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Judge Permits McDonald’s Suit Against Ex-CEO Over Alleged Sexual Affairs Cover-Up
Feb 3 2021 // A Delaware judge on Tuesday rejected former McDonald’s Corp. Chief Executive Stephen Easterbrook’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by the fast-food chain seeking to recoup millions of dollars in severance pay because...
Shareholder Lawsuit Alleges Tyson Misled About COVID-19 Protocols
Feb 3 2021 // U.S. meat and poultry processor Tyson Foods Inc. was sued on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding shareholders with misleading disclosures about its ability to combat the spread of the coronavirus in its facilities. The...
Georgia Law Blocks Families of Nursing Home Residents from Suing Over COVID Deaths
Feb 2 2021 // A suburban Atlanta nursing home where 22 people died from COVID-19 has been faulted by state inspectors for failing to control infections, but relatives of people who died say they can’t sue because Georgia lawmakers...
Cheerleader Sues Northwestern University; Alleges Harassment, Cover-Up
Feb 1 2021 // A Northwestern cheerleader is suing the university, saying she was groped by drunken fans and alumni at school-sanctioned events and administrators tried to cover up her complaints, the Chicago Tribune reported. Hayden...
Las Vegas Bus Company, Driver Hit with Lawsuit in Crash
Feb 1 2021 // A lawsuit was filed against a Las Vegas-based tour bus company and one of its drivers after a crash last week that killed one person and critically injured three others. The bus with more than 40 people aboard rolled over...
Lawsuit Holds Police in Oregon City Negligent in Man’s Death
Feb 1 2021 // The sister of an Oregon man who died of asphyxiation in a Eugene police car after wrapping a seatbelt around his neck has filed a $9 million wrongful death suit against the city and police department. The federal civil...
2 California Customers Sue Subway over Tuna
Feb 1 2021 // Two San Francisco Bay Area residents have sued the fast-food chain Subway alleging that its tuna is “anything but tuna” and calling it “tuna salad” constitutes fraud and false...
Insurance Déjà Vu: Vaccines, AI, Litigation, Recession Made Headlines 10 Years Ago
Feb 1 2021 // How much have things changed for the insurance industry in the past decade? Judging by feature headlines from Insurance Journal published in February 2011, many of the issues and themes talked about then are again, or...
Analysis: User Pact, Section 230 Likely to Shield Robinhood, Reddit From Lawsuits
Feb 1 2021 // Robinhood Markets Inc.’s user agreement is likely to protect the brokerage app from a barrage of lawsuits filed by customers after it blocked a frenzied trading rally in companies such as GameStop Corp. that was...
Lawsuit Over 2017 Connecticut Training Flight Crash Is Settled
Jan 29 2021 // The sister of a student pilot who died in a small plane crash in Connecticut in 2017 has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against the flight school she accused of failing to maintain the aircraft. Terms of the settlement...
Texas Holiday Inn Owner Sued for Firing Pregnant Employee
Jan 29 2021 // Federal officials have sued the owner of a Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Corpus Christi, Texas, for firing a temporary employee because she was pregnant, Awon Phie LLC, doing business as the Holiday Inn Express &...
North Dakota Bills Would Shield Businesses from Virus Lawsuits
Jan 28 2021 // Some North Dakota lawmakers are pushing legislation aimed at shielding businesses and health care facilities from lawsuits over customers’ or employees’ COVID-19 exposure, despite criticism that it may be...
Lawsuit Alleges Negligence in Deadly Ohio Medical Helicopter Crash
Jan 28 2021 // A wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed against an air ambulance company over a medical helicopter crash in snowy weather that killed the three central Ohioans on board. The suit alleges Survival Flight and operator Viking...
Suit Dismissed Against Nebraska Shop That Sold Alcohol to Minor Who Died
Jan 28 2021 // The family of a 17-year-old Nebraska boy who died in a car wreck after he bought liquor cannot recover damages from the Kwik Shop where the alcohol was illegally sold, a Douglas County District Judge has ruled. Judge...
Mother of Teen Who Died Suing Center in Oregon for $13M
Jan 28 2021 // The mother of a Portland, Ore., teen who died by suicide shortly after medical staff allegedly evaluated and released him from the Unity Center for Behavioral Health has filed a $13 million lawsuit. Leila Mesch’s...
Judge Rules Former CBS Shareholders Can Sue Over ViacomCBS Merger
Jan 28 2021 // A Delaware judge on Wednesday said former CBS shareholders may pursue a lawsuit accusing Shari Redstone, the daughter of late media magnate Sumner Redstone, of pressuring the company into entering an unfair merger that...
Florida Introduces Bill to Protect Businesses from COVID-19 Lawsuits
Jan 27 2021 // Florida businesses would be protected from coronavirus lawsuits if they made a good effort to follow state-issued guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19 under a proposal approved Monday at its first Senate committee...
Investor Sues Drugmaker Astrazeneca Over Coronavirus Vaccine Testing Claims
Jan 27 2021 // AstraZeneca PLC was sued by a pension fund on behalf of investors who it says suffered losses because of flaws in the company’s testing of its coronavirus vaccine. For much of last year, the Cambridge, England-based...
Parents of Maryland Teen Who Died in Class File Lawsuit
Jan 27 2021 // The parents of an autistic Maryland teenager who died in class after choking on a glove have filed a lawsuit against school officials, saying negligence led to their son’s death. Bryan and Tanya Levy, the parents of...
Texas Governor Urging Protections for Businesses from Virus-Related Lawsuits
Jan 26 2021 // Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he is pushing state lawmakers to protect individuals and companies that opened businesses during the pandemic against coronavirus-related lawsuits. While the governor did not provide specifics...
