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Bankruptcy Judge Grants Purdue Pharma Time Out from Government Opioid Litigation
Oct 13 2019 // Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners won a temporary reprieve from nearly 2,700 opioid lawsuits, giving the bankrupt drugmaker time to clinch a deal that would atone for its role in America’s addiction...
Alaska Supreme Court Will Hear Youth’s Climate Change Lawsuit
Oct 10 2019 // The Alaska Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a lawsuit that claims state policy on fossil fuels is harming the constitutional right of young Alaskans to a safe climate. Sixteen Alaska youths in 2017 sued the...
Holocaust Survivors Want Congress to Let Them Sue Insurers Over Nazi-Era Losses
Oct 10 2019 // When David Schaecter was a child in Slovakia in the 1930s, he counted more than 100 people in his extended family. By the end of World War II, he alone survived. The rest had been killed in Nazi concentration camps or by...
Suit Against BNSF over Missouri Railroad Crossing Crash Moved to Federal Court
Oct 9 2019 // A Kansas truck driver alleges in a lawsuit that two rail cars were “uncontrolled” when they struck his semi as he drove over a stretch of unmarked tracks in southwest Missouri in the dark. The Springfield...
Halliburton to Settle National Origin, Religious Discrimination Suit for $275K
Oct 9 2019 // Houston-based Halliburton Energy Services Inc. will pay $275,000 and furnish other relief to settle a national origin and religious discrimination lawsuit, federal officials say. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Massachusetts Lawsuit Against Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Crisis Will Move Forward
Oct 9 2019 // A judge has rejected a request by the billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma LP to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts over their role in the state’s opioid crisis. The decision by Superior Court Judge Janet...
Shell Units Sued in U.K. over Massive Nigerian Oil Spill in 2011
Oct 9 2019 // Two Royal Dutch Shell Plc units were sued over their involvement in one of the largest oil spills in Nigeria’s history. Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Co. and Shell International Trading & Shipping...
Food Workers Sue to Stop Trump Plan to Speed Up Pig Slaughterhouse Lines
Oct 8 2019 // A food workers’ union filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block a Trump administration move to end limits on the speed of pork slaughter lines, arguing the new rule would lead to more injuries among employees and...
Vermont Town Sues Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors for Damages
Oct 8 2019 // A Vermont town has filed suit seeking damages against opioid manufacturers and related companies. The town of Bennington is being represented by attorneys from two firms that have been involved in similar suits filed in...
Two Midwest School Districts Join Lawsuit Wave Against Juul Over Vaping
Oct 8 2019 // Two public school districts on Monday sued Juul Labs Inc, accusing the company of endangering their students and draining their resources by marketing its addictive e-cigarettes to teenagers. The St. Charles, Missouri, and...
Southwest Pilots Sue Boeing for Lost Pay, Legal Costs Over ‘Rush’ Sale of 737 Max
Oct 8 2019 // The union for Southwest Airlines Co. pilots sued Boeing Co., saying the manufacturer rushed output of the 737 Max jet to stay competitive, withholding key information about a feature that contributed to two fatal crashes...
New York AG Tells Court Opioid Crisis Damage ‘Dwarfs’ Drugmakers’ Resources
Oct 8 2019 // The public cost of coping with the opioid crisis in the U.S. “dwarfs” the combined resources of the companies sued for allegedly causing the epidemic, including OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP, a lawyer for...
Supreme Court Lets Stand Claim Applying Disabilities Act to Online Services
Oct 7 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by Domino’s Pizza Inc. to avoid a lawsuit by a blind man who accused the company of violating a law barring discrimination against people with disabilities after he was...
City of Vancouver Files Lawsuit Against Major Opioid Producers, Suppliers
Oct 7 2019 // The city of Vancouver has filed a lawsuit against major opioid producers and suppliers, joining a long list of cities seeking restitution for the drug’s impact on their communities. The Columbian reports the lawsuit...
States Suing Purdue Pharma Claim Sacklers Drew $13 Billion Profit from OxyContin
Oct 7 2019 // OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP steered up to $13 billion in profits to the company’s controlling Sackler family, according to U.S. states opposing efforts to halt lawsuits alleging the company and its owners helped...
Lawsuit Says Colorado Railroad Ignited Fires Prior to Wildfire
Oct 7 2019 // A federal lawsuit says nearly 50 fires in Colorado were ignited by a railroad company in the weeks leading up to a major wildfire. The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad caused the smaller fires along its tracks...
2 Vaping Sellers Settle Suit in Los Angeles for $350K, Won’t Sell to Minors
Oct 7 2019 // Two vaping companies have agreed not to promote their products to minors under a settlement with Los Angeles prosecutors. The city attorney’s office announced a lawsuit settlement in late September with NEwhere Inc....
Update on Lawsuits Targeting Vaping; Litigation Expected to Grow
Oct 7 2019 // Several deaths and potentially hundreds of illnesses tied to e-cigarettes, which allow users to inhale nicotine vapor, often flavored, without smoking, have been reported by U.S. health agency. Lawsuits on behalf of young...
Is Your Website ADA Compliant?
Oct 7 2019 // There’s trouble facing businesses nationwide, including those in the insurance space, coming in the form of lawsuits on behalf of visually impaired individuals against the owners and operators of websites not...
Man Sues Oregon Fertility Clinic Over Donated Sperm Used for 17 Kids
Oct 4 2019 // A man who says his donated sperm was used to father at least 17 children in violation of an agreement that allowed for no more than five has sued an Oregon fertility clinic. Dr. Bryce Cleary believes it’s possible...
