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Lawsuit over Police Tactics in Ferguson Protests Dismissed
Oct 5 2016 // A federal judge has tossed out a $40 million civil rights lawsuit that alleged police used excessive force against protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, after the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown. U.S. District...
Oregon Woman Sues Nursing Home that Axed Her After Reporting Neglect
Oct 4 2016 // A former employee of a Portland, Ore. nursing home has filed a lawsuit against the facility for $575,000, alleging she was fired in 2014 for reporting that a patient had been wounded because of neglectful care. The...
Berkshire’s Applied Underwriters Defends Workers’ Comp Products, Says Brokers Should Not Be at Risk
Oct 3 2016 // Legal and regulatory squabbles in New York, California and other states involving Berkshire Hathaway and its Applied Underwriter affiliates over particular workers’ compensation products should not have any negative...
Woman Sues Former NFL and Texas Player Benson over Dog Attack
Oct 3 2016 // Former NFL and University of Texas running back Cedric Benson has been sued by a woman who claims she and a dog she was walking were attacked by Benson’s two Rottweilers in July. Lynn Comegys claims she was walking...
Widow Sues Saudi Arabia for Sept. 11 Attacks Under New Law
Oct 3 2016 // A woman widowed when her husband was killed at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001 sued the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia just two days after Congress enacted legislation allowing Americans to sue foreign governments for allegedly...
Louisiana Police Jury Sues Travelers in Effort to Recover Stolen Money
Oct 3 2016 // The Rapides Parish Police Jury has hired a law firm to try to recover money they say was stolen from the District Attorney’s Office by an employee. The police jury, which is the governing authority for the parish,...
Builders of New Orleans Jail Sued by Sheriff
Sep 30 2016 // The man under fire for his management of the new jail in New Orleans has filed a lawsuit against the general contractors who built the facility. Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s suit seeks approximately $3 million for missed...
CNO Financial Ends Ties with Beechwood Re, Sues Over Hedge Fund Exposure
Sep 30 2016 // CNO Financial Group Inc. on Thursday said that two of its subsidiaries were terminating agreements with reinsurer Beechwood Re, after regulators in two states said that many assets managed by Beechwood were not compliant...
Saudi Arabia Greets 9/11 Lawsuit Bill with Public Silence, Private Bristling
Sep 30 2016 // A U.S. law allowing lawsuits against Saudi Arabia over the Sept. 11 attacks met a stony silence from Riyadh on Thursday but some Saudis bristled, saying the kingdom should curb business and security ties in response. The...
Feds go after Silicon Valley Firm over Alleged Hiring Bias
Sep 29 2016 // The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit accusing a fast-growing Silicon Valley software company of systematically discriminating against Asian job applicants. Palantir Technologies was co-founded by prominent tech...
Insurance Company Wants Out of Delaware Child Porn Defamation Suit
Sep 29 2016 // A federal judge has ruled that an insurance company is obligated to defend the ex-wife of serial political candidate Richard Korn in a defamation lawsuit he filed against her. Liberty Mutual argued that a homeowner’s...
Alabama Water Utility Sues 30-Plus Flooring Companies Over Water Pollution
Sep 29 2016 // The Water Works and Sewer Board in Gadsden, Ala., has filed a lawsuit against more than 30 carpet and textile companies over pollution in the city’s water supply. Media outlets report that the lawsuit, filed Sept....
Senate, House Override President’s Veto of Saudi Arabia 9/11 Lawsuit Bill
Sep 28 2016 // Congress turned aside a last-ditch lobbying effort by the White House and Saudi Arabia Wednesday and overrode President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill that would allow the kingdom to be sued for involvement in the...
Pennsylvania Hospital Sued Over Firing of Employees Who Refused Flu Shots
Sep 28 2016 // Federal authorities are suing a Pennsylvania hospital, alleging religious discrimination in the firing of six employees who refused to get flu shots. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Erie, Penn., by the Equal...
St. Louis Area Landfill Operator Settles Suit with 34 Homeowners
Sep 27 2016 // The operator of a suburban St. Louis landfill where an underground fire is producing a strong odor has reached a settlement in federal lawsuits filed by nearly three dozen nearby residents. Bridgeton Landfill LLC announced...
Could Trouble with Comp Products from Berkshire Affiliates Land in Brokers’ Laps?
Sep 26 2016 // Insurance brokers who sold allegedly illegal workers’ compensation products from Berkshire Hathaway affiliates involved in legal and regulatory troubles in New York and California could end up being strapped with...
Security Firm to Pay $115K in Suit over Retaliation at Michigan Site
Sep 26 2016 // Security giant Guardsmark has agreed to pay $115,000 and to provide other relief to settle a retaliation discrimination case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced. EEOC...
Arizona Court Considers Allowing Homeowners Lawsuit over Yarnell Fire
Sep 26 2016 // Attorneys for Yarnell residents who lost their homes in the deadly 2013 Arizona wildfire are asking the Court of Appeals to allow their clients to sue the state. KJZZ-FM reported that previously homeowners sued the state...
California Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Yelp Review Suit
Sep 26 2016 // The California Supreme Court has agreed to consider a lawsuit that Yelp.com warns could lead to the removal of negative reviews on the popular site. The court agreed last week to take up an appeal by Yelp of a lower court...
Suit Against Yahoo Claims ‘Gross Negligence’ Over Data Breach
Sep 26 2016 // Yahoo Inc. was sued on Friday by a user who accused it of gross negligence over a massive 2014 hacking in which information was stolen from at least 500 million accounts. The lawsuit was filed in the federal court in San...
