood Testing for All Transplant Patients HOUSTON, Texas – Music legend and Executive Chairman of The Health Equity in Transplantation Coalition (HEiT) Al B. Sure! has joined forces with renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump and business partner Jarret Prussin to further promote broader access to non-invasive blood testing …

HOUSTON, Tex. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury lawyer Ben Crump has issued the following statement in response to the release of police body cam footage in the shooting of Eboni Pouncy, a woman who was shot five times by Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies on Feb. 3 in her friend’s home. Attorney Crump …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will provide an update on the Ramon McGhee case and release photos showing the 42-year-old’s condition when he was found unresponsive and covered in lice and bed bugs at the Shelby County Jail.  McGhee, an inmate at Shelby County Jail, was transported …

Suit alleges Walmart colluded with Post Foods to ensure that Snoop Cereal would not appear on the company’s shelves LOS ANGELES, Calif. –– National civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump today announced that he is representing Broadus Foods LLC in a lawsuit against Post Consumer Brands, LLC (“Post Consumer”), Post Foods, LLC (“Post …

HOUSTON, Tex. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by Eboni Pouncy, a woman who was shot five times by Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies on Feb. 3 in her friend’s home. Deputies were responding to a separate burglary call at the same apartment complex where Pouncy’s friend resides. …

Industry leaders allegedly colluded to ensure that Snoop Cereal would not appear on company shelves LOS ANGELES, Calif. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-founders of Broadus Foods, Snoop Dogg and Master P, will hold a press conference on Tuesday, February 6 to announce the filing of a lawsuit …

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump brings his expertise and experience to a role as producer to the new documentary “How to Sue the Klan.” The film, which will be featured at the Pan African Film Festival on Feb. 10, features the heroic efforts of five Black women who fought …

CHICAGO, Ill. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of a 15-year-old girl who was kidnapped, held captive for over four days, and sexually assaulted by her teacher, Christopher McFarland. The girl’s captor was charged with kidnapping and aggravated criminal assault by force. In an …

Paperback edition features a new foreword  NEW YORK, N.Y. — Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump announced that publisher Harper Collins has released a new paperback edition of his 2019 book “Open Season: The Legalized Genocide of Colored People” on the first day of Black History Month. The paperback edition features a new foreword …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Ramon McGhee, a 42-year-old man who was held at Shelby County Jail at 201 Poplar. McGhee was found unresponsive on Jan. 10 and taken to the hospital, where he later died on Jan. 12.  Family …

Film screenings to take place throughout Black History Month LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump brings his expertise and experience to a role as producer to the new documentary “How to Sue the Klan.” The film, which will be screened beginning in Black History Month, features the heroic efforts of …

HOUSTON, Tex. –– National civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will join Harris County Sheriff candidate Joe Inocencio to discuss new footage showing the abuse experienced by inmates while in custody in the Harris County Jail. Attorney Crump previously filed a lawsuit on behalf of the families of 20 inmates who lost their …

Complaint details acts of negligence that led to Trey’s preventable death BRANDON, Miss. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump today announced he has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Phillip and Ashanta Laster, the parents of Trey Laster, a young man who died from heat exhaustion during high school …

HOUSTON, Texas –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will attend and serve as Grand Marshal of the 46th “Original” Martin Luther King Jr. Day Annual Parade in downtown Houston, Texas, on January 15. The parade will be hosted by the Black Heritage Society in partnership with the City of Houston …

BUFFALO, NY–– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and attorneys Terry Connors and Fu Zimmermann, who represent several of the victims and families, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision that it will pursue the death penalty against the mass shooting gunman who carried out …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci released a statement on the guidance announced today by the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the use of specialized units in law enforcement agencies. One year ago this month, Tyre Nichols lost his life to a brutal beating by …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– As the one-year mark approaches since the heartbreaking loss of Tyre Nichols –– a beloved member of the Memphis community –– individuals, activists, and supporters will gather for two solemn candlelight vigils. The Memphis vigil will be held on January 7 at 7 pm CT. Simultaneously, a vigil will take place in …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the beating death of Tyre Nichols by Memphis Police Department officers: “It is with heavy hearts that we approach the one-year commemoration of the horrific beating death of Tyre Nichols …

RICHMOND, Va. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump released a statement following the results of an investigative report by the Virginia Department of Health into the death of Irvo Otieno. Following lrvo Otieno’s death, an unannounced Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act complaint survey was conducted on April 3, 2023, …

Medical records reveal that Alegend suffered compression of the brain and other significant injuries which led to her death MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family of Alegend Jones will hold a news conference on Thursday at 8 am CT to provide an update on the …

VIENNA, Va. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Adam Levitt filed a lawsuit on behalf of Black plaintiffs Laquita Oliver and Cherelle Jacob who sought home loans with defendant Navy Federal Credit Union. The lawsuit alleges that Oliver and Jacob’s denials for their home loans are due to Navy …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –– Monday, December 18, 2023 marks the somber anniversary of the death of Earl Moore Jr. Nationally renowned attorneys Ben Crump and Bob Hilliard have joined forces as co-lead counsel to seek justice for the family of Moore, Jr. in a wrongful death lawsuit. The suit, filed in January, names defendant Lifestar Ambulance Service …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by siblings Latrice and Lawrence Johnson, two additional victims from Memphis youth group home, Youth Villages. Attorney Crump, the victims, and the families of other victims will hold a news conference on Wednesday, at 1 pm CT. Attorney Crump …

