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Colorado Marijuana Businesses Sued After Fatal Shooting
May 12 2016 // The family of three boys filed a lawsuit against two recreational marijuana businesses after a shooting that left their mother dead and their father charged with murder. The lawsuit claims companies that made a type of...
Lyft Raises Offer to Drivers to $27M in Contractors V. Employees Suit
May 12 2016 // Lyft Inc. raised its proposed payout to 163,000 California drivers to $27 million in their lawsuit to be treated as employees rather than contractors. The revised settlement comes after a San Francisco federal judge...
Pennsylvania Federal Judge Dismisses Parks Lawsuit Against Tyson Foods
May 12 2016 // This lawsuit over hot dogs failed to cut the mustard. A federal judge threw out a lawsuit accusing Tyson Foods Inc and its Hillshire Brands unit of infringing a trademark belonging to the maker of Parks’ sausages...
Nevada Doctor Sued by Parents of Painkiller Overdose Victim
May 11 2016 // The Reno, Nev. doctor at the center of a federal investigation into an illegal prescription drug ring is being accused by the parents of an overdose victim of ignoring their warnings and continuing to increase the strength...
Montana City, Others Reach $7.5M Settlement in Landfill Suit
May 10 2016 // The city of Bozeman, Mont., a housing developer and an engineering firm have reached a $7.5 million settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by homeowners who said the city approved a subdivision near a former landfill that...
Jury Selected in Colorado Movie Massacre Lawsuit
May 10 2016 // A six-member jury was chosen on Monday in Colorado to hear the first civil trial of wrongful death and personal injury claims stemming from a 2012 mass shooting in which 12 people were killed and dozens wounded in a...
Former New Jersey Lawyer Gets 2 Years for Falsifying Asbestos Suits
May 9 2016 // A former New Jersey lawyer has been sentenced to serve two years in federal prison after admitting he fraudulently added defendants to more than 100 asbestos lawsuits in New York. Federal prosecutors say Arobert Tonagbanua...
Wisconsin Gun Shop Gets Sued by 2 More Wounded Officers
May 9 2016 // A second lawsuit is set for trial against a U.S. gun shop after a jury in October found the store negligently sold a gun used to injure two Milwaukee police officers. The new case involves two different injured officers...
Cancer Patient Sues Oklahoma Insurer over Proton Therapy Treatments
May 9 2016 // A prostate cancer patient and a cancer treatment provider are suing an Oklahoma health insurer for allegedly refusing to cover proton radiation therapy. Randy Farland and the Procure Proton Therapy Center in Oklahoma City...
Utah Hunting Guide Files Suit Against Boy Scouts Following Reckless Shooting
May 9 2016 // A Utah hunting guide is suing the Boy Scouts of America in federal court, claiming someone on a hunting trip he led in 2014 shot him in the eye. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that 61-year-old Craig Bingham filed a lawsuit...
Lawsuit Takes Aim at Wyoming School District in Teacher Abuse Case
May 9 2016 // A lawsuit accuses Cheyenne school officials of failing to stop a sixth-grade female teacher from sexually abusing a student over a two-year period even after they became aware of an inappropriate relationship. The lawsuit...
Damages from Lawsuits Against State Limited by Oregon Supreme Court
May 9 2016 // The Oregon Supreme Court voted 5-2 to uphold a $3 million cap on damages injured people can collect in lawsuits against the state or its employees. The case was brought by a Klamath Falls couple who sued OHSU after a...
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...
