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U.S. Investigators to Begin Search for Cause of Texas Petrochemical Disaster
Apr 2 2019 // U.S. investigators hope this week for the first time to enter the site of a massive fuel fire and chemical spill outside Houston to begin the hunt for a cause and to determine whether the operator followed safety...
Uber Wins Dismissal of Investor Suit Over Acquisition of Truck Firm Otto
Apr 2 2019 // Travis Kalanick, the co-founder of ride-hailing company Uber, and the company’s directors won the dismissal of an investor lawsuit that sought to hold them liable for a fight over trade secrets that slowed...
New Orleans Sues Energy Firms Over Coastal Erosion
Apr 1 2019 // The City of New Orleans is suing various oil and gas companies over coastal erosion. Mayor Latoya Cantrell on Friday announced the lawsuit, which alleges that pipeline work has caused massive damage to Louisiana’s...
Woman Sues Weather Channel over Storm Chaser Son’s Death in Texas
Apr 1 2019 // A mother is suing The Weather Channel for $125 million over the death of her son, who was killed in a crash with storm chasers who worked for the cable network. Karen Di Piazza alleges Kelley Williamson and Randall...
Big Settlements Drove Value of Securities Class Actions Above $5 Billion in 2018
Apr 1 2019 // The total settlement value of securities class actions rose sharply to $5 billion in 2018, driven by five settlements of at least $100 million, according to a report by Cornerstone Research. The report, Securities Class...
How Errors & Omissions Lawsuits May Change
Apr 1 2019 // Artificial Intelligence and Private Equity Investments Will Play an Increasing Role Plaintiff attorneys, at least the smart ones, must make sales decisions, too. Whereas a smart producer will create a pipeline that filters...
Conn. High Court Rules Gun Maker Can Be Sued Over Marketing
Apr 1 2019 // Ruling Seen At Odd with Previous State and Federal Court Opinions Gun-maker Remington can be sued over how it marketed the rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, a divided...
Vermont Sues Two Prescription Opioid Distributors
Mar 29 2019 // Vermont filed a lawsuit against two pharmaceutical distributors, accusing them of selling ever-increasing amounts of prescription opioids in the state while failing to effectively monitor and control the sales and...
Purdue Pharma Owners Sued by New York Over Opioid Addiction Epidemic
Mar 29 2019 // The billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma LP were sued by New York state for allegedly triggering a U.S. addiction epidemic with their marketing of the Oxycontin painkiller, just two days after the company agreed to pay $270...
Judge Allows Suit Over Nestle Claim Its Poland Spring Water Is From Natural Spring
Mar 29 2019 // A federal judge on Thursday rejected Nestle SA’s bid to dismiss a revised lawsuit claiming that it defrauded consumers by filling bottles of its Poland Spring water with ordinary groundwater. U.S. District Judge...
Duke University to Settle Whistleblower Suit Over Faked-Research for $112M
Mar 29 2019 // Duke University will pay $112 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit after federal prosecutors said a research technician’s fake data landed millions of dollars in federal grants, the school and the government...
Storage Tank Owner Sued by State, County Over Texas Petrochemical Fire
Mar 28 2019 // Texas officials on Tuesday sued owners of a Houston area petrochemical storage facility over a fire last week, alleging violations of environmental laws and seeking damages to cover response costs for the disaster that...
Zurich Sues Insured After Deadly Plane Crash in Georgia
Mar 28 2019 // An insurance company is suing a business whose chief executive was flying a plane that crashed in Georgia, killing him and three passengers. Federal court records show Zurich American Insurance Co. of Illinois is suing...
Louisiana Firm to Pay $70K to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Mar 27 2019 // A packaging company in Monroe, Louisiana, has agreed to pay $70,000 in lost wages and damages, and provide other significant relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit. The suit filed by the U.S. Equal...
Lawsuit Blames Nevada Casino Restaurant for Salmonella
Mar 27 2019 // A Nevada man is suing the corporate owner of a casino restaurant in Elko where he says he was infected with salmonella after eating contaminated ham or eggs there earlier this month. Harry Wiseman of Elko says he is one of...
Vanderbilt University Hospital Sued for $25M for Operating on Wrong Kidney
Mar 26 2019 // A Tennessee woman says Vanderbilt University Medical Center operated on the wrong kidney during her surgery in what federal officials call a “never event.” The Tennessean reports Carla Miller says the error...
J&J, Bayer Deny Liability But Settle 25,000 Xarelto Lawsuits for $775 Million
Mar 26 2019 // Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to settle more than 25,000 U.S. lawsuits alleging that their blockbuster blood thinner Xarelto caused unstoppable and in some cases fatal bleeding for a total of $775 million,...
California Judges Target Class Actions That Benefit Lawyers Over Consumers
Mar 26 2019 // Federal judges in California are cracking down on warped incentives in class-action lawsuits, exerting tighter oversight of settlements that provide hefty fees for plaintiff lawyers but no meaningful benefit for those...
Purdue to Settle Oklahoma’s Opioids Lawsuit Weeks Before Trial to Open
Mar 26 2019 // Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to settle a lawsuit by the state of Oklahoma accusing the OxyContin painkiller maker of helping fuel an opioid abuse epidemic, a person familiar with the matter said. It is the first settlement...
Escalating War Over Ads, MillerCoors Sues Anheuser-Busch in Wisconsin
Mar 25 2019 // A fight between beer giants escalated after MillerCoors filed a lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch that accused its rival of trying to “frighten” consumers into switching to Bud Light with “misleading”...
