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Freight Broker Sues Liberty Mutual for ‘Excessive’ Work Comp Premiums
Jul 29 2022 // An Illinois freight broker has filed a lawsuit accusing Liberty Mutual of overcharging it by demanding payment of workers’ compensation premiums for independent contractors who are ineligible for benefits. Virnich...
State Farm Settles Alabama Class Action Charging it Underpaid Claims
Jul 29 2022 // Did State Farm Insurance employ a clever device to reduce its payout – sometimes to zero – on thousands of property claims in Alabama? The insurance company has denied underpaying claims and other wrongdoing, but has...
Black Family Sues Sesame Place Amusement Park, Alleging Discrimination
Jul 29 2022 // A Baltimore family is suing a Sesame Street-themed amusement park for $25 million over claims of racial discrimination, alleging multiple costumed characters ignored a 5-year-old Black girl during a meet-and-greet event...
Judge Questions 3M’s Use of Bankruptcy to Fight Veterans’ Suits
Jul 28 2022 // The federal judge administering more than 230,000 lawsuits against 3M Co. questioned whether the industrial giant acted in good faith when it decided to try to shift the cases to bankruptcy court instead of facing separate...
Greensill Capital Sued by 277 Former Employees Over Firm’s Collapse, Job Losses
Jul 28 2022 // A group of ex-Greensill Capital employees sued the defunct firm in London, accusing management of unfairly keeping them in the dark about the company’s “imminent danger of collapse.” A group of 277...
Trial Begins in Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook Damages Lawsuit
Jul 28 2022 // Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones repeatedly “lied and attacked the parents of murdered children” when he told his Infowars audience that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax, an attorney for one...
Insureds Can’t Block Repairs Then Sue Insurer, Florida Appeals Court Agrees
Jul 28 2022 // Insureds cannot recover damages from the insurance company if they failed to comply with the policy and failed to allow the insurer to make the needed repairs, a Florida appeals court decided Wednesday. Florida’s 3rd...
New Hampshire Joins States Suing Pharmacies Over Role in Opioid Epidemic
Jul 28 2022 // The state of New Hampshire sued pharmacy chains Tuesday, becoming the latest government entity seeking to hold them accountable for fueling the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic. The lawsuit filed by Attorney General...
Family of 14 Girl Shot By Los Angeles Police Files Lawsuit
Jul 28 2022 // The parents of a 14-year-old girl killed by Los Angeles police in a clothing store last year have filed a lawsuit against the department and the officer whose rifle round pierced a dressing room wall. Valentina Orellana...
Potential Class-Action Suit Says Washington Healthcare Provider Failed to Provide Interpreters
Jul 28 2022 // Providence St. Joseph Health, the largest healthcare system in Washington state, failed to provide in-person American Sign Language interpreters for deaf patients, leaving them at the mercy of virtual interpreters whose...
3M Unit Goes Bankrupt in Bid to Resolve Lawsuits Over Military Earplugs
Jul 27 2022 // 3M Co. put its Aearo Technologies unit into bankruptcy in a bid to resolve more than 230,000 lawsuits brought mainly by US military veterans over allegedly faulty combat earplugs. The conglomerate has already spent nearly...
Teva Reaches Proposed $4.35 Billion Settlement of Opioid Lawsuits
Jul 27 2022 // Teva Pharmaceutical Industries on Tuesday announced a $4.35 billion proposed nationwide settlement that could resolve thousands of lawsuits over the drugmaker’s alleged role in the U.S. opioid epidemic. The proposal...
U.S. Sues Chicken Producers, Alleging They Conspired to Keep Wages Down
Jul 26 2022 // US poultry producers Cargill Inc., Sanderson Farms Inc. and Wayne Farms LLC agreed to pay $84.8 million restitution for conspiring to lower wages for workers at chicken slaughterhouses as part of a settlement with the US...
Court Agrees With Insurer: Amazon Can Be Sued Under New Jersey Product Liability Law
Jul 26 2022 // Online marketplace Amazon can be sued under New Jersey product liability law for defective products sold by third-party sellers on its website. The federal district court in New Jersey sided with the New Jersey...
Lawsuit: Chicago Police Misused Gunshot Detection Technology in Murder Case
Jul 25 2022 // A federal lawsuit filed last Thursday alleges Chicago police misused “unreliable” gunshot detection technology and failed to pursue other leads in investigating a grandfather from the city’s South Side...
Former Students Sue Insurers over Alleged Abuse at Georgia Boarding School
Jul 25 2022 // Twenty men who said they were sexually abused at a prestigious boarding school in Georgia are now suing the school’s insurance companies for $345 million. The insurers argue that their policies did not cover the...
California Governor Signs Gun Law Enabling Citizens to Sue for Violations
Jul 22 2022 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a controversial gun control bill that was modeled after Texas’ vigilante abortion law, which enables private citizens to file lawsuits against anyone who imports,...
Environmental Group Plans Suit Over Coal Ash in Alabama River Delta
Jul 22 2022 // An environmental group took the first step Wednesday toward filing suit over plans by Alabama Power Co. to leave millions of pounds of coal ash near a riverside within the vast Mobile-Tensaw Delta, which activists say...
Settlement in Excessive Force Suit Brought by Reporters in Oregon
Jul 22 2022 // The city of Portland has paid $55,000 to two independent journalists who alleged excessive force by Portland police during a 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstration. An investigation after their lawsuit was filed determined...
Settlement in California Lawsuit by Man Strapped to Gurney During Arrest
Jul 22 2022 // The Los Angeles Police Department will pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit by a legally blind man who said he was beaten, strapped to a hospital gurney and nearly suffocated during an arrest three years ago, attorneys...
