NJ man who rejected Walmart slip-and-fall settlement filing $2M federal lawsuit

NJ man who rejected Walmart slip-and-fall settlement filing $2M federal lawsuit

A Jersey City man is taking Walmart to court for $2 million after falling inside one of the mega-retailer's New York locations and suffering "severe, grievous, and permanent injuries" to his back and spine. Ramon Camilo claimed in federal court records he was shopping at the Walmart in Suffern on July 26, 2024, and he slipped,NJ.com reports. Camilo lost his balance after stepping onto a "manhole-sized puddle of light brown liquid substance at or near the self-checkout area toward the front of the store." After the accident, Camilo underwent lumbar fusion surgery, court documents detailed, according to NJ.com. Walmart offered Camilo a $75,000 settlement, which he rejected. Camilo's attorney filed court documents in court in April. On May 16, his lawyer submitted a new filing, declaring his client's intention to sue the corporate chain for $2 million. Camilo's lawyer, Mitchell Dornfield, said his client's injuries far surpass the $75,000 Walmart offered, according to the outlet. The store's gross negligence failed to maintain a safe environment for customers and staffers, the filing claims. Walmart did not respond to requests for comment Saturday.

byRoger Fisher

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May 24, 2025

NJ man who rejected Walmart slip-and-fall settlement filing $2M federal lawsuit

NJ man who rejected Walmart slip-and-fall settlement filing $2M federal lawsuit A Jersey City man is taking Walmart to court for $2 million ...

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Sen. John Fetterman says news outlets ‘weaponized’ his mental health treatment: ‘the Belichick girlfriend story of politics’

Sen. John Fetterman says news outlets 'weaponized' his mental health treatment: 'the Belichick girlfriend story of politics'

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) sniped at news outlets for having repeatedly "weaponized" the fact that he was treated for depression soon after taking office, in an interview published Saturday. "This became the [Bill] Belichick girlfriend story of politics," Fettermantold The New York Times, in reference to the media feeding frenzy currently surrounding the former Patriots coach and hisdecades-younger girlfriend Jordon Hudson. "It just keeps going and going." Fetterman, 55, said the fixation has only arisen as a result of going public after entering Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in early 2023 to receive six weeks of treatment for depression. A series of articles — kicked off by a lengthy New York magazine piece — have speculated that the Pennsylvania Democrat has declined to keep up with his mental recovery plan and exhibited "erratic" behaviorin private meetingswhile neglecting official Senate duties. That's included skipping some committee hearings, caucus meetings on Capitol Hill as well as town halls back in the Keystone State. "It's not like we were on a chain planning to bomb Yemen," he zinged in his interview, gesturing at the embarrassing leak of a private Signal group chat involving Trump administration officials to Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg. "It's mostly just happy birthdays. Some days, it's just emojis." Fetterman since returning from treatment has missed more votes than any of his colleagues except ex-Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), who left after being elected vice president in November, and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), according to a Times analysis. The senator has deflected any comments about his behavior as coming from a "one-source hit piece," implying his ex-chief of staff Adam Jentleson, a key protagonist in the New York article, was the primary culprit behind leaks of medical information to what he called a "very left publication." "My doctor warned years ago: After it's public that you are getting help for depression, people will weaponize that," he told The Times. "Simple things are turned. That's exactly what happened."

byRoger Fisher

in

May 24, 2025

Sen. John Fetterman says news outlets ‘weaponized’ his mental health treatment: ‘the Belichick girlfriend story of politics’

Sen. John Fetterman says news outlets 'weaponized' his mental health treatment: 'the Belichick girlfriend story of politics'...

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Key cartel member with $1 million US bounty on his head is killed, says Mexican government

Key cartel member with $1 million US bounty on his head is killed, says Mexican government

Jorge Humberto Figueroa Benítez, identified by the United States government as a key member of the "Los Chapitos" criminal organization, died during an operation aimed at capturing him in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, the country's Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar García Harfuch said Saturday. The operation against Figueroa Benitez, known by the nickname "El Perris," took place in Navolato, 32 kilometers (19 miles) from Culiacán, the state's capital, according to local media. The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was offering up to $1 million for Figueroa Benitez, who was wanted for alleged federal crimes, including conspiracy to import and traffic fentanyl, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and money laundering conspiracy. In 2019, the city of Culiacán was the scene of a violent episode known as the "Culiacanazo," which involved violent armed clashes following the temporary capture of Ovidio Guzmán Lopez, one of the sons of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. Ovidio was later released by Mexican authorities, arguing that it was to "save lives." After being extradited to the US in 2023, Ovidio Guzmán pleaded not guilty to charges of drug trafficking and money laundering, although now, according to court documents reviewed by CNN, he is expected to change that plea. In early May, a US government source told CNN that several of his relatives crossed the border from Mexico into the United States at the San Ysidro port of entry, reportedly as part of an agreement with the US Department of Justice. CNN does not know the whereabouts of these people or whether they entered any witness protection program. CNN has requested comment from US Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Justice. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account atCNN.com

byRoger Fisher

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May 24, 2025

Key cartel member with $1 million US bounty on his head is killed, says Mexican government

Key cartel member with $1 million US bounty on his head is killed, says Mexican government Jorge Humberto Figueroa Benítez, identified by th...

