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Minnesota Trucking Company to Pay $500,000 Settlement over Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
Dec 9 2021 // Stan Koch and Sons Trucking, based in Minneapolis, will pay $500,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. According to the EEOC’s...
Former Oregon Capitol Official Threatens to Sue
Dec 8 2021 // A former Oregon official who was tasked with fielding harassment complaints in the state Capitol before resigning in June says he was pushed out for revealing flaws in the Legislative Equity Office and is now threatening...
Connecticut Town Settles Housing Lawsuit Over Group Home Denial
Dec 8 2021 // The town of Wolcott, Connecticut, said Monday it has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit filed after it failed to allow a group home for mentally disabled adults to open in a residential neighborhood. The U.S. Justice...
How Big Tech Is Faring in U.S. Lawsuits and Probes
Dec 8 2021 // Big Tech platforms Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, and Google have been hit with a series of antitrust lawsuits by the U.S. federal government and states on charges they are operating monopolies and abusing...
Arthur J. Gallagher to Pay $40K to Settle Colorado Religious Discrimination Suit
Dec 7 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. will pay $40,000 to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC charged that Arthur J. Gallagher violated federal...
Parents of Indiana Girl Sue City After She Drowns in Pool
Dec 7 2021 // The parents of a 5-year-old girl who drowned last summer in a southwest Indiana city’s swimming pool are suing the city and the child’s foster parent, accusing them of negligence in her death. The lawsuit filed...
Nevada Court Sides With Gunmakers in Deadly Las Vegas Shooting Suit
Dec 6 2021 // Nevada’s Supreme Court ruled gun manufacturers cannot be held responsible for the deaths in the 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip because a state law shields them from liability unless the weapon...
Florida City Braces for Lawsuits Over Repeated Sewage Spills
Dec 6 2021 // The city of Bradenton, Florida, could soon find itself in the same spot as other local governments that have been accused of breaking federal law with repeated sewage spills. Led by Suncoast Waterkeeper, several...
Lawsuit Says Dairy Company is Misrepresenting Hawaii Links
Dec 6 2021 // A food distributor in Hawaii has filed a federal lawsuit against a dairy company because milk from the mainland is allegedly being sold under a name that advertises local ties. The lawsuit filed by Hawaii Foodservice...
14 Insurers Pressing Lawsuit vs. Park Service After Gatlinburg Wildfires
Dec 2 2021 // Fourteen insurance companies are pressing ahead with a lawsuit against the federal government, alleging that the National Park Service did little to stop 2016 wildfires that destroyed dozens of homes and businesses in and...
$3.5M Police Wrongful-Death Suit Settled in Washington
Dec 2 2021 // Seattle, Washington will pay $3.5 million to settle a wrongful-death civil lawsuit filed on behalf of the children of a pregnant Black woman who was fatally shot by two white Seattle police officers in 2017. Karen Koehler,...
Michigan Abandons Oil Pipeline Suit, Refocuses on Separate Case
Dec 2 2021 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer abandoned a lawsuit Tuesday, Nov. 30 aimed at shutting down an oil pipeline that runs through part of the Great Lakes but said the state would continue pursuing a separate case with the same...
Nebraska Jury Awards $26 Million in Malpractice Lawsuit
Dec 2 2021 // A Douglas County jury has awarded $26.1 million to a Sarpy County family who sued Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha after their child was sent home following an accidental fall and then suffered...
Four Employees Sue Claiming Bristol Myers Refused Vaccine Religious Exemptions
Dec 2 2021 // Bristol Myers Squibb Co. was sued on Wednesday by four employees who said the drugmaker refused to grant them religious exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccination requirement, and threatened to fire them on Dec. 6 for...
Families of Two Illinois College Students Killed at Astroworld Concert File Lawsuits
Dec 1 2021 // The family of two close friends from suburban Chicago who were killed at the Astroworld concert in Houston this month have filed wrongful death lawsuits against rapper Travis Scott, the Live Nation entertainment company...
Judge Tosses $10B Advertising Bias Lawsuit Against McDonald’s for Insufficient Evidence
Dec 1 2021 // A U.S. judge has dismissed a $10 billion lawsuit against McDonald’s Corp. by the media entrepreneur Byron Allen, who accused the fast-food chain of racial discrimination for not advertising with Black-owned...
Virginia School District Suit Settled Over Treatment of Students with Disabilities
Dec 1 2021 // Virginia’s largest school district has reached a settlement with parents and advocacy groups over the treatment of students with disabilities. The Washington Post reported that the settlement effectively ends more...
Indianapolis School District Joins Vaping Lawsuit
Dec 1 2021 // Indianapolis Public Schools has become the latest Indiana school district to join a lawsuit that accuses e-cigarette giant Juul Labs of marketing its vaping products to young people. IPS is one of hundreds of U.S. school...
Lawsuit From Indiana Teacher Fired for Same-Sex Marriage Can Proceed
Nov 30 2021 // A lawsuit filed by a teacher who was fired from his job at a Catholic high school in Indianapolis for being in a same-sex marriage can proceed, a state appeals court ruled. A panel of the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled...
Lawsuit Alleges Discrimination at Wilmington Fire Department
Nov 30 2021 // A firefighter in Delaware is accusing the Wilmington Fire Department of years of racial and religious discrimination that he says created a hostile work environment. The News Journal reported that the lawsuit was filed in...
