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Kansas Foster Agency Sued in Killing of Girl By Dogs
Oct 9 2018 // The mother of a 2-year-old girl who was fatally mauled by dogs at her father’s home is suing Kansas welfare workers. The Kansas City Star reported that the lawsuit filed last month says the Kansas Department for...
Italian Freight Forwarders Eye Lawsuit After Deadly Genoa Bridge Collapse: Reuters
Oct 9 2018 // Italian freight forwarders who say their business has been affected by a deadly bridge collapse in Genoa are taking legal advice and considering whether to sue toll-road operator Atlantia if the group is found...
New Mexico Man Files Suit Against Store over Chile Pod Slip
Oct 8 2018 // A New Mexico man suing a supermarket chain after he says he slipped and fell on a green chile pod. The Albuquerque Journal reported a lawyer for Richard Berman filed a lawsuit last week in Santa Fe District Court two years...
UK Privacy Lawsuit Filed Against Google by IPhone Users Is Dismissed
Oct 8 2018 // A U.K. lawsuit filed against Google by millions of iPhone users over data-collection claims was thrown out by a London judge. The group, known as Google You Owe Us, were seeking as much as 3.2 billion pounds ($4.2...
Lawsuit Alleges Salmonella from Ground Beef; FDA Reports Cases in 16 States
Oct 8 2018 // A Kentucky woman is suing the U.S. arm of Brazil’s JBS SA, alleging she was hospitalized after consuming ground beef produced by the company that was tainted with Salmonella, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday in...
Liability Test Case Against Opioid Makers Allowed to Move Forward
Oct 8 2018 // A lawsuit seeking to hold drugmakers and distributors responsible for a nationwide opioid epidemic should be allowed to move forward, a federal magistrate said in a preliminary ruling that may increase the likelihood of a...
California Catholic Bishops at Center of Sex Abuse Lawsuit
Oct 4 2018 // A man who says he was sexually abused decades ago by his parish priest said he is suing all Catholic bishops in California and the Archdiocese of Chicago, seeking to compel church officials to release records on clergy...
Texas Survivor’s Lawsuit Accuses Facebook of Enabling Human Traffickers
Oct 4 2018 // A human trafficking survivor from Texas sued Facebook this week, alleging the social media platform provides human traffickers an unrestricted way to “stalk, exploit, recruit, groom … and extort children into...
Texas Supreme Court: Family Can Sue City for Man’s Wrongful Death
Oct 4 2018 // The family of a Fort Worth man who died after they say officers needlessly choked, kicked and shot with a stun gun during a 2013 drug raid can proceed with a wrongful death lawsuit against two officers and the city, the...
Owners of Oklahoma City Rental Properties Hit with Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Oct 3 2018 // Federal officials have sued the owners of a number of residential rental properties in or around Oklahoma City, alleging that subjected female tenants in and applicants for those properties were subject to sexual...
Rainbow USA Sued in Louisiana for Pregnancy Discrimination
Oct 3 2018 // Rainbow USA Inc., a specialty apparel chain, violated federal law when it terminated a manager upon becoming aware of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed in...
Duck Boat Company Wants Some Missouri Boat Death Lawsuits Dropped
Oct 3 2018 // The company that owns the Ride the Ducks operation in Branson has asked a judge to dismiss some of the lawsuits filed after one of its boats sank in a Missouri lake in July, killing 17 people. Ripley Entertainment said in...
EEOC Sues Colorado Trucking Company for Discrimination
Oct 3 2018 // Federal regulators sued the Greeley, Colo.-based trucking firm JBS Carriers, alleging it violated federal law by using pre-employment screening to reject job applicants on the basis of disability. JBS Carriers spokeswoman...
Mississippi Basketball Coach Sues Over Firing, Claims Age Discrimination
Oct 3 2018 // A former Mississippi basketball coach is suing over his dismissal claiming age discrimination. The Sun Herald reported Thursday former Long Beach High School coach Joel Boone field a lawsuit against the school district in...
Doctor’s Alleged Fraud Scheme Throws Medical Claims Review Process into Doubt
Oct 2 2018 // For years, Spyros Panos seemed like a successful orthopedic surgeon, seeing dozens of patients a day and bringing in millions of dollars in fees for his suburban New York medical group. In fact, he was inflating charges...
Rapper Nelly Settles Washington Sex Assault Lawsuit
Oct 1 2018 // The rapper Nelly has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed in Washington by a woman who alleges that he raped her on his tour bus then defamed her when he claimed she made up the accusation. The Seattle Times reported...
Court Tosses $234M Award Against Apple in U. Wisconsin Patent Lawsuit
Oct 1 2018 // Apple Inc. persuaded a federal appeals court on Sept. 28 to throw out a $234 million damages award in favor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s patent licensing arm for infringing a patent on computer processing...
Parents Sue Idaho Charter School over Reported Assault Handling
Oct 1 2018 // Parents of a former Boise charter school student are suing the school, claiming administrators created a hostile environment by failing to adequately respond after their daughter reported she had been sexually assaulted by...
EEOC Hits California Grocer With Suit for Firing Employee over Medical Leave Request
Oct 1 2018 // California grocery outlet, PAQ Inc., dba Rancho San Miguel Market, violated federal law when it fired a deli clerk after she requested an accommodation for a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Netflix Sued by Montana Photographer Over Copyright Law, Storm Images
Oct 1 2018 // A Montana photographer is suing Netflix, alleging the company violated copyright law by using one of his photos without permission to create storm images for the series “Stranger Things” and the movie...