BIRMINGHAM, AL – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and co-counsel Eli Hare of DiCello Levitt today filed a lawsuit against Pickens County (Alabama), the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, the Pickens County Jail, and the individual officers who, according to the lawsuit, were involved in torturing former …

BIRMINGHAM, AL – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and co-counsel Eli Hare of Dicello Levitt will hold a press conference on Wednesday, December 6, to announce the filing of a lawsuit against Pickens County (Alabama), the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, the Pickens County Jail, and the …

Lawsuit names Dollar General and the parents of the shooter as defendants JACKSONVILLE, Fl. — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Michael Haggard will hold a Tuesday news conference to announce the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of family members of the three victims who were fatally shot …

Crump will hold a Tuesday news conference with Leonard’s family WOODBINE, Ga. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Harry Daniels have announced their filing of an intent to sue the Camden County deputy who fatally shot Leonard Cure. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an investigation of …

Crump and Moore’s family will hold a Monday news conference JACKSON, Miss. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Dennis Sweet have been retained by the family of Marrio Moore, a 40-year-old man who was battered to death and buried in the same pauper’s field as Dexter Wade without …

Crump will hold a Wednesday news conference with Alegend’s family MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Alegend Jones, a 17-year-old Black teen who lost her life after an incident at Youth Villages, the youth group home where she resided. Witnesses claim …

Funeral Comes Amid Disturbing Details of Police Killing of 37-Year-Old Father, Whose Death Was Kept from Family for Months After He Was Buried in Unmarked Grave JACKSON, Miss. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Dexter Wade’s family, will deliver a call to action during Wade’s funeral ceremony …

Initial findings indicate Wade’s body was completely ran over by police vehicle JACKSON, Miss. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump released a statement regarding the initial findings of Dexter Wade’s independent autopsy. Pathologist Dr. Frank Peretti reported that: ⦁ Dexter’s body was not embalmed ⦁ His body was in an …

JACKSON, Miss. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump released the following statement on the mishandling of the exhumation of Dexter Wade by Hinds County, Mississippi. Dexter’s mother was notified last week by the attorney for the Hinds County Board that the exhumation would be at 11:30 am CT on Monday, …

JACKSON, Miss. – Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the family of Dexter Wade will hold a news conference on Monday following the exhumation of Dexter Wade’s body, as requested by Wade’s family. Dexter Wade, a 37-year-old who was fatally struck by a Jackson Police Department cruiser in March, was reported by his …

Florida law enforcement arrested 69-year-old Marsha Ervin at her home at 3 a.m. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, the Tallahassee NAACP Branch, and other community activists will join to celebrate charges being dropped against Marsha Ervin. Ervin was arrested on September 29 at 3 a.m. at her …

Crump and the family will hold a Friday news conference in Memphis MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Deion Byrd, a 25-year-old man who was stabbed to death by another inmate. Deion was stabbed in a holding cell after he had …

CHICAGO, Ill. — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the Stowell & Friedman law firm filed on behalf of plaintiffs Kwesi Coleman and Colonel Jeanna Pryor to reinstate their race discrimination case by Morgan Stanley in federal court. The legal team represents a number of former Morgan Stanley employees who …

Wade’s mother did not receive a death notification until five months after he had been identified JACKSON, Miss. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the mother of Dexter Wade, a 37-year-old man who was run over by a Jackson Police Department cruiser and died. Wade left …

CHICAGO, Ill. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the mother of Wadee Al-Fayoume, the 6-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed 26 times by the family’s 71-year-old landlord in Plainfield Township. Wadee celebrated his sixth birthday just eight days before he was killed. Wadee’s mother, Hanan Shaheen, …

Crump will hold a Wednesday news conference with Leonard’s family WOODBINE, Ga. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Leonard Cure, a man who was fatally shot during a traffic stop on Monday by a Camden County deputy. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is …

More plaintiffs have come forward against BHPD for being Black while on Rodeo Drive BEVERLY HILLS, Cal. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Bradley C. Gage will hold a press conference on October 13 to provide an update on developments in a class action lawsuit against the city …

Florida law enforcement arrested 69-year-old Marsha Ervin at her home at 3 a.m. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has joined the legal team representing Marsha Ervin following her arrest on September 29 at 3 a.m. at her home by the Tallahassee Police Department for alleged voter fraud. …

Media must RSVP to [email protected]. WHO: Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens Attorney Ben Crump Councilmember Jason Winston Attorney Ayanna Jones-Lightsy, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation Felicia “Peaches” Morris WHEN: Friday, October 6, 2023, at 11 am ET WHERE: Atlanta City Hall 55 Trinity Ave SW Atlanta, GA 30303 ### ABOUT BEN CRUMP LAW Through his work, nationally …

Crump will hold a Tuesday news conference with TSU leadership and students NASHVILLE, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will meet with students at Tennessee State University to discuss the appalling finding that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were underfunded by states to the tune of more than …

A tragic Illinois ammonia truck crash resulted in the loss of five lives, including a father and his two young children, due to exposure to anhydrous ammonia after a semi-truck carrying this toxic substance crashed. The devastating accident prompted a 15-person National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) team to investigate the incident, including experts in motor …

