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GEO in Arizona to Pay $550K to Settle Sex Harassment and Retaliation Suit
Jan 22 2018 // The GEO Group Inc., operator of the Central Arizona Correctional Facility and Arizona State Prison-Florence West Facility in Florence, will pay $550,000 and furnish other relief to settle lawsuits for sexual harassment and...
Insurer Loses Michigan Suit; Finds Policy Language Costly
Jan 22 2018 // A dispute over four words will cost an insurance company about $200,000. A federal appeals court in Michigan has ruled in favor of a man in the Grand Rapids area who suffered serious injuries during a motorbike crash in...
Penn State Settles Suit Over Alleged Sandusky Abuse in 2007
Jan 22 2018 // Penn State has settled a lawsuit by a man who claimed former university assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky molested him in a car in 2007, when the man was about 14 years old. The settlement notice was posted on the...
People Injured at Riot Sue UC Berkeley, City,
Jan 19 2018 // Four San Francisco Bay Area residents who say they were injured by protesters during a riot ahead of a speech by a right-wing provocateur at the University of California, Berkeley filed a lawsuit against the university and...
U.S. Judge Excludes 70,000 Women from Sterling Jewelers Sex Bias Lawsuit
Jan 18 2018 // A U.S. judge on Tuesday overturned an arbitrator’s ruling allowing about 70,000 women to take part in a nationwide sex discrimination case against Sterling Jewelers Inc even though they had not opted to join. U.S....
West Virginia College Ordered to Pay $250K in Discrimination Suit
Jan 18 2018 // A judge has entered a $250,000 judgment against West Virginia Wesleyan College in a discrimination lawsuit. The Exponent Telegram reports a circuit judge in Upshur County made the ruling recently in a lawsuit filed by a...
Judge Allows Philadelphia’s Suit Claiming Unfair Lending by Wells Fargo
Jan 17 2018 // A federal judge in Philadelphia on Tuesday rejected Wells Fargo & Co.’s bid to dismiss that city’s lawsuit accusing the largest U.S. mortgage lender of predatory lending targeting black and Hispanic...
Estate of Ohio Policeman Who Died in Crash Sues Motorcycle Makers
Jan 17 2018 // Two motorcycle manufacturers and their trainers are accused of negligence in a lawsuit over the death of a central Ohio police officer. Sean Johnson lost control of his motorcycle during an on-duty training ride with...
California Utilities Sued Over Deadly Mudslides
Jan 17 2018 // Two utilities were sued Tuesday for the widespread destruction from last week’s deadly mudslides that were caused when hillsides ravaged by California’s largest wildfire let loose in heavy rain. An amended...
Report Shows Florida AOB Abuse Worsening as Lawmakers Consider Reforms
Jan 17 2018 // The 2018 Florida Legislative Session is underway, and lawmakers have wasted no time taking up legislation to address the assignment of benefits crisis plaguing the state. While they debate which reform option to back,...
Former Head of Louisiana State Police Commission Files Retaliation Suit
Jan 16 2018 // The former executive director of the State Police Commission is suing, claiming she was retaliated against for challenging Louisiana State Police brass and calling attention to a string of illegal campaign contributions...
Appeals Court Thwarts Goldman Shareholders’ Class Action Over Subprime Securities
Jan 16 2018 // A U.S. appeals court said a shareholder lawsuit accusing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. of fraudulently claiming to put client interests before its own when creating risky subprime securities before the financial crisis,...
Federal Judge to Streamline Lawsuits Over GenX Chemical in North Carolina River
Jan 12 2018 // A federal judge wants to streamline lawsuits blaming two companies for releasing a little-understood compound from a North Carolina chemical plant into waters used by hundreds of thousands of people. U.S. District Judge...
Minot, N.D., Schools, Company Settle Lawsuit over Flood Cleanup for $950K
Jan 11 2018 // The Minot Public School District has settled a lawsuit filed by a company over unpaid cleanup expenses resulting from the 2011 Souris River flood. The case was set to go to trial Monday in federal court, but the two sides...
Iowa Agrees to Pay $1.1M in Lawsuit Over Worker Injury, Firing
Jan 11 2018 // An Iowa board has approved payment of nearly $1.1 million in a lawsuit by a former state worker who said the state Natural Resources Department fired him because of a work injury. A judge had ordered the state to pay John...
Parents Sue Oregon School District for $1.7M Over Daughter’s Back Injury
Jan 11 2018 // Parents of an Oregon girl who slipped and fractured her back while attempting to walk into school on a snowy day have filed a $1.7 million lawsuit against the Lake Oswego School District. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported...
New York Sues Fossil Fuel Majors, Plans Divestment from Pension Funds
Jan 11 2018 // New York City announced on Wednesday that it filed a multibillion dollar lawsuit against five top oil companies, citing their “contributions to global warming,” as it said it would divest fossil fuel...
Penn State Settles Suit Over Alleged Sandusky Abuse in 2007
Jan 11 2018 // Penn State has settled a lawsuit by a man who claimed former university assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky molested him in a car in 2007, when the man was about 14 years old. The settlement notice was posted Monday on...
Ford Denies Truck Owners’ Claims of Diesel Cheating
Jan 11 2018 // Ford Motor Co. installed software that enabled its F-250 and F-350 Super Duty trucks to cheat at passing federal emissions tests, according to a lawsuit by truck owners filed on Wednesday, a claim the No. 2 U.S. automaker...
3 Native American Tribes in Dakotas Sue Opioid Industry Groups
Jan 10 2018 // Three Native American tribes in the Dakotas are suing opioid manufacturers and distributors, alleging they concealed and minimized the addiction risk of prescription drugs. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Flandreau Santee Sioux...
