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Climate Change Suit Filed by Alaska Youth Heads To Court
May 3 2018 // The state has argued in court that a climate change lawsuit filed by 16 young Alaska residents should be thrown out because climate policies must be decided by the state Legislature and the executive branch, not the...
School District Settles Negligence Suit With Massachusetts Family
May 3 2018 // A Massachusetts family whose 5-year-old special needs daughter was left stranded for hours on a cold school bus has settled a lawsuit against the school district. A lawyer for the Gloucester family told The Gloucester...
Lawsuits Seek to Hold Opioid Makers Responsible for Insurance Premium Hikes
May 3 2018 // Makers and distributors of the prescription opioids that triggered a U.S. public health crisis are responsible for a rise in health insurance premiums, according to first-of-their-kind lawsuits filed in five states. The...
Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Sues Deputy Who Didn’t Enter School
May 3 2018 // The father of a student killed in a mass shooting at a Florida high school is suing the armed officer who stood outside the building as people were massacred within. Meadow Pollack was among the 17 killed on...
Facebook Loses Bid to Delay EU Data Privacy Suit
May 2 2018 // Ireland’s High Court has refused a request by Facebook to delay referral to Europe’s top court of a landmark privacy case that could strike down legal instruments used by U.S. tech companies to transfer EU...
Instructor Sues Oregon University over Racial Discrimination
May 2 2018 // An instructor has filed a lawsuit against Northwest Christian University in Eugene, Ore. alleging the school wrongly fired him while he was on medical leave because of work-related stress. The Register-Guard reports Johnny...
California Supplement Seller to Settle Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
May 2 2018 // Tarr Inc. and Zenith LLC, a San Diego Calif.-based company that sells dietary supplements, will pay $50,000 and provide other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
$4M Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Over Boating Death
May 2 2018 // The parents of a man who died in a Virginia boating accident have reached a $4 million settlement in a lawsuit they filed over his death. Graham McCormick’s family sued his friend, John Randolph Hooper of Richmond,...
NRA Tells Judge It Fears Harassment in Suit Over Florida Gun Law
May 1 2018 // Two 19-year-old Florida residents who joined the National Rifle Association in suing over the state’s new gun-control law asked a federal judge to let them remain anonymous, saying they fear for their safety because...
Delaware’s Suit Against Drugmakers Over Opioids Remanded to State Court
May 1 2018 // A federal judge has ruled that Delaware’s lawsuit against drug manufacturers, distributors and drugstores over the opioid crisis should be sent back to state court. In a ruling last week, the judge granted the...
Supreme Court to Consider Google Privacy Payments to Third Parties
May 1 2018 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an internet privacy case involving Google that could put the brakes on an increasingly common form of settlement in class action suits that funnels money to unrelated third...
Family of Montana Man Killed by Drunk Driver Settles Suit With Bar
Apr 30 2018 // The family of a Montana man killed by a drunken driver has reached a settlement with one of the bars they claimed over-served the driver. The Independent Record reports 25-year-old Samuel Tielking died in Helena in...
Virginia High Court Rules Lawsuit Can Move Ahead in License Plate Reader Case
Apr 30 2018 // In a victory for privacy advocates, the Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled a lawsuit challenging a police department’s practice of keeping data from automated license plate readers for a year can move forward. Last...
Former Student Expelled After Gun Arrest Sues Virginia Tech
Apr 30 2018 // A former student expelled from Virginia Tech after being arrested on a gun charge is suing the school and police officials in federal court. Yunsong Zhao filed a complaint Thursday saying police violated his rights in...
Passenger Sues Southwest Airlines, Engine Manufacturers Over Fatal Explosion
Apr 30 2018 // A lawsuit against Southwest Airlines Co. has been filed by a passenger who was flying on last week’s flight 1380, in which an engine exploded and one person was killed. The lawsuit claims that since the accident, the...
American Airlines Accused of Negligence in Suit Over South Carolina Woman’s Death
Apr 30 2018 // The family of a South Carolina woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against American Airlines, accusing the company of negligence in her death following a medical emergency during a flight two years ago. In a lawsuit...
Environmental Group Files Notice to Sue Newark Over Lead Levels in Water
Apr 27 2018 // An environmental group has filed a notice of its intent to sue the city of Newark over what it says are elevated levels of lead in the city’s drinking water. The Natural Resources Defense Council has 60 days to file...
Walgreens, Illinois Hospital Sued by Prince Heirs Over Overdose Care
Apr 25 2018 // Prince’s heirs have sued Walgreens and the Illinois hospital that treated the music superstar after he suffered from an opioid overdose, alleging that a doctor and various pharmacists failed to provide Prince with...
Idaho Supreme Court Sends Slip-And-Fall Suit Against Walmart Back to Lower Court
Apr 25 2018 // The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that a lower court must once again review a slip-and-fall lawsuit against Walmart. The Idaho Statesman reported Diane Brooks sued the retail giant for negligence in November 2014 after...
Monkey Loses Court Fight Over Selfie Copyright to Human
Apr 25 2018 // A U.S. appeals court this week favored humans over animals in a novel copyright lawsuit filed over a series of entertaining selfies taken by a monkey with a toothy grin. U.S. copyright law does not allow lawsuits that seek...