FARMERVILLE, La. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, the family of Ronald Greene, and the parents of Tyre Nichols will hold a news conference on Wednesday, Sept. 27, calling for federal civil rights charges in the killing of Ronald Greene. Family of Tyre Nichols will call on the Department of …

ATLANTA, Ga. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump a member of the legal team for the Fearless Fund, a Black woman-owned and Atlanta-based venture capital firm, has released a statement following a judge’s denial of a motion for preliminary injunction in its legal fight with the American Alliance for Equal …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will hold a news conference on September 25 with the family of Gershun Freeman, co-counsel Jake Brown and Brice Timmons, and community supporters to discuss the nine recent indictments of staff from the Shelby County Jail for their involvement in Freeman’s death. …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci released the following statement in response to a judge’s Thursday order to issue a limited stay on the civil proceedings on behalf of the estate of Tyre Nichols: “As the legal team honored to represent the family of Tyre …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Jake Brown and Brice Timmons released a statement in response to the indictments of 9 officers in the in-custody death of Gershun Freeman. Stevon Jones and Courtney Parham have been charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault with a deadly …

RICHMOND, Va. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Mark Krudys have announced that a Virginia Circuit Court judge approved a wrongful-death settlement between the family of Irvo Otieno and the County of Henrico, Virginia; the Commonwealth of Virginia; and the Henrico County Sheriff. Attorneys for the family have …

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and families of those killed by police brutality will hold a news conference following a meeting with leadership from the Congressional Black Caucus. The group will meet to discuss a path forward for police reform since the George Floyd Justice in Policing …

BALTIMORE, Md. –– Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), will deliver the eulogy for Lawrence Lacks Sr., the last living son of Henrietta Lacks. After a decades-long fight, Lawrence Lacks Sr. died three weeks after the family earned historic justice for Lawrence’s mother on August 1st, which would have …

Crump and Nichols’ family will hold a 5 pm CT news conference MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will hold a news conference today on the announcement by Attorney General Merrick Garland that the five officers (Justin Smith, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr) …

Victory for Plaintiffs as Judge Allows Litigation to Proceed CHICAGO, Ill. — Nationally renowned personal injury and civil rights attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel from Stowell Friedman issued the following statement after the Honorable Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, ruled in favor …

More plaintiffs have come forward against BHPD for being Black while on Rodeo Drive BEVERLY HILLS, Cal. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Bradley C. Gage will hold a press conference on September 11 to provide an update on developments in a class action lawsuit against the city …

PITTSBURGH, Penn. –– The legal community is rallying behind former National Football League player, now attorney, Walter Bernard, Esq., due to his recent treatment by Judge Phillip A. Ignelzi of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. In a troubling incident, Bernard, who earned his J.D./MBA in 2011, was inconceivably detained in May …

Funds will support Weed High School graduates pursuing next level of education WEED, Ca. — Trial attorney Ben Crump and Roseburg Forest Products today announced a $250,000 Weed Community Scholarship Fund that will support Weed High School graduates pursuing their next level of education. The scholarship fund will be distributed and overseen by the Community …

Crump represented several victims of the 2022 Weed Mill Fire WEED, Cal. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, Weed Mayor Ken Palfini, and Matt Lawless of Roseburg Forest Products will join other local leaders to announce a $250,000 scholarship fund for Weed High School students pursuing further education after graduation. …

Crump will hold a Monday news conference with Angela’s family and faith leaders JACKSONVILLE, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Angela Carr, a 52-year-old Black woman killed by the racially-motivated shooter who fatally shot three in a Jacksonville Dollar General near Edward …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will hold a news conference to demand transparency and the police video release in the death of Courtney Ross, a 19-year-old man who mysteriously died after being taken into custody by the Memphis Police Department. On Friday, August 11, a local property …

Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and co-counsel Levi G. McCathern and Ty M. Sheaks of McCathern, PLLC, with additional counsel from Andrew W. Hull of Hoover Hull Turner, LLP filed a defamation lawsuit against the NCAA on behalf of Reggie Bush for stating he took part …

Lawsuit names Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical as defendant, alleges unjust enrichment BALTIMORE, Md. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and co-counsel Christopher Seeger of Seeger Weiss today filed a lawsuit against Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc., a multibillion-dollar biopharmaceutical corporation, on behalf of the estate of Henrietta Lacks. The suit …

HOUSTON, Tex. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and attorney Paul Grinke will join the families of inmates who have recently died at the Harris County jail to announce the filing of a lawsuit on their behalf. In 2022 alone, at least 28 inmates lost their lives in the custody …

ATLANTA, Ga. — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and Michael D. Harper of The Harper Law Firm, who represents the family of Lashawn Thomspon, have settled the lawsuit with Fulton County and other unidentified entities. Thompson died after three months in Fulton County Jail, where he …

CHICAGO, Ill. – National civil rights attorney Ben Crump and Chicago-based personal injury and medical malpractice firm Levin & Perconti released the following statement in response to the announcement made by Northwestern University that they hired former AG Loretta Lynch to investigate hazing culture in Northwestern’s athletic programs: “The announcement today that Northwestern is initiating …

BALTIMORE, Md. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and the family of Henrietta Lacks will hold a news conference on Tuesday, August 1, on Lacks’ 103rd birthday, to announce a settlement. Attorney Ben Crump and attorney Chris Seeger of Seeger Weiss filed a lawsuit against Thermo …

