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Where Purdue Pharma-Sackler Legal Maters Stand Now
Jan 30 2020 // OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and its controlling Sackler family have been negotiating with cities, counties and states on a proposed settlement worth an estimated $10 billion to resolve more than 2,600 lawsuits...
Family Sues Over Worker Death at Missouri Sawmill
Jan 30 2020 // The family of a 38-year-old man who died after falling into a wood chipper at a St. Joseph sawmill is suing the manufacturer of the machine. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that the minor children of Joshua Hill allege...
Universal Orlando Says Woman Suing Over Electrical Shock Was Negligent
Jan 30 2020 // A woman who claims she suffered an electric shock at a Universal Orlando water park last year has filed a lawsuit, but the theme park resort is blaming the woman for negligence. Universal Orlando filed a response last...
Houston-Area Manufacturer to Pay $35K to Settle Sex Harassment, Retaliation Suit
Jan 30 2020 // A plastics manufacturer in the Houston area has agreed to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit for $35,000. Element Plastics Mfg. LLC, based in Sugar Land, Texas, has settled the suit filed by the U.S. Equal...
Grocery Worker in Oregon Called Woman, Daughter Racist Slurs: Suit
Jan 30 2020 // A 45-year-old Portland, Ore. woman has filed a lawsuit accusing grocer Fred Meyer of racial discrimination after she said an employee called her racist slurs. Melita Bullitt said in the lawsuit that she was shopping with...
Group Preparing to Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution
Jan 29 2020 // A conservation group announced Monday that it’s preparing to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to enforce the Clean Water Act relating to pollution limits for the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay...
Oil Giant Total Sued by 14 French Cities, NGOs over Failure to Cut Carbon Emissions
Jan 28 2020 // Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming. The legal challenge is the...
Woman Sues Maine Motels for Ignoring Signs of Sex Trafficking
Jan 28 2020 // A former Maine resident is becoming the first woman in the state to join a national effort to force hotel and motel owners to compensate victims of sex trafficking. The woman, identified in court documents by the initials...
Virginia Woman Sues Animal Shelter Over Bite to Her Finger
Jan 28 2020 // A Virginia woman has sued a humane society that she says didn’t properly restrain a caged dog that bit her finger. Marie A. Franco-Wisnewski, 55, of Portsmouth, is seeking $240,000 in damages, plus costs and...
HOA Settles Suit with Florida Woman Who Fed Vultures, Gators for $53K
Jan 27 2020 // A Florida woman who fed vultures, alligators and other wildlife behind her gated-community home has agreed to pay $53,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by homeowners association. Palm Beach County Judge Scott Kerner...
South Carolina Homeowner Claims in Suit Airbnb Guest Threw Party, Trashed Home
Jan 27 2020 // The owner of an island home off South Carolina’s coast is suing Airbnb, claiming it only reimbursed him for a “fraction” of the damages that a guest who threw a big party did to his home. In a federal...
Oklahoma AG Settles with Opiate Maker Endo
Jan 27 2020 // for $8.75M; Sues 3 More Distributors By Ken Miller Oklahoma will receive $8.75 million from two pharmaceutical companies in a deal announced on Jan. 10 that will end legal action the state was considering against the...
Industry Calls On Florida Lawmakers to Reform Lawsuit Abuse
Jan 27 2020 // Florida lawmakers are considering a number of insurance-focused issues over the course of the 60-day 2020 Legislative Session that started Jan. 14. At the top of the list for industry and consumer advocates are reforms to...
Colorado Couple Will Get $50K After Dog Housing Lawsuit
Jan 27 2020 // The U.S. attorney’s office has ordered a Colorado homeowner’s association to pay $50,000 to a couple after they violated the Fair Housing Act by failing to allow a woman to stay in the complex with her...
California Sleep Apnea Company Pays $37.5M to Settle Kickback Lawsuits
Jan 27 2020 // ResMed, a San Diego, Calif.-based company that sells sleep apnea machines, will pay $37.5 million to settle allegations that it provided kickbacks to obtain customer referrals, federal prosecutors announced in...
Making Big Oil Pay for Climate Change May Be Impossible
Jan 24 2020 // Exxon Mobil dodged a bullet last month when a judge rejected a novel climate-change lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general. The case began with a promise from state officials that there would be a historic...
Hawaii Family Sues School Over Child’s Death While Kayaking
Jan 24 2020 // The family of a 5-year-old boy who died on a kayaking excursion filed a lawsuit against the school that conducted the trip. The family of Alaric Chiu filed the lawsuit last week against Mid-Pacific Institute citing...
Father Sues Police in Oregon for Using Stun Gun on 14-Year-Old
Jan 24 2020 // A father is suing Redmond, Ore. police because he says they used excessive force when they used a Taser stun gun on his 14-year-old son nearly two years ago. Michael Francisco filed the civil rights lawsuit last week in...
Judge Rejects City’s Plea to End Lawsuit Over Ohio Teen’s Death
Jan 23 2020 // An Ohio judge has decided to move forward with a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a 16-year-old student who died after being trapped by a fold-up vehicle seat, despite making two 911 calls. Hamilton County...
Michigan Company to Pay $125K to Settle Sexual Harassment, Retaliation Suit
Jan 23 2020 // A food production company based in Chesterfield Township, Mich., will pay $125,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, federal officials said. According to the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
