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What Are Chances a U.S Business Will Face an Employee Lawsuit?
Oct 28 2015 // U.S.-based small and medium sized businesses face an almost 12 percent chance that they it will be hit with an employment claim, with their chances much higher in certain states. A new study of employee charge trends by...
Injury Claims Become Commodities with Litigation Funding, Claim Aggregation
Oct 26 2015 // For all the black robes and ceremony, the American legal system often operates more like a factory assembly line than a citadel of individualized justice. Ninety- five percent of criminal prosecutions end in plea deals....
Judge Dismisses Facebook Tracking Suit; Finds No ‘Realistic Harm’
Oct 26 2015 // Facebook Inc. won dismissal of a $15 billion lawsuit accusing the company of secretly tracking the Internet activity of its users after they log off. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila in San Jose, California, on Friday...
Volkswagen Wants 350 Diesel Fraud Claims Consolidated
Oct 26 2015 // Volkswagen AG is maneuvering to steer hundreds of class-action lawsuits over its emissions-cheating software to the court nearest its current U.S. headquarters or to Detroit, its former location. The automaker asked a...
Owners of Home Destroyed by Wyoming Landslide File Suit Against Contractor
Oct 23 2015 // The owners of a home destroyed in a landslide in Jackson have filed a lawsuit saying construction work made the hillside below their house unstable. Jeremy and Sara Budge are seeking compensation from construction and...
Estate of Oregon Man Files Suit Against Home Care Agency in Death
Oct 23 2015 // The estate of a La Pine man who was paralyzed from the chest down has filed a lawsuit seeking $7.5 million in damages from a Bend home health care agency over his death. The estate of Mitchell Cox filed the lawsuit in...
Atlanta Judge Dismisses Sperm Donor Misrepresentation Suit
Oct 22 2015 // A judge in Atlanta has tossed out a lawsuit accusing a sperm bank and sperm donor of misrepresenting the medical and social history of the donor. Angela Collins and Margaret Elizabeth Hanson, who live in Canada, filed the...
Carwash Owners Sue New York City Over New Surety Bond Rules
Oct 22 2015 // A group of carwash owners have filed a lawsuit against New York City charging a new law illegally favors unionized carwashes. The Association of Car Wash Owners lawsuit centers on rules that require owners of nonunionized...
Lawsuit Charges California School Failed to Report Abuse Allegation
Oct 22 2015 // A new lawsuit says a California high school failed to take appropriate steps when a parent reported suspected sexual abuse by a wrestling coach who is now serving time on similar charges. The San Mateo County Times...
Colorado Woman Trapped for Days After Crash Sues G.M.
Oct 22 2015 // A woman who was trapped in her car for nearly a week after crashing off a Colorado highway is suing General Motors over alleged defects in her 2009 Chevy Malibu. The Denver Post reported the lawsuit filed Tuesday by...
Family of Oregon Girl Who Died in 2014 Plane Crash Sues Manufacturer
Oct 21 2015 // The family of a 4-year-old girl who died when the homebuilt airplane she was riding in crashed in Toledo is suing the plane’s manufacturer. The Oregonian reported the suit against Van’s Aircraft of Aurora seeks...
Sony Settles Employees’ Suit Over ‘The Interview’ Data Breach for $8 Million
Oct 21 2015 // Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. has agreed to pay up to $8 million to resolve a lawsuit by employees who claimed their personal data was stolen in a 2014 hacking tied to the studio’s release of a comedy set in North...
Mississippi Court: Apartment Complex Can be Sued Over Resident’s Murder
Oct 20 2015 // The Mississippi Supreme Court says the family of a man killed in 2008 can sue his apartment complex’s owners for failing to warn him that his roommate might have violent tendencies. The Commercial Dispatch reports...
Second Family Files Lawsuit in Florida Over Sunken Ship
Oct 20 2015 // Another lawsuit is being filed on behalf of a crew member aboard the cargo ship that sunk during a hurricane. Court records show the wrongful death lawsuit was filed Monday on behalf of Tina Riehm, widow of third mate...
Farmers Insurance Agrees to Settle Missouri No-Call Lawsuit
Oct 20 2015 // California-based Farmers Insurance has agreed to pay Missouri $575,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming its agents violated state telemarketing laws. Attorney General Chris Koster said that is the largest amount ever paid to...
Oregon Clinic Slapped With $2.2M Wrongful Death Suit
Oct 20 2015 // An Oregon clinic is facing a negligence lawsuit from the family of an Oregon woman who died four days after a procedure meant to relieve her migraine headaches. The Eugene Register-Guard reported that the family of...
Minnesota Jury Awards Mechanic $9.1M in Medical Malpractice Suit
Oct 19 2015 // A Minnesota jury has awarded $9.1 million to a former auto mechanic who sued his anesthesiologists after suffering spinal cord damage and paralysis in a 2012 surgery. Joseph Lakoskey’s attorney argued that an...
California Woman Blinded in Eye by Flying Disc Settles Suit for $3M
Oct 19 2015 // A woman who was blinded in one eye by a flying golf disc at a Southern California park has settled a lawsuit for $3 million. The Daily Breeze of Torrance reported that the settlement involves Noreen Goodbody. She was...
University of Oregon Sorority Kitchen Worker Files Suit over Termination
Oct 19 2015 // A former kitchen worker at a University of Oregon sorority house is suing the Alpha Xi chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta over her alleged wrongful termination. Noel Roberts filed the suit in mid-October for at least $50,000 in...
Marijuana Pesticide Flap Draws Product Liability Suit in Colorado
Oct 19 2015 // Two marijuana users in Colorado filed a lawsuit earlier this month against a pot business they said used an unhealthy pesticide to grow their weed — a case that lawyers say is the first product liability claim in the...