Complaints allege both players were first sexually abused as freshmen during pre-season training camp at Northwestern’s infamous Camp Kenosha CHICAGO, Ill. – National civil rights attorney Ben Crump and Chicago based personal injury and medical malpractice firm Levin & Perconti filed two lawsuits in the Circuit Court of Cook County on behalf of former Northwestern …

Complaint alleges 17-year-old player was a victim of “childhood sexual abuse”and forced to play in games after suffering concussions leading to serious mental health issues CHICAGO, Ill. – Renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and Chicago based personal injury and medical malpractice firm Levin & Perconti filed their third lawsuit this week …

COLUMBUS, OHIO –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and attorney Kenneth Abbarno have released a statement in response to the firing of Ryan Speakman for releasing a police canine on Jadarrius Rose during a traffic stop. Other officers were instructing Speakman to not release the dog because Rose was complying. …

Complaint alleges Northwestern’s negligence led to player being sexually and mentally abused, hazed, and degraded after he was injured and had to undergo surgery CHICAGO, Ill. – Renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and Chicago based personal injury and medical malpractice firm Levin & Perconti filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of …

NEW YORK, NY. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Ray Hamlin will hold a Tuesday news conference discussing bombshell developments in the alleged assassination conspiracy of Malcolm X, including information from a key witness who is speaking out for the first time and has objective evidence to corroborate …

Complaint on behalf of former quarterback Lloyd Yates identifies Northwestern football coaches who allegedly witnessed and failed to report hazing, sexual conduct, and forced sex acts Chicago, Ill. – Renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Steven Levin and Margaret Battersby Black of Levin & Perconti today filed a lawsuit in …

EVANSTON, Ill. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, Attorneys Steven M. Levin and Margaret Battersby Black, and former Northwestern student-athlete Lloyd Yates will be holding a news conference on July 24 to announce the filing of a lawsuit against the university. Former Northwestern students were reportedly subjected to hazing, involving …

Survey Documents 1 in 4 Student Athletes in Colleges Nationwide Endured Sexual Abuse by a Campus Authority Figure, Usually a Coach EVANSTON, Ill. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Steven M. Levin, founding partner of Levin & Perconti, today announced they will file suit on behalf of at …

EVANSTON, Ill. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will be joined by Attorney Steven M. Levin, founding partner of Levin & Perconti, in a news conference on July 19 with the former Northwestern student-athletes who were subjected to hazing, including physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. The Northwestern scandal first became …

Survey Research Suggests Abuse of Student Athletes is Endemic on College Campuses EVANSTON, Ill. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Steven M. Levin, founding partner of Levin & Perconti, have been retained by 8 former student athletes who were subject to hazing, including physical, sexual, and emotional abuse …

NEW ORLEANS, La. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump today issued a statement in response to a Louisiana jury conviction of John Mack for seven of the eight charges concerning the eight-year-long sexual abuse of two young Black girls, who Crump represents. In addition to these two victims, Crump represents …

ORLANDO, Fla. –– Attorney Natalie Jackson of Ben Crump Law and the family of Derek Diaz will hold a news conference today to discuss the video footage from the shooting death of the 26-year-old involving the Orlando Police Department. Diaz was stopped due to suspected drug use and police allege he was armed, but no …

OCALA, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will join with the family of AJ Owens and community activists on July 8 to hold a rally for justice. On Friday, June 2, Owens’ children were playing in a field next to an Ocala apartment complex when an unidentified 58-year-old white …

ORLANDO, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will join with the family of Derek Diaz on July 8 to demand that the video be released in the Orlando Police Department shooting death of 26-year-old Derek Diaz. Diaz was stopped due to suspected drug use and police allege he was …

ORLANDO, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained to represent the family of Derek Diaz, a 26-year-old man who was shot by an Orlando police officer on July 3. Diaz was stopped due to suspected drug use and was believed to be armed, but no firearm was …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained to represent the family of Jarveon Hudspeth, a 21-year-old Memphis man who was shot by a Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputy following a traffic stop on June 24. Hudspeth died from his injuries shortly after he was shot. Attorney Crump …

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump released the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court decision to end affirmative action based on race in college admissions: “This ruling reeks of the intellectual justification of discrimination. As we have recently witnessed in politics, this is a …

BEAUMONT, Tex. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsels Harry Daniels and Chance Lynch will file a public records lawsuit on behalf of Christopher Shaw for the release of the video of Beaumont Police Officer James Thomas Gillen attacking and paralyzing him. Shaw was handcuffed and in custody at …

RICHMOND, Va. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Mark Krudys have petitioned the United States Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Irvo Otieno. On March 6, 2023, Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man who suffered from a serious mental illness, …

Black Google employees in New York have until July 5 to act in the Haggan v. Google race discrimination class action lawsuit. View the objections of April Curley to class certification and the proposed class settlement document here.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. –– Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump has achieved a historic $45 million settlement in a civil police brutality case. The case involved Richard “Randy” Cox, a Black man left paralyzed from the chest down following an arrest by New Haven police officers in Connecticut. This groundbreaking settlement is the largest ever …

