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Washington and Seattle Become Latest Governments to Sue Opioid Makers
Oct 3 2017 // Washington state and the city of Seattle on Thursday joined more than two dozen other government entities across the country suing to hold opioid makers accountable for an addiction crisis that has claimed thousands of...
Maryland Suing EPA on Power Plant Pollution in Other States
Oct 3 2017 // Maryland is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to act on a petition requiring power plants in five upwind states to reduce pollution, the state’s attorney general and an official in Gov. Larry...
States May Copy California’s Law to Give Employees Right to File Class Actions
Oct 3 2017 // This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether employees have the right to bring class actions against their bosses. With the court’s Republican majority restored this year by President Donald Trump, labor...
Supreme Court Justices Appear Split Over Employee Class Action Case
Oct 3 2017 // Liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday defended the right of workers to bring class-action claims against companies but their conservative counterparts who are in the majority sounded skeptical in the biggest...
Family of Oregon Cyclist Sues Garbage Truck Company for Death
Oct 2 2017 // The family of a Portland, Ore. woman who died after a collision with a garbage truck is suing the company for $10 million. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the lawsuit was filed in court last week against Republic...
Supreme Court to Decide Future of Workers’ Class Action Suits Against Employers
Oct 2 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its new nine-month term on Monday with a major employment case that could deprive workers of the ability to join together to file lawsuits when taking on companies over a wide range of...
Finance Industry Sues to End U.S. Rule Curbing Forced Arbitration for Consumers
Oct 2 2017 // A coalition of corporate lobbying groups, led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to overturn a rule that makes it easier for aggrieved customers to file lawsuits against...
South Carolina Private School Sued Over Disclosure of Private Student Medical Info
Oct 2 2017 // A parent filed suit against a South Carolina private school last month – the same day the school sent out an email that included private medical information about 86 students. The lawsuit said an email from the...
South Carolina Sues OxyContin Maker Purdue Over Opioid Marketing
Oct 2 2017 // South Carolina sued Purdue Pharma LP in August, joining other states and local governments to accuse the OxyContin maker of deceptive marketing practices that have contributed to a national opioid addiction epidemic. The...
Chubb, Homeowners Settle High-Dollar Suit over Ohio Mansion Fire
Oct 2 2017 // A dispute over a multi-million-dollar insurance claim for a suburban Cincinnati mansion that burned down in 2014 has settled weeks before a trial was scheduled to start. A federal court filing says attorneys for Jeffrey...
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...
