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Judge Grants Class Action Status to West Virginia Miner Lawsuit
May 6 2016 // A lawsuit filed by miners in West Virginia who say they were unlawfully laid off in Wyoming County has been certified as a class action. The Register-Herald reports Judge Irene Berger granted the certification Tuesday in...
Nevada Worker Fired For Not Accepting Scientology, Suit Says
May 5 2016 // A Catholic woman fired from her job at a bottled water company led by a Nevada lawmaker has filed a federal lawsuit against the business, saying she was pressured to watch videos on Scientology and was denied pay raises...
Ferragamo SpA Sues Ex-Los Angeles Rams QB Over Winery Name
May 5 2016 // Salvatore Ferragamo SpA, the Italian luxury goods maker, on Wednesday sued former Los Angeles Rams football quarterback Vince Ferragamo, saying he infringed its trademarks by operating his namesake winery in southern...
Judge Rejects Uber’s Independent Contractors Claim in Sex Attacks Suit
May 5 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s denial of responsibility for sexual assaults by drivers failed to derail a lawsuit brought by two women who say they were attacked last year. A San Francisco federal judge on Wednesday...
U.S. Consumer Rules Would End Mandatory Arbitration Clauses That Limit Class Actions
May 5 2016 // A U.S. consumer watchdog on Thursday proposed new rules to block credit card companies, banks and other companies from forcing customers to waive their rights to join class action lawsuits and only settle disputes through...
J&J Faces 1K More Talc-Cancer Suits After Verdict for South Dakota Woman
May 4 2016 // Johnson & Johnson must pay $55 million to a 62-year-old South Dakota woman who blamed her ovarian cancer on the company’s talcum powder in the second such trial loss this year. J&J is accused in more than...
Idaho Women Sue Doctor over Counterfeit Implant Claim
May 4 2016 // Four women are suing a southern Idaho doctor because they say they were given counterfeit breast implants and knock-off Botox without their knowledge. The women filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court on last week,...
Utah Doghouse Highway Death Results in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
May 4 2016 // A northern Utah woman whose husband and 4-year-old daughter were killed when a doghouse fell out of a man’s truck and caused a highway pileup has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Alyssa Chambers filed the suit last...
Trial Underway in Montana Lawsuit over Man’s Skateboarding Death
May 4 2016 // A trial is underway in a lawsuit over whether the city of Columbia Falls in Montana is responsible for a man’s death in a skateboarding accident on a subdivision trail system. The Daily Inter Lake reported Sara Kent...
Special Report: Execs Warn of Impending Florida Market Crisis Over Water Loss Claims
May 3 2016 // Abuse of assignment of benefits (AOB) from water loss claims has become a full-blown Florida insurance crisis that will mean higher insurance rates next year and for the foreseeable future for every Florida policyholder,...
Supreme Court Denies BP Investors’ Class Action Over Losses Tied to Gulf Oil Spill
May 2 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined a request from shareholders seeking to revive their class action lawsuit against BP claiming the British oil company misrepresented its safety procedures prior to the 2010 Gulf of...
Liability Insurers Win Right to Question NFL Executives, Doctors in Concussion Cases
May 2 2016 // National Football League executives may for the first time have to testify about what they knew of concussion risks after a judge cleared the way for questions from insurers who are suing to avoid paying more than $1...
Houston Bakery to Pay $1M to Settle Race, National Origin Discrimination Suit
Apr 29 2016 // A large bakery in Houston will pay $1,042,000 as part of the settlement of a class race and national origin discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency...
Florida Braces for Rate Hikes, Litigation Due to Workers’ Compensation Fee Ruling
Apr 29 2016 // The Florida Supreme Court’s ruling that the state’s current attorney fee limits are unconstitutional will have serious ramifications on the workers’ compensation market in the state, according to Florida...
Uber’s $100M Class Action Settlement Falls Short for Some Drivers
Apr 28 2016 // Uber’s proposed settlement of a high-profile class-action lawsuit last week has drawn opposition from some drivers and other concerned parties as the ride-hailing service seeks to avoid reclassifying drivers as...
Texas, Louisiana Residents Sue Toledo Bend Dam Operator Over Flooding
Apr 28 2016 // Nearly 240 Texas and Louisiana residents have sued the Sabine River Authority over March flooding that inundated hundreds of homes and closed Interstate 10. Communities in Southeast Texas and Louisiana were flooded by up...
Oregon Women Sue Kaiser Over Ex-Nurse Facing Sex Abuse Charges
Apr 27 2016 // Two Oregon women who claim they were sexually abused by a nurse at a Beaverton clinic have filed a $1 million lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente over claims of negligence. The Oregonian reported the suit filed this week...
Conn. Court: Law Doesn’t Bar Suits Against Cigarette Manufacturers
Apr 27 2016 // Cigarette manufacturers aren’t immune to lawsuits by smokers who get sick, Connecticut’s highest court ruled Monday in a decision that bolsters the case of a smoker who was stricken with laryngeal cancer and...
Michigan Manufacturer to Pay $187.5K to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
Apr 26 2016 // A paper and packaging manufacturer with a facility located in Battle Creek, Mich., will pay $187,500 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC...
Family of Atlanta Man Who Fell to Death at Braves Stadium Sues Team, MLB
Apr 25 2016 // The family of the fan who plunged to his death last year from an upper deck at Turner Field has filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta Braves and Major League Baseball. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the family...
