CIVIL

Tom Girardi was known for acquiring huge settlements and victories in high-profile legal cases. But in recent years, the husband of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Erika Jayne Girardi, has been accused of swindling millions of dollars from clients. Where does the case stand today?

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In March 2005, Andrea Constand filed a civil lawsuit against Bill Cosby, who was, at the time, one of the country’s most famous and beloved comedians. The suit was quickly resolved with a settlement, but years later, it would resurface and would start the beginning of the downfall of Bill Cosby. 

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When a gay couple tried to order a wedding cake for their upcoming wedding reception, they were stunned when the cake shop owner refused to make it for them. It was a case that went all the way to the Supreme Court - Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. 

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In December 2012, an unspeakable tragedy struck at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Years later, the victims’ families continued to face harassment from conspiracy theorists, who insisted it had all been a hoax. In 2022, the families finally took one of their biggest harassers, Alex Jones, to court. 

Original music, scoring, and editing by Kory Hilpmann. This episode was researched by Nicole Gusmer...

In 2008, 17-year-old Darryl Turner died after a police officer shot him with a Taser. A lawsuit would set out to show that tasers can be more dangerous than one might think. 

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NOTE: This episode contains some profanity. Listener discretion is advised. 

In May 2017, a high school cheerleader took to Snapchat to vent about her cheerleading squad. Her profanity-laced message soon made its way around the school, resulting in a suspension from the team. 

What followed is a civil court case that made its way all the way up to The US Supreme Court. 

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A 6-year-old boy tragically dies after authorities say he fell over a second floor banister. Then, just two days later, the woman who had been watching him is found hanging from her balcony in the very same house. 

After the two tragic deaths at the Spreckles Mansion in Coronado, California, a wrongful death lawsuit is filed, alleging that one of them was murder.  

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In October 2012, the website Gawker.com published video clips from a sex tape featuring former WWE wrestler, Hulk Hogan. Three years later, Hogan took them to court for damages, in what would become one of the most important press freedom cases of the last half-century. Bollea (Hulk Hogan) v. Gawker Media LLC was a lawsuit filed in 2013 in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in and for Pinellas County, Florid...

In the summer of 2015, a series of shootings targeted cars on Interstate 10, around Phoenix, Arizona. Within weeks, law enforcement made an arrest. But after public announcements that they had arrested the shooter, their case fell apart in the courts. 

This episode was researched by Nicole Gusmerotti, written by Matt Stroud and Nick Keppler, and edited and narrated by Jillian Jalali. 

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In 2009, the principal at North Port High School in Sarasota, Florida, began performing one of his hobbies on the students - hypnotism. 

Then, within a three-month period, three students he had hypnotized tragically lost their lives. In 2012, their families filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Would the principal be found liable for their deaths?

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In this intro episode, we dive into the only legal way the families of Ronald Goldman and Nicole Brown-Simpson received justice - through the civil court. 

This episode was researched by Nicole Gusmerotti, written by Matt Stroud, and edited and narrated by Jillian Jalali. 

Original music, scoring, and editing by Kory Hilpmann.

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