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Parents of Oregon Man Who Died in Fire File $6M Suit
Feb 21 2020 // The parents of a man who died in a fire in Portland, Ore., have filed a nearly $6 million lawsuit against the apartment owners and the man accused of setting the fire. Batool and Ali Alhaji have filed a lawsuit over the...
Ohio Megachurch Ex-Pastor Settles Lawsuit Alleging Sex Abuse
Feb 21 2020 // A confidential settlement was reached in a former Ohio megachurch pastor’s lawsuit alleging televangelist Ernest Angley sexually abused and harassed him over a decade, starting in 2004. The allegations by Brock...
Missouri School District Sued for $2.4M Over Girl’s Arrest
Feb 21 2020 // A woman whose daughter was wrongfully arrested at a middle school is suing the Columbia school district and police department. Kandas Holmes-Barnes is seeking a total of $2.4 million from the Columbia Public Schools and...
Bills in Congress, States Seek to Curb Litigation Funding
Feb 20 2020 // Lawmakers in three states and in Congress have introduced bills to impose more controls on litigation funding companies, which insurers contend are one of the factors leading to an increase in “nuclear...
Ex-Student, University of Arkansas, Settle Rape Lawsuit
Feb 20 2020 // The University of Arkansas and a former student reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit alleging school officials acted with “deliberate indifference” after she reported being sexually assaulted by another...
Suit Against Army Corps for Post-Harvey Flooding Dismissed by Federal Judge
Feb 20 2020 // A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers isn’t liable for flood damage to thousands of Houston homes after the agency cracked open the gates on two massive dams in the wake of Hurricane...
Oregon Bar Sued for $2.1M for Over-Serving Man Who Killed 2
Feb 20 2020 // The estate of a man who was killed in a drunken driving crash in 2017 and a crash victim who survived are suing the Prineville, Ore., bar that over-served driver Justin Bittick. The estate of Stephan Mitchell Leader-Bowles...
Suit: Iowa’s Drake U., Fraternity Negligent in Dangerous Hazing Event
Feb 19 2020 // A student is suing Drake University in Des Moines, along with a fraternity at the school and several fellow students for an unspecified amount after he said he nearly died from a hazing incident. Court documents filed Feb....
Employment Liability Insurers See Plenty to Worry About, From Biometrics to Harassment
Feb 19 2020 // After Back to the Future 2 was released in 1989, moviegoers could observe Marty McFly as he traveled to his version of 2015 where fingerprints were used to identify a person, to unlock the front door of a house and to pay...
Group Sues California Commissioner over Public Records of Dealings with Insurance Executives
Feb 18 2020 // A non-profit consumer group announced on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit to compel California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the California Department of Insurance to hand over records of Lara’s meetings and...
Suit Alleges Ex-Pharmacist in Pennsylvania Fired for Not Trying Medical Marijuana
Feb 18 2020 // A former Pennsylvania pharmacist is suing the medical marijuana dispensary where she worked on allegations she was fired after refusing to illegally sample the shop’s products. Carol Kopiak, of Wilkes-Barre, filed a...
Iowa District to Pay $4.8M to Settle Suit Over Deadly School Bus Fire
Feb 18 2020 // A western Iowa school district will pay $4.8 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of 16-year-old girl who died in a 2017 school bus fire that also killed the bus driver. Riverside Community School District has...
Gun-Selling Website Sued by Widow of Slain Chicago Police Commander
Feb 18 2020 // The widow of a slain Chicago Police Department commander has filed a lawsuit against the website used to sell the gun tied to her husband’s death. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Erin Bauer and the nonprofit gun...
Idaho Football Players Win Settlement in False Arrest Lawsuit
Feb 18 2020 // A Utah county agreed to pay more than $10,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by two Idaho State University football players who said they were falsely arrested during a bank robbery investigation. Nehemiah McFarlin and Atoatasi...
Lawsuit Alleges Pennsylvania School District Knew About Lead, Asbestos Contamination
Feb 14 2020 // Current and former employees of a Pennsylvania school district claimed in a lawsuit filed Monday that officials knew for years that unsafe levels of lead and asbestos posed potential health risks for students and staff but...
New Colorado Law Tackles Employee Equity, Investment in Startup Cannabis Industry
Feb 13 2020 // The startup-laden cannabis industry is probably just right for those who are willing to forego a few extra dollars on their paychecks for the possibility of a bigger payout later when the company grows or goes...
State Lawsuit Alleges Juul Advertised Vaping on Teen Websites
Feb 13 2020 // E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. bought online advertisements on teen-focused websites for Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Seventeen magazine after it launched its product in 2015, according to a lawsuit filed on...
Five Sue Driver of Trash Truck Struck by GOP Train in 2018
Feb 13 2020 // Two years after a train carrying Republican members of Congress collided with a garbage truck, five passengers have filed lawsuits against the driver, trash company and train conductor. Dana Naylor Jr., 32, was acquitted...
Woman Sues Idaho Church After Church Van Crashes in Oregon
Feb 13 2020 // A young woman from Idaho who sustained a traumatic brain injury in a 2018 van crash while traveling to a Christian conference in Portland, Ore. with her youth group is suing the church and the youth pastor who was driving...
Missouri Officer Told to ‘Tone Down’ Gayness Settles Lawsuit for $10.25M
Feb 12 2020 // Missouri’s St. Louis County has agreed to a $10.25 million settlement with a gay police lieutenant who says he was passed over for promotion 23 times and was told to “tone down” his...
