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Investor Lawsuit Against Bayer Cites ‘Disastrous’ Monsanto Acquisition
Mar 9 2020 // A Bayer AG investor sued the board and other top company officials, claiming the “disastrous” 2018 acquisition of Monsanto Co. eroded the company’s share value by saddling it with potentially billions of...
Cost Unclear as Ohio State Settles Suits Over Doc Abuse
Mar 9 2020 // Ohio State reached an unspecified settlement with nearly half of the roughly 350 men who say they were sexually abused decades ago by a team doctor who was jokingly known among some athletes by nicknames like “Dr....
James River Accuses 52 South Carolina Residents of Faking Uber Accidents
Mar 9 2020 // Some South Carolina residents deliberately caused hit-and-run accidents while in Uber rides as part of an insurance scam, a car insurance company says in a lawsuit. The lawsuit from James River Insurance says 52 people...
New Mexico AG Sues Google for Collecting Personal Data of School Children
Mar 9 2020 // New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas filed a lawsuit against Google LLC alleging the tech giant is illegally collecting personal information from New Mexico school children under 13 in violation of the Federal...
Oregon Resort Sued For $30M After Deaths of Skier, Snowboarder
Mar 9 2020 // The families of a skier and snowboarder who died on the same day at a central Oregon ski area jointly filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking $30 million. The lawsuit filed in late February in Deschutes County Circuit Court...
Ex-Athletes Sue University of Michigan Alleging Sex Abuse by Doctor
Mar 6 2020 // Three former athletes at the University of Michigan have filed lawsuits against the school, alleging that a late doctor sexually assaulted them while the men were members of the football and hockey teams in the 1980s. The...
Drug Industry to Pay $1.25B to Settle Opioid Suits with West Virginia
Mar 5 2020 // Communities in West Virginia say they would get $1.25 billion from the drug industry in a proposed settlement that would end most of the litigation stemming from the opioid crisis in the state. The deal would be the first...
Chuck E. Cheese Sued Over Hair Stuck in Ticket Machine at Oregon Location
Mar 5 2020 // A woman is suing a family entertainment center saying her hair got caught in a machine at the Southeast Portland center for 20 minutes. Ashreana Scott is suing CEC Entertainment, also known as Chuck E. Cheese family fun...
Ex-Tenant Sues Oregon RV Park for $555K over Living Conditions
Mar 5 2020 // A former tenant at an RV park south of Warrenton, Ore., has filed a lawsuit against the owner alleging negligence over living conditions in a trailer. Sandra Holloway moved into a “dry trailer” at Sunset Lake...
Lawsuits Against Businesses Over Coronavirus Have Begun. More to Come?
Mar 4 2020 // The coronavirus has upended markets, disrupted supply chains and forced quarantines. It’s all fertile ground for lawsuits. Hospitals, restaurants, day care centers, nursing homes and hotels may face claims that they...
Delaware Judge Holds Hearing in Lawsuit Over Hidden Bathroom Camera
Mar 4 2020 // A Delaware judge is holding a hearing in a lawsuit over the secret filming of women and girls in a restaurant bathroom. Tuesday’s hearing involves a lawsuit filed in 2018 by the mother of two young girls. The...
Texas Industrial Painting Services Firm Settles Federal Disability Discrimination Suit
Mar 3 2020 // An industrial painting company in Beaumont, Texas, has settled a federal lawsuit that alleged it unlawfully fired a worker because of his medically prescribed methadone. Steel Painters LLC, an industrial sandblasting and...
Georgia Senate Bill Aims to Limit Civil Lawsuits in the State
Mar 2 2020 // A Georgia Senate bill backed by Republicans aims to take on the tall task of limiting lawsuits in state courts, citing high legal costs faced by businesses. Senate Bill 415, sponsored by state Sen. Steve Gooch of...
California Residents Sue Nearby Cannabis Growers Over Smell
Mar 2 2020 // The smell of marijuana has driven some residents of the Southern California city of Carpinteria to sue local growers. The lawsuit filed last week contends the growers should seal their greenhouses and use...
Oregon Resort Sued For $30M After Deaths of Skier, Snowboarder
Mar 2 2020 // The families of a skier and snowboarder who died on the same day at a central Oregon ski area jointly filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking $30 million. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Deschutes County Circuit Court...
Tennessee Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal by Drug Makers in Opioid Suit
Feb 28 2020 // The Tennessee Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from pharmaceutical companies asking to be dismissed as defendants in an opioid lawsuit. The suit was filed in Campbell County in 2017 by six Tennessee district...
Illinois Limousine Service to Pay $30K to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit
Feb 28 2020 // M&M Limousine Service in Des Plaines, Ill., will pay a deaf job applicant $30,000 to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
Supreme Court Rejects Stricter Deadline for Employee Claims Against Retirement Plans
Feb 27 2020 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to back stricter deadlines for workers to sue retirement plans over alleged mismanagement, ruling Intel Corp. cannot avoid a suit accusing it of unlawfully making high-risk...
Oklahoma AG to Refile Suits Against Opioid Distributors in State Court
Feb 26 2020 // Oklahoma is dismissing its federal lawsuit against three of the nation’s largest opioid distributors and will refile new lawsuits in state court against each company individual, state Attorney General Mike Hunter...
Lawsuit Alleges University of Maryland Fed Gluten to Student with Celiac Disease
Feb 26 2020 // A student who has celiac disease says in a lawsuit that a Maryland state university deliberately served her food containing gluten. The lawsuit from Allegany County native Hannah Smith said the University of Maryland,...
