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Montana Lawsuit Over 2012 Police Tackling Injury Settled
Feb 19 2019 // The city of Billings has settled a lawsuit filed by a man whose rotator cuff was torn when a police officer tackled him, wrongly identifying him as a crime suspect. The Billings Gazette reports that Robert Bassett will...
Suit Questions Maiden Holdings’ Handling of AmTrust Portfolio Risks
Feb 19 2019 // Maiden Holdings Ltd. is named in a class action investor lawsuit alleging that it failed to adequately address and reveal portfolio risks involving AmTrust Financial Services, its largest customer. The complaint alleges...
Thousands of Lawsuits Demanding PG&E Pay for Damages from Wildfires
Feb 18 2019 // Some 1,000 lawsuits have been filed since late 2017 demanding Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation pay for damages caused by wildfires. The lawsuits represent thousands of people, companies, cities and counties affected...
Lockheed Martin Sued for Fraud over Washington Nuclear Site
Feb 15 2019 // The U.S. Justice Department is accusing Lockheed Martin Corp. of using false records and making false statements to bill the Energy Department for tens of millions of dollars in unauthorized profits and fees at the Hanford...
Iowa Embassy Suites Hotel Settles with Woman Who Was Raped in Her Room
Feb 14 2019 // An Iowa hotel has settled a lawsuit with a New Jersey woman who was raped and battered after the front desk gave the attacker her room key. Attorneys for Cheri Marchionda say the operators of the Embassy Suites Hotel in...
Mississippi Sues Federal Government Over River Flooding
Feb 14 2019 // The state of Mississippi on Monday sued the federal government, claiming a dam complex in Louisiana that keeps the Mississippi River from changing course is harming state land. The suit seeks at least $25 million in...
Ohio Hospital Facing Excessive Dosage Lawsuits Tightens Drug Access, Rules
Feb 14 2019 // The Ohio hospital system that found a doctor ordered possibly fatal doses of powerful painkillers for dozens of patients has tightened policies and drug access to address problems in pharmaceutical services that...
Widow of Wyoming Train Crash Victim Files Wrongful Death Suit against Union Pacific
Feb 14 2019 // The widow of a Union Pacific engineer who died in a train crash in southern Wyoming has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports Jason Martinez’s widow, Sheila Martinez,...
Videogame Maker Asks Judge to Toss California Suit Filed over Rapper’s Dance
Feb 14 2019 // The makers of “Fortnite” have asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit from a rapper who says the video game is illegally using a dance he created. Epic Games filed the motion Monday to dismiss the lawsuit...
$215M Settlement in USC Doctor Abuse Suit Requires School Reforms
Feb 14 2019 // Attorneys for women who said they were sexually abused by a longtime gynecologist at the University of Southern California say a $215 million settlement includes groundbreaking campus reforms. Attorneys say a proposed...
J&J Talc Supplier Files for Bankruptcy Over Lawsuits
Feb 14 2019 // A key supplier of talc used in Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday in the wake of multibillion-dollar lawsuits alleging its products caused ovarian cancer and...
Insurer, Credit Union Settle South Dakota Suit over Premium Hikes
Feb 13 2019 // Black Hills Federal Credit Union in South Dakota and a Wisconsin-based insurance company have agreed to pay $3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming they improperly raised insurance premiums on thousands of...
Woman Sues Oregon Motel for $4M over Alleged Pimp Operation
Feb 13 2019 // A woman who says she’s a victim of sex trafficking has filed a $4 million lawsuit against a Portland motel, alleging it failed to prevent pimps from forcing her to have sex with countless men there. The...
Surgeons Have Edge in Facial Trauma Malpractice Lawsuits: Research
Feb 12 2019 // Southern courts favor physicians in malpractice lawsuits over facial trauma treatment, while courts in the Midwest favor patients, according to a Rutgers study. The study, which was published in the Journal of Oral and...
Horse Trainer Suit Alleges Vets Altered X-Ray Dates of Horses at Kentucky Auction
Feb 12 2019 // A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses veterinarians of falsifying the dates on X-rays of horse sold at public auction at the Keeneland racetrack. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the lawsuit was brought Tom Swearingen, a...
Judge Pauses Lawsuits Against Crypto Exchange as It Hunts for Missing Password
Feb 7 2019 // A cryptocurrency platform that lost access to millions of dollars when its founder died with sole knowledge of company passwords has been granted a temporary reprieve from creditor lawsuits. Halifax judge Michael Wood on...
Las Vegas Artist Sues Ariana Grande Over Image
Feb 7 2019 // A Las Vegas artist is suing pop music star Ariana Grande, alleging federal copyright infringement over an image of a woman in a candle flame in the pop star’s widely-viewed “God is a Woman” music...
Boeing Sued for Negligence in Southern California Wildfire
Feb 7 2019 // Boeing Co. was accused of negligence tied to a wildfire that tore through Malibu, California, in November and that purportedly started on the grounds of the nearby, disused Rocketdyne testing site. A group of homeowners...
Uber Faces $1.3B Tax Suit in UK from Lawyer Who Won Major Brexit Ruling
Feb 7 2019 // The lawyer who spearheaded a landmark court case — which ended with the European Union’s top court ruling that the U.K. can unilaterally reverse Brexit — appeared in court Wednesday for a fresh battle,...
1970s Musicians Sue for ‘Second Chance’ to Reclaim Their Songs
Feb 7 2019 // David Johansen, John Waite and other prominent 1970s musicians filed lawsuits on Tuesday accusing Sony Music Entertainment Inc. and UMG Recordings Inc. of improperly refusing to let them reclaim rights to songs they had...
