Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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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...
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...
