United States Supreme Court Petition Filed Asserting Federal Preemption in Matters of Military Benefits in State Family Law Proceedings

United States Supreme Court Petition Filed Asserting Federal Preemption in Matters of Military Benefits in State Family Law Proceedings

by | Apr 23, 2021 | Boots on the Ground, Cases, Cases on Appeal, Current Trinity Advocate Cases, Legal Advocacy, Military Benefits, Military Injury Claims, Military Law, Petitions in the United States Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court Cases, Veterans Disability Benefits

On Thursday, April 22, 2021, in a second of three petitions filed in the United States Supreme Court in the last week, Attorney Carson J. Tucker filed a petition to challenge Michigan’s child support guidelines, which allow the state family support agency to...
United States Supreme Court Petition Filed to Challenge Authority of States to Contradict Veterans Administration Determination on Divisibility of Disability Benefits

United States Supreme Court Petition Filed to Challenge Authority of States to Contradict Veterans Administration Determination on Divisibility of Disability Benefits

by | Apr 23, 2021 | Boots on the Ground, Cases, Cases on Appeal, Current Events, Current Trinity Advocate Cases, Legal Advocacy, Military Benefits, Military Law, Petitions in the United States Supreme Court, Veterans Disability Benefits

On Friday, April 23, 2021, Lex Fori PLLC and Attorney Carson J. Tucker filed a pro bono petition in the United States Supreme Court challenging the State of Michigan’s decision to take a veteran’s permanent and total disabilty pay despite the fact that the...
Supreme Court to Consider Whether Military Servicemembers Can Sue for Injuries Incurred “Incident to Service” Arising Out of Sexual Assault at a Military Academy – Is the Intra-Military Immunity “Feres Doctrine” in Danger of Being Overruled?

Supreme Court to Consider Whether Military Servicemembers Can Sue for Injuries Incurred “Incident to Service” Arising Out of Sexual Assault at a Military Academy – Is the Intra-Military Immunity “Feres Doctrine” in Danger of Being Overruled?

by | Feb 24, 2021 | Boots on the Ground, Cases, Cases on Appeal, Current Events, Military Benefits, Military Injury Claims, Military Tort Claims

The United States Supreme Court is poised to consider several lawsuits concerning the extent and nature of governmental immunity.  As it relates to military service, the Court will consider whether the intra-military immunity doctrine established by the Court in Feres...