NEW HAVEN, Conn. –– Renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has issued a statement on behalf of the legal team for Richard (Randy) Cox in response to the New Haven Police Commission’s decision to terminate two officers involved in the arrest that resulted in Randy Cox’s paralysis. City police commissioners voted to …

The autopsy determined the manner of death was a homicide RALEIGH, N.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, attorney Dawn Blagrove with Emancipate NC, and attorney Kenneth Abbarno, who represent the family of Darryl Tyree Williams, will hold a news conference with the family to respond to the autopsy findings …

OCALA, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and attorney Anthony D. Thomas released a statement following the arrest of the unidentified shooter of AJ Owens, the mother of four. On Friday, June 2, Owens’ children were playing in a field next to an Ocala apartment complex when an unidentified …

The family and community are demanding the woman be arrested and charged for the unjust killing of the mother of four OCALA, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, attorney Anthony D. Thomas, and the family of AJ Owens will hold a news conference on Monday, June 5 to demand …

Tyre Nichols would have been 30 years old on June 5 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — National civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci have released birthday event details honoring Tyre Nichols in Memphis for Monday, on what would have been Tyre’s 30th birthday. The event will include music, food trucks, poetry, and …

WALLACE, N.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, attorney Dawn Blagrove with Emancipate NC, and attorney Kenneth Abbarno have been retained to represent the family of James Lanier, an unarmed Black man who died after police shot him while he was suffering from a mental health crisis. During a mental …

MISSOURI CITY, Tex. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and attorney Paul Grinke have been retained by the family of Evan Lee, a 31-year-old inmate who died at the Harris County jail on March 22, 2022, after he was beaten by Harris County Jail Corrections Officers. Lee is one of …

ATLANTA, Ga. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Eric Hertz will join with the family of Brianna Grier on May 24 to announce the filing of a lawsuit for her death. The lawsuit names Lieutenant Marlin Primus, Deputy Timothy Legette, and Sheriff Tomlyn Primus as defendants and claims …

JACKSON, Miss. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family of Rasheem Carter released the following statement concerning public claims made by Simpson County DA, Chris Hennis, about the Rasheem Carter case: “It’s time to cut through the political drama, focus on the facts, and commit to transparency. Let’s …

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. –– Renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law released the following statement on recent settlements by Wells Fargo in light of active litigation on behalf of minority borrowers: “As was announced yesterday, Wells Fargo entered into a billion-dollar class action settlement with its shareholders for allegations …

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump, Antonio Romanucci, and Jeff Storms have released the following statement on behalf of the family of Amir Locke concerning the passage of SF2909: “The family of Amir Locke, and the legal team representing them, applaud the Minnesota state legislature for passing Judicial and Public …

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. –– Renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and co-counsel Dennis S. Ellis of Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP (EGC) will hold a news conference on Wednesday, May 17 to discuss their ongoing litigation against Wells Fargo for housing discrimination practices. Plaintiffs of Wells Fargo’s …

JACKSON, Miss. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family of Rasheem Carter will hold a news conference on Thursday, May 11 to discuss the discovery of new remains located near where other sets of remains were found that have been positively identified as belonging to Rasheem Carter. The …

Attorneys and Survivors Call for Other States to Follow Maryland’s Lead and Lift Statute of Limitations on Childhood Sexual Abuse and Assault BALTIMORE, Md.–– The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore will be named in a series of civil actions collectively alleging that hundreds of individuals were sexually abused by clergy, seminarians, deacons, and employees of …

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Antonio Romanucci and Jeff Storms today released the following statement following the announcement that “His Name is George Floyd,” a book written by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for best general nonfiction: “The …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci have issued a statement following the release of the official autopsy results of Tyre Nichols by the Shelby County Medical Examiner. Attorneys for the family issued the following statement: “Video of this killing stunned the world, and we are …

RALEIGH, N.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law, attorney Dawn Blagrove, and the family of Darryl Tyree Williams will hold a press conference on May 5 following a meeting with the District Attorney to provide updates and continue calls for the officers involved to be terminated. …

New York, NY – Renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump in partnership with Stowell & Friedman, this week filed a lawsuit on behalf of Anthony Fletcher against Morgan Stanley & Co., one of the world’s largest financial services firms, alleging a longstanding pattern of systemic racial discrimination. “The pattern is clear that …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci have issued a statement following the family of Tyre Nichols being briefed on his autopsy results by Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy. Attorneys for the family issued the following statement: “The legal team representing the family of Tyre …

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Antonio Romanucci and Jeff Storms today released the following statement following the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao for aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Thao stood by Derek Chauvin as he held his knee to George Floyd’s neck, …

ATLANTA, Ga. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, attorney Michael Harper, and the family of Lashawn Thompson, a man who died after three months in Fulton County Jail, will hold a Wednesday news conference following the Fulton County Commissioners meeting to demand that the county close and replace the jail. …

Lawsuit accuses Gilead Sciences, Inc. of withholding safer HIV drug to make more money SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. – Civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has teamed up with Bob Hilliard and the Hilliard Martinez Gonzales trial team to represent plaintiffs in personal injury litigation against Gilead Sciences Inc. The lawsuit, filed in 2018, …

JACKSON, Miss. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family of Rasheem Carter released a statement in response to Mississippi Crime Lab officials notifying the family that a third set of remains, found on Feb. 23, contained a DNA match to Rasheem Carter: “The family of Rasheem Carter, while …

