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Indianapolis Sues Several Opioid Makers, Distributors
Nov 16 2017 // The city of Indianapolis sued several manufacturers and distributors of prescription painkillers in federal court on Nov. 14, alleging that their actions are to blame for the city’s growing opioid crisis. The lawsuit...
Ohio Company Pays $75M to Settle Suits over Alleged False Hospice Claims
Nov 16 2017 // An Ohio corporation has paid the U.S. government a record $75 million to settle lawsuits stemming from alleged false claims about hospice patients. The U.S. Department of Justice says that between 2002 and 2013 Chemed...
California Utility Blamed in 3 Suits for Deadly Wildfires
Nov 16 2017 // Pacific Gas and Electric Co. was blamed in three lawsuits filed this week for negligence in the wildfires that killed more than 40 people and destroyed over 8,000 homes in Northern California last month. The lawsuits...
How States Compare for Risk of Employee Lawsuits: Hiscox
Nov 16 2017 // A new study of employment practices disputes and litigation by global insurer Hiscox concludes that businesses in Washington, D.C., Nevada, Delaware, New Mexico and California face the highest risk of being sued by their...
Tesla Hit with Class-Action Suit over Racial Discrimination at California Plant
Nov 14 2017 // U.S. automaker Tesla Inc. was hit with a class-action lawsuit claiming its California production plant is a “hotbed for racist behavior.” The lawsuit filed in California state court in Oakland on Monday is at...
Indiana County Facing $8M Payout to Settle Suits Against Employees
Nov 13 2017 // A northwest Indiana county may pay more than $8 million to settle several lawsuits against county employees that allege misconduct and negligence led to several injuries and deaths. The Lake County Council received a list...
Colgate-Palmolive Settles Asbestos Claim Linked to Its Talc
Nov 13 2017 // Colgate-Palmolive Co. agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming its talcum powder products caused a Pennsylvania woman to develop mesothelioma, a fatal lung disease tied to asbestos exposure. New York-based Colgate-Palmolive...
Lexington Joins 30 Other Kentucky Cities in Opioid Addiction Lawsuit
Nov 13 2017 // A Kentucky city is suing more than a dozen drug manufacturers and distributors to recoup the escalating cost of dealing with drug addiction. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the city of Lexington filed a federal lawsuit...
Connecticut Town Faces Federal Lawsuit After Extortion Conviction
Nov 9 2017 // A Connecticut man who claims to have tipped off the FBI about extortion from a zoning official has now filed a federal lawsuit against the town where he says it took place. WTNH-TV recently acquired a copy of the lawsuit...
Local Governments in Wisconsin Sue Opioid Drug Makers
Nov 8 2017 // Nearly two dozen Wisconsin counties say in a federal lawsuit that “nefarious and deceptive” marketing campaigns from pharmaceutical companies are responsible for the nation’s opioid overdose epidemic. The...
Wrong Walgreens Prescription Led New Mexico Man’s to Suicide Attempt, Suit States
Nov 8 2017 // A northern New Mexico man is suing Walgreens over claims a pharmacist erroneously filled a prescription for him, and that anti-anxiety drug led to a suicide attempt. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported an attorney for...
Female Engineer Awarded $251K in Washington Discrimination Suit
Nov 8 2017 // A jury has awarded a female Vancouver, Wash. engineer $251,100 for her lawsuit against the Clark County Community Development Department. The Columbian reports that the jury ruled staff at the department defamed and...
West Virginia Cities Sue Health Care Accreditors for Downplaying Opioid Risk
Nov 7 2017 // Several West Virginia municipalities are suing The Joint Commission, claiming the Chicago-based health care accreditation group downplayed the dangers of prescription painkillers and helped fuel addictions. The Charleston...
State Sues Gas Pipeline Developer over Pollution Violations in Ohio
Nov 6 2017 // Ohio is suing the company building a $4.2 billion natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to Michigan over what it says are numerous water pollution violations during construction. The lawsuit says work on the Rover...
Flooded Texas Residents Sue over Water Releases During Harvey
Nov 6 2017 // More than 120 Southeast Texas residents have signed on to a federal lawsuit alleging that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers illegally took their property when it released water from a reservoir and a dam during Hurricane...
Company Wants More Time to Settle Suit Over 13-Year-Old Oil Leak in Gulf
Nov 6 2017 // A New Orleans-based company that has failed to stop a 13-year-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is asking for more time to negotiate a settlement that could allow it to recover millions of dollars it set aside for work to...
County in Washington Not Negligent in Suit 84-Year Old Juror Who Froze to Death
Nov 6 2017 // Local government officials were not negligent in the death of an elderly man who had reported for jury duty and was later found covered with snow outside a Washington state courthouse, jurors ruled. Kay Mita, 84, reported...
Court Dismisses Michigan Pizza Delivery Man’s Lawsuit over Icy Fall
Nov 6 2017 // Cheese and pepperoni — but hold the lawsuit. That’s the message from the Michigan appeals court, which has reversed a decision and dismissed a lawsuit by a Domino’s Pizza delivery man. Robert Garsoff...
Michigan City to Settle Sidewalk Fall Suit for Nearly $350K
Nov 3 2017 // A city in Michigan has agreed to pay nearly $350,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who tripped and fell on a sidewalk. The Bay City Times obtained details of the settlement between Bay City and 90-year-old...
South Dakota Family Sues Dakota Access over Damage to Farmland
Nov 3 2017 // A farm family is suing the Dakota Access pipeline company alleging it failed to restore farmland it damaged during construction as promised. Slack Family Properties accuses the pipeline company of breach of contract,...
