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Family of New Jersey Train Crash Victim Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Jun 30 2017 // The family of a woman killed when a New Jersey Transit commuter train slammed into a station last year filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against the agency. Fabiola Bittar de Kroon’s family is seeking...
Wife of Orlando Nightclub Shooter Dropped from Victim Civil Suit
Jun 30 2017 // The wife of the gunman in the Orlando nightclub shooting has been dropped from a civil lawsuit brought by survivors of the massacre and victims’ families. An amended complaint filed last week in state court in South...
State Sues Flint, Michigan, over Water Deal Refusal
Jun 29 2017 // The state of Michigan has sued Flint, alleging that the city council’s delay in approving a broadly backed recommendation to buy water long term from a Detroit-area system is endangering public health in the wake of...
California Continues to Move Toward Letting Customers Sue Banks
Jun 28 2017 // California has taken another step on toward allowing state residents to sue financial institutions for fraud, rather than letting banks force customers to settle disputes in arbitration, as a bill inspired by last...
West Virginia City Sues Liberty Mutual for $20M Over Claim Denial
Jun 28 2017 // A West Virginia city has filed a federal lawsuit seeking a $20 million insurance claim to cover damages at its hydroelectric plant. The Intelligencer reports that the lawsuit was filed this month in U.S. District Court in...
Former Kentucky Teacher Receives $500K Settlement in Retaliation Lawsuit
Jun 27 2017 // A former teacher and volleyball coach is receiving a $500,000 settlement in a lawsuit against a Kentucky school district where she said she became the victim of a retaliation campaign for advocating for equal treatment of...
Texas Ex-Track Coach’s Discrimination Suit to Proceed
Jun 26 2017 // The Texas Supreme Court has refused to block a sex and race discrimination lawsuit filed against the University of Texas by former women’s track coach Bev Kearney, who was forced out after the school learned of a...
Oklahoma’s Tulsa County to Pay Ex-Deputy $138K in Wrongful Termination Suit
Jun 26 2017 // Tulsa County has agreed to pay nearly $138,000 to a former sheriff’s deputy to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit that claimed he and others were ousted in fallout from the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man...
Missouri Judge OKs $1.5M Settlement in Brown Family Wrongful Death Suit
Jun 26 2017 // A federal judge in St. Louis on June 20 approved a $1.5 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Michael Brown Sr. and Lezley McSpadden. Their 18-year-old son was unarmed on Aug. 9, 2014, when he was fatally...
General Motors Agrees to Settle Hundreds of Ignition Lawsuits
Jun 26 2017 // General Motors Co. has agreed to settle federal lawsuits by as many as 203 plaintiffs over defective ignition switches in its vehicles, a Friday court filing shows. Settlement terms are confidential, but the accord could...
Missouri Becomes 3rd State to Sue Opioid Manufacturers
Jun 23 2017 // Missouri on June 21 became the third U.S. state to accuse major drug manufacturers of fraudulently misrepresenting the risks of opioid painkillers now at the center of a national addiction epidemic. Missouri Attorney...
Green Bay Fan Sues Chicago Bears over Sideline Packers Gear Ban
Jun 22 2017 // A Green Bay Packers fan is making a federal case out of a dispute with the Chicago Bears, filing a lawsuit accusing the rival team of violating his free-speech rights by prohibiting him from wearing Packers apparel at...
J&J Seizes Supreme Court Ruling on Out-of-State Cases to Fight Talc Cancer Claims
Jun 22 2017 // Johnson & Johnson is seizing upon a U.S. Supreme Court ruling from Monday limiting where injury lawsuits can be filed to fight off claims it failed to warn women that talcum powder could cause ovarian cancer. New...
Kentucky Supreme Court Finds No Bad Faith as a Matter of Law in Auto Lawsuit
Jun 21 2017 // The Kentucky Supreme Court in Hollaway v. Direct General Ins. Co. Mississippi Inc., 497 S.W. 3d 733 (Ky. 2016), recently affirmed summary judgment that was granted in favor of the insurance company, finding that the...
Businesses Come Out on Top in Current Supreme Court Term
Jun 21 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with business interests in a series of cases in its current term, which began in October and is due to end next week. In 19 business-related cases that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce...
Mass. Court Says Arbitration is Allowed in Underinsured Motorist Claim Suit
Jun 20 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that Arbella Mutual Insurance Company did not engage in unfair settlement practices by demanding arbitration in a lawsuit involving an underinsured motorist claim. In the case,...
Supreme Court Limits Out-of-State Residents Joining Class Actions
Jun 20 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court gave companies a new tool to defeat some legal claims, siding with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. in a bid to limit a consumer lawsuit in California over its Plavix blood thinner. The justices, voting 8-1,...
3 Tennessee Prosecutors Join Forces in Suit Against Opioid Drug Makers
Jun 19 2017 // A new lawsuit invokes the plight of a baby born dependent on opioid drugs, as three Tennessee prosecutors and the baby’s guardian accuse several drug manufacturers of unleashing an epidemic through deceptive...
California Judge Says TV Network Owes $2M in Sex Abuse Cover-Up Lawsuit
Jun 19 2017 // An Orange County, Calif. judge says Trinity Broadcasting Network is responsible for the entire $2 million a jury awarded in an alleged sex abuse cover-up. The judge ruled that TBN is on the hook for the full amount jurors...
City Colleges of Chicago to Settle Age Discrimination Lawsuit for $60K
Jun 19 2017 // City Colleges of Chicago will pay $60,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC), the federal agency announced. In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that Harold...
