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How a Bankruptcy ‘Innovation’ Halted Thousands of Lawsuits from Sick Plaintiffs
Jun 24 2022 // Attorney Greg Gordon sat before a packed hotel ballroom of bankruptcy lawyers who had come to hear him hold court on his pioneering strategy for companies seeking to dodge billion-dollar lawsuits: the “Texas...
Colorado Lawsuit: Hero Who Stopped Gunman Shot Without Warning
Jun 24 2022 // The mother of a man hailed as a hero for killing a gunman who ambushed and fatally shot a police officer only to be killed himself by another officer in suburban Denver filed a lawsuit alleging the officer who shot him...
Tesla Worker Rejects $15M Payout in Race Bias Lawsuit
Jun 23 2022 // A Black former elevator operator at Tesla Inc’s flagship California assembly plant on Tuesday rejected a $15 million award in his lawsuit alleging racial abuse by coworkers, opening the door for a new trial after a...
Oregon Business Groups Sue Over Heat and Smoke Worker Protections
Jun 23 2022 // Some Oregon business groups are suing over the state’s new job site rules mandating that employers take steps to protect workers from extreme heat and wildfire smoke. Regulations adopted by the Oregon Occupational...
Deshaun Watson Settles 20 of 24 Civil Suits from Time with Texans
Jun 23 2022 // Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson’s decision to settle 20 of 24 civil lawsuits for sexual misconduct may not dissuade the NFL from giving him a lengthy suspension, a person familiar with the league’s...
Tesla Worker in California Rejects $15M Payout in Race Bias Lawsuit
Jun 22 2022 // A Black former elevator operator at Tesla Inc.’s TSLA.O flagship California assembly plant on Tuesday rejected a $15 million award in his lawsuit alleging racial abuse by coworkers, opening the door for a new trial...
Buffett’s Dairy Queen Loses Lawsuit Over ‘Blizzard’ Name
Jun 22 2022 // A federal judge ruled that Dairy Queen cannot stop W.B. Mason Co from selling “Blizzard” bottled spring water, the same name the unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc BRKa.N uses for a popular...
Parents of New Mexico Kids Injured in Crash Sue Car Driver, Insurance
Jun 21 2022 // The parents of three New Mexico children injured in a crash involving an Albuquerque Public Schools bus four months ago have filed a lawsuit against the driver of the speeding car involved and his insurance company. The...
Colorado Ski Resort Settles Suit Involving Fatal Lift Accident
Jun 21 2022 // The family of a woman who died after falling from a chairlift at a small Colorado ski resort as she was riding up with her two young daughters has settled a wrongful death lawsuit. William Huber, the girls’ father,...
Bayer Rejected by US Supreme Court in Bid to End Roundup Suits
Jun 21 2022 // The US Supreme Court rejected a multibillion-dollar appeal from Bayer AG, refusing to shield the company from potentially tens of thousands of claims that its top-selling Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. The justices,...
Tesla Sued by Former Employees Over ‘Mass Layoff’
Jun 21 2022 // Former Tesla Inc. employees have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. electric car company alleging its decision to carry out a “mass layoff” violated federal law as the company did not provide advance notice of...
New Jersey Sues Ford for Damages Over Mining That Contaminated Tribal Land
Jun 21 2022 // New Jersey officials sued Ford Motor Company on Thursday, alleging that the automaker contaminated the ancestral homeland of a Native American tribe by dumping paint sludge and other pollutants into a former mine. The...
Miles Davis Photographer’s Suit Against Tattoo Artist Von D to Test Copyright ‘Fair Use’
Jun 20 2022 // Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D’s use of a famous photograph of jazz great Miles Davis has led to what’s believed to be the first lawsuit over whether an image’s copyright protection extends to tattoos,...
Maine Catholic Diocese Sued Under Abuse Law Change It Opposed
Jun 20 2022 // The first lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland since Maine took away a limitation on claims of child sexual abuse were filed last week. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed a law last year that allowed...
Former Virginia Police Chief Files Lawsuit Against Charlottesville
Jun 20 2022 // CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—A former Virginia police chief is suing the city she served as well as several current and former officials over her firing, saying in her $10 million lawsuit that she was terminated because of her...
New Jersey No-Fault Law Does Not Bar Suit Over Insurer Delay in Approving Treatment
Jun 20 2022 // An insured claiming his auto insurer’s delay in approving treatment caused his injuries to worsen is entitled to prove his breach of contract claim despite New Jersey’s no-fault law. That law governing personal...
Oklahoma Court: Tort Reform Law Allows Lawsuit Against Employer
Jun 20 2022 // Jerry Harwood couldn’t collect workers’ compensation benefits after he was paralyzed when he was struck by a car while trying to cross US Route 66 after leaving his workplace. But a split decision by the...
24th Woman Brings Suit Against NFL QB Deshaun Watson
Jun 20 2022 // A 24th woman filed a civil lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct by Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, who is also awaiting possible discipline from the NFL. The latest lawsuit was filed in Houston by attorney Tony...
California Court: Amazon Customers Can Sue Over Lack of Toxic Warnings
Jun 17 2022 // The California Supreme Court on Wednesday left intact a ruling that allows customers to sue Amazon.com for failing to warn buyers that some products it sells may contain hazardous substances such as mercury. The court...
Elon Musk Sued for $258 Billion Over Alleged Dogecoin Pyramid Scheme
Jun 17 2022 // Elon Musk was sued for $258 billion on Thursday by a Dogecoin investor who accused him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency. In a complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan, plaintiff Keith Johnson...
