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NFL Owner Kraft Sued Over South Carolina Paper Mill’s Harmful Pollution
Aug 17 2021 // A South Carolina paper mill, whose foul smell has triggered more than 30,000 complaints, has become one of the dirtiest polluters in the United States since being acquired by an investment group led by Robert Kraft, the...
County in Washington to Settle Suit Over Harassment by Deputy for $72K
Aug 17 2021 // Clark County, Washington, has agreed to pay $72,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by a man who said an argument with a deputy led to deputies harassing and arresting him over several months. Steven Klug, a...
Court Revives 6,000 Lawsuits Against 3M Over Surgical Device
Aug 17 2021 // A federal appeals court on Monday revived nearly 6,000 lawsuits alleging that a widely used device produced by 3M Co. to keep surgical patients warm caused them to develop infections. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
Seton Hall University Files to Dismiss Player’s Suit Over Knee Injury
Aug 16 2021 // Seton Hall University has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former star basketball player Myles Powell over a knee injury Powell claims was misdiagnosed by team staff and led to his not being drafted by any...
Takeaways from Our Conversation about Cannabis Product Liability Suits Worth Watching
Aug 16 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv If you ask just about any insurance pro or risk manager to list the top exposures for a company, being sued is likely to be right up there. And if you boiled that down into another list,...
McDonald’s Franchise Settles Workers’ COVID-19 Lawsuit
Aug 13 2021 // A McDonald’s Corp. franchise in Oakland, California, has agreed to take steps to protect workers from COVID-19 to settle a 2020 lawsuit claiming managers gave employees dog diapers and coffee filters to use as face...
Appeals Court Revives Suit Challenging Arkansas ‘Ag-Gag’ Law
Aug 11 2021 // A federal appeals court revived a legal challenge to an Arkansas law that farm organizations have used to shield themselves from undercover investigations by animal rights groups. A three-judge panel of the St. Louis-based...
Texas Auto Recycler Settles Disability Discrimination Suit for $90K
Aug 11 2021 // A Texas-based auto recycler will pay $90,000 to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit, officials said. In addition, K&L Auto Crushers in Tyler will furnish other relief to settle a disability...
Deputies Shot in Ambush File Lawsuit in California Against ‘Ghost Gun’ Kit Maker
Aug 11 2021 // Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies badly wounded in an ambush shooting last year sued a Nevada company for making the parts for a “ghost gun” used in the attack. The lawsuit alleges Polymer80 Inc....
Family of Man Killed in California by Police Putting Knee to His Neck Sues
Aug 11 2021 // Family members of a Navy veteran who died after a Northern California police officer pressed a knee to his neck for nearly five minutes during a mental health crisis filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Antioch, its...
Suit Accuses Brown University of Failing to Protect Women From Sexual Misconduct
Aug 11 2021 // Brown University has systematically and repeatedly failed to protect women from rape and other sexual misconduct, according to a federal class action lawsuit filed recently by four current and former female students. The...
Alibaba Scandal Sparks #MeToo Reverberations in C-Suites Across China
Aug 11 2021 // Few paid much attention when she first turned up at the center of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s packed cafeteria on Friday, a stack of leaflets in one hand and a megaphone in the other. It had been more than a week...
Alabama Lawsuit Says Minor League Baseball Manager Sexually Harassed Batboy
Aug 11 2021 // A former minor league batboy has filed a lawsuit accusing longtime major league shortstop Omar Vizquel of sexual harassment during Vizquel’s tenure as manager of the Birmingham Barons, an affiliate of the Chicago...
Trucking Companies Sued Over Alabama Crash That Killed 10
Aug 11 2021 // The driver of a girls home van in which eight children died in a fiery interstate crash in Alabama has filed suit against trucking companies based in California and Georgia and a driver, her lawyers said Monday. The...
New Mexico Lawsuit Says Guards Mistook Dentures for Contraband, Beat Inmate
Aug 10 2021 // A man was brutally beaten by corrections officers and denied medical treatment at a county jail in a small New Mexico community after guards mistook dentures in the inmate’s mouth for contraband, according to a...
Catholic Priest in South Carolina Placed on Leave After Lawsuit Over Sexual Relationship
Aug 10 2021 // A Catholic priest in South Carolina has been placed on leave after he was sued by a woman who said the pastor manipulated her into a sexual relationship. Father Wilbroad Mwape was removed at least temporarily as the pastor...
Netflix Must Face Defamation Lawsuit by Prosecutor Over Central Park Five Case
Aug 10 2021 // A federal judge on Monday ordered Netflix Inc. to face a defamation lawsuit by former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein over her portrayal as a racist and unethical villain in “When They See Us,” a 2019...
Epstein Accuser Sues Prince Andrew Claiming Sexual Abuse
Aug 10 2021 // Prince Andrew was sued in New York by a woman who claims she was recruited by Jeffrey Epstein as a teenager and “lent out” to powerful men, including the second son of Queen Elizabeth II, for sexual...
Panel Revives Jurisdictional Question in Louisiana Suits Against Oil Giants
Aug 9 2021 // The question of whether lawsuits blaming big oil companies for loss of vulnerable Louisiana coastal wetlands will be tried in state courts, as local parish governments want, or in federal courts, as the oil companies want,...
West Virginia Lawsuit Against Opioid Makers Scheduled for April 2022 Trial
Aug 9 2021 // A lawsuit filed by the state of West Virginia accusing several drug manufacturers of misrepresenting the risks of their painkilling drugs will go to trial next April, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Thursday. The...