ATLANTA, Ga. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and attorney Michael Harper will hold a Thursday news conference with the family of Lashawn Thompson, a man who died after three months in Fulton County Jail, to demand a federal investigation by the DOJ into the jail. The cause of Thompson’s …

Lawyers also suing Memphis Police for intentional infliction of emotional distress for lying to Tyre’s mother MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Civil rights attorneys Ben Crump, Antonio Romanucci, and local counsel on behalf of the family of Tyre Nichols have filed a landmark lawsuit against the City of Memphis, the Memphis Police Department, and officers and individuals …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Lee Merritt have released the following statement addressing a call with President Biden and the family of Ralph Yarl that occurred shortly before the prosecutor announced charges against the man who shot him. The man who shot Ralph, Andrew Lester, …

Lawyers also suing Memphis police for intentional infliction of emotional distress for lying to his mother MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump, Antonio Romanucci, and local counsel, retired Judge Earnestine Hunt Dorse, will announce the filing of a civil lawsuit against the City of Memphis, Memphis Police Department, and individual …

ATLANTA, Ga. –– Social justice and civil rights attorney Ben Crump has been retained to join attorney Michael Harper in representing the Lashawn Thompson family, a man who died after three months in Fulton County Jail. The cause of his death is undetermined but his cell was found in deplorable conditions and he had insect …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Lee Merritt have been retained by the family of sixteen-year-old Ralph Yarl who was shot twice in the head and arm by an unidentified white male assailant on Thursday. Ralph was taken to an area hospital where he was listed …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and attorney Sue-Ann Robinson of Frontline Law have released the following statement in response to the decision of federal prosecutors to not pursue charges against Robinson’s aggressor in her death. Robinson was killed while vacationing in Mexico in October of 2022. According …

WOBURN, Mass.–– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, attorney Josh Koskoff, and Tamara Lanier, the direct descendant of a slave, Congo “Papa” Renty, will hold a news conference on Thursday, April 13. They will discuss the case following a hearing on Harvard’s motion to dismiss. WHO: Tamara Lanier Attorney Ben Crump …

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, of Ben Crump Law, and attorney Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann, of DiCello Levitt, who are representing proposed classes of minority farmers, have filed a response in opposition to the U.S. Government’s motion to dismiss their complaint, which alleges that the government evaded …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] Chelsea Heckathorn Near Perfect Media for Ven Johnson Law [email protected] (248) 855-4300 ext. 8 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. –– On Monday, April 10, nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Ven Johnson will hold a press conference to reveal substantial new evidence in …

SAN MARCOS, Tex. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, co-counsel Chevo Pastrano and Ginna Pastrano, and the family of Joshua Wright released a statement on the recent indictment of Hays County Corrections Officer Isaiah Garcia, who fired deadly shots at Joshua Wright. Garcia has been indicted for deadly conduct discharge …

RICHMOND, Va. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Mark Krudys have released the following statement on the release of the official cause and manner of death of Irvo Otieno. The Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has determined that the official cause of death is “positional and …

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Antonio Romanucci and Jeff Storms today released the following statement following the Minneapolis City Council reaching a settlement agreement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, which will require an overhaul of policing practices. “The monumental Minneapolis police reform agreement …

Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” allegedly copies the composition of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” NEW YORK, NY –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Keisha Rice will hold a news conference following a pretrial hearing to provide updates in the copyright lawsuit against Sony Music and Ed Sheeran. …

RICHMOND, Va. –– Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), will travel to Richmond on Wednesday to deliver the eulogy for Irvo Otieno, who was killed earlier this month after sheriff’s deputies and hospital staff pinned him down for 12 minutes. Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben …

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ORLANDO, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, the family of Tyre Sampson, and attorneys Bob Hilliard and Natalie Jackson will hold a news conference on Friday, March 24, to update the media on developments in the case one year since his tragic death. Tyre tragically fell to his death …

NEW HAVEN, Conn. –– Renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump released the following statement on behalf of the legal team for Richard (Randy) Cox in response to the internal investigation which recommended the firing of the four officers involved in the arrest that left Randy Cox paralyzed. Officer Oscar Diaz, Officer Ronald …

RICHMOND, Va. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, co-counsel Mark Krudys, and the family of Irvo Otieno will address the media following the public release of video from Irvo’s death and in anticipation of the results of the case being presented before a grand jury. On March 6, 2023, Irvo …

ROCHESTER, NY –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Aisha Haskins-Stephens, a 35-year-old woman who died after being critically injured in a crowd stampede following a GloRilla concert. Aisha’s death is the third from the March 5 concert, and seven other individuals were hospitalized. …

Video shows correctional officers brutalizing a naked Freeman to death during a mental health crisis MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, co-counsel Jake Brown and Brice Timmons, and the family of Gershun Freeman will hold a news conference to address Freeman’s wrongful death and the recent release of …

RICHMOND, Va. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Mark Krudys have been retained by the family of Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man who died in the custody of the Henrico County Sheriff’s Department. On March 6, 2023, Irvo Otieno was killed during the intake process as he …

RICHMOND, Va. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, co-counsel Mark Krudys, and the family of Irvo Otieno will address the media following the viewing of video from Irvo’s death at the hands of seven Henrico County Sheriff’s deputies. The family and their attorneys will view the video of the vicious …

