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Arkansas Jury Sides with City in Employee Discrimination Suit
Mar 24 2016 // A jury has cleared Little Rock, Ark., of claims that city officials discriminated in their salary considerations for a black diversity manager. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the all-white jury determined that...
Kentucky Sues Volkswagen Over Diesel Emissions Cheating
Mar 24 2016 // Kentucky sued Volkswagen AG and its luxury units on Tuesday claiming the German automaker’s diesel emissions cheating scheme violated the state’s Consumer Protection Act. “Volkswagen must be held...
Texas Seeks Data on Weather-Related Property Claims, Lawsuits
Mar 23 2016 // The Senate Business and Commerce and the House Insurance Committees of the Texas Legislature have requested data from the Texas Department of Insurance related to weather-related property claims, the incidence of lawsuits...
Supreme Court Rules for Workers in Class Action Against Tyson
Mar 23 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a loss to Tyson Foods Inc. over the company’s challenge to an almost $5.8 million class action judgment in a case won by workers at an Iowa pork-processing facility who...
Gawker, Publisher to Pay $25M in Punitive Damages in Hulk Hogan Lawsuit
Mar 22 2016 // A Florida jury awarded punitive damages totaling $25 million on Monday in a second blow to Gawker, coming on top of the $115 million the online news outlet must pay for posting a sex tape of the former professional...
L.A. Gives Nod to $30M Gang Injunction Suit Settlement
Mar 22 2016 // The city of Los Angeles has agreed to spend up to $30 million to settle a lawsuit that challenged widespread injunctions that restrict the movements of thousands of suspected gang members. The City Council voted to fund...
Oregon Woman Files $1M Suit Nursing Home Death of Father
Mar 22 2016 // A woman has filed a nearly $1 million lawsuit against a Florence, Ore. nursing home that cared for her 83-year-old father, claiming that it didn’t do enough to address health symptoms that led to his death. The...
Oregon Man Suing Over ‘Dangerous’ Llama
Mar 21 2016 // An Oregon man is suing farm owners after he broke his leg in a confrontation with their llama. The Mail Tribune reported that 33-year-old Justin Stranberg is suing for $332,675, saying the owners of Holleywood Farm failed...
Oregon Woman’s $1M Suit Claims Massage Was Assault
Mar 21 2016 // An Oregon woman who claims a massage she received last month was sexual battery has filed a $1 million lawsuit in Multnomah County Circuit Court. KOIN-TV reports the complaint was filed last week. It says the woman...
Florida Jury Awards Hulk Hogan $115M in Sex Tape Lawsuit Against Media Company
Mar 21 2016 // A jury in Florida awarded wrestling star Hulk Hogan an eye-popping $115 million on Friday in his sex tape lawsuit against Gawker Media – and the award isn’t Hogan’s final round in the suit. Next up, the jury...
Commentary: Florida’s Failure to Pass AOB Reforms Will Impact State Insurance Market
Mar 21 2016 // Following the 2016 Florida Legislative Session’s failure to pass essential assignment of benefit (AOB) reforms, the insurance industry and Citizens Property Insurance Corp. are working in tandem with the Florida...
Pop Warner Football Settles Wisconsin Head Injury Lawsuit
Mar 21 2016 // The national youth football organization, Pennsylvania-based Pop Warner, has settled a lawsuit filed in Wisconsin by the mother of a man who committed suicide, allegedly as a result of suffering numerous head injuries as...
Pennsylvania Families Win Fracking Suit
Mar 21 2016 // Two couples were awarded nearly $4.25 million on March 10 after a federal jury found one of the largest natural gas drillers in Pennsylvania polluted their well water. The verdict came at the end of a bitter and...
U.S. Chamber Files Suit against Seattle over Uber, Lyft Ordinance
Mar 21 2016 // The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is suing the city of Seattle over an ordinance that allows drivers of ridesharing apps Uber and Lyft to unionize, saying it violates federal antitrust laws. Seattle last year became the first...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Washington Man’s Excavator Death
Mar 18 2016 // A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a man who was killed when the excavator he was driving tumbled down a cliff about 25 miles southeast of Tacoma, Wash. The News Tribune reports that 22-year-old Jared...
California Judge: Lyft Lawsuit Against Uber Exec Should Go to Trial
Mar 18 2016 // An Uber executive lost a bid to throw out a breach of contract lawsuit filed against him by his former employer, Lyft, in advance of a trial scheduled for next month, according to a tentative ruling by a California state...
Judge Dismisses California Lawsuit over Duracell Batteries Guarantee
Mar 17 2016 // A federal judge threw out a lawsuit accusing Procter & Gamble Co. of misleading consumers by guaranteeing that Duracell batteries would not fail for 10 years, when in fact the batteries might leak when used or stored...
Utah Judge Limits Suit over Drunken Attack at Ski Resort’s Oktoberfest
Mar 16 2016 // A Utah judge this week tossed out part of a lawsuit filed by a family who says they were beaten by drunken revelers at a ski resort’s Oktoberfest celebration because the event has turned into a booze-fueled Rocky...
NFI Roadrail and NFI Industries Settle Texas Wage Discrimination Suit
Mar 16 2016 // Federal officials say two New Jersey-based companies has settled a suit over unequal pay at a workplace in Texas. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported that NFI RoadRail LLC and NFI Industries...
Teamsters, Lyft Drivers Objecting to Class-Action Settlement
Mar 16 2016 // Five Lyft drivers and the Teamsters union will object to a proposed class action settlement, saying it would shortchange drivers by keeping them as independent contractors instead of employees, a union spokesman said on...
