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University Student Sues Sorority and Landlord Over Fall From Window
Sep 4 2024 // A Northeastern University student and her parents are suing a sorority, its chapter president and a landlord after the student fell from a window and suffered critical injuries at a party. Sarah Cox, then a junior at the...
Oklahoma Manufacturer Sued For Firing Employees Over COVID Vaccine Exemptions
Sep 3 2024 // AG Equipment Company, a Broken Arrow, Oklahoma compressor packaging manufacturer, violated federal law when it fired 10 employees for failing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination because of their religious beliefs or medical...
Ex-Michigan State Football Coach Sues School Over His Firing
Sep 2 2024 // Former Michigan State University head football coach Mel Tucker is suing the university and school leaders, alleging that they wrongfully fired him last year and violated his constitutional rights after he was accused of...
Downward Departure: Florida Insurance Agent Charged with Embezzling Premiums After He Was Hit with Lawsuits, Complaint
Sep 2 2024 // Florida authorities in August arrested a well-known southwest Florida insurance agent, charging him with larceny and embezzlement of premiums. Reid McDaniel, 33, who was named the honorary mayor of North Fort Myers last...
Northwestern University Cheerleader Drops Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Aug 30 2024 // EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — A cheerleader has dropped her federal sexual harassment lawsuit against Northwestern University. Hayden Richardson filed the lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois in January 2021 alleging...
Invisalign Maker Reaches $27.5M Settlement of Consumer Antitrust Lawsuit
Aug 30 2024 // Align Technology, the maker of Invisalign clear teeth aligners, agreed to pay $27.5 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it entered an illegal antitrust conspiracy that drove up prices of aligners made by rival...
Musk Beats Suit Over Promoting Dogecoin ‘Pyramid Scheme’
Aug 30 2024 // Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. won dismissal of a lawsuit claiming they pumped up the price of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin into a $258 billion “pyramid scheme.” Investors who lost tens of thousands of dollars...
Court Revives Sarah Palin’s Libel Lawsuit Against New York Times
Aug 30 2024 // A federal appeals court revived Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times on Wednesday, citing errors by a lower court judge, particularly his decision to dismiss the lawsuit while a jury was...
GM Must Face Big Class Action Over Faulty Transmissions
Aug 30 2024 // General Motors was ordered by a federal appeals court to face a class action claiming it violated laws of 26 U.S. states by knowingly selling several hundred thousand cars, trucks and SUVs with faulty transmissions. The...
Woman Shot at Chicago White Sox Game Sues Team and Stadium Authority
Aug 29 2024 // CHICAGO (AP) — A woman who was shot in the leg during a White Sox game last year is suing the team and the Illinois agency that owns Guaranteed Rate Field. The woman was in the left-field bleachers in Section 161 when...
Texas Officials Sued Over Anti-ESG Law Targeting Wall Street
Aug 29 2024 // The American Sustainable Business Council sued Texas officials in an effort to block a law that restricts state investments with certain financial firms because of their energy policies. The lawsuit filed Thursday in...
Disability Rights Group Sues to Stop Mask Ban in Suburban New York County
Aug 29 2024 // A disability rights organization is challenging a suburban New York ban on wearing masks in public except for health and religious reasons, arguing it is unconstitutional and discriminates against people with...
Lyft is a Motor Carrier and State Farm Can Be Sued Directly, Georgia Court Says
Aug 28 2024 // Georgia lawmakers this year put an end to direct-action lawsuits against trucking companies’ insurers, but that did not come soon enough to bar litigation brought by people involved in accidents with ride-sharing...
TikTok Must Face Lawsuit Over 10-Year-Old Girl’s Death, Appeals Court Rules
Aug 28 2024 // A U.S. appeals court has revived a lawsuit against TikTok by the mother of a 10-year-old girl who died after taking part in a viral “blackout challenge” in which users of the social media platform were dared to...
Delaware Top Court Will Hear Drugmakers’ Appeal to End Zantac Lawsuits
Aug 28 2024 // Delaware’s highest court said on Tuesday it will hear an appeal by GSK and other drugmakers seeking to end more than 70,000 lawsuits claiming discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer. GSK, Pfizer, Sanofi and...
The Murdaugh Drama in SC Continues: Store That Sold Beer Now Suing its Insurers
Aug 27 2024 // The saga of the Murdaugh family in South Carolina continues, now with a convenience store company suing its liability insurers for failing to defend it against a second lawsuit stemming from the sale of beer to an underage...
Update: EU Faces 2 Lawsuits Over Emissions Rules, ‘Green’ Label for Planes
Aug 27 2024 // Environmental campaigners have taken the European Commission to court, seeking to force Brussels to upgrade its emissions rules for 2030 and, in a second case, scrap rules that label some planes as climate-friendly...
Fanatics Refiles Suit Against Cardinals’ Marvin Harrison Jr., Adds Father
Aug 27 2024 // Apparel manufacturer Fanatics has refiled its lawsuit against Arizona Cardinals rookie receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., adding his father, former NFL star Marvin Harrison Sr., and fraud allegations in addition to breach of...
Police Officer’s Family Sues Girlfriend Accused of His Death and Bars That Served Her
Aug 27 2024 // Karen Read, whose recent high-profile trial for the death of a Boston police officer she was dating ended in a mistrial, is now facing a wrongful death suit brought by the late officer’s family that alleges she...
North Carolina Supreme Court Says Speedway Can Sue Over COVID Closure
Aug 27 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina racetrack, shuttered briefly for defying state gathering limits during the pandemic, can sue the top health regulator on allegations that Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration...
