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J&J Spends $800M to Settle Most Risperdal Lawsuits
Nov 1 2021 // Johnson & Johnson said it has settled most of the lawsuits it faced by thousands of men who claimed its anti-psychotic drug Risperdal caused them to develop excessive breast tissue and disclosed that it recorded $800...
Missouri Woman Sues GEICO After Contracting STD During Car Sex
Nov 1 2021 // A Missouri woman is suing GEICO after contracting a sexually transmitted disease in a car insured by the company. The woman, identified in District Court documents as M.O., had a sexual relationship with the insured, M.B.,...
Parents of Unrestrained Girl Killed on Ride Sue Colorado Theme Park
Nov 1 2021 // On her family’s first trip since the pandemic began, 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos got on a vertical drop ride at a Colorado amusement park with her uncle, aunt and cousins last month. When the floor pulled away,...
Family of Man Killed by Snowblower Sues Two Maine Hospitals
Oct 29 2021 // The son of a man who died in a snowblower accident in 2017 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against both of Bangor’s hospitals and two medical professionals. Herbert Pelletier, 86, died four years ago of...
Arkansas Sues Medical Supplier for $11M for Failed COVID Supplies Delivery
Oct 29 2021 // The state of Arkansas filed a consumer protection lawsuit Wednesday against a Virginia-based medical supplier for nearly $11 million for failing to deliver supplies during the coronavirus pandemic, Attorney General Leslie...
Roller Derby Team Sues Cleveland Guardians for Alleged Trademark Infringement
Oct 29 2021 // A roller derby team that has called itself the Cleveland Guardians since 2013 sued the city’s Major League Baseball team in federal court in Cleveland on Wednesday alleging that the switch from Indians to Guardians...
Suit Claims Trucker in Pennsylvania Crash Wore Noise-Canceling Headphones
Oct 28 2021 // Victims of a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that killed five people and hurt nearly all the dozens of passengers on a bus nearly two years ago claim in a lawsuit that one of the drivers was wearing noise-canceling...
Judge Dismisses More Unsettled Lawsuits Over Sex Abuse by Ohio State Doctor
Oct 28 2021 // A federal judge on Monday dismissed more of the unsettled lawsuits filed by men who say Ohio State University failed to stop sexual abuse decades ago by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss. U.S. District Court Judge...
Class Action Claims Kellogg Scrimps on Strawberries in Pop Tarts
Oct 25 2021 // Giant food manufacturer Kellogg is facing a class action lawsuit alleging that it is misleading the public with its Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts because it is not using a sufficient amount of actual strawberries in the...
Massachusetts Train Conductor Who Lost Part of Finger Sues Rail Operator
Oct 25 2021 // A conductor on a Massachusetts commuter rail train is suing the company that runs the system, alleging that a malfunctioning door amputated part of his right ring finger. Allen Chin, of Quincy, is suing Keolis Commuter...
Grocer Sues Oregon Beef Producer for $2.7M Over Outbreak
Oct 25 2021 // Lawyers representing New Seasons Market have filed a $2.7 million lawsuit against an Oregon beef producer accusing the company of negligence for delivering beef tainted with E. coli in 2019, court records show. Several...
Parents of Unrestrained Girl Killed on Ride Sue Colorado Theme Park
Oct 22 2021 // On her family’s first trip since the pandemic began, 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos got on a vertical drop ride at a Colorado amusement park with her uncle, aunt and cousins last month. When the floor pulled away from...
Lawsuits Decry Lead Levels in Mississippi Capital’s Water
Oct 22 2021 // Two lawsuits claim that hundreds of children have been exposed to dangerous lead levels through the drinking water in Mississippi’s capital, a city that has been facing water system problems for years. One lawsuit...
Ohio, Illinois Manufacturing Companies Sued for Disability Discrimination
Oct 22 2021 // Grief Inc., an international manufacturing company based in Delaware, Ohio, and American Flange, its wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the western suburbs of Chicago, violated federal law when they fired an employee and...
Indiana Man Sues After Alleging Police Knelt on Him
Oct 21 2021 // A Gary man is suing northwest Indiana police more than a year after he alleged that officers sprayed him with pepper spray and knelt on him when they encountered him near a protest over George Floyd’s death. Randall...
Florida Suit Claims 2-Year-old Found Used Condom in Posh Hotel Room
Oct 21 2021 // A New Jersey couple is suing Miami’s famous Biltmore Hotel, alleging negligence over dirty conditions in a room after they said their 2-year-old daughter was found with a used condom in her mouth. The hotel room also...
Missouri County Approves $146.7K Settlement to Church’s COVID Lawsuit
Oct 20 2021 // Officials in Missouri’s Jackson County approved a settlement with a church that had sued over COVID-19 restrictions that it claimed discriminated against religion. The Jackson County Legislature voted to approve a...
Tokio Sues Warehouse; Says Pellets Improperly Stored, Causing Fire
Oct 20 2021 // Tokio Marine American Insurance has filed a lawsuit against the owners of a Georgia warehouse, where 50,000 tons of wood pellets caught fire in May and burned for days. Tokio had insured the biofuel pellets, and it alleges...
Ohio Lawmakers Push Sex Assault Lawsuit Bills That Would Lift Damage Caps, Time Limits
Oct 18 2021 // House Democrats are calling for action on legislation that would remove time limits restricting when sexual assault victims could file lawsuits against their perpetrator. The lawmakers are also urging that hearings be held...
County in Washington Settles Shooting Lawsuit for $3.5M
Oct 18 2021 // A western Washington county has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a man shot in the head in 2017 by a sheriff’s deputy and who died about a year later in 2018. The News Tribune...
