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Apology Expressing Liability Can’t Be Used in Lawsuits, Ohio Supreme Court Says
Oct 2 2017 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that an apology by a medical provider that includes an admission of liability can’t be used in a later lawsuit against the provider. At issue in the court’s Sept. 12 decision...
Final Lawsuit Settled in Deadly San Francisco Plane Crash
Oct 2 2017 // A California dentist who was aboard an Asiana Airlines plane that crashed in San Francisco four years ago, killing three girls and injuring roughly 200 others, has reached a settlement with the airline, ending what her...
Chicago Fililng Lawsuit in Massive Equifax Data Breach
Sep 29 2017 // The city of Chicago is suing the credit reporting company Equifax over a data breach that exposed personal information of about 143 million people. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office says the lawsuit accuses Equifax of...
Michigan High Court to Hear Arguments in Golf Cart Lawsuit
Sep 29 2017 // The Michigan Supreme Court is taking a swing at a golf cart dispute. The justices want to hear more about a golfer who was accidentally struck by a cart at Farmington Hills Golf Club in 2013. Ken Bertin and Doug Mann were...
San Francisco Becomes the First City to Sue in Equifax Breach
Sep 28 2017 // San Francisco has filed a lawsuit against Equifax, becoming the first city in the country to sue the credit reporting company over a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of about 143 million...
Arkansas Officials Seek to Limit Liability in Duggar Privacy Lawsuit
Sep 28 2017 // Arkansas officials are seeking immunity from being sued for releasing decade-old information about a sexual abuse investigation involving Josh Duggar and four of his sisters. Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald,...
Syngenta Settles With U.S. Farmers in China Corn Trade Case
Sep 28 2017 // Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta said it has agreed to settle tens of thousands of U.S. lawsuits by farmers over the company’s rollout of a genetically engineered corn seed variety before China approved it for...
Lawsuit Claims J&J Knew of Asbestos in Talcum Powder in ’70s
Sep 28 2017 // Johnson & Johnson trained its employees to reassure anyone concerned about whether the company’s talcum powder contained asbestos that the cancer-causing substance “has never been found and it never...
Final Lawsuit Settled in Deadly San Francisco Plane Crash
Sep 25 2017 // A California dentist who was aboard an Asiana Airlines plane that crashed in San Francisco four years ago, killing three girls and injuring roughly 200 others, has reached a settlement with the airline, ending what her...
Legal Experts See Room for Deal in Equifax Data Breach Lawsuits
Sep 25 2017 // Equifax Inc. could get away with paying a mere $1 per person after failing to protect almost half of America’s credit data. While the 118-year-old credit-reporting firm has been hit with more than 100 consumer...
Judge Tosses One Michigan ‘Halal Pepperoni’ Lawsuit Against Little Caesars
Sep 24 2017 // A judge dismissed a $100 million lawsuit against Little Caesars Pizza that alleged that pork was sold as “halal pepperoni” at a restaurant in a Detroit suburb that has a large Muslim population. Wayne County...
Chubb, Homeowners Settle High-Dollar Suit over Ohio Mansion Fire
Sep 24 2017 // A dispute over a multi-million-dollar insurance claim for a suburban Cincinnati mansion that burned down in 2014 has been settled weeks before a scheduled trial. A federal court filing says attorneys for Jeffrey and Maria...
Jump in Energy Contract Lawsuits Expected in Harvey’s Wake
Sep 22 2017 // Lawyers expect a spate of force majeure contract lawsuits after Hurricane Harvey tore through Southeast Texas and parts of Louisiana last month, paralyzing a fifth of U.S. fuel output and pushing some oil production...
Air Monitoring Company Added to Texas Chemical Plant Negligence Lawsuit
Sep 21 2017 // Air monitoring company Bureau Veritas SA has been added to a negligence suit alleging first responders inhaled dangerous fumes during a fire at a chemical plant, lawyers for Texas police and emergency workers said. The...
2 Northern California Cities Are Suing Big Oil Firms Over Climate Change
Sep 21 2017 // California cities San Francisco and Oakland filed separate lawsuits against five oil companies on Wednesday seeking billions of dollars to protect against rising sea levels they blamed on climate change, according to...
Defamation Suit Over Rolling Stone Article Is Revived on Appeal
Sep 21 2017 // A defamation lawsuit suit against Rolling Stone magazine over its retracted 2014 article about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia was partially revived by a federal appeals court in New York. The...
Landlord Settles Lawsuit Over Deadly Ohio House Fire for $360K
Sep 20 2017 // The owner of an Ohio home where a fire killed two adults and two girls is settling a lawsuit claiming she’s liable because the rental property lacked smoke detectors. Cleveland.com reports owner Joni Laidig and her...
Lawsuit Filed against Google by Three Former Female Employees in California
Sep 18 2017 // Google faces a new lawsuit accusing it of gender-based pay discrimination. A lawyer representing three female former Google employees is seeking class action status for the claim. The suit, filed in San Francisco Superior...
South Carolina Couple Sues Amazon Over Faulty Eclipse Glasses
Sep 18 2017 // A South Carolina couple is suing online retailer Amazon over what they claim were faulty pairs of eclipse glasses that resulted in eye injuries, headaches and blurry vision. In court papers filed in federal court in...
Mixed Messages Sent Over Texas’s New Cat Claims Statute
Sep 18 2017 // Ambiguity surrounding a Texas law that went into effect on Sept. 1 had insurance industry representatives and attorneys who represent insurance policyholders issuing conflicting messages to insureds who may have suffered...
