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California Court Overturns Quincy Jones’ Win in Michael Jackson Lawsuit
May 7 2020 // A California appeals court on Tuesday overturned most of a 2017 jury verdict awarding Quincy Jones $9.4 million in royalties and fees from the Michael Jackson estate over the use of Jones-produced Jackson hits in the...
Executive And His Companies to Pay $1.8M to Settle California Harassment Suit
May 7 2020 // A former Northern California business executive and his companies will pay $1.8 million to settle a lawsuit by the state accusing him of sexually harassing a female employee, according to a newspaper report. California...
Royal Caribbean Sued in Miami Court Over Crew Member COVID-19 Death
May 7 2020 // The family of a cruise crew member who died after testing positive for COVID-19 filed a lawsuit against Royal Caribbean Cruises on Tuesday saying the company failed to protect its employees as the pandemic ravaged sailings...
Opinion: What If Public Employees Could Sue Government Over Covid-19?
May 7 2020 // Suppose you’re working in an essential industry and your employer hasn’t provided you with adequate personal protective equipment. Maybe you say to yourself, “Okay, there’s a shortage, they’re...
Lawsuit Over Worker Safety at Smithfield’s Missouri Pork Plant Dismissed
May 7 2020 // A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a worker advocacy group’s lawsuit accusing Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork processor, of failing to adequately protect employees from the novel coronavirus at...
Viewpoint: Insurance Denials, Proposed Legislation Raise Concerns
May 6 2020 // The arrival and spread of COVID-19 has had significant and far-reaching social and economic impacts upon individuals and businesses throughout the United States. In an effort to curtail the spread of the virus, local and...
Court Tosses $47M Arizona Lawsuit in Cross-Median Crash
May 6 2020 // A state appellate court has overturned rulings by a trial court and dismissed a lawsuit stemming from a cross-median crash that killed two women on Interstate 10 in southern Arizona in 2008. The Arizona Court of Appeals...
California Lawsuit Alleges 2 Companies Inflated Gas Prices
May 6 2020 // California sued two multinational gasoline trading companies Monday, alleging they ran a scheme that jacked up prices at the pump from 2015 to late 2016. Democratic Attorney General Xavier Becerra said the companies took...
Two Law Firms Seek British Businesses to Join Biz Interruption Lawsuit Against Allianz
May 6 2020 // Two law firms said on Tuesday they were gathering companies in Britain for a potential group lawsuit against German insurer Allianz for rejecting business interruption claims during the coronavirus pandemic. Edwin Coe and...
Transparency Is Key for Insurance Agents Handling Coronavirus Claims
May 6 2020 // Business interruption insurance has been a much-debated topic during the coronavirus crisis, with some businesses already pushing back against virus-related claim denials. In several cities, groups of businesses have filed...
Legal Sea Foods Restaurant Sues Over Business Losses Under Policy Issued March 1
May 6 2020 // A popular seafood restaurant chain that has been shuttered by the coronavirus and restrictions on dining has gone to court to get its insurer to pay for its business interruption losses. It believes its insurer is...
Alabama High Court Rejects Motorist Lawsuits Challenging Traffic Camera Tickets
May 6 2020 // The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday upheld the dismissal of lawsuits challenging the use of traffic cameras to ticket motorists. The lawsuits were filed by motorists who received tickets from traffic cameras in Midfield,...
California Attorney General and City Attorneys Sue Uber, Lyft for Worker Misclassification
May 5 2020 // California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the city attorneys of Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco, on Tuesday sued Uber and Lyft for misclassifying their drivers as independent contractors in violation of the...
Oklahoma AG Refiles Litigation Against Opioid Distributors
May 5 2020 // Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has refiled lawsuits against three opioid distributors in one of the state’s counties hit hardest by the opioid epidemic. The litigation previously filed as one case in Cleveland...
Students Sue Universities in North Carolina for Tuition Reimbursement
May 5 2020 // College students in North Carolina are suing universities in hopes of getting reimbursements for tuition and fees after campuses shut down and moved classes online during the coronavirus pandemic. The Raleigh News &...
Pilot Sues Colorado Hotel Over Dismissed Exposure Charge
May 4 2020 // A United Airlines pilot whose charge of indecent exposure was dismissed sued the Denver, Colo. airport hotel where his arrest occurred. An attorney for Andrew Collins filed the lawsuit against The Westin Denver...
Man Beaten in L.A. Dodgers Parking Lot Sues Team for Negligence
May 4 2020 // The Los Angeles Dodgers are being sued for negligence by a man who was attacked in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium and left with brain damage, his lawyers announced last month. The lawsuit, filed by Rafael Reyna and his...
Mississippi Gov Supports Lawsuit Protection for Businesses that Reopen
May 1 2020 // Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday that he will ask state lawmakers to provide legal protection for businesses that might be sued if they reopen and customers or employees become ill with COVID-19. “I am...
CEO Musk Replaces Tesla’s D&O Policy with ‘Personal Coverage’
May 1 2020 // Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk is getting into the insurance business again, sort of. Musk has cancelled his company’s directors and officers insurance (D&O), replacing it with a promise to personally provide...
Wisconsin High Court Won’t Let Unions Join Suit Against Stay-at-Home Order
Apr 30 2020 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court on April 28 refused a request by several labor unions to help defend Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ stay-at-home order from a Republican effort to overturn it. The order, which was issued by...
