Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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First Pitch: Fans Sue Major League Baseball Teams, Ticket Vendors for Refunds
Apr 22 2020 // A pair of fans in New York sued Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred and the 30 teams, asking for their money back for tickets and for certification of class-action status. The lawsuit was filed Monday in U.S....
Florida Dive Shop Alleges Insurer Breach of Contract, Bad Faith in BI Denial Suit
Apr 22 2020 // A dive shop in South Florida is one of the first businesses in the state to file suit against its insurer for the denial of a business interruption claim initiated because of the current coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit,...
Latest Class Actions Over Business Interruption Target 6 Insurers
Apr 21 2020 // A Minnesota dentist, an Ohio bridal shop and a New York pizzeria are among six small businesses that are the latest to sue insurers seeking compensation for business interruption claims due to the coronavirus crisis. The...
Houston-Area Manufacturer to Pay $225K to Settle Hiring Discrimination Suit
Apr 21 2020 // Champion Fiberglass Inc. (Champion), a Houston-area manufacturing company, has settled a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) accusing the company of discriminatory hiring practices. The...
Businesses Press Congress for Immunity When States Lift Coronavirus Lockdowns
Apr 21 2020 // Major U.S. business lobbying groups are asking Congress to pass measures that would protect companies large and small from coronavirus-related lawsuits when states start to lift pandemic restrictions and businesses begin...
New York Nurses Sue State and Two Hospitals Over ‘Inadequate’ Virus Protection
Apr 21 2020 // The New York State Nurses Association sued the state and two hospitals on Monday to force them to provide equipment and adopt safety measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among the association’s members in the...
Missouri Lawsuit: Christian Ministries Aliera, Trinity Healthshare Pushed Deceptive Plans
Apr 20 2020 // A Christian health care sharing ministry sold “inherently unfair and deceptive health plans” to Missouri residents and failed to provide them with coverage, a class action lawsuit alleges. The federal lawsuit...
Supreme Court Sides with BP Unit to Curtail Montana Superfund Cleanup Suits
Apr 20 2020 // The U.S. Supreme Court handed BP Plc unit Atlantic Richfield Co. a victory on Monday, making it harder for Montana landowners to seek a more extensive cleanup of a hazardous waste site than the federal government had...
Lawsuit Seeking Greater Protections for Washington Farmworkers
Apr 20 2020 // Advocates for farm workers in Washington state have filed a lawsuit against the state seeking safer working conditions as the harvest season begins amid a coronavirus pandemic. Thousands of workers are already pruning...
Businesses Fear Lawsuits from Sick Employees, Patrons After Reopening
Apr 20 2020 // Whenever U.S. stores, restaurants and theaters reopen from coronavirus shutdowns, they may face an unexpected problem: lawsuits from sick patrons and workers. Business owners hit hard by Covid-19 are eager to get back to...
Wisconsin’s Society Insurance Hit with Lawsuits Over Coronavirus Claim Denials
Apr 20 2020 // Two lawsuits have been filed in federal court in Illinois by a group of businesses that were forced to close their operations by government authorities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic over the denial of business...
D&O Insurance Coverage and Coronavirus: Avoiding Exclusions
Apr 20 2020 // Sometimes an article needs an introduction to put the subject in context for the reader. Sadly, no introduction is needed for the coronavirus. It will have affected everyone who reads this. Some will have suffered...
Utah School District Sued in Teacher Sexual Misconduct Case
Apr 17 2020 // Two former middle school students have sued the Ogden School District in Utah, claiming administrators failed to take action against a teacher accused of sexual misconduct. The lawsuit filed this week alleges 31-year-old...
North Carolina Diocese Faces 2 Suits Over Alleged Priest Abuse
Apr 17 2020 // Two lawsuits have been filed against the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte claiming two boys were sexually abused in separate instances by the two priests they sought out for help with personal problems decades ago. One of the...
Company Sued Over Massive Dust Cloud From Chicago-Area Demolition
Apr 17 2020 // The company whose weekend demolition of a former coal plant in Little Village sent a massive cloud of dust into Chicago’s nearby neighborhood apologized for causing “anxiety and fear.” However, the...
New Mexico Mom Suing Company for Overturned Bounce House That Trapped Children
Apr 17 2020 // A Santa Fe, N.M., woman is suing Meow Wolf after she says her children were injured when wind overturned the arts and entertainment company’s rented-bounce house. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports attorneys for Anita...
South Carolina Restaurants Sued for Over-Serving by Family of Boat Crash Victims
Apr 17 2020 // Family members of a South Carolina boat crash victim are suing two restaurants accused of serving too much alcohol to the man charged with causing the crash. The lawsuits filed Tuesday allege that the restaurants on Lake...
Washington Attorney General Sues Facebook Over Campaign Ads
Apr 16 2020 // Washington state is suing Facebook – again – for selling political ads without disclosing all necessary information about who’s behind them. Attorney General Bob Ferguson first sued Facebook over the issue in...
Judge Clears Way for Shareholder Suit Against Tesla, Musk Over Going-Private Tweet
Apr 16 2020 // A federal judge said Tesla Inc. and Chief Executive Elon Musk must face a lawsuit claiming they misled shareholders when Musk tweeted that he had secured funding to take his electric car company private in a $72 billion...
Harvard Professor Drops ‘Clickbait’ Lawsuit After NYT Alters Story
Apr 16 2020 // A Harvard University law professor dropped his defamation lawsuit against The New York Times on Monday after the newspaper changed the headline and first paragraph in a story relating to his views about donations from...
