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Dallas Trucking Company Sued for Disability Discrimination
Sep 24 2021 // A Dallas-based trucking company violated federal law when it refused to hire applicant after learning he had taken medical leave at a previous job, according to a lawsuit filed by federal employment officials. Stevens...
Judge Dismisses Some Suits Against Ohio State Over Sex Abuse by Doc
Sep 24 2021 // A federal judge dismissed some of the biggest unsettled lawsuits over Ohio State’s failure to stop decades-old sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, saying it’s indisputable Strauss abused...
JPMorgan to Pay $15.7M to Settle Spoofing Class Action
Sep 24 2021 // JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to pay $15.7 million in cash to settle a class action lawsuit by investors who accused the largest U.S. bank of intentionally manipulating prices of U.S. Treasury futures and options. The...
Georgia Man Beaten by Police Officers During Traffic Stop Sues for Damages
Sep 24 2021 // A man who was punched and kicked in the head by Georgia police officers during a traffic stop four years ago has filed a lawsuit alleging the stop was unjustified and the officers used excessive force against him. Gwinnett...
Lawsuit: Ida Power Outages in Louisiana Due to ‘Gum and Super Glue’ at Utility
Sep 23 2021 // A lawsuit alleges that Louisiana’s largest electric utility used a “bubble gum and super glue” approach to maintenance and construction that left customers sweltering in the dark without adequate sewage...
‘Attribution Science’ May Help Plaintiffs Push Climate Suits Ahead
Sep 23 2021 // Although a U.S. Supreme Court decision put an end to climate lawsuits alleging violations of the federal common law of public nuisance, a second round of state actions may get further, researchers said recently. There are...
Is Climate Litigation Covered by Insurance?
Sep 23 2021 // Federal or state court? How will attribution science impact climate litigation? The questions aren’t the only ones of interest to insurers and reinsurers wanting to understand the potential for mass climate liability...
Social Inflation or Science: What Is Fueling Climate Litigation?
Sep 23 2021 // A rising amount of litigation tied to the environmental and health impacts of greenhouse gas emissions prompted a question from the leader of a liability risk analytics company recently: “Is it about climate...
Washington Suit Settled for $250K over Abuse
Sep 23 2021 // A man who accused Seattle police officers of physical abuse after they entered his home two years ago during a welfare check has reached a $250,000 settlement with the city. Under the settlement, the city didn’t...
Wisconsin District Settles Suit Over Student’s Harassment for $862.5K
Sep 22 2021 // A Wisconsin school district has settled a lawsuit brought by a former student who said the district ignored years of complaints by her and her mother about multiple sexual assaults and a pattern of racial...
Analysis of German Activists’ Climate Lawsuit Against BMW and Daimler
Sep 21 2021 // BERLIN – German activists have filed a lawsuit against automakers BMW and Daimler for refusing to tighten carbon emissions goals, the first time German citizens have sued private companies for exacerbating climate...
Union Sues to Overturn Trump-Era Rule that Narrowed Definition of ‘Joint Employer’
Sep 21 2021 // The union behind the “Fight for $15” movement is suing to overturn a Trump-era rule that makes it harder to hold companies like McDonald’s Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. accountable for violations of...
Twitter Agrees to Pay $810M to Settle Shareholder Lawsuit Over Growth Prospects
Sep 20 2021 // Twitter Inc. agreed to pay $809.5 million to settle a shareholder class action lawsuit that accused the social media company of painting an overly rosy picture of its future. The suit, originally filed by Twitter...
Family Files Lawsuit in Police Restraint Death in Washington
Sep 20 2021 // The family of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died while being restrained by Tacoma police officers who have since been charged criminally, has filed a federal lawsuit over his death. Attorneys for Ellis’ sister, Monet...
Wisconsin Agribusiness Sued for Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation
Sep 17 2021 // Wisconsin’s largest ginseng producer is facing a federal lawsuit charging the company with subjecting female workers to hostile work environment and firing them for resisting, and for discriminating against employees...
Tourists from China Sue After Deadly Utah Tour Bus Crash
Sep 17 2021 // The state of Utah didn’t do enough to make sure a remote highway was safe before a tour bus crashed, killing four people from China and injuring two dozen more in 2019, family and survivors said in a lawsuit filed...
Termination Lawsuit in Washington County Settles for $1.4M
Sep 17 2021 // The Clark County Council in Washington has agreed to pay Don Benton and two other former county employees $1.4 million less than four months after a jury awarded the trio $693,998 in a wrongful termination lawsuit. The...
Louisiana Restaurant Sued for Pregnancy Discrimination
Sep 16 2021 // Federal authorities have sued a Louisiana restaurant for allegedly violating federal law against pregnancy discrimination in hiring. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit that...
EEOC Sues Georgia Facility Over Denying Employee’s Request for Remote Work
Sep 16 2021 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit that ISS Facility Services, Inc., a workplace experience and facility management company, unlawfully denied its employee’s reasonable...
Washington Troopers, Workers File Suit over Vaccine Mandate
Sep 15 2021 // Washington state troopers, prison correctional officers, ferry workers and other public sector employees have filed a lawsuit to try to overturn Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The Northwest News Network...
