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Tulane Medical School Racial Discrimination Suit Settled
Jan 24 2022 // A lawsuit alleging racial discrimination at Tulane University’s School of Medicine has been settled. Dr. Princess Dennar, a former director of the school’s residency program, filed the lawsuit in 2020. It...
Church Victims Push Nebraska Lawmakers to Expand Lawsuit Window
Jan 24 2022 // Victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests urged Nebraska lawmakers on Friday to pass a law that would let people who were abused decades ago file lawsuits against the church or other organizations that were...
Workplace Class Action Settlement Costs Reached $3.6B in 2021
Jan 24 2022 // The cost of settling workplace class-action lawsuits reached a record high in 2021, defying expectations that the COVID-19 pandemic would decrease the size and reduce the number of payouts, according to a new report by the...
Employers Fear Long-Term Liability From ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19 Lawsuits
Jan 24 2022 // As COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, businesses say they fear a California court ruling has increased the likelihood that companies will be sued for infections, even by people who are not employees or...
Victims of U. of Michigan Doctor Could Sue School Under New Bill
Jan 24 2022 // More than 1,000 sexual abuse victims of a University of Michigan sports doctor would get a window in which they could sue the school for damages under new bills the Legislature will consider. It is the second time since...
Kansas High Court Keeps Law Allowing COVID Lawsuits Alive
Jan 24 2022 // Kansas’ highest court ruled on Jan. 7 to keep intact a law that allows people to sue counties over mask mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions and obtain quick trial-court decisions. The Kansas Supreme Court...
Florida Lawsuit Charges United P&C With RICO Violations in Widespread Claims Denials
Jan 24 2022 // In the war between restoration companies and insurers in Florida, contractors suing carriers in assignment-of-benefits claims is nothing new. And insurers have long argued that some construction firms are colluding with...
Insurance Companies Sue Texas Power Grid Operator
Jan 24 2022 // More than 100 insurance companies are suing the Texas power grid operator and several power-generating companies (PGCs) over losses suffered from 2021 Winter Storm Uri, which resulted in more than 500,000 insurance claims...
Judge Tosses California Lawsuit of Man Who Was Nude Baby on Album Cover
Jan 24 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a 30-year-old man who alleged that the image of him nude as a 4-month-old on the 1991 cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album is child pornography. Judge Fernando...
Mother Sues Meta, Snap Over Social Media ‘Addicted’ Daughter’s Suicide
Jan 21 2022 // Meta Platforms Inc. and Snap Inc. are to blame for the suicide of an 11-year-old girl who was addicted to Instagram and Snapchat, the girl’s mother alleged in a lawsuit. The woman claims her daughter Selena Rodriguez...
Texas AG Sues Google Over Local Radio Ads for Its Smartphones
Jan 21 2022 // Texas’ attorney general on Jan. 19 sued Google, alleging the company asked local radio DJs to record personal endorsements for smartphones that they hadn’t used or been provided. In the lawsuit filed in...
Louisiana Food Preparer Settles $67K Racial Harassment Suit
Jan 20 2022 // A food preparer and retailer in Scott and Carencro, Louisiana, has agreed to pay a former employee $67,500 to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The lawsuit was resolved through a...
Investors Cannot Sue German Regulator for Wirecard Collapse, Court Rules
Jan 20 2022 // Investors who lost money from investing in Wirecard AG shares can’t make Germany’s financial regulator Bafin compensate them, a Frankfurt court ruled. The tribunal on Wednesday threw out four suits by...
Judge Nixes Former Employees’ Suit Against Marsh & McLennan Over 2021 Data Breach
Jan 19 2022 // A federal judge in New York has dismissed a potential class action against Marsh & McLennan by two former employees who sued after the firm suffered a data breach in 2021. The plaintiffs, Florida residents Nancy Bohnak...
Tornado Victim’s Family Sues Amazon Over Illinois Warehouse Collapse
Jan 19 2022 // The family of a delivery driver who died last month when a tornado collapsed the central Illinois Amazon facility where he worked filed a wrongful deathlawsuitMonday in Madison County. The action on behalf of Austin...
Teva to Pay $420M to Settle Shareholder Suit Over Generic Drug Pricing
Jan 19 2022 // Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has agreed to pay $420 million to settle shareholder litigation alleging the company hid an anti-competitive scheme to fix the price of generic drugs. The settlement was disclosed on...
Iowa Football Coach Disbands Diversity Group as Discrimination Lawsuit Remains Pending
Jan 18 2022 // Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has disbanded an alumni advisory committee that was created after a 2020 investigation found evidence of racial bias against Black players in his program and bullying behavior by some of...
Los Angeles County Sues Warehouse Owner Over Gas Stench
Jan 18 2022 // Los Angeles County announced it is suing tenants and property owners of a warehouse where a fire released illegally stored chemicals into a drainage channel and caused a stench that lasted for weeks. The hydrogen sulfide...
Florida Power & Light Class Action Opens Door to Subrogation, Future Storm Claims
Jan 18 2022 // A Miami judge’s certification of a lawsuit against Florida’s largest utility company as a $10 billion class action, with damage claims from more than 4 million people who lost power in Hurricane Irma, could...
Environment Groups, Waste Management Firm Settle Lawsuit Over New Hampshire Landfill
Jan 18 2022 // Two environmental groups have settled a federal lawsuit with a waste management company over allegations the company’s landfill in New Hampshire leaked toxic chemicals into a nearby river. Under the settlement...
