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Exxon Gets Combative with Critics Suing Over Climate Change Policy
Feb 15 2018 // As climate-change lawsuits against the oil industry mount, Exxon Mobil Corp. is taking a bare-knuckle approach rarely seen in legal disputes: It’s going after the lawyers who are suing it. The company has targeted at...
West Virginia Officer Fired For Refusing to Shoot Suspect Settles Suit for $175K
Feb 15 2018 // A white West Virginia police officer who was fired after he refused to shoot a black man who had a gun has settled a lawsuit for $175,000. The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia announced the settlement with...
Utah Ready to Sue California Over Coal Power Fee
Feb 14 2018 // Utah lawmakers want the state to set aside $2 million to sue California over rules that make coal-fired power more expensive. The proposal from Republican Rep. Mike Noel passed through a subcommittee this week with only...
Bank Danamon Indonesia’s Insurance Unit ‘Attracts Interest’ From Foreign Suitors
Feb 13 2018 // PT Bank Danamon Indonesia, the nation’s fifth-largest lender by market value, is fielding interest from foreign suitors seeking a stake in its insurance subsidiary, people familiar with the matter said. Jakarta-based...
Duke Energy, Environmentalists Clash Over 5-Year-Old Groundwater Cleanup Lawsuit
Feb 13 2018 // A North Carolina appeals court should keep alive a five-year-old lawsuit because it increases the pressure on Duke Energy Corp. to clean up groundwater contaminated by its coal ash pits, environmental lawyers argued...
Tribe Continues Suit Against Drug Distributors; Refiles in State Court
Feb 12 2018 // The Cherokee Nation has refiled a lawsuit against opioid distributors in state court after a federal judge ruled that tribe’s court system had no jurisdiction over the companies. Lawyers filed the suit in Sequoyah...
New Mexico Appeals Court Upholds Ruling in $165M Suit Against FedEx
Feb 12 2018 // The New Mexico Court of Appeals has upheld the ruling in a $165 million lawsuit against FedEx filed after a deadly accident involving a contracted FedEx truck. Las Cruces Sun-News reports the 2011 crash west of Las Cruces...
Wife of Conductor Killed in Deadly S.C. Train Crash Sues Rail Companies for Negligence
Feb 12 2018 // The wife of a conductor killed in the crash of an Amtrak train with a parked freight train in South Carolina earlier this month filed suit Thursday against Amtrak and the other rail company, saying they were to blame for...
Ohio Sues Dupont, Chemours over Cancer-Linked Teflon Toxin
Feb 9 2018 // DuPont Co. and its spinoff Chemours Co. have been sued by Ohio for dumping a chemical used in Teflon, an action the state said went on for 60 years even though the company knew it was toxic to humans. Ohio’s Attorney...
Feds Sue Staffing Company over Sexual Harassment at Kansas Site
Feb 9 2018 // An international staffing company violated federal law when it allowed a manager at a Kansas City, Kan., worksite to repeatedly sexually harass female workers on a manufacturing line, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Nebraska to Remove Omaha-Made Guardrail End Caps Subject to Lawsuits
Feb 8 2018 // State transportation officials plan to remove highway guardrail end caps manufactured by a Nebraska company that have been the subject of lawsuits across the country alleging safety defects. The Nebraska Department of...
Shareholders Sue Wynn Board for Not Investigating CEO Accused of Misconduct
Feb 8 2018 // The board of Wynn Resorts has been sued by shareholders, claiming the board knew for years that Steve Wynn, founder and chief executive of the casino operator, had been accused of sexual misconduct and failed to...
Report: Lawsuit Settlements Cost Missouri Taxpayers $23M in 2017
Feb 7 2018 // Lawsuits against the state of Missouri cost taxpayers at least $23 million last year, according to a new report from Attorney General Josh Hawley. A year-end report from Hawley, a Republican, showed that 16 of the 45 major...
Oregon Woman Sues Over Newborn’s Death After 2-Day Birth
Feb 7 2018 // A Bend, Ore. woman has filed a $9 million wrongful death lawsuit against the St. Charles Health System after her daughter died following a difficult childbirth. The Bulletin reported that Grace Louise Marchant-Hubbs was...
Oregon School District Settles Parent’s Suit over Boy Who Was Attacked
Feb 7 2018 // The Eugene School District in Oregon has paid $24,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a parent whose child was attacked at school. Olga Telsheva sought $625,000 when the suit was filed last year. She alleged that officials...
Group Urges SEC Probe of California, Cites Climate Hypocrisy
Feb 7 2018 // California officials are downplaying the risks of climate change to bond investors while citing those same risks as the basis for a lawsuit against oil companies, according to a conservative think tank that has asked...
Bangladesh to File Suit Against Philippines Bank over $81M Cyber Heist
Feb 7 2018 // Bangladesh’s central bank will file a lawsuit against a Philippines bank for its role in one of the world’s biggest cyber-heists two years ago, a deputy governor said on Wednesday. Unidentified hackers stole...
Alabama Sues OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Epidemic
Feb 7 2018 // Alabama on Tuesday became the latest state to file a lawsuit accusing OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP of fueling the opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing prescription painkillers to generate billions of dollars in...
Mother of Missing Alabama Teen Natalee Holloway Sues For $35M Over ‘Fake’ TV Series
Feb 7 2018 // The mother of Natalee Holloway, a U.S. teenager who vanished during her senior trip to Aruba in 2005, is seeking at least $35 million from the producers of what she contends was a fake television documentary about the...
Alabama Supreme Court Rejects Concert Injury Suit Against Booking Agent
Feb 6 2018 // The Alabama Supreme Court says a man can’t go forward with his lawsuit against a company involved in booking a death metal concert where he was injured. The justices on Friday blocked a lawsuit against the Los...
