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Penn. Catholic Dioceses Sued For Disclosure of Abuse Allegations
Oct 1 2018 // Parents of children in the Roman Catholic Church and survivors of sexual abuse by clergy have filed a lawsuit against Pennsylvania’s eight dioceses and their bishops asking a judge to compel them to release...
EEOC Sues Del Taco in California for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation
Oct 1 2018 // Fast food chain Del Taco violated federal law when at least three male employees, including those in supervisory roles, sexually harassed and retaliated against a group of young female workers at a Rancho Cucamonga,...
Commercial Auto: Profitability Issues Remain, but There’s Light at the End of Tunnel
Oct 1 2018 // Despite insurers’ best efforts to increase rates to compensate for losses, commercial auto continues to be an unprofitable line. In less than a decade, despite continued increases in premiums, two major carriers have...
Declarations
Oct 1 2018 // Opioid Suit “While we cannot bring back the lives lost to opioid addiction, we can question whether Purdue has lived up to the decade-old promise they made to correct their behavior. The answer, unfortunately, is a...
EEOC Sues Operator of a Texas McDonald’s Franchise for Sexual Harassment
Sep 28 2018 // A Texas company that does business as a McDonald’s franchise has been sued over the alleged sexual harassment of four females in the workplace. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has alleged in a...
Family Files $1.27M Wrongful Death Suit Against Oregon Nursing Home
Sep 28 2018 // The family of an 86-year-old woman who died following a fall is suing a nursing home for $1.27 million. The Statesman-Journal reported the wrongful death lawsuit, filed this week in Marion County Circuit Court, accuses the...
Montana Hospital Settles Whistleblower Lawsuit
Sep 28 2018 // A federal judge has dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit after a settlement was reached with the Montana hospital accused of paying some of its physicians at above-market rates in exchange for patient referrals to in-house...
Jury Awards $7,500 for Each Body in Tennessee Cemetery Class Action Suit
Sep 28 2018 // A Tennessee jury has awarded $7,500 for each body at issue in a class-action lawsuit against several funeral homes and a now-closed cemetery where hundreds of bodies were mishandled. The Commercial Appeal reports the...
Chicago Archdiocese Settles Priest Abuse Suit for $2.9M
Sep 26 2018 // The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has settled a lawsuit filed by a man who alleges he was abused when he was a boy by a priest. The man’s attorney said the archdiocese agreed to pay $2.9 million to the...
San Antonio Hospital System Sued for Pregnancy Discrimination
Sep 26 2018 // A San Antonio-based hospital system has been sued for allegedly discriminating against a pregnant employee when it fired her after denying her request for light duty accommodation for her pregnancy-related medical...
Lawsuit Blaming Schools for Bullying, Suicide Can Proceed in Ohio, Judge Says
Sep 26 2018 // A wrongful death lawsuit accusing an Ohio school district of denying and covering up bullying of an 8-year-old boy who killed himself will be allowed to proceed. A federal judge on Sept. 24 denied Cincinnati Public...
Oregon Rental Company Settles for $105k in Living Conditions Suit
Sep 26 2018 // A Portland, Ore. rental management company has agreed to pay $105,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by an ex-tenant who claimed she endured deplorable living conditions. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the settlement came...
Orlando Wants Pulse Nightclub Civil Rights Lawsuit Dismissed
Sep 26 2018 // The city of Orlando has asked a federal judge to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit that was filed on behalf of victims and survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting. The Orlando Sentinel reports the lawsuit accuses Orlando...
Decision in Uber Employee vs. Contractor Suit Cuts Driver Bargaining Power
Sep 25 2018 // Uber drivers seeking pay and benefits like those employees get were handed a big defeat by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday. A panel of court justices ruled that drivers must go through arbitration and could not...
Uber Drivers Lose Key Ruling in Pay and Benefits Suit
Sep 25 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. drivers suffered a major defeat in one of the gig economy’s most closely watched labor fights with a ruling barring hundreds of thousands of drivers from suing as a group for better pay and...
Idaho’s High Court Considering Defamation by Inference Suit
Sep 25 2018 // The Idaho Supreme Court has heard arguments in a case that could determine whether individuals have the right to sue if they think someone implied, but didn’t outright say, something defamatory. The issue arose in a...
Brad Pitt’s Foundation Sues Architect Over Defects in ‘Katrina’ Houses
Sep 24 2018 // Actor Brad Pitt’s foundation has sued a New Orleans architect, saying defective design work led to leaks and other flaws in homes built for residents of an area that was among the hardest hit by Hurricane...
Montana School District Suit Says Trainer Sexually Abused Student Athletes
Sep 24 2018 // An athletic trainer at a Montana high school sexually abused at least 18 student athletes decades ago under the guise of boosting their athletic performance, according to a newly filed lawsuit. The deception was aided by...
U.S. Lawsuit Accuses Walmart of Bias Against Pregnant Employees
Sep 24 2018 // Walmart is again being accused of violating federal law by failing to accommodate workers’ pregnancy-related medical restrictions. According to a lawsuit brought by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Actress Judd’s Harassment Suit Against Weinstein Faces ‘Professional’ Relationship Law
Sep 24 2018 // Ashley Judd’s lawsuit accusing Harvey Weinstein of sabotaging her career after she spurned his sexual advances can move ahead, but a judge balked at her sexual harassment claim because the actress and the producer...
