Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Graceland Expansion Lawsuit Against City of Memphis Dismissed
Oct 26 2020 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Elvis Presley Enterprises against the city of Memphis over a delay in approval for expansion plans at Graceland. U.S. District Judge Samuel Mays dismissed the complaint...
Black Man Shot by Iowa Police Settles Suit for $400K
Oct 26 2020 // A Black man who was shot by police outside an Iowa nightclub five years ago and alleged he was singled out because of his race has agreed to a nearly $400,000 settlement. Jovan Darnell Webb, 33, was wounded while...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed in California Over Woman Who Died After Ingesting Marijuana
Oct 26 2020 // The law firm CaseyGerry has filed a lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court on behalf of the parents of Le’Sharia Bre’Aun Steele, a 28-year old flight attendant from Alabama who died in San Diego, Calif. after...
Family Settles Suit Over Death of South Carolina High School Football Player
Oct 23 2020 // A South Carolina family has settled a lawsuit filed after a 14-year-old high school football player collapsed after an intense practice and died, news outlets reported. The suit, filed against Lexington County School...
Feds Ignore Risk of Huge Gulf Spills to Endangered Species, Suit Says
Oct 23 2020 // Environmental groups asked a federal court on Oct. 21 to throw out the Trump administration’s assessment of oil and gas activity’s likely effects on endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, saying it dismisses...
Pennsylvania Justices Review Priest Abuse Lawsuit’s Ruling on Time Limits
Oct 23 2020 // Pennsylvania’s highest court on Tuesday grappled with whether a woman’s lawsuit on claims of sexual abuse by a priest decades ago should be allowed to proceed – a lower-court ruling that has launched many...
Judge in North Carolina Favors Policyholders in COVID-19 Closure Lawsuit
Oct 23 2020 // A judge in Durham County, North Carolina has handed down what may be the nation’s first dispositive ruling in favor of policyholders in a COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit. Superior Court Judge Orlando F. Hudson...
Walmart Sues U.S. to Clarify Pharmacy Liability in Opioid Crisis
Oct 23 2020 // Walmart Inc. said on Thursday it had filed a lawsuit against the federal government, seeking clarity on the roles and legal responsibilities of pharmacists and pharmacies in filling opioid prescriptions. Walmart said...
Photographer Sues Over Univ. of Texas Mascot’s Pre-Sugar Bowl Charge
Oct 22 2020 // A photographer is suing the owners and handlers of the University of Texas’ live mascot for negligence, saying he suffered permanent neck and back injuries when the longhorn steer charged out of its pen and plowed...
Dell Sued in Dallas for Violation of Equal Pay Laws
Oct 21 2020 // Texas-based Dell Inc. violated federal law by paying lesser wages to a female IT analyst than it paid to a male employee performing work that required substantially equal skill, effort and responsibility, according to a...
Applied Underwriters Sues California Over ‘Bad Faith’ Insurer Conservatorship Plan
Oct 21 2020 // Workers’ compensation specialist Applied Underwriters is suing California Insurance Department officials to halt a state plan its says would force its workers’ compensation partner California Insurance Co....
Michigan Egg Producer Hit with Federal Sex Harassment, Retaliation Lawsuit
Oct 20 2020 // A Michigan-based egg producer is facing a federal lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation against a female employer. Konos Inc. was sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly...
Minnesota Trucking Firm to Pay $165K to Settle Federal Retaliation Lawsuit
Oct 19 2020 // A Minnesota-based transportation company will pay $165,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation case, federal officials say. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Stan Koch & Sons Trucking...
Oregon Gas Station Sued for Allegedly Denying Service
Oct 19 2020 // A Black man who said he was prohibited from buying gas by a white gas station attendant in Oregon has filed a $350,000 racial discrimination lawsuit against the station. Dominique DeWeese said in the lawsuit filed...
Wisconsin’s Tavern League Sues Over Bar, Restaurant Limits
Oct 16 2020 // The Tavern League of Wisconsin has sued Gov. Tony Evers’ administration over new limits on bar and restaurant capacity. The lawsuit by the powerful lobbying group, filed in Sawyer County, seeks to immediately block...
Family of Man Who Died After North Dakota Arrest Settles Lawsuit for $325K
Oct 16 2020 // The family of a man who died after being arrested by Valley City, N.D., police in 2018 has reached a settlement in a civil lawsuit against the city, Barnes County and two police officers. The family of 72-year-old Warren...
Las Vegas Resort Sued Over 2019 Fatal Shooting of Armed Man
Oct 16 2020 // The family of an armed man shot and killed by security guards in a suburban Las Vegas casino-resort last year is suing. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the son of 53-year-old Shannon Howell filed a wrongful...
Inmate Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled by Ohio County for $950K
Oct 15 2020 // An Ohio county council has voted to pay the estate of a man who killed himself at a troubled county jail $950,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. Gregory Fox, 36, was one of nine inmates who died between June 2018 and...
Dillard’s to Pay $900K to Resolve Federal Race Discrimination Lawsuit
Oct 15 2020 // Little Rock, Ark-based department store chain Dillard’s Inc. will pay $900,000, revise its job posting process, and furnish other relief to settle a federal lawsuit charging the company with failure to promote...
North Carolina Sues for Damages in ‘Forever Chemicals’ Release
Oct 15 2020 // The state of North Carolina sued on Tuesday to seek financial damages from companies associated with so-called “forever chemicals” released for decades from a Bladen County plant into the Cape Fear...
