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Washington Port Commissioner Faces Suit over Helicopter Crash
Mar 8 2021 // Three people have filed a personal injury lawsuit against a Port of Skagit commissioner over alleged injuries sustained in a helicopter crash near Cypress Island. Helicopter passengers Christopher Neibauer and Ashley...
Judge Permits Suit Alleging Geico Overcharged Drivers During Pandemic
Mar 7 2021 // The auto insurer Geico Corp., a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., must face a proposed class action claiming it overcharged policyholders as the coronavirus pandemic led to less driving and fewer...
Louisiana AG Backs $100M Deal in Freeport McMoRan Coastal Damage Suit
Mar 5 2021 // Attorney General Jeff Landry has said he’s backing a $100 million settlement between a dozen coastal parishes and mining corporation Freeport McMoRan to end a lawsuit over damage to Louisiana’s coastal...
French Retailer Sued over Amazon Deforestation Linked to Cattle Raising
Mar 5 2021 // PARIS – Environmental groups and indigenous activists from the Amazon region filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a French court alleging that France-based supermarket chain Groupe Casino is violating human rights and...
Oregon Suit for $4.5M Filed Against Doctor Known for Dance Videos
Mar 5 2021 // A lawsuit alleges an Oregon Health & Science University doctor known for dancing in his scrubs on social media sexually harassed a coworker at Portland’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The Oregonian reported...
Companies Sued in Nevada Over Alleged Toxic Baby Food Products
Mar 4 2021 // Four baby food makers have been accused in Nevada state court of producing baby food tainted with toxic metals and harming at least seven Las Vegas children who were diagnosed with autism. Attorneys Will Kemp and Robert...
French Families Join Class Action After Thousands of COVID Deaths in Nursing Homes
Mar 4 2021 // PARIS – A Paris court [held] a hearing Wednesday in a class-action effort to hold French health authorities and companies accountable after thousands with the virus died in nursing homes, and families were locked out and...
State Sues Nebraska Ethanol Plant, Citing Pollution, Non-Compliance
Mar 3 2021 // State regulators have filed a lawsuit accusing a Nebraska ethanol plant of repeatedly failing to comply with their orders to clean up wastewater and old, pesticide-laced seed corn. The lawsuit comes amid growing complaints...
Colorado Senate Endorses Easing Civil Action Limits for Child Abuse Suits
Mar 3 2021 // Colorado’s Senate tentatively endorsed a bill this week to eliminate a six-year statute of limitations for victims of child sexual assault to pursue civil action against perpetrators, an effort lawmakers have...
Oregon City Paid Ex-Police Officer $250K to Settle Lawsuit
Mar 2 2021 // An officer who made headlines for excessive use of force allegations and a whistleblower lawsuit resigned from the Springfield Police Department at the end of 2020. Ryan Stone and City Manager Nancy Newton signed a...
Suit Claims Sidewalk Caused Man’s Death in Washington
Mar 1 2021 // A Clark County, Wash., woman has filed a lawsuit against the city of Vancouver claiming that poor sidewalk maintenance contributed to her brother’s death more than a year ago. According to the suit, filed in Clark...
Skier Sues Wyoming Resort for Alleged Chairlift Accident
Mar 1 2021 // A Colorado woman is suing a Wyoming ski resort for more than $75,000 in damages after she said she broke her ribs during a chairlift accident. Sabita Shrestha, 75, said she, her daughter and a Snow King Mountain Resort...
Maryland Capital Sues Oil, Gas Companies Over Climate Change
Mar 1 2021 // Maryland’s capital city has filed a lawsuit against 26 oil and gas companies, saying their industry was taking the environment to a point where fighting climate change would be difficult. The City of Annapolis filed...
Investor Suit Alleges Chemours Directors Misled About Firm’s Financials, Liabilities
Mar 1 2021 // Chemours Co.’s directors were accused in a lawsuit of duping shareholders about its financial health and the extent of its legal liability at the time it was spun off from a predecessor of DuPont de Nemours Inc. When...
Family of West Virginia Gov to Pay $270K in Suit Over Mine Discharges
Feb 26 2021 // A coal company controlled by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice must pay $270,000 to a nonprofit land protection group and comply with selenium discharge limits under a settlement approved by a federal...
Nebraska County to Pay $120K to Settle 911 Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Feb 26 2021 // Douglas County, Nebraska, has agreed to pay $120,00 to settle a lawsuit by the family of a woman who died while waiting nearly an hour for rescuers to find her Omaha home after she called 911. The Douglas County Board...
Texas Marine Services Firm to Pay $125K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
Feb 26 2021 // A Galveston, Texas-based marine services company, will pay $125,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit, federal officials say. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Judge Dismisses Georgia Lawsuit by Transgender Fire Chief Over Technicality
Feb 26 2021 // A federal judge has dismissed a discrimination lawsuit by a transgender fire chief who led a rural Georgia city’s fire department for more than a decade, then got fired 18 months after first coming to work as a...
Auto Insurers Slam Nevada Pandemic Lawsuits
Feb 25 2021 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association is responding strongly to new litigation the group says is an attempt to capitalize on the ongoing pandemic by targeting the auto insurance marketplace. Class action...
Nevada Lawsuits Filed Against Auto Insurers over Rates in Pandemic
Feb 25 2021 // Class action lawsuits were filed in Nevada against 10 major auto insurance companies this week, contending that the companies charged excessive insurance premiums during the pandemic by failing to account for a drop in...