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and attorney Sue-Ann Robinson of Frontline Law have sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. The letter calls for swift diplomatic intervention by the White House and the U.S. Department of State to prioritize bringing …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury lawyer Ben Crump released the following statement regarding the newly released findings in the investigation of the Louisville Metro Police Department by the Department of Justice and Attorney General Merrick Garland. The findings cite a pattern or practice that violates The Constitution of The United …

ASHLAND, Ky. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Clarence Wilkerson, a man who died on March 4, after Ashland Police officers attempted to take Wilkerson into custody believing that he had warrants out for his arrest. Once restrained, Wilkerson became visibly weak and …

Carvello endured and exposed horrific sexual assault by top male executives at Atlantic Records NEW YORK, NY — Civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law will stand with advocate Gretchen Carlson and former Atlantic Records music executive Dorothy Carvello to call out chronic and continuous sexual abuse of women in …

CHICAGO, Ill. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and attorney Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmerman of DiCello Levitt were named co-lead counsel for plaintiffs in litigation against L’Oreal USA and other companies for selling hair relaxers that caused cancer and other health problems. This marks the first …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel attorney Jake Brown and attorney Brice Timmons released a statement in response to the newly released footage in the death of Gershun Freeman. Gershun Freeman died in Shelby County Jail after an altercation with officers. He was found to have …

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and attorney Sue-Ann Robinson of Frontline Law will hold a news conference on March 3, 2023, at 10:30 am ET to demand diplomatic intervention by President Biden and the U.S. Department of State to prioritize bringing those accountable for Shanquella Robinson’s death …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel attorney Hunter Shkolnik of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC and attorney Sue-Ann Robinson of Robinson Caddy Law will host a news conference on March 1, 2023, at 1 pm ET to discuss the filing of a lawsuit against city officials for …

MILWAUKEE, Wis. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Steven Hart have issued a statement following the announcement that two Milwaukee Police Department officers involved in the February 2022 in-custody death of Keishon Thomas are facing criminal charges. Milwaukee former officer Donald Krueger is charged with abuse of a resident …

NEW YORK, NY. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Ray Hamlin will file a notice of claim with intent to sue government agencies and the NYPD for the alleged assassination and fraudulent concealment of evidence surrounding Malcolm X’s murder. They will be joined by the daughters of Malcolm …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will hold a news conference to address Gershun Freeman’s wrongful in-custody death and call on a Department of Justice investigation into the circumstances of it. He will be joined by the Freeman family and others who have wrongfully lost loved ones in …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci have announced a news conference that will be held tomorrow with the parents of Tyre Nichols to provide reactions following the arraignment of officers responsible for his death. Tyre Nicols was critically injured and left unrecognizable after a traffic …

RALEIGH, N.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and the family of Darryl Tyree Williams will hold a press conference on Thursday, February 16 to call on manslaughter charges for the Raleigh police officers who tased him before his death after he told them he had …

BUFFALO, NY –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law, co-counsel Terry Connors of Connors LLP, and the families of the victims of the racially-motivated Buffalo mass shooting in May will hold a press conference on Wednesday, February 15 following the Buffalo mass shooter’s sentencing hearing.   WHO: …

RALEIGH, N.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Darryl Tyree Williams, a man who died on Jan. 17, about an hour after a police taser was deployed on him multiple times by Raleigh Police Department officers. Williams told officers as they were deploying …

HOUSTON, Tex. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and attorney Paul Grinke will join the families of inmates who have recently died at the Harris County jail to call on a Department of Justice investigation into the significant trend in deaths. In 2022 alone, at least 28 inmates lost their …

LOS ANGELES, Calif. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the criminal defense attorney for Yasiel Puig, Keri Axel of Waymaker Law, will hold a news conference on Feb. 11 at 4:30 pm PT to call attention to the apparent bias in the gambling ring investigation of Yasiel Puig, an …

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law will attend a dedication ceremony at St. Thomas University during which the law school will officially be named the Benjamin L. Crump College of Law. The ceremony will conclude with the unveiling of signage officially naming the …

Filing comes at one-year anniversary of 22-year-old’s death during no-knock warrant MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, attorney Antonio Romanucci, and attorney Jeff Storms, on behalf of the family of Amir Locke, have filed a lawsuit against the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police Department officer involved in Mr. Locke’s death. In …

HOUSTON, Texas – Renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel James P. Roberts, Scott H. Palmer, and Breanta Boss of Scott H. Palmer, P.C., of Dallas, Texas, have filed a personal injury lawsuit on behalf of a 14-year-old boy with cerebral palsy after paramedics wrongly declared him dead and denied him …

ORLANDO, Fla. Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and Honorable John Martinez of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales will announce the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of Linda Stephens, a 70-year-old retired Black teacher who was the victim of racial discrimination at a MidFlorida Credit Union Branch. The …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and the parents of Tyre Nichols have issued a statement following the announcement that Vice President Kamala Harris will attend the funeral of Tyre Nichols on Wednesday. Attorney Crump issued the following statement: “This morning, Ms RowVaughn Wells, Mr Rodney Wells, and …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — National civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will deliver a call to action and Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), will deliver the eulogy after Tyre Nichols’ death at his funeral in Memphis this Wednesday. Tyre Nichols’ death came on Jan. 10, days after …

