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How Exxon’s Climate Change Trial Ended Up Being About Numbers
Oct 25 2019 // Climate change protesters outside a Manhattan courthouse this week expressed overwhelming support for New York’s landmark securities fraud lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, even if they weren’t entirely sure what...
Oklahoma County to Pay $12.5M to Settle Suit Over Inmate Death
Oct 24 2019 // Officials in northern Oklahoma have agreed to pay $12.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of an inmate in a restraint chair at the county jail. According to court records, the Garfield County Board of...
Woman Sues Oregon Clinic Claiming of Past Abuse by Pediatrician
Oct 24 2019 // A woman who says she was repeatedly sexually abused by her pediatrician has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the doctor’s former medical clinic in Oregon. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that the woman says the...
Several States Have Doubts About $48 Billion Opioid Settlement Offer
Oct 24 2019 // Several U.S. states that have been ravaged by the opioid epidemic are pushing back on a proposed $48 billion settlement framework that would resolve thousands of lawsuits against five drug companies accused of fueling the...
Family of Alabama Student Awarded $9M in Wrongful Death, Med Mal Suit
Oct 23 2019 // The family of an Alabama college student who died from complications of improperly prescribed birth control medication has been awarded $9 million in their wrongful death, medical malpractice suit. Court records obtained...
Ex-Salon Chief Suing Wynn Resorts for Spying on Him
Oct 22 2019 // A former beauty salon director who went public about sexual misconduct allegations against casino mogul Steve Wynn nearly two years ago is suing Wynn Resorts and company executives, alleging they invaded his privacy and...
After Avoiding Ohio Trial, Drug Firms Turn to Local Government Opioid Lawsuits
Oct 22 2019 // Four large drug companies could resume talks on Tuesday to try to reach a $48 billion settlement of all opioid litigation against them, after agreeing with two Ohio counties to a $260 million deal to avert the first...
Settling Opioid Suits Probably Won’t End the Crisis: Viewpoint
Oct 21 2019 // Imagine you’re the chief executive officer of a large pharmaceutical corporation with an important drug that’s under attack. More than 2,500 lawsuits have been filed against your company. The plaintiffs...
County in Washington Files Lawsuit Against JUUL
Oct 21 2019 // A Washington state county has filed a lawsuit against e-cigarette maker JUUL after a dozen confirmed cases of vaping-related lung illness in the state. KOMO-TV reports that King County’s claim accuses JUUL and its...
Update on Opioid Lawsuits Against Drugmakers, Distributors
Oct 21 2019 // On Monday, two Ohio counties reached a last-minute settlement with four companies they accused of fueling the nationwide opioid epidemic. The counties were seeking billions of dollars to cover the cost of addiction...
Financial, Legal Advisors Scamming Elderly Has Become Big Business
Oct 21 2019 // Terry Ann McIntosh’s financial nightmare began four years ago, soon after she hired a caregiver through a family services website. McIntosh, then 75 and in a wheelchair, had assumed that the young woman who...
Russia Aims to Boost Arctic Shipping by Subsidizing Higher Costs, Including Insurance
Oct 21 2019 // Russia wants to make its Arctic waters more attractive to shippers than the Suez Canal and could be willing to compensate for potential risks to make that happen. President Vladimir Putin has made development of the Arctic...
Iowa School District Settles 3rd Firing-Related Lawsuit for $1M
Oct 18 2019 // The Waukee, Iowa, school district has settled the last of three lawsuits filed by former employees who alleged they were retaliated against for exposing wrongdoing by the district’s former chief operating...
Idea Exchange: Missouri Court Rulings Conflict with Insurer Right to Intervene Protections
Oct 18 2019 // The Western District of the Missouri Court of Appeals recently issued opinions that effectively strip any practical effect from a Missouri amendment made to provide certain protections to insurers. In Aguilar v. GEICO Cas....
Wisconsin Jury Awards $450K in Sandy Hook Defamation Lawsuit
Oct 17 2019 // A jury in Wisconsin has awarded $450,000 to the father of a boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting after he filed a defamation lawsuit against conspiracy theorist writers who claimed the massacre never...
Formosa Plastics Agrees to Pay $50M to Settle Texas Water Pollution Suit
Oct 16 2019 // Petrochemical manufacturer Formosa Plastics has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a lawsuit in which a judge ruled the company illegally dumped billions of plastic pellets and other pollutants into Lavaca Bay and other...
Suit Challenges Michigan Insurance Director Fox over $250K Benefit Cap
Oct 16 2019 // The administrator of a plan that covers the medical expenses of uninsured non-drivers who are injured in car crashes is suing the state of Michigan, alleging that a regulator’s recent orders conflict with the...
Ryan Specialty Group Acquires Assets, Operations of Pennsylvania’s The Suitelife
Oct 16 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC has acquired the assets and operations of The Suitelife, a program manager specializing in boutique hotels, premier and full service hotels, hotel management companies, condo hotels and resorts...
Good Grief: Dollywood Sued by Copyright Owners of Charlie Brown Christmas Song
Oct 15 2019 // The copyright owners of the “Charlie Brown Christmas” theme song have sued Dollywood in federal court for copyright infringement. News outlets report the complaint says the East Tennessee theme park named for...
Does the Cloud of Vaping-Related Injuries Portend a Storm of Litigation? – Cannabis Industry Alert
Oct 15 2019 // Electronic cigarettes and vaping have been heralded by many as a safer alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes. A recent outbreak of illnesses allegedly related to vaping, however, has ignited public hysteria and...
