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Arkansas Sues Family Dollar Over Rodents in Distribution Facility
May 2 2022 // Arkansas is suing Family Dollar over the discovery of more than 1,000 rodents in a distribution facility in the state that prompted the discount retail chain to recall items purchased from hundreds of stores in the...
EEOC Sues Michigan Foods Company Over Alleged Sexual Harassment
May 2 2022 // Eden Foods, Inc., an organic foods company headquartered in Clinton, Michigan that claims to be the premier natural foods company in the Americas, violated federal law by subjecting female employees to repeated sexual...
EY Sued in UK for Alleged Negligence in Audits of Troubled Hospital Operator, NMC
May 2 2022 // The administrators of NMC Health PLC have filed a lawsuit against EY in the United Kingdom for alleged negligence on the audit work it did for the troubled hospital operator between 2012 to 2018, a spokesperson said. NMC,...
Families of 5 Killed in Indiana FedEx Shooting File Lawsuit
May 2 2022 // Relatives of five of the eight people who were shot and killed last year at an Indianapolis FedEx warehouse by a former employee sued the shipping giant and a security company, accusing them of negligence and failing to...
Ohio State Settles More Lawsuits Over Sex Abuse by Team Doctor
May 2 2022 // Ohio State University will pay $2 million to settle more lawsuits brought by men who said they were sexually abused decades ago by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, increasing the number of survivors who’ve...
North Carolina AG Sues Contractor for Deceptive AOB Work after Hurricane
Apr 29 2022 // North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has filed suit against an Illinois contractor who came to the state after Hurricane Florence in 2018, convincing homeowners to assign insurance benefits to his companies. Dennis...
SEC Sues Brazilian Miner Vale Over ‘False and Misleading’ Claims About Safety of Dams
Apr 29 2022 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday sued Brazilian miner Vale for allegedly making false and misleading disclosures about the safety of its dams ahead of a 2019 disaster that killed 270...
New York Giants, Jets Urge Court to Reject Deception Suit
Apr 28 2022 // Attorneys for the New York Giants and Jets teams have asked the court to dismiss with prejudice the amended complaint from two fans upset that the franchises have New York in their name but actually play in MetLife Stadium...
Judge Rules for Elon Musk in $13 Billion Lawsuit Over Tesla-SolarCity Deal
Apr 28 2022 // Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk did not unjustly enrich himself when he guided the electric vehicle maker in 2016 to acquire SolarCity Corp, where Musk was chairman and the largest shareholder, a Delaware...
Massachusetts Man Sues City Alleging Race Factored in Wrongful Arrest
Apr 28 2022 // A Massachusetts man said in a lawsuit filed Monday that he was wrongfully charged with murder based on his race and what his attorneys called fabricated evidence. Dana Gaul, 43, said in the federal suit against the city of...
Dodgers Pitcher Files Lawsuit Against Sex Abuse Accuser
Apr 27 2022 // Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer sued the woman who accused him of sexual assault in federal court, in a move that came less than three months after prosecutors decided not to file criminal charges against the...
‘SLAPP’ Lawsuits Used by Rich and Powerful to Silence Critics Face EU Crackdown
Apr 27 2022 // Wealthy individuals including Russian oligarchs, states and corporations that abuse the legal system to gag journalists and dodge oversight face a European Union-wide crackdown including potential fines. A proposed law on...
Ohio’s FirstEnergy Settles Ratepayer Lawsuits for $37M
Apr 26 2022 // FirstEnergy Corp. has settled four ratepayer lawsuits filed after the utility giant became ensnared in a $60 million bribery scheme to win a $1 billion legislative bailout for two Ohio nuclear plants operated by a company...
Florida Appeals Court: Pre-Suit Notices Required in AOB Cases After July 2019
Apr 26 2022 // In a decision that’s being called a win for insurers, Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeals held last week that the statutory notice of intent to sue applies to all assignment-of-benefits agreements signed...
Lawsuit in California Says Warnings Were Ignored Before Children’s Slayings
Apr 26 2022 // The father of three children who were allegedly killed by their mother last year has filed a lawsuit against the city and county of Los Angeles, accusing police and social workers of failing to intervene to protect his...
3 Defendants Settle in U. of Missouri Hazing Lawsuit
Apr 25 2022 // Three of the 23 defendants in a lawsuit filed after a University of Missouri fraternity party left a student with serious brain injuries have reached a settlement. The attorney for the family of Daniel Santulli, of Eden...
Parents of Man Killed by Police in Washington File Wrongful Death Suit
Apr 25 2022 // The parents of a man killed in Washington by Auburn police have filed a federal wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit alleging an officer shot Enosa Strickland Jr. in the back of the head while he was lying in a parking...
New Vermont Law Permits Lawsuits Seeking Medical Monitoring for Toxic Exposure
Apr 25 2022 // Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill into law Thursday that will allow people exposed to toxic substances to sue the culpable facility for medical testing or procedures to monitor for diseases from the exposure. The...
Fla. Supreme Court: Pre-Suit Notices Need Only Be Mailed, Not Received, Before Deadline
Apr 22 2022 // It’s when the letter is mailed, not when it is received, that determines if a plaintiff in a medical malpractice case complied with Florida law on pre-suit notifications, the Florida Supreme Court decided...
Chicago Electric Company Settles $315,000 Disability Discrimination Suit
Apr 22 2022 // S&C Electric Company, a designer and manufacturer of switching and control products for power transmission and distribution headquartered in Chicago, will pay $315,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability...
