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Oregon Judge Won’t Take Unprecedented Step to Let Animals Sue
Sep 19 2018 // A judge has tossed a lawsuit filed by animal rights activists in the name of a once-neglected horse, finding that animals don’t have a right to sue. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported in doing so, Washington County...
Lawsuit Targets Massachusetts Utility Over Deadly Gas Explosions
Sep 19 2018 // A resident of a Massachusetts city rocked by last week’s deadly gas blasts that damaged dozens of homes sued utility operator NiSource Inc on Tuesday, accusing it of inadequately maintaining its distribution...
California Commissioner Sues Biopharma Giant AbbVie Alleging Illegal Kickbacks in Promoting HUMIRA
Sep 18 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Tuesday filed an insurance-fraud complaint in Alameda County Superior Court on behalf of the state against AbbVie Inc. alleging the company gave illegal kickbacks to...
Arkansas Nursing Care Facility Sued for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation
Sep 18 2018 // Federal officials allege in a lawsuit that Happy Valley LLC d/b/a Happy Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation in Malvern, Ark., failed to address sexual harassment complaints made by female employees and terminated those...
Thai Soccer Boys’ Cave Rescuer Sues Musk for Defamation
Sep 18 2018 // Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla Inc., was sued for defamation on Monday for falsely suggesting that a British caver who helped rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a Thailand cave in July was a pedophile and...
EEOC Sues Del Taco in California for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation
Sep 17 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,...
Oregon Sues OxyContin Manufacturer Claiming it Minimized Risks
Sep 17 2018 // Oregon’s attorney general has sued the pharmaceutical company that makes OxyContin, saying it misrepresented the risks and benefits of the drug and lied to a state regulatory agency to maximize profits. A spokesman...
Netflix Sued by Montana Photographer Over Copyright Law, Storm Images
Sep 17 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...
NHL Enters into Mediation with Players Over Concussion Litigation
Sep 17 2018 // NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman downplayed the significance of entering mediation with former players in a bid to settle a concussion lawsuit, saying last week the league is simply following a judge’s order. “The...
MGM Follows Suit Against Las Vegas Shooting Victims with Charity Offer
Sep 17 2018 // An unprecedented legal move by MGM Resorts International to sue surviving victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting took another unusual turn last week when the casino-operator offered to make $500 charitable donations in the...
Tort Reform Group: Texas Cat-Related Lawsuits Have Declined
Sep 17 2018 // In the year after the enactment of a Texas law aimed at reducing the volume of lawsuits filed by property owners against insurance companies following natural catastrophes, the number of those types of disputes has...
State Farm Settles, Avoids Racketeering Trial
Sep 17 2018 // Insurance giant State Farm on Sept.4 reached a $250 million preliminary settlement in a federal class-action lawsuit claiming the company funneled money to the campaign of an Illinois Supreme Court candidate. The lawsuit...
Washington Tow Company Being Sued over Sale of Serviceman’s Car
Sep 14 2018 // A Washington Tacoma towing company is being accused of illegally selling an impounded car belonging to a serviceman deployed on the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier. The News Tribune reported the state Attorney...
Purdue Includes Free Opioid Treatment Drugs in Settlement Offer
Sep 14 2018 // The company that created OxyContin is offering free doses of an opioid-abuse treatment as part of its offer to resolve more than 1,000 lawsuits accusing the drugmaker of helping fuel the opioid crisis, according to people...
Nurse Fired Over Back Brace Wins Lawsuit Against Delaware Hospital
Sep 13 2018 // A Delaware hospital will have to pay damages to a longtime nurse who wasn’t allowed to go back to work wearing a back brace after surgery. The News Journal reports former neonatal intensive care unit nurse Suzanne...
Duck Boat Operators Fight Back, Call Missouri AG’s Lawsuit ‘Irresponsible’
Sep 12 2018 // The operators of a Missouri duck boat that sank in July, killing 17 people, say in a court filing that a lawsuit from Missouri’s attorney general is “irresponsible” and “littered with factual...
$6.95M Settlement Proposed in Lawsuit Against Oklahoma’s Chesapeake Energy
Sep 12 2018 // A proposed $6.95 million settlement has been filed to end a class-action lawsuit alleging Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy co-founders Aubrey McClendon and Tom Ward conspired to rig bids on leases for land to explore...
Suit: Uber Saved $500M a Year by Misclassifying California Drivers as Independent Contractors
Sep 12 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. may be saving more than $500 million a year by misclassifying its California drivers as independent contractors, according to a lawsuit that claims the ride-hailing company is flouting a ruling by...
Massachusetts Woman Sues Utility, Town After Child Hurt by Falling Branch
Sep 12 2018 // A Massachusetts woman whose 2-year-old child was injured when a tree branch fell on her SUV has filed a lawsuit alleging utility Eversource and the town of Southampton, Mass., knew of dangerous tree limbs yet didn’t...
Missouri Worker Awarded $8.5M in Racial Discrimination Suit
Sep 11 2018 // A St. Joseph, Missouri, woman has been awarded $8.5 million in a racial discrimination lawsuit she brought against Missouri gas utility Spire. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a St. Louis jury awarded $1.3 million...
