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National Federation of the Blind Sued for Alleged Religious Discrimination
Sep 1 2015 // The National Federation of the Blind, the largest organization of blind and low-vision people in the U.S., violated federal law when it refused to allow an employee to observe his Sabbath and instead terminated him because...
Ohio Company to Pay $80K to Settle Harassment Suit
Aug 31 2015 // Mel-K Management Company will pay $80,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to resolve a federal harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal...
Washington Suit Says Staff Ignored Man Choking on Orange Piece
Aug 31 2015 // Robert Kincaid, a patient suffering from schizophrenia, was lying on the floor in a dayroom at Western State Hospital in Washington, choking on a piece of orange for almost eight minutes before staff members stopped to...
Hedge Fund Financing of Lawsuits Draws Interest from Senators
Aug 31 2015 // Hedge funds have been speculating on lawsuits, a new form of financial engineering that some business interests say encourages wasteful courtroom warfare. Now two top Republican senators—Chuck Grassley of Iowa and John...
New Orleans Firm Settles Suit Over Decade-Old Gulf Oil Leak
Aug 28 2015 // Environmental groups and a New Orleans company that failed to end a decade-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico have reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit over the slow-motion spill. Taylor Energy Company said it has...
Man Sues NYC Hotel Named as Source of Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
Aug 27 2015 // A New York man who came down with Legionnaires’ disease and spent several days in a hospital has filed a civil lawsuit against the hotel identified by authorities as the source of the deadly outbreak. Leslie...
Dallas-Area Restaurant Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Suit for $20K
Aug 27 2015 // Arthur’s Restaurant and Bar, a fine dining steakhouse and lounge in Addison, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, will pay $20,000 to a former cocktail server to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S....
Kansas City Restaurant Explosion Lawsuit Goes to Jury
Aug 27 2015 // After five weeks of testimony, lawyers presented closing arguments in the civil trial involving a fatal explosion more than two years ago at a Kansas City, Mo., restaurant. The civil lawsuit stems from the February 2013...
10 Automakers Sued Over Claims of Deadly Fumes from Keyless Ignitions
Aug 27 2015 // Ten of the world’s biggest automakers were sued on Wednesday by consumers who claim they concealed the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning in more than 5 million vehicles equipped with keyless ignitions, leading to 13...
BNSF Seeks Delay in Lawsuit over North Dakota Derailment
Aug 26 2015 // A lawyer for BNSF says a civil lawsuit against the railway over a derailment near Casselton, N.D., nearly two years ago should be put on hold until it can be determined whether a broken axel was the cause of the fiery...
Taxi Companies File Suit to Stop Uber Service in Rhode Island
Aug 26 2015 // Two taxi companies in Rhode Island have asked a judge to stop ride-hailing company Uber from doing business in the state. The Providence Journal reports Orange Cab of Newport and Airport Taxi of Warwick filed a lawsuit...
‘John Doe’ Sues Adultery Website Ashley Madison in U.S.
Aug 26 2015 // The Canadian-based adultery website AshleyMadison.com faces a U.S. backlash — led by the always- litigious “John Doe” — over a data breach that exposed more than 37 million formerly anonymous...
UK’s Towergate Contributes to £20M ($30.9M) Gallagher Lawsuit Settlement
Aug 26 2015 // The lawsuit filed by Arthur J. Gallagher against the former CEO of its international brokerage operation, David Ross, who defected to Towergate earlier in the year – has been settled for a payment of £20 million ($30.9...
Former Employee Sues Private Hawaiian School over Termination
Aug 25 2015 // A former Kamehameha Schools Hawaii employee, who was fired last year in connection to alleged misuse of a purchasing card, has filed a lawsuit against the private school, claiming she was wrongfully terminated. The...
Federal Government Suing Southern California Edison over 2009 Fire
Aug 24 2015 // Just days before the federal statute of limitations would have run out, the government has filed a lawsuit against Southern California Edison in connection to a 2009 fire that primarily burned the San Bernardino National...
Shareholders in UK’s RSA Bracing for Lowball Bid from Suitor Zurich Insurance
Aug 24 2015 // Shareholders in British insurer RSA are bracing for a lowball bid from prospective suitor Zurich Insurance, putting one of Europe’s largest ever insurance deals in doubt. After flagging its interest to the market on...
Lawsuits Against Neurosurgery Chief at WVU Settled for $1.3M
Aug 21 2015 // Three West Virginia University entities agreed to pay a total of $1.3 million to settle sexual harassment lawsuits against the school’s neurosurgery chairman. Settlement documents obtained by The Dominion Post...
Underwriters Sue Over Greenbrier Classic’s Hole-in-One Jackpot in W.Va.
Aug 21 2015 // Insurance underwriters claim they shouldn’t be responsible for reimbursing a charity for payouts to golf fans for two holes-in-one made during the PGA Tour’s Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, West...
John Steinbeck, Boeing Drone, Jimi Hendrix, Ford Car: Intellectual Property News
Aug 21 2015 // Rightscorp Inc., the company that identifies infringers to copyright holders, said in a company filing that it now has contracts covering about 208,000 copyrights. That’s more than twice the 100,000 copyrights the...
Lawsuit Relief Needed for TWIA Depopulation Plan to Work: Lawmakers
Aug 21 2015 // A new law that becomes effective Sept. 1 in Texas will give the state’s property insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the coast more leeway in a plan to reduce its overall exposure by incenting private...