Family of Tyre Nichols, Attorney Ben Crump, and Rev. Sharpton to Address Latest Updates in Nichols Case at Historic Location of Dr. King’s Last Speech MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, the family at the center of the Tyre Nichols case, and Rev. Al Sharpton will hold a …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci have issued a statement in the Tyre Nichols case following the announcement that the sixth officer involved in the traffic stop that led to Tyre Nichols’ death has been ‘relieved of duty.’ Officer Preston Hemphill can be seen on …

  Deceased: Tyre Nichols (29, black male, single, one child) Date of Incident: January 7, 2023 Date of Death: January 10, 2023  Location: Memphis, TN Ben Crump Clients: RowVaughn Wells (Tyre’s Mother) & Tyre’s minor son (name/age?) Co-Counsel: Romanucci Blandin Law – Antonio Romanucci   Video Footage   There are 4 known videos recorded on …

May Tyre Nichols’ Death Create Change in “Saturation Unit” Policing like the SCORPION SQUAD “Pro-active policing” or “saturation unit policing,” whether the officers are in unmarked cars wearing tactical vests or “jump-out boys” in plain clothes and undercover, is defined by several common and dangerous components. These types of aggressive units are used in cities …

The family and Attorney Crump will hold a 11 am CT news conference on Friday MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci have issued a statement in the Tyre Nichols case on the announcement that the five officers (Justin Smith, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci have issued a statement on preliminary findings in the independent autopsy after Tyre Nichols’ death. In the Tyre Nichols case, Nichols died on Jan. 10, days after he was involved in a traffic stop conducted by the Memphis Police …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci have issued a statement following viewing the police body camera footage from Tyre Nichols’ death after an encounter with Memphis police. Tyre Nichols died on Jan. 10, days after he was involved in a traffic stop conducted by the …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci have issued a statement following the announcement that the five Memphis Police Department officers involved in Tyre Nichols’ death have been terminated from the Department. In the Tyre Nichols case, Nichols died on Jan. 10, days after he was …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Tyre Nichols’ Death, a man who died on Jan. 10, days after he was involved with a traffic stop conducted by the Memphis Police Department that left him critically injured. Nichols fled the traffic stop …

Adult Survivors Act Takes Effect Next Week, Allowing Survivors a Path to Justice NEW YORK, N.Y. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and co-counsel Adam P. Slater of Slater Slater Schulman LLP, a full-service law firm focused on representing survivors of catastrophic and traumatic events, will …

CHICAGO, Ill. –– Nationally acclaimed civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and mass tort powerhouse Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann of DiCello Levitt today filed a mass tort lawsuit on behalf of Jenny Mitchell, who contracted uterine cancer after her use of chemical hair straightening products sold by L’Oréal USA, suing that company as …

Los Angeles County Facing Lawsuit for Failing to Protect Children From Sexual Predators at Children’s Emergency Shelter   LOS ANGELES – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, founder of Ben Crump Law, and co-counsel Adam P. Slater, Founding Partner of Slater Slater Schulman LLP, filed a civil action against the County …

BUFFALO, NY–– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Terry Connors of Connors LLP and Ken Abbarno of DiCello Levitt have been retained by the family of Ruth Elizabeth Whitfield, one of thirteen victims of the deadly, racially-motivated mass shooting that occurred Saturday at a Buffalo grocery store located in …

Read filed court documents: Dkt. 22, 04.14.22 — Williams v WF – Amended Complaint ATLANTA, Ga–– Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law, co-counsel Linda Friedman and Suzanne Bish of Stowell & Friedman, plaintiffs and class members in the ongoing litigation against Wells Fargo today called on Wells Fargo’s shareholders to adopt …

ORLANDO, Fla.–– Nationally renowned personal injury attorneys Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and Bob Hilliard of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales announced today that they have filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Orange County, Florida, on behalf of Yarnell Sampson, the father of Tyre Sampson. Tyre’s wrongful death occurred March 24 when he fell …

Read filed court documents: Amazon Warehouse Complaint- WD-FINAL.pdf Amazon Warehouse PTSD Complaint FINAL.pdf EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.–– Renowned civil rights attorneys Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law, Bob Hilliard of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales, and attorneys Patrick King and William Miller of MillerKing Law Firm announced today that they have filed two lawsuits on behalf of victims of the deadly Amazon warehouse collapse …

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. –– Nationally renowned civil rights attorneys Ben Crump, Jeff Storms, and Antonio Romanucci have released the following statement on the decision today to not charge Minneapolis Police Officer Mark Hanneman in the February 2 death of Amir Locke: “The family of Amir Locke is deeply disappointed by the decision not to criminally charge …

MONROE COUNTY, Penn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Devon Jacob today filed a lawsuit on behalf of Christian Hall’s family against members of the Pennsylvania State Police and the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office for Hall’s wrongful death. Attorneys for the family have released the following statement: …

Orlando, FL. –– Nationally renowned personal injury attorneys Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and Bob Hilliard of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales have been separately retained by the parents of Tyre Sampson, 14, a star 8th grade football player and A student who fell to his death Thursday night from the Free Fall ride at Orlando’s …

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family of Jason Walker issued the following statement today in response to the release of the official autopsy of Jason Walker, who was shot and killed by off-duty Cumberland County deputy Jeffrey Hash on January 8: “The information in this …