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Family Sues Southern California Gym Over Dad’s Heart Attack
May 14 2015 // A Los Angeles gym is facing a lawsuit from the three kids of a man who had a heart attack and died while working out. City News Service reports Marc Palotay’s son and two daughters filed the lawsuit earlier this week...
Idaho College Wants Judge to Reject Student’s $1.5M Vaccine Lawsuit
May 13 2015 // A Boise State University student is suing school officials in federal court because he contends they discriminated against him by refusing to give him a meningitis vaccine designed for younger adults. Christopher Burdge...
Washington Hospital Joins “Superbug” Suit Against Scope Maker
May 13 2015 // A Seattle, Wash. hospital has joined a lawsuit against the manufacturer of endoscopy medical scopes linked to a “superbug” outbreak at the medical center, claiming the company, Olympus America Inc., put...
Jury: Starbucks Not Liable in North Carolina Officer Coffee Burn Suit
May 13 2015 // A jury in North Carolina ruled this week that Starbucks is not liable for damages after a Raleigh, N.C. police officer said he suffered third-degree burns from a cup of coffee spilling in his lap three years ago. Lt. Matt...
Appeals Court Returns Gulf ‘Dead Zone’ Lawsuit to Judge
May 12 2015 // A federal judge who ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to take action to regulate farm runoff and other pollution blamed for the Gulf of Mexico’s annual oxygen-depleted “dead zone” must take a...
Mass. Woman Paralyzed After Childbirth Awarded $35.4M in Lawsuit
May 12 2015 // Officials say a Massachusetts woman who became paralyzed following childbirth has been awarded $35.4 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The Boston Globe reports that Andrea Larkin sought treatment for dizziness from...
Suit Against New Mexico College Becomes Class Action Proceeding
May 12 2015 // A New Mexico district court judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by eight former Dona Ana Community College students against the school will become a class-action proceeding. Las Cruces Sun-News reported that the initial...
Hawaii Residents Awarded More Than $500K in Dust Lawsuit By Jury
May 11 2015 // A federal court jury has awarded more than $500,000 to 15 Kauai residents who say they can’t enjoy their homes because of red dust from test fields operated by DuPont Pioneer. The seven-member jury on Friday awarded...
Woman Who Lost Silicon Valley Gender Suit Wants $1M in Costs Tossed
May 11 2015 // Former Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers junior partner Ellen Pao urged a court to reject the Silicon Valley venture capital firm’s bid for almost $1 million in court costs after it defeated her gender-bias claims...
Chinese Drywall Maker’s 65% Owner Wants Out of Lawsuit
May 8 2015 // The majority owner of a company that made defective Chinese drywall says it should be dropped from a lawsuit with the potential for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, because it does not manage the drywall...
Former Utah University Employee Files Suit Against University
May 8 2015 // A former Utah State University employee who was fired for accepting gifts says he didn’t receive proper ethics training from the university. The Herald Journal reported that the university’s former outdoor...
DuPont’s Teflon Spin-Off Plan Worries Neighbors of West Virginia Chemical Plant
May 8 2015 // DuPont Co.’s plan to spin off its Teflon unit is spurring concern on the West Virginia-Ohio border that the new company won’t cover medical payments for residents sickened by a chemical long-used at the...
U.S. Seeks Dismissal of MetLife Suit Challenging Systemic Designation
May 8 2015 // MetLife Inc.’s lawsuit challenging its designation by regulators as critical to the economy should be thrown out, U.S. Justice Department lawyers said without making public their arguments to the judge. MetLife on...
N.Y. Court Revives Bond Insurer’s $120M Lawsuit Against Goldman Sachs
May 7 2015 // New York’s top state court on Thursday revived a bond insurer’s $120 million lawsuit claiming Goldman Sachs Group Inc lied about a pool of securities backed by subprime mortgages during the period leading up...
Jury Gets Libel Suit Against HBO’s ‘Children of Industry’
May 7 2015 // A lawyer for HBO said on Thursday that a libel case brought against the Time Warner Inc. subsidiary by a British sporting goods company was groundless and maybe even defamatory. The comments from HBO lawyer Dane...
Parties Confer on Damages After Ruling in Katrina Flood Lawsuit
May 7 2015 // Days after a federal judge ruled that the U.S. government bears responsibility for hurricane-related flooding blamed on a now-closed shipping channel, attorneys in the case were preparing to discuss damages. A Wednesday...
Starbucks Sued by North Carolina Police Officer Burned by Free Coffee
May 7 2015 // A North Carolina police officer who got a free cup of Starbucks coffee is suing the company for $50,000 after he spilled it and got burned. WRAL-TV reports attorneys said in court this week that Raleigh officer Matthew...
Wells Fargo Sued by Los Angeles Over ‘Fraudulent Conduct