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Kobe Steel Hit with Lawsuits Over Data Tampering Scandal
Dec 8 2017 // Kobe Steel Ltd. said on Friday it has been hit with lawsuits over its data tampering scandal and has had two more badges of industrial quality removed, the latest setbacks for the Japanese steelmaker as it seeks to restore...
Michigan Nonprofit Must Pay $25K in Suit over Recess Injury
Dec 8 2017 // A Michigan nonprofit has settled a lawsuit over an incident in which a group of students injured a boy during recess at a public charter school it operates. The North Flint Reinvestment Corporation was ordered to pay...
Iowa Man Suing Gun Maker Savage Arms Over Exploding Rifle
Dec 7 2017 // It was the opening day of deer hunting season, and Iowa farmer Ronald Hansen says he loaded his rifle the same way he had countless times before, aimed at a target and fired a shot. This time, the gun barrel exploded,...
Gender Pay Class Action in California Against Google Dismissed
Dec 7 2017 // Google Inc. won dismissal of a California class-action lawsuit alleging the company systematically paid male employees more than females. The class proposed by the plaintiffs, covering “all women employed by Google...
N.Y. Supreme Court Says Coverage Applies in World Trade Center Asbestos Injury Suit
Dec 7 2017 // The Supreme Court of the State of New York has ruled that American Home Assurance Company must defend contractors and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey against asbestos claims from construction workers who...
Dallas Home Healthcare Company to Pay $25K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
Dec 6 2017 // AccentCare Inc., a home healthcare company headquartered in Dallas, has agreed to pay $25,000 and provide other significant relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Hospitals in Mississippi, Alabama Sue Opioid Manufacturers Over Addiction Costs
Dec 5 2017 // Hospitals in Mississippi and Alabama are suing more than a dozen pharmaceutical companies, claiming the companies deceptively marketed and sold opioids. The Clarion Ledger reports the class-action federal lawsuit was filed...
New Lawsuit Over West Virginia Warehouse Fire Targets Chemical Manufacturer
Dec 5 2017 // A new lawsuit over the industrial fire that burned for a week in West Virginia targets the chemical manufacturer who sold products stored in the building. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the case filed last week says...
Fired Missouri School Cafeteria Worker Awarded $340K in Discrimination Lawsuit
Dec 4 2017 // A former high school cafeteria worker in Missouri has won a $340,000 judgment in her lawsuit alleging she was discriminated against by the Independence School District. Amy Stubbs filed the lawsuit after she was fired as a...
Idaho Suit Accuses Home Depot of Discriminating Against Mom with Newborn
Dec 4 2017 // A former Home Depot assistant supervisor in southwestern Idaho has filed a lawsuit against the company alleging sex and pregnancy discrimination. The Idaho Statesman reported the lawsuit alleges the company violated...
Maryland Court Could Give More Time for Asbestos Lawsuits
Dec 4 2017 // A Maryland court is weighing whether to give workers sickened by asbestos exposure more time to sue their employers, a move that could open the door to new lawsuits. The Baltimore Sun reports Maryland law currently allows...
Iowa Exhausts Appeals in Lawsuit over Worker Injury; Costs Could Top $1M
Dec 1 2017 // Iowa has exhausted its challenges to a lawsuit filed by a former state employee who said an agency fired him because of a work injury, and the costs to the state could top $1 million. The Iowa Supreme Court on Nov. 9...
Modest Mouse Singer Sued in Oregon over 2016 Traffic Accident
Dec 1 2017 // The lead singer of the alternative rock band Modest Mouse is being sued in a Portland, Ore. court for nearly $1 million over a traffic accident last year. Isaac Brock was cited after the Aug. 3, 2016, accident for crashing...
Trump Protester Struck by Car in California Sues City, Driver and University
Dec 1 2017 // A woman who was hit by a car while protesting against President Donald Trump on a San Diego freeway is suing the driver, the city, the state and a nearby university. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported 19-year-old Maria...
Washington-based Trans Ocean to Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
Dec 1 2017 // Washington-based Trans Ocean Seafoods Inc., doing business as New England Shellfish, will pay $75,000 to three female former employees and implement other relief to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal...
Woman Staying in Hotel During Tennessee Wildfires Claims PTSD in Lawsuit
Dec 1 2017 // A Tennessee woman who checked in to a hotel as deadly wildfires raged nearby says in a lawsuit that she was terrified she would die in the hotel and is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder because of the...
Ex-Ohio State Star Spielman Widens Lawsuit over Commercial Use of Image
Nov 30 2017 // A former Ohio State and NFL star is asking a judge to let him expand a class-action lawsuit over allegations that marketing campaigns for dozens of big-time colleges and universities improperly used the images of thousands...
Judge Limits Key Testimony in Armstrong Lawsuit
Nov 30 2017 // A federal judge has set some limits on key evidence and testimony in Lance Armstrong’s upcoming $100 million civil trial, including harm inflicted on former team sponsor U.S. Postal Service and whether the government...
Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Trying to Sell Sealed Whistleblower Lawsuits
Nov 30 2017 // A former partner at a major law firm in Washington pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges that he tried to sell copies of sealed whistleblower lawsuits against corporations that he obtained while working at the U.S....
Lawsuit Claims Florida is Ignoring Medical Marijuana Law
Nov 29 2017 // A Florida nursery and a man who suffers from epilepsy filed a lawsuit against Gov. Rick Scott’s administration that contends that state officials are flouting the state’s new medical marijuana law. It’s...
