People left waiting for months on their unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic in Alabama can sue the state, the U.S. Supreme Court said Friday. The 5-4 ruling comes after the Alabama Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit from 21 people,

An independent shrimper in Alabama spent months fighting for benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Supreme Court ruled he and others have the right to sue.

Cisha Smith has waited for nearly five years to get the full amount of unemployment money she applied for after taking mandatory quarantine from her job as a retirement home office worker during the COVID-19 pandemic.