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California Jury Awards $3M for Catholic School Teacher in Wrongful-Termination Suit
Nov 2 2018 // A jury has awarded more than $3.5 million to a former Catholic school teacher who said the Archdiocese of Los Angeles fired her for being pregnant and unwed. City News Service reported that jurors deliberated for less than...
Supreme Court Hears Google Case Where Award Monies Don’t Go to Those Harmed
Nov 1 2018 // U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned an $8.5 million Google settlement in a case that could make it harder for companies to resolve class-action lawsuits without providing direct compensation to those affected. The...
Suit Filed in Florida Against Tesla Claims Autopilot Failed, Caused Crash
Nov 1 2018 // A Florida man says the autopilot feature of his Tesla vehicle failed to detect a disabled car on a highway, leading to a collision that left him with permanent injuries, according to a negligence lawsuit filed...
School District in California Settles Teacher Sex Suit for $5M
Oct 31 2018 // The Los Angeles Unified School District will pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of a student who was molested by a teacher when she was 13. It would be the largest payout the nation’s second-largest...
As Deaths, Injuries Pile Up, So Do Claims Against Electric Scooter Firms
Oct 31 2018 // A lawsuit targeting electric scooter-sharing companies seizes on the dangers of zipping around town on two wheels and brings gory detail to one of the more polarizing technology trends to emerge over the last year. Nine...
Kentucky AG Files 8th Opioid Lawsuit Against Pharmaceutical Company
Oct 31 2018 // Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has sued a pharmaceutical company, accusing it of contributing to the state’s opioid epidemic. Beshear says he has sued Pennsylvania-based Teva for marketing its products to...
Lawsuits: Operator of Oklahoma Rig That Exploded Used Cheaper Drilling Plan
Oct 30 2018 // The operator of a gas well that exploded in southeastern Oklahoma used a cheaper and quicker drilling plan than experts advised, the latest court filings in two lawsuits allege. Amendments filed earlier this month to the...
Virginia Lawsuit Seeks $350K for Injuries in Game of Tag in Gym Class
Oct 30 2018 // Local Virginia education officials have been sued over a game of tag played in gym class by a student who says it caused him serious long-term injuries. The Virginia-Pilot reports Javonte Smith and his father sued this...
Supreme Court Looks to Favor Business Arbitration with Individuals Over Courts
Oct 30 2018 // U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled on Monday they may issue more pro-business rulings giving companies wide latitude to use arbitration to resolve disputes with employees, customers or other businesses rather than the...
Alabama Woman Awarded $10K in Damages in Cyberbullying Lawsuit
Oct 30 2018 // An Alabama woman who claimed in a lawsuit that she was cyberbullied has been awarded $10,000 in damages. The Tuscaloosa News reports Victoria Love was awarded the money Oct. 23 by a Tuscaloosa County jury in her suit...
Class Action Claiming Wells Fargo Made Robocalls Seeks Triple Damages
Oct 29 2018 // A proposed class action lawsuit in San Francisco federal court accuses Wells Fargo of making tens of thousands of automatically dialed, or “robo,” calls to cell phones without consumers’ consent. Filed on...
Texas County to Pay $115K After Judgment in Pay Discrimination Lawsuit
Oct 26 2018 // Texas’ Denton County will pay $115,000 to a female former county doctor after a federal court entered judgment in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a pay discrimination lawsuit...
Wyoming Files Suit Against Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Marketing Practices
Oct 26 2018 // The Wyoming Attorney General’s Office is suing the maker of OxyContin, claiming the pharmaceutical company deceptively marketed opioid painkillers in the state. The Casper Star-Tribune reports the state filed the...
New York Says Exxon Misled Investors About Climate Risks
Oct 26 2018 // New York’s attorney general on Wednesday sued Exxon Mobil, saying the Texas energy giant has misled investors about the risks that climate change poses to its operations. The lawsuit filed by Attorney General Barbara...
Climate Change Impact Assessment Looks at Risk, Readiness Around U.S.
Oct 25 2018 // Low risk, but low readiness. That’s the assessment for Long Beach, Calif., a city that’s close to my heart. For those who love numbers, the city has a risk score of 49.48, and a readiness score of 47.01. Not...
Families Await Justice in North Dakota Oilfield Workplace Lawsuits
Oct 25 2018 // Brenda Austin was worried when her son, Casey, told her he planned to work in North Dakota’s Bakken oilfield in early 2013. “Don’t worry. I’ll be in a safe spot,” he told her when he left...
New York AG ‘Puts Up,’ Sues Exxon Over Climate Change Disclosures
Oct 25 2018 // Lawyers for Exxon Mobil Corp. stood before a New York judge in August and told the state’s attorney general to “put up or shut up” after spending three years investigating the company’s public...
Utility, Insurer Sued Over Damage to Voting Machines in Mississippi County
Oct 25 2018 // A southwest Mississippi county is suing an electrical utility and its own insurer, seeking more than $500,000 for damage to voting machines caused by a 2016 power outage. The Enterprise-Journal reports Pike County earlier...
Socal Gas Settles Motorcycle Crash Lawsuit For $46M
Oct 24 2018 // Southern California Gas Co. has agreed to pay $46 million to settle a lawsuit by a motorcyclist who was struck and badly injured by a company driver who suffered an epileptic seizure. U.S. Air Force Capt. Jason Lo was...
Court Says Nestle, Cargill Can Be Sued Over Child Labor Overseas
Oct 24 2018 // A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a lawsuit by a group of former child slaves accusing the U.S. unit of Nestle SA, the world’s largest food maker, and Cargill Co of perpetuating child slavery at...