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A federal judge orders the Trump administration to return a Guatemalan deported to Mexico to the US

A federal judge orders the Trump administration to return a Guatemalan deported to Mexico to the US

A federal judge ordered theTrumpadministration late Friday to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man it deported to Mexico in spite of his fears of being harmed there. The man, who is gay, was protected from being returned to his home country under a U.S. immigration judge's order at the time. But the U.S. put him on a bus and sent him to Mexico instead, a removal that U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy found likely "lacked any semblance of due process." Mexico has since returned him to Guatemala, where he is in hiding, according to court documents. An earlier court proceeding that determined the man, identified by the initials O.C.G., risked persecution or torture if returned to Guatemala, but he also feared returning to Mexico. He presented evidence of being raped and held for ransom there while seeking asylum in the U.S. "No one has ever suggested that O.C.G. poses any sort of security threat," Murphy wrote. "In general, this case presents no special facts or legal circumstances, only the banal horror of a man being wrongfully loaded onto a bus and sent back to a country where he was allegedly just raped and kidnapped." Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said O.C.G. was in the country illegally, was "granted withholding of removal to Guatemala" and was instead sent to Mexico, which she said was "a safe third option for him, pending his asylum claim." McLaughlin called the judge a "federal activist judge" and said the administration expects to be vindicated by a higher court. Murphy's order adds to astring of findingsby federal courts against recent Trump administration deportations. Those have included otherdeportations to third countriesand the erroneous deportation ofKilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran who had lived in Maryland for roughly 14 years working and raising a family. The U.S. Supreme Courtordered the Trump administrationto facilitate Abrego Garcia's return to the U.S. from a notorious Salvadoran prison, rejecting the White House's claim that it couldn't retrieve him after mistakenly deporting him. Both the White House and the El Salvadoran president have said they are powerless to return him. The Trump administration has tried to invoke thestate secrets privilege, arguing that releasing details in open court — or even to the judge in private – about returning Abrego Garcia to the United States would jeopardize national security. In his Friday ruling, Murphy nodded to the dispute over the verb "facilitate" in that case and others, saying that returning O.C.G. to the U.S. is not that complicated. "The Court notes that 'facilitate' in this context should carry less baggage than in several other notable cases," he wrote. "O.C.G. is not held by any foreign government. Defendants have declined to make any argument that facilitating his return would be costly, burdensome, or otherwise impede the government's objectives."

byRoger Fisher

in

May 24, 2025

A federal judge orders the Trump administration to return a Guatemalan deported to Mexico to the US

A federal judge orders the Trump administration to return a Guatemalan deported to Mexico to the US A federal judge ordered theTrumpadminist...

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Influential Palestinian author callously calls DC Jewish Museum victims ‘genocide cheerleaders’

Influential Palestinian author callously calls DC Jewish Museum victims 'genocide cheerleaders'

A prominent Palestinian author and activist callously rippedthe two victims of the DC Jewish Museum shootingas "genocide cheerleaders" in a series of hateful tweets — saying she was shocked the bloodshed hadn't "happened sooner." Susan Abulhawa, who served as the director of the controversial 2023 "Palestine Writes" festival at the University of Pennsylvania, fired off numerous posts that apparently supportedsuspected shooter Elias Rodriguez's actionsjust hours after he allegedly killed two Israeli embassy staffers. Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, who were engaged to be married, were attending a Jewish conference of the American Jewish Committee focused on fostering peace when they were killed on Wednesday. "Now we're supposed to feel bad for two genocide cheerleaders after watching these colonizer baby killers slaughter people by the hundreds every day for two years," Abulhawawrote on X the following day. "I've seen the inside of too many children's skulls to give a crap about the human garbage who get off on mass murder," she raged. Earlier that day, Abulhawa, who has written extensively about Palestinians living under Israeli occupation, indicated that theshooting was retributionfor the pain Israel has been inflicting on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023. "Natural logic: when governments fail to hold Israel accountable for an actual holocaust being committed before our very eyes, no genocidal Zionist should be safe anywhere in the world,"Abulhawa wrote. "What Mr. Rodriguez did should come as no surprise. In fact, I'm surprised it has not happened sooner. Human beings with a conscience literally cannot bear to witness such evil day and day out being inflicted upon the bodies, minds, and futures of an utterly defenseless people, by such a hateful, racist, colonial state." The posts drew widespread backlash, with numerous other users calling on the FBI to investigate what they say was a call to violence. "@FBI this is a direct call to violence," wrote Eyal Yakoby, a UPENN student and Israeli activist. Another user piled on, saying: "The "woe is me, the poor Palestinians" routine is getting old. The Nazi ghoul inside you is starting to show. Sorry, I'm fresh out of f—ks for 2 million terrorists obsessed with killing us." Another simply said: "You're a truly awful person." A phone number listed for Abulhawa was not in service when The Post attempted to reach her. She did not respond to emails requesting further comment. The Palestinian author has long been vocal about her hatred for Israel, especially since the outbreak of its war with Hamas, incited by the terror group's deadly attack on Israel. Abulhawa served as the director of the Palestine Writes Literature Festival that took place at UPenn in 2023 — weeks before the war broke out. Numerous donors at the Ivy League retracted their funds, claiming the speakers at the event had a long history of antisemitic statements. They also demanded that the school's president, Liz Magill, resign, a move she ultimately made two months later. Rodriguez's alleged violence marked an escalation of the Palestinian protest efforts outside of the Middle Eastern warzone — after he was arrested for the bloodshed, he reportedly shouted "free, free Palestine" and told cops he "did it for Gaza." The 31-year-old from Illinois pulled out a red keffiyeh when police arrived to the scene.

byRoger Fisher

in

May 24, 2025

Influential Palestinian author callously calls DC Jewish Museum victims ‘genocide cheerleaders’

Influential Palestinian author callously calls DC Jewish Museum victims 'genocide cheerleaders' A prominent Palestinian author and a...

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