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Political Commentators File Suit over Ohio’s Online Harassment Ban
May 18 2017 // A group of liberal and conservative online political commentators in Ohio has filed a constitutional challenge to the state’s recently enacted law against internet harassment. A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S....
New York County Sues Purdue, J&J Over Opioid Marketing
May 18 2017 // A county in New York state has sued Purdue Pharma LP, Johnson & Johnson and other drugmakers, accusing them of engaging in fraudulent marketing that played down the risks of prescription opioid painkillers, leading to...
New York Woman Whose Car Damaged by Target Red Ball Files $100K Suit
May 18 2017 // A New York woman has sued the Target corporation after one of its two-ton red balls rolled into her driver’s side door. Eileen Grady claims in her lawsuit that the company “knew or should have known” the...
Texas ‘Hailstorm’ Litigation Bill Headed to Governor’s Desk
May 17 2017 // Legislation backed by the insurance industry and some Texas business groups that curtails the ability of policyholders to sue insurance companies over property claims following extreme weather events has passed the state...
Oregon Radish Farmers Sue Bank For $6.7M
May 17 2017 // A group of Oregon farmers has filed a $6.7 million lawsuit against a bank for allegedly interfering with sales of radish seed and thus causing its value to decrease. The Capital Press reported the Radish Seed...
1st Suit Filed Against Petroleum Corp. Following Colorado House Explosion
May 17 2017 // Neighbors have filed the first lawsuit stemming from a fatal house explosion in northern Colorado that’s blamed on unrefined natural gas flowing from a severed pipeline. The Longmont Times-Call reported Swiin Jeffrey...
Families of Oakland Warehouse Fire Victims Sue
May 17 2017 // Attorneys representing the families of people who died in an Oakland, Calif. warehouse fire that broke out during an unlicensed concert plan to file a lawsuit against the building’s owner and manager. Lawyer Mary...
City of Philadelphia Sues Wells Fargo, Alleges Predatory Lending
May 17 2017 // The City of Philadelphia sued Wells Fargo & Co. on Monday, accusing the largest U.S. mortgage lender of predatory lending, which violates the federal Fair Housing Act. The lawsuit came two weeks after the U.S. Supreme...
Brother of Washington Man Who Died in Hospital Fall Sues for Wrongful Death
May 16 2017 // A Washington man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Eastern State Hospital staff after his brother died under their care. The Spokesman-Review reported that Kenneth Peters has accused doctors of not rendering...
Firms Hit by Cyber Attack Could Face Lawsuits over Lax Security: Legal Experts
May 16 2017 // Businesses that failed to update Microsoft Windows-based computer systems that were hit by a massive cyber attack over the weekend could be sued over their lax cyber security, but Microsoft Corp. itself enjoys strong...
Bill Limiting Medical Costs in Injury Lawsuits Sent to Missouri Governor
May 15 2017 // Missouri lawmakers sent Gov. Eric Greitens a measure that would limit how much money people could receive for medical costs in injury lawsuits, the latest in a series of proposals that Republican supporters hope will make...
Iowa School District Pays $160K in Bus Crash Lawsuit
May 15 2017 // The Sioux City (Iowa) Community School District has paid $160,000 to a woman injured when a school bus rear-ended her vehicle in 2013. The Sioux City Journal reports that the school board approved the settlement last week...
Oregon Judge Dismisses $4M Suit in Family Drowning
May 15 2017 // A judge has dismissed a $4 million lawsuit filed by a relative of four people who drowned in a northwest Oregon lake in 2014. Judge Andrew Erwin dismissed the suit after Washington County argued it was entitled to...
Oregon Suit Blames Security Guard for Woman’s Leap off Insurance Building
May 15 2017 // The family of a woman who jumped off a 27-story building in downtown Portland, Ore., has sued the security guard who couldn’t stop her. The lawsuit seeks $505,000, alleging the guard was at fault for unlocking the...
Massachusetts Court Sides with Norfolk & Dedham in Personal Injury Suit
May 15 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has upheld a Superior Court decision that defendant, Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co., did not engage in unfair settlement practices in its handling of a personal injury claim....
Insurance Industry-Backed Storm Damage Bill Passes Texas House
May 15 2017 // The passage in the Texas House of a bill limiting liability for property insurance companies sued by policyholders following weather related events has given the insurance industry, which lobbied strongly for the bill,...
Washington City Mulling Suits Against Opioid Makers in Homelessness Fight
May 12 2017 // The city of Tacoma, Wash. is considering suing the manufacturers of opioids such as OxyContin in its fight against homelessness. Mayor Marilyn Strickland said at this week’s City Council meeting that the city is...
No Lawyers in Baseball Means Dozens of Fan Injuries: Nocera
May 12 2017 // We live in a society that is both risk-averse and litigation-mad. Not surprisingly, these two things go hand in hand. After a handful of crashes involving Toyota Motor Corp. automobiles, said to be the result of sudden...
Missouri Workers’ Comp Lawsuit Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk
May 11 2017 // Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill to raise the standard for employees to sue for discrimination over workers’ compensation claims. Senators voted 23-10 on May 8 to send the legislation to Republican Gov. Eric...
Trump Claims Absolute Immunity from D.C. Wine Bar’s Lawsuit
May 11 2017 // Lawyers for Donald Trump on Wednesday said the U.S. president has “absolute immunity” from a lawsuit by owners of the Cork Wine Bar in Washington, D.C., who claim that his ownership of a nearby hotel...
