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South Carolina Governor Signs Bill Preventing COVID Suits Against Businesses
Jun 28 2021 // Gov. Henry McMaster again said South Carolina is recovering better from the COVID-19 pandemic than just about any other state as he held a ceremonial signing of a bill preventing people from suing companies over the...
J&J Reports $263M Resolution of N.Y. Opioid Lawsuits Before Trial
Jun 28 2021 // Johnson & Johnson said it agreed to pay $263 million to resolve opioid lawsuits filed in New York, settling the cases on the eve of the first U.S. jury trial over claims the company mishandled the highly addictive...
Parents Whose Baby Died Settle Malpractice Suit with S.D. Hospital
Jun 28 2021 // The parents of an infant who died at a Sioux Falls hospital have agreed to settle their malpractice lawsuit against the healthcare provider. The terms of the mediated settlement between Avera McKennan Hospital and the...
Texas Supreme Court: Academy Can’t Be Sued for Selling Gun Used in Texas Mass Shooting
Jun 25 2021 // The man who gunned down 26 people at a Sutherland Springs church in Texas’ deadliest ever mass shooting should not have been able to buy the assault style weapon he used, but the store that sold it to him can’t...
Lawsuit Filed over Illness After Kansas Wildlife Park Visit
Jun 25 2021 // A woman who said she and her three children became violently ill after using a splash park at the Tanganyika Wildlife Park is suing the attraction, alleging unsanitary conditions led to an illness outbreak. The Kansas...
EEOC Sues Minnesota’s AscensionPoint for Religious Discrimination
Jun 25 2021 // A Minnesota-based estate and probate debt recovery company that manages decedent debt recovery for creditors is facing a federal lawsuit for allegedly fired Christian employee after he refused to be fingerprinted due to...
Jim Bakker, Missouri Church Settle Suit over COVID-19 Claims
Jun 25 2021 // Jim Bakker and his southwestern Missouri church will pay restitution of $156,000 to settle a lawsuit that accuses the TV pastor of falsely claiming a health supplement could cure COVID-19. Missouri court records show that...
Police, Trump Supporters Sued for Alleged Harassment of Texas Biden Bus
Jun 25 2021 // Former state Sen. Wendy Davis and others who were traveling on a campaign bus for President Joe Biden in October 2020 when it was surrounded and followed by former President Donald Trump’s supporters on a Texas...
Chicago Archdiocese Settles Clergy Sexual Abuse Suit for $880K
Jun 25 2021 // Two men who said they were sexually molested decades ago by a notorious Catholic priest who was imprisoned for molesting other boys have agreed to a settlement of $880,000 from the Archdiocese of Chicago, attorneys...
Kobe Bryant’s Widow Agrees to Settle Lawsuit over Deadly Crash
Jun 24 2021 // Kobe Bryant’s widow has agreed to settle a lawsuit against the pilot and owners of the helicopter that crashed last year, killing the NBA star, his daughter, Gianna, and seven others. Vanessa Bryant, her children and...
Judge Rejects Spouse’s Wrongful Death Suit Against Airline Over Lax Covid Safety
Jun 24 2021 // Citing a concern over “opening the floodgates” to litigation, a federal judge has dismissed a flight attendant’s negligence lawsuit against her employer, Southwest Airlines, which she blamed for her...
Exxon Weighs Next Move After Judge Rules It Must Face Massachusetts Climate Suit
Jun 24 2021 // A Massachusetts state judge has rejected Exxon Mobil Corp.’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by state Attorney General Maura Healey accusing the oil company of misleading consumers and investors about its role in climate...
Gas Station Sues Colonial Pipeline for Gas Crisis From Ransomware Attack
Jun 24 2021 // Colonial Pipeline Co. was sued by a gas station seeking to represent thousands more over the ransomware attack in May that paralyzed the U.S. East Coast’s flow of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. EZ Mart 1 LLC, a...
Lawsuit Claims Man Struck Dozens of Times in Face by Shots in California
Jun 23 2021 // A lawsuit against seven Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies accused them of beating a man dozens of times in the face, leaving him with broken bones and loss of sight in one eye, his attorneys...
$1M Settlement Reached in Washington Dairy Worker Overtime Suit
Jun 23 2021 // Yakima County Superior Court has approved a $1 million settlement that provides retroactive overtime pay for workers at a Lower Yakima Valley dairy. The settlement wraps up a class-action lawsuit filed in 2016 by Jose...
Ex-Principal Suing Oregon School District for Discrimination
Jun 23 2021 // A former South Albany High School principal is suing Greater Albany Public Schools, claiming the district racially discriminated against him and created a hostile work environment. Nain “Nate” Munoz filed the...
Father of Man Shot by Police in Virginia Beach Files $50M Wrongful Death Suit
Jun 23 2021 // The father of a Black man who was fatally shot by police in Virginia Beach has filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit. The Virginian-Pilot reported Monday that the federal lawsuit was filed by the father of Donovon...
Insurers, Owners of Seized Ship Reach Agreement in Principle with Suez Canal Authority
Jun 23 2021 // ISMAILIA, Egypt – A representative for the owners and insurers of a giant cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March on Wednesday said that an agreement in principle had been reached in a compensation dispute with...
Seeking More Money, Cities Opt Out of Indiana’s Suits Against Opioid Makers
Jun 22 2021 // Several Indiana cities have opted out of the state’s pending lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors, reasoning that they will likely see more cash from their own litigation filed in response to the...
City in New Mexico Suing Companies Over Lighting on Problem-Plagued Bus Route
Jun 22 2021 // New Mexico’s largest city has sued companies involved in the design and construction of a rapid transit system over light fixtures that have fallen or weren’t secured. The Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus system...
