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Indiana Abortion Doctor Signals She’ll Sue AG over Comments
Jul 21 2022 // An Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio took the first step Tuesday toward suing Indiana’s attorney general for defamation. Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis...
Wisconsin Attorney General Sues 18 Companies over PFAS Contamination
Jul 21 2022 // Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to force nearly 20 companies that he alleges contaminated the environment with chemicals known as PFAS to reimburse the state for investigations and...
City in California Paying $360K to Settle Lawsuit by Council Member
Jul 21 2022 // The Oakland City Council agreed to approve a $360,000 settlement with a former council member who filed a lawsuit alleging the city and police violated his civil rights when officers threw him face-down inside City Hall in...
TikTok Algorithm Steers Violent Videos to More Minority Than White Users: Lawsuit
Jul 21 2022 // TikTok faces a claim that its algorithm steers more violent videos to minority subscribers than to White users in a lawsuit blaming the platform for the death of a 14-year-old African-American girl. The complaint, which...
Rhode Island Sues 5 Landlords Over Alleged Lead Hazards
Jul 21 2022 // Rhode Island has sued five more landlords who rent properties in which children with lead poisoning live, the state attorney general said Monday. The three properties in Providence, one in Central Falls, and one in Newport...
Virginia Ex-Gov. Wilder Sues University Leaders After Personnel Dispute
Jul 21 2022 // Former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder recently sued leaders of the Richmond university where he works following a public personnel dispute in which Wilder had pushed for the firing of an employee he accused of threatening...
Rat-Plagued Warehouse Winds Down as Family Dollar Faces Lawsuits
Jul 20 2022 // Six months after a Family Dollar distribution center in West Memphis, Arkansas, was fumigated and more than 1,000 rodent carcasses were removed, the rats are back. David Hernandez spotted three of the animals before 9 a.m....
California Social Media Addiction Bill Drops Parent Lawsuits
Jul 20 2022 // A first-of-its-kind proposal in the California Legislature aimed at holding social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products would no longer let parents sue popular...
Apple Sued Over Antitrust Violations Involving Apple Pay
Jul 20 2022 // Apple Inc. was sued on Monday in a proposed class action by payment card issuers accusing the iPhone maker of abusing its market power in mobile devices to thwart competition for its Apple Pay mobile wallet. According to a...
Settlement in Lawsuit over Autistic Utah Boy Dying in Hot Car
Jul 19 2022 // A wrongful death lawsuit filed after an 11-year-old autistic boy was left in a hot car while under the watch of a care facility in Utah has been settled. The lawsuit filed against Roost Services and some of its employees...
Missouri Man Sues Bass Pro for Not Honoring Lifetime Warranty on Socks
Jul 19 2022 // A Missouri man says in a class-action lawsuit against Bass Pro that the outdoor outfitter is refusing to honor its lifetime warranty on socks. Kent Slaughter of Springfield said that after years of exchanging his...
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...
