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Texas High Court Clarifies Bad Faith in Appraisal Process
Aug 2 2019 // An insurer’s payment of the appraisal value after disputing a claim does not establish that it was liable, nor does that payment prevent a policyholder from pursuing penalties under the Prompt Payment of Claims Act,...
Louisiana Flood Victims End Lawsuit Against Trump, HUD Over Disaster Aid
Aug 2 2019 // Two Louisiana homeowners who sued the Trump administration over federal policies that stalled grants for victims of a massive 2016 flood have dropped their lawsuit, after the administration recently released new...
Hawaii Retailers Sued for Mislabeling Kona Brew
Aug 2 2019 // Hawaii coffee farmers have filed a lawsuit against major retailers after scientific tests confirm Kona coffee is mislabeled as authentic. West Hawaii Today reported Tuesday that three Kona coffee farmers say a coffee...
Family of Florida Man Killed in Autopilot Crash Sues Tesla
Aug 2 2019 // Tesla Inc. was sued for the second time in three months by the family of a car owner who was killed in a crash while using the driver-assistance system Autopilot. Jeremy Banner, 50, died when the Model 3 sedan he was...
State, Local Governments Debate How to Best Allocate Any Opioid Settlement Funds
Aug 2 2019 // The roughly 2,000 state and local governments suing the drug industry over the deadly opioid crisis have yet to see any verdicts or reach any big national settlements but are already tussling with each other over how to...
Gun Maker Appeals to Supreme Court Over Liability for Sandy Hook
Aug 2 2019 // The maker of the assault-style rifle used in the 2012 mass shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut, school asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a court ruling that allowed families of the victims to sue the...
Official: Harris County Sues Exxon Over Air Pollution from Petrochemical Fire
Aug 1 2019 // Exxon Mobil Corp. was hit with a lawsuit on Thursday over pollution from a fire at the company’s Baytown Olefins Plant, according to an attorney for Harris County, Texas, which filed the suit. The fire was being...
University Lawsuit Accuses Big Retailers of Infringing ‘Reinvented’ Light Bulb Patent
Jul 31 2019 // Five major retailers, including Amazon.com Inc and Walmart Inc, were sued on Tuesday by the University of California over what it called the “existential threat” when foreign manufacturers infringe...
Kentucky Teen’s $250M Defamation Suit Against Washington Post Dismissed
Jul 31 2019 // A federal judge has thrown out a Kentucky teen’s lawsuit accusing the Washington Post of falsely labeling him a racist following an encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial. Nicholas Sandmann, a...
Lawsuit: Tennessee City Violated Civil Rights in Disbanding Police Department
Jul 30 2019 // A Tennessee city is accused of violating the civil rights of its police department when it abruptly disbanded the agency last month. The Tennessean reports Ridgetop police chief Bryan Morris and the department’s four...
Detroit Company to Pay $120K to Settle Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
Jul 30 2019 // Federal officials say an airline ramp and cargo handling company that operated at Detroit Metropolitan Airport will pay $120,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit. The suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
NiSource Settles Massachusetts Gas Explosion Lawsuits for $143M
Jul 30 2019 // Utility operator NiSource Inc on Monday said it will pay $143 million to resolve class action lawsuits brought by residents and businesses that suffered losses caused by a series of gas explosions in three Massachusetts...
EPA Official: Montana Site Suited for Superfund Status
Jul 29 2019 // A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official says a Montana area emitting toxic vapors is a candidate to become a federal Superfund site. The Billings Gazette reports contaminants from old dry cleaning solvents are...
Canadian Firm Sues Oklahoma Marijuana Dispensary for Copyright Infringement
Jul 26 2019 // A Canadian children’s entertainment company is suing an Oklahoma medical cannabis dispensary chain accusing it of copyright infringement. The Tulsa World reports that Nelvana Enterprises Inc.’s suit filed in...
Ohio State Hit With More Suits by Ex-Athletes Over Sex Abuse by Team Doc
Jul 26 2019 // More former football players and other ex-athletes are suing Ohio State University over allegations that they were sexual assaulted by a university doctor during exams decades ago. Like at least a six other pending federal...
Colorado Company to Pay $82.5K to Settle Federal Discrimination, Retaliation Lawsuit
Jul 25 2019 // A Colorado plumbing and mechanical contracting services provider has agreed settle a settle a national origin and color discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by federal officials for $82,500. In addition, AMI...
Company to Settle Federal Suit Over Sex Harassment at Texas Plant for $55K
Jul 25 2019 // G2 Corporation, doing business as Screen Tight, has agreed to pay $55,000 and furnish significant relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC...
Nebraska School District to Pay $2.75M in Suit Over Girl’s Abuse by Former Golf Coach
Jul 25 2019 // The Scottsbluff School District in Nebraska is paying a girl $2.75 million to settle a lawsuit she filed over sexual abuse committed by her former high school golf coach. The former coach, Mike Klein, is serving a...
Missouri Man Hurt When Big Rig Backs Up on I-35 Awarded $2M in Lawsuit
Jul 25 2019 // Jurors have awarded more than $2 million to a Missouri man who was injured when a driver threw a tractor-trailer in reverse on Interstate 35 in Kansas. The Kansas City Star reports that Michael Whitt, of the Kansas City...
Documents: Hospital Paid $6M to Armstrong Family in Wrongful Death Suit
Jul 25 2019 // An Ohio hospital paid the estate of astronaut Neil Armstrong $6 million in a confidential agreement to settle allegations that post-surgical complications led to Armstrong’s 2012 death, according to court documents...
