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Lawsuits Filed Over Power Outages on N.C. Tourist Islands as Repair Work Continues
Aug 3 2017 // Power should be fully restored on all of North Carolina’s Outer Banks in less than a week, officials said late Tuesday. New power poles are now all in place and crews have started the more delicate, careful work of...
Mars Sued by Wisconsin Woman in Chocolate Trademark Matter
Aug 2 2017 // A Wisconsin woman who won the first round of a trademark lawsuit brought by Mars Inc. is suing the confectionary giant. Syovata Edari wants a federal judge to declare that her Madison-made chocolates, called CocoVaa, do...
Volkswagen Wants Judge to Reject Wyoming Lawsuit
Aug 2 2017 // Volkswagen AG, trying to put a massive emissions-cheating scandal behind it, has asked a U.S. judge to reject a lawsuit by Wyoming potentially seeking more than $1 billion in additional penalties for environment...
Family of Man Who Died In Texas Jail Lobby Sue
Aug 2 2017 // The wife and mother of a Texas man who died after a struggle with deputies in the Dallas County jail lobby filed a lawsuit alleging excessive force by four deputies and lack of training by the Dallas County Sheriff’s...
Insurer Threatens to Sue if Pennsylvania Tries to Take $200M
Aug 2 2017 // An organization created by state law to offer medical malpractice insurance is threatening to sue if Pennsylvania state government tries to take $200 million from it. The nonprofit Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint...
Transgender Chinese Man Wins Groundbreaking Job Discrimination Lawsuit
Aug 1 2017 // A Chinese court has ruled that a transgender man was unjustly dismissed by a former employer, the plaintiff said Thursday [July 27], in the country’s first such discrimination lawsuit. The 29-year-old man, who...
Wells Fargo Faces Lawsuit Alleging Fraud Over Unwanted Car Insurance Sales
Aug 1 2017 // A new lawsuit accuses Wells Fargo & Co. of racketeering violations and fraud after the bank admitted to charging several hundred thousand borrowers for auto insurance they did not ask for or need, causing many...
Iowa Man Awarded $4.5M in Age Bias Lawsuit Against Hospital
Jul 31 2017 // A jury has awarded $4.5 million to a former employee who sued an Iowa hospital for age bias and retaliation. The Des Moines Register reports that the jury’s July 24 decision came after a 10-day trial of Grinnell...
Federal Class Action Securities Fraud Filings Set Historic Pace
Jul 28 2017 // Federal class action securities fraud filings hit a record pace in the first half of 2017. Over the past six months, plaintiffs initiated 226 securities fraud class actions in federal court, more than in any equivalent...
Warriors Player Sued in California by Couple over Alleged Assault
Jul 27 2017 // Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green is being sued by a couple who claim he and his entourage assaulted them last year. Jermaine Edmondson and Bianca Williams filed the lawsuit seeking unspecified monetary damages in...
Australia Class Action Filed Against Toyota, Honda & Mazda over Faulty Air Bags
Jul 27 2017 // A Sydney lawyer announced on Tuesday a class action lawsuit against Toyota, Honda and Mazda seeking refunds for cars fitted with faulty air bags from Takata that have been linked to 18 deaths around the world. Lawyer...
Investors in Giant Rabbit That Died Inflight Sue United Airlines
Jul 27 2017 // The owners of a giant rabbit named Simon who died on a United Airlines flight while bound for the Iowa State Fair sued the carrier on Monday, claiming its employees were responsible for the hare’s death. The lawsuit...
Bass Pro to Pay $10.5M to Settle Hiring Discrimination, Retaliation Suit
Jul 26 2017 // Federal employment officials say Springfield, Mo.-based Bass Pro Outdoor World LLC, a national retailer of fishing, camping, and hunting equipment and apparel, has agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle a hiring...
Chicago Jury Awards $150M in Punitive Damages in Testosterone Lawsuit
Jul 26 2017 // Federal jurors in Chicago say the pharmaceutical company AbbVie should pay $150 million to an Oregon man for misrepresenting the risks of a low testosterone treatment. The Chicago Tribune reports that the jury arrived at...
Court Rules for NBC in Defamation Suit by Oregon Sporting Goods Company
Jul 26 2017 // A federal appeals court has ruled that NBC News did not defame an Oregon sporting goods company by characterizing its exploding rifle targets as “bombs” in a report on the “Today” show. The 2nd U.S....
Republican-Led House Votes to Block Rule Allowing Consumer Class Actions
Jul 26 2017 // The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to erase a new rule that lets bank and credit-card customers band together in lawsuits, as the agency that drafted the measure, the Consumer Financial...
Houston Manufacturer Sued for Race Discrimination
Jul 25 2017 // Federal officials have sued Champion Fiberglass Inc., a Houston-area manufacturing company, saying the company violated federal anti-discrimination laws by engaging in systemic discrimination against non-Hispanic...
Michigan Franchise Operator Sued for not Providing Religious Accommodation
Jul 25 2017 // Sleneem Enterprises LLC, a franchise operator of Tim Horton’s Café and Bake Shop in Romulus, Mich., has been sued by federal officials for allegedly failing to provide religious accommodation to an...
MetLife’s ‘Too Big to Fail’ Lawsuit on Agenda for U.S. Regulators
Jul 25 2017 // Heads of the U.S. financial regulatory agencies will meet behind closed doors this Friday to discuss MetLife Inc.’s lawsuit against them, according to a notice from Treasury, as the Trump administration wrestles with...
$3.1M Sex Abuse Suit Filed by Former Altar Boy Against Oregon Church
Jul 24 2017 // A former altar boy at a Portland, Ore. church has filed a $3.1 million lawsuit against the church contending he was repeatedly sexually abused by a choir director in the early 1960s. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that...
