Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Orleans Towing Company Ordered to Pay in Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
Oct 23 2018 // A U.S. District Court has entered judgment against a New Orleans-based towing company for failing to respond to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for breaching an EEOC mediation...
Midwest Food Distributor to Pay $3.6M to Settle Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
Oct 23 2018 // A food distributor with warehouses in Cleveland, Ohio, and Detroit, Michigan, will pay $3.6 million to settle a class sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Oregon Woman Sues Bank of America After Losing Money in Scam
Oct 22 2018 // An Oregon woman is suing Bank of America, claiming a Hillsboro branch transferred $13,000 from her account to scammers. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Rebekah Adams filed the lawsuit last week, claiming a teller failed...
Suit Says Safeco Field in Washington Discriminates Against Wheelchair Users
Oct 22 2018 // Wheelchair users attending Seattle Mariners baseball games at Safeco Field get a “second-class” experience, a nonprofit disability-rights law firm says, and has filed a discrimination lawsuit. The Seattle Times...
Oregon Worker Lawsuit Says She was Fired After Heavy Corpse Fell on Her
Oct 22 2018 // A Portland, Ore. cremation worker who says she was sexually harassed and fired after reporting she sustained a back injury when a heavy corpse fell on her has filed a lawsuit seeking $900,000. The Oregonian/OregonLive...
Lawsuit Over Fan Death at Atlanta Braves Stadium Claims Team, MLB Ignored Safety
Oct 22 2018 // In court documents filed last week in a lawsuit following the 2015 death of a fan who fell from the upper deck at an Atlanta Braves game, Nolan Ryan says guard rails at the Texas Rangers’ stadium had to be raised...
Boston Cop Who Was Shot Sues Online Gun Dealer for Negligence
Oct 19 2018 // Armslist, an online peer-to-peer firearms dealer, was sued on Thursday by a Boston police officer allegedly shot by a convicted felon with a gun purchased on the platform. The officer, Kurt Stokinger, argued in the...
Firms Sued Over Missouri Duck Boat Sinking Seek Mediation, Cite 1851 Law
Oct 18 2018 // Two companies facing multiple lawsuits over a summer tourist boat accident in Missouri that killed 17 people have invoked an 1851 law that allows vessel owners to try to avoid or limit legal damages as they also seek...
Mo’s Seafood in Maryland to Pay $1M to Workers Who Sued Over Pay
Oct 18 2018 // The company operating Mo’s Seafood restaurants will pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit with 34 former employees who said they were underpaid. In the collective-action lawsuit filed against Mo’s Fisherman...
Louisiana Contractor Awarded $62M in Fertilizer Plant Lawsuit
Oct 17 2018 // A federal jury has awarded a Louisiana mechanical contractor hired to help build a fertilizer plant in southeast Iowa $62.4 million after concluding the fertilizer plant’s general contractor defaulted on a...
Nebraska City Sues Owner of Grain Elevator That Exploded
Oct 17 2018 // South Sioux City, Nebraska, has sued the owner of the grain elevator that exploded earlier this year. The lawsuit against Andersen Farms Inc. and Bryce Andersen was filed last week in Dakota County District Court. It seeks...
Firefighters Sue Southern California Gas Company Over Toxic Leak
Oct 17 2018 // Firefighters who worked in and around the site of a massive natural gas leak have sued the Southern California Gas Co., saying the utility knowingly let them be exposed to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals. A blowout in...
Supreme Court Declines Paint Manufacturers’ Appeal of $400M Public Nuisance Ruling
Oct 17 2018 // The U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals from Sherwin-Williams Co. and Conagra Brands Inc., leaving intact a ruling that requires them to pay more than $400 million for lead-paint remediation in California. The rebuff,...
Facebook Facing Another Lawsuit Over Allegedly Misleading Advertising Claims
Oct 17 2018 // Facebook Inc. knew in early 2015 that it misled advertisers about the average time users spent viewing online video clips — and then lied about it, according to a lawsuit. The owner of the world’s largest...
Lead-Paint Makers Rejected by Top Court in $400M Case in California
Oct 16 2018 // The U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals from Sherwin-Williams Co. and Conagra Brands Inc., leaving intact a ruling that requires them to pay more than $400 million for lead-paint remediation in California. The rebuff,...
Chicago Restaurant Chain to Settle Sexual Harassment, Retaliation Suit for $160K
Oct 16 2018 // Chicago-based Rosebud Restaurants Inc. will pay $160,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC’s lawsuit charged...
Judge Rules Government, Not President, Can Be Sued Over Climate Change
Oct 16 2018 // A group of young Americans suing the federal government over lack of action to fight climate change can proceed with their lawsuit, but U.S. President Donald Trump cannot be named as a defendant, a federal judge ruled on...
Minneapolis Landlords to Pay $18.5M to Settle Tenants’ Class-Action Suit
Oct 15 2018 // Court documents show that two Minneapolis landlords accused of improper licensing and other violations have agreed to pay out $18.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by their tenants. The Star Tribune reports...
Missouri School District Settles Age Discrimination Lawsuit for $116.4K
Oct 15 2018 // The Springfield, Missouri, school district has reached a settlement with a longtime secretary who claimed in a lawsuit that the district tried to fire her because of her age. The Springfield News-Leader reports the...
Mississippi Woman Awarded $2M in Ruptured Uterus Suit
Oct 15 2018 // A Mississippi woman whose uterus ruptured during childbirth has been awarded more than $2 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against an OB-GYN. The Columbus Dispatch reports a jury awarded Talanda Blevins the...
