May 9, 2013
San Francisco appears to be giving up its battle for an ordinance that would require retailers to warn customers about cellphone radiation and its health effects. The San Francisco Chronicle reported the Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve a …
May 6, 2013
Ashton Kutcher’s production company has settled a lawsuit against the California Department of Motor Vehicles over a planned reality series focusing on the agency’s offices. Court records in Los Angeles show Kutcher’s production company, Katalyst Media Inc., has settled its …
May 2, 2013
Safeway Inc. and a California coffee drinker have agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming Safeway committed fraud by selling coffee labeled as a Kona blend even though it didn’t include much Kona coffee. Court documents show Chanee Thurston, of Benicia, …
April 24, 2013
A $5.75 million settlement has been approved in a class-action lawsuit alleging bullying, assault and rape at the Hawaii School for the Deaf and the Blind. A federal judge in Honolulu approved the settlement Monday. The suit filed in 2011 …
April 23, 2013
A class-action lawsuit between former workers at Montana Power Co. and the defunct utility has been settled for $1.2 million. The Montana Standard reported that last week Montana Power through a liability insurer agreed to pay the money to 141 …
April 23, 2013
James Dorsey led a full and active life, his final years spent helping care for his grandchildren and enjoying big family dinners. The 70-year-old died Sept. 12, 2011 at Complex Care of Idaho in Meridian. His family believes he died …
April 19, 2013
A company that promotes Lap-Band weight-loss surgery has agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a false-advertising lawsuit in Southern California, with some of the money going to billboards warning the public about the risks of weight-loss surgery. The Los …
April 17, 2013
A government contractor at the Hawthorne Army Depot in northern Nevada has agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a lawsuit over the firing of a pregnant woman and her husband. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement Monday …
April 15, 2013
In this city of innumerable tourist attractions, the clanging, hill-conquering cable cars stand out as a top draw. The quaint conveyances also stand out for the inordinate number of accidents and the millions of dollars annually the city pays out …
April 11, 2013
A Waterloo, Iowa, hospital is close to finalizing a $2 million class-action lawsuit that compensates African-Americans who say they were denied jobs and promotions because of their race. Allen Hospital will pay 35 individuals a total of about $1 million …