Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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W. Virginia High Court Nixes AG Consumer Protection Claim in Catholic Church Suit
Nov 19 2020 // West Virginia’s attorney general cannot use a consumer protection law to sue a Roman Catholic diocese over sexual abuse allegations, the state’s high court said Monday. The West Virginia Supreme Court issued...
Several Northern California Agencies Suing PG&E Over 2019 Wildfire
Nov 19 2020 // Sonoma County and several Northern California agencies sued Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Tuesday over damage caused by a wildfire that burned a large swath of land last year and caused nearly 100,000 people to...
Mobile Home Owner Files Lawsuit Stemming from Maine Blast
Nov 19 2020 // The owner of a mobile home park and other residences has filed a lawsuit against companies and a nonprofit group connected to the 2019 fatal propane explosion in Maine. The Farmington explosion killed fire Capt. Michael...
Restaurants Sue to Stop New Michigan Governor’s Ban on Dining
Nov 18 2020 // Just hours before another shutdown, a restaurant trade group sued on Nov. 17 to try to stop a ban on indoor dining, attacking the latest restrictions from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration in response to a wave...
Texas Officer, City Sued by Family of Black Woman Shot Through Window
Nov 18 2020 // Family members of a Black woman who was killed when a white police officer fired through a window of her mother’s Texas home have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer and the city. The federal lawsuit...
University of California Reaches $73M Sex Abuse Settlement
Nov 18 2020 // The prestigious University of California system has reached a proposed $73 million settlement with seven women who accused a former gynecologist of sexual abuse. As part of the class-action lawsuit, more than 6,600...
West Virginia Boarding School Settles Abuse Lawsuit for $52M
Nov 18 2020 // A lawsuit alleging widespread abuse at a now-closed northern West Virginia boarding school has been settled for $52 million. The lawsuit was filed by 29 students of the former Miracle Meadows School in Salem in 2017. It...
HSCM Bermuda Takes Majority Stake in Florida Insurer Southern Fidelity After Merger
Nov 18 2020 // After a tumultuous year that included double-digit rate increases, an intervention by the state regulator and a merger, Florida-based insurer Southern Fidelity Insurance Co. (SFIC) and its affiliated entities have ceded a...
Kansas College Settles Discrimination Lawsuit Over Athlete Recruitment
Nov 17 2020 // A small community college in northeast Kansas has settled a lawsuit accusing it of directing coaches to recruit more white athletes and subjecting Black students to excessive scrutiny such as background checks before...
Labor, Civil Rights Groups’ Lawsuit Claims Iowa Failed to Protect Workers
Nov 16 2020 // Eight Iowa labor and civil rights groups have filed a federal complaint alleging the state has failed to protect workers in meatpacking, dairy, construction, transportation, health care facilities, nursing homes and other...
Massachusetts Septic Hauler to Pay Fine to Settle Illegal Dumping Lawsuit
Nov 16 2020 // A Massachusetts septic hauling company has agreed to pay up to $500,000 to settle allegations that it dumped waste into a local town’s sewer system to avoid paying disposal fees. State Attorney General Maura Healey...
Ex-Employee Who Protested Safety Sues Amazon Alleging Bias in His Firing
Nov 13 2020 // A former Amazon.com Inc. worker who protested conditions at his New York City fulfillment center sued the retailer on Thursday, accusing it of discrimination for firing him and for putting Black and Hispanic workers at...
Louisiana Court Schedules Trial on First Coronavirus Business Interruption Lawsuit
Nov 12 2020 // A trial will begin Monday in what is thought to be the first lawsuit to be filed against an insurer for denying coverage for business-interruption losses caused by COVID-19 shutdown orders. Judge Paulette R. Irons ruled...
Bass Pro Shop Facing Lawsuit Over Alligator Meat Contract
Nov 12 2020 // Bass Pro Shops is being sued by a Louisiana seafood company that alleges the outdoor retailer did not buy enough alligator meat. Big Pop’s Fresh Louisiana Seafood alleges in a federal lawsuit filed last week that...
Meat Company Suing New Mexico to Remain Open After Virus Cases
Nov 12 2020 // A U.S. meat company that supplies Walmart and Costco is suing New Mexico to fight a state order that seeks to close a production facility where more than 100 workers have tested positive for COVID-19. The lawsuit from...
Insurance Tech Firm Insurity Acquires Personal Lines Management Suite CodeObjects
Nov 12 2020 // Insurance systems and data analytics provider Insurity reported that it has completed the acquisition of California-based CodeObjects, which offers a management program for personal lines. The deal expands Hartford-based...
Oakland Settling Final Lawsuit From Deadly Ghost Ship Fire
Nov 12 2020 // The Oakland City Council has agreed to pay $399,000 to settle the last lawsuit over a 2016 fire at an illegally converted warehouse dubbed the Ghost Ship that killed 36 people. The city doesn’t acknowledge any...
LA Times Paying $3M to Settle Journalist Discrimination Suit
Nov 12 2020 // The Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing have agreed to pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit that said minority journalists and women were paid less than white reporters. Nearly 240 current and former reporters and...
Employers Facing Wave of Lawsuits by Parents Fired During Pandemic
Nov 12 2020 // Parents who’ve lost their jobs during the pandemic are driving a surge of litigation, alleging their employers discriminated against them for taking care of their kids when schools closed. Since March, working...
Johnson Controls, Manpower to Pay $40K in Oklahoma Harassment/Retaliation Suit
Nov 10 2020 // Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI) and ManpowerGroup US Inc. (Manpower) have agreed to settle a federal lawsuit charging the companies with sexual harassment and retaliation against a worker at a JCI plant in Norman,...
