Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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$6.7M Awarded in Missouri Traffic Fatality Lawsuit
Jul 15 2015 // A Missouri jury has awarded a West Plains family $6.7 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission. The West Plains Daily Quill reports that Laurie Holesapple and her...
Suit Charges Wal-Mart with Discrimination Against Gay Employees Over Health Benefits
Jul 15 2015 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was accused of discriminating against gay employees in a lawsuit that pits the biggest U.S. retailer against rights activists just weeks after same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide. In a proposed...
Georgia City Settles Whistleblower Lawsuit From Ex-Deputy Coroner
Jul 15 2015 // The City of Augusta, Ga., has settled a whistleblower suit against a former deputy coroner who said he was retaliated against for reporting that the coroner was stealing money and property from dead people. The Augusta...
Florida Supreme Court Asked to Decide Constitutionality of Workers’ Comp
Jul 15 2015 // A legal challenge to the constitutionality of Florida workers’ compensation system that was thrown out by a state appeals court may be headed to the Florida Supreme Court. The plaintiffs in the case have asked the...
Lawsuit Seeks to Force Ballparks to Install Foul Ball Safety Nets
Jul 14 2015 // Fans in box seats at Major League Baseball games might have less use for their gloves if Oakland A’s fan Gail Payne gets her way. Payne cited the estimated 1,750 fans a year who are struck by balls, mostly fouls, in...
Missouri Property Owner Sued Over Man’s Elevator Death
Jul 13 2015 // The sister of a musician and photographer who fell 18 feet to his death down a downtown St. Louis building’s elevator shaft is suing the former property owner and the elevator’s manufacturer. The lawsuit filed...
Nevada School District to Settle Insurance Broker Suit for $1.65M
Jul 13 2015 // The Clark County School District in Nevada says it will pay a former insurance broker $1.65 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the public agency ended the broker’s contract prematurely. The Las Vegas Sun...
Amtrak Concedes to Liability in Philadelphia Train Derailment Cases
Jul 13 2015 // Amtrak said it will concede that it’s liable for most damages caused by the May 12 train derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight passengers and injured dozens. The railroad acknowledged Friday in responses to...
Lehman Exec Defeats Employee Lawsuit Over Retirement Losses
Jul 13 2015 // A U.S. federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc employees seeking to hold onetime Chief Executive Richard Fuld liable for their retirement plan losses as the Wall Street bank...
Lawsuit Filed Over Evacuations in Tennessee Train Derailment
Jul 13 2015 // A lawyer says he has filed a lawsuit on behalf of residents who were evacuated when a CSX train car carrying hazardous material derailed and caught fire in East Tennessee on July 1. Maryville attorney Kevin Shepherd said...
Claiming Musical-Chairs Injury Arkansas Woman Sues for $75K
Jul 12 2015 // A former student of a Malvern college wants the state of Arkansas to pay her $75,000 in damages after she said she broke two fingers during a classroom game of musical chairs. Robin Earnest of Saline County said she and...
California Executive Life Insurance Settlement Ends 16 Years of Litigation
Jul 10 2015 // A settlement has been reached with the last remaining defendant in a 16-year-old lawsuit brought by the California Department of Insurance that arose out of the 1991 liquidation of Executive Life Insurance Co. The French...
Uber Fighting California Driver Lawsuit
Jul 10 2015 // Uber is arguing that a lawsuit filed by drivers should not proceed as a class action with the ride service citing statements of support from hundreds of other Uber drivers in a case that could decide whether they are...
Lawsuit Filed in Louisiana to Halt Injection Well Permit
Jul 9 2015 // Environmental groups and a Belle River, La. community group have filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Natural Resources alleging that the departments should never have granted a permit for an injection well. FAS...
Corzine, Ex-MF Global Officials Agree to Settle Investor Lawsuit for $64.5M
Jul 8 2015 // Jon Corzine and other former MF Global Holdings Ltd officials have reached a $64.5 million settlement of litigation brought by investors seeking to hold them liable for the now-defunct futures brokerage’s 2011...
Estate of Oregon Woman Killed by School Bus Files Lawsuit
Jul 8 2015 // The estate of a 43-year-old woman who was fatally injured when she was hit by a school bus as she crossed the street with her husband has filed an $8.7 million lawsuit. The Oregonian reported that Renee Bates and her...
Connecticut Man Awarded $4.2M in Medical Malpractice Suit
Jul 7 2015 // A Connecticut man has been awarded $4.2 million as compensation for a surgery he says caused him to lose the use of his shoulder. A New Haven jury on July 1 decided that 58-year-old Gregory Leigh, of Wallingford, should be...
Florida Strip Club Company to Pay $6M Settlement in Dancer Wage Lawsuit
Jul 7 2015 // A company that owns strip clubs in Florida and Ohio has reached a $6 million settlement in a class action lawsuit led by a former exotic dancer. Under the terms of the settlement approved by a federal judge this week,...
Ohio Court Rules Parents of Firefighter Can Continue With Suit
Jul 6 2015 // An Ohio court says the parents of a firefighter killed seven years ago can sue the maker of an emergency radio and the homeowners growing marijuana in the basement where a fire started. Colerain Township Fire Department...
Fired Utah Special Ed Teacher Files $1.7M Lawsuit
Jul 6 2015 // A former special education teacher in Utah wants $1.7 million in damages from the school district that she says fired her over complaints she made about another instructor. The Spectrum reported Carol Boehme said in her...
