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Tesla Sued in Germany Over Car Surveillance Cameras, Carbon Footprint Claims
Jul 19 2022 // Tesla Inc. was hit by a lawsuit in Germany over potential privacy concerns linked to its car surveillance cameras and claims that buying its vehicles helps cut CO2 emissions. VZBV, the main German consumer association,...
Uber Settles Lawsuit Over Disabled Riders, Vows to Waive Fees
Jul 19 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. will pay more than $2 million and waive wait time fees for disabled passengers to settle U.S. allegations that the ride share company had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Department...
Alex Jones Cited Free Speech Rights in Sandy Hook Hoax Lawsuit Deposition
Jul 19 2022 // Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was defiant and cited free speech rights during a lawsuit deposition in April when questioned about calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax and the effect the statement had...
Gunmaker Sig Sauer Loses Bid to Block New Hampshire Liability Suit Over Pistol Misfire
Jul 18 2022 // A federal court in New Hampshire has denied gunmaker Sig Sauer’s bid to block a product liability lawsuit brought by a man who alleges he was struck by a bullet in the leg because his pistol fired without a trigger...
MLB Agrees to Pay $185 Million to Settle Minor League Wage Suit
Jul 18 2022 // Major League Baseball agreed to pay $185 million as part of a settlement with minor league ballplayers who say the league exploits them, knowing they will play for peanuts for a chance to make it to the big show. The...
Man Exonerated in Malcolm X Killing Sues New York City for $40 Million
Jul 18 2022 // A man who was exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X has filed a $40 million lawsuit against New York City for the two decades he spent in prison for a notorious crime he did not commit. Lawyers for...
Family of Boy Killed on Iowa Amusement Ride Sues Park
Jul 18 2022 // The family of an 11-year old boy who died on a water ride at an Iowa amusement park a year ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit in state court, alleging the park failed to properly maintain and repair its rides. David and...
Iowa City Settles Fatal Police Shooting Suit for $5M
Jul 18 2022 // Burlington, Iowa, has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the mother of a man who was shot to death by police nearly five years ago, the two sides said. The settlement comes nearly five...
Iowa Assistant AG Sues Des Moines Police Over Protest Arrest
Jul 15 2022 // An assistant attorney general in Iowa is suing the city of Des Moines and its police chief over his arrest during a June 2020 racial justice protest, alleging he was tackled, pepper-sprayed and handcuffed for no...
Skittles Are Toxic, Federal Lawsuit Claims
Jul 15 2022 // Mars Inc. has been sued by a consumer who claims that Skittles candies are unfit to eat because they contain a known toxin that the company had pledged six years ago to phase out. In a proposed class action filed on...
Lawsuit Alleges Texas Officer Paralyzed Man in Jail
Jul 15 2022 // A man filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing a Texas police officer of using excessive force while restraining him in jail and inflicting injuries that left him paralyzed from the chest down. The lawsuit on behalf of...
DOJ Poised to Rebuff Google Concessions, Clearing the Way for Antitrust Suit
Jul 15 2022 // The US Justice Department is likely to reject concessions offered by Alphabet Inc., clearing the way for an antitrust lawsuit over Google’s dominance of the online advertising market, according to people familiar...
Family Sues Over Arkansas Man’s Fatal Shooting by Officer
Jul 14 2022 // The family of a man who was fatally shot near an Arkansas hospital while trying to drive away in a stolen truck filed a federal lawsuit last week against the officer who shot him and several others. Relatives of Tyrone...
Lawsuit Challenges New York’s Revised Gun Safety Law
Jul 14 2022 // A federal lawsuit challenging part of New York’s new gun law was filed by Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino, one of multiple legal challenges expected against state handgun licensing rules approved...
Uber Sued by More Than 500 Female Passengers Over Sexual Assault Complaints
Jul 14 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. is being sued by more than 500 women across the US who claim to have been assaulted by drivers on the platform. The complaint, filed by Slater, Slater, Schulman LLP in San Francisco, alleges that...
Allergan, Teva to Pay $54M in San Francisco Opioid Lawsuit
Jul 14 2022 // Opioid makers Allergan and Teva have agreed to pay $54 million in cash and overdose reversal drugs to settle a federal lawsuit brought by San Francisco alleging the drug industry fueled an overdose and addiction surge that...
Rhode Island Woman Sues Cleaning Firm for Firing Her Because She Was Pregnant
Jul 14 2022 // A Rhode Island woman hired to work for a house cleaning service was fired just days later after management found out that she was pregnant, the woman said in a discrimination lawsuit filed Monday. The lawsuit filed by the...
Judge Dismisses Delaware AG’s Suit Against Monsanto Over PCBs
Jul 14 2022 // A Delaware Superior Court judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state’s Democratic attorney general against agricultural giant Monsanto Co. over environmental damage from now-banned toxic chemicals known...
Illinois Dog Kennel Company to Pay $60,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Suit
Jul 13 2022 // A dog kennel company in suburban Chicago, Illinois, Rover’s Place, will pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency...
Appeals Court Revives Roundup Weedkiller Cancer Lawsuit
Jul 13 2022 // A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit by a Georgia man claiming Bayer AG’s Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer, the latest in a string of legal defeats for the company as it seeks to avoid potentially...
