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Oklahoma County to Pay $175K to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
Dec 19 2018 // Oklahoma County has agreed to pay $175,000 to a former county employee who filed a lawsuit alleging that she faced age and racial discrimination and was treated like a “black slave on display at a...
Australia Court Narrows Class-Action Suits Against BHP over Brazil Mine Disaster
Dec 19 2018 // The Federal Court of Australia on Tuesday ordered that the number of class-action lawsuits against BHP Group over a Brazilian mine collapse be narrowed to one from three. BHP is facing legal challenges over the 2015...
Williams-Sonoma Lawsuit Claims Amazon Infringes Furniture Patent, Trademark
Dec 19 2018 // Williams-Sonoma Inc. sued Amazon.com Inc. in a case that challenges the online retailer’s private label push that started with batteries, baby wipes and phone chargers and has expanded to include clothing, toys and...
Harassment Suit Against Washington Prosecutor Settled, $350K to be Paid Out of Insurance Pool
Dec 17 2018 // A former Clallam County employee’s sexual harassment lawsuit against a county prosecuting attorney has been settled for $350,000. The Peninsula Daily News reported Tina Hendrickson, and Prosecuting Attorney Mark...
U.S. Drivers Sue Hyundai, Kia Over Car Engine Fires
Dec 17 2018 // Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. were sued by U.S. drivers over an alleged defect that could cause certain engines to catch fire, adding pressure on the South Korean automakers being probed by U.S. authorities. More...
Reuters Special Report: J&J Knew About Asbestos in Baby Powder for Decades
Dec 17 2018 // Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. She knew that her cancer, mesothelioma, arose in the delicate membrane surrounding her lungs and other organs. She knew it was as rare as it was deadly, a...
Indiana Officer Settles Racial Discrimination Lawsuit for $50K
Dec 14 2018 // Records show a former western Indiana police officer who appealed his firing has accepted $50,000 to settle a 2015 federal lawsuit alleging racial discrimination. The Tribune-Star reports Jonathan Stevens signed an...
Toy Wars: Lego Sues to Halt Sales of Zuru ‘Copycat’ Figurines at Walmart
Dec 14 2018 // Lego A/S wants to make sure any plastic toy figurine unwrapped in an American home during the holidays isn’t what the toymaker calls a copycat of its own products. The Danish toymaker is asking a federal judge in...
Florida Judge Rules Deputy Had Duty to Protect in Parkland School Shooting Suit
Dec 14 2018 // A judge has rejected a deputy’s claim that he had no duty to confront the gunman during the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Refusing to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the parent of a victim, Broward Circuit Judge...
Jury Rules Against Smithfield Foods in Another Hog Nuisance Suit
Dec 14 2018 // A federal jury is again siding with neighbors who complained that a Smithfield Foods industrial-scale hog operation in North Carolina was such a nuisance it damaged how they lived their lives. The jury on Wednesday said...
Lawsuit: Drilling Company Knew Oklahoma Rig Was Unsafe Before Explosion
Dec 13 2018 // Drilling company officials ignored multiple warnings that safety equipment at an Oklahoma gas well was malfunctioning before an explosion that killed five workers and badly injured another, the family of one of the dead...
Feds Sue North Dakota Restaurant over Firing of Pregnant Worker
Dec 13 2018 // A popular upscale restaurant in North Dakota’s capital city is being sued for allegedly firing a server after she became pregnant. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the federal lawsuit against...
Citizens to Request 8.2% Rate Increase from Florida Regulators
Dec 13 2018 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will file for a statewide average increase of 8.2 percent for personal lines policyholders – homeowners, condominium owners and renters. The Florida insurer of last resort’s Board...
Firms to Pay $9M to Settle Suit Over Damages in 2012 California Wildfire
Dec 12 2018 // Officials say a construction company and a logging firm have collectively agreed to pay $9 million for damages resulting from a 2012 wildfire that burned more than 1,600 acres of national forest land in Northern...
Professor Fired for Publicly Criticizing Kentucky Governor Settles Suit for $620K
Dec 12 2018 // The University of Kentucky has settled a lawsuit filed by a former public health dentist who said he was fired from the school for publicly criticizing Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to overhaul the state’s...
I.I.I. Study Cites AOB Abuse for Increasing Insurance Costs In Florida
Dec 12 2018 // A new study released by the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) finds that Florida’s assignment of benefits (AOB) crisis has cost consumers billions of dollars in unnecessary litigation and inflated claim costs...
PG&E Sued for Ad Spending Instead of on Preventing Events Like the California Wildfire
Dec 11 2018 // PG&E Corp. was accused of putting its “reputation above public safety” in a lawsuit alleging that the power company spends too much on advertising and not enough on preventing devastating Northern...
Arkansas Jury Awards Woman $3M in Suit over Escalator-Mangled Toe
Dec 10 2018 // Jurors have awarded a New York medical student $3 million after she suffered a gruesome toe injury while riding an escalator at an Arkansas mall. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that a Pulaski County jury has ruled...
Oregon Suit Says Burning Homeless Camp Damaged Lawyer’s Home, Office
Dec 10 2018 // A Portland, Ore. lawyer whose home and business were seriously damaged when a fire started at a homeless camp has filed a $541,000 lawsuit against the city. Raylynna Peterson’s lawsuit filed last week says the city...
Ex-Shareholder Sues Wynn in Nevada over Sex Assault Claims
Dec 7 2018 // A former Wynn Resorts shareholder is suing company founder Steve Wynn and former and current executives and board members, saying that his stock fell in value because they concealed information about sexual harassment...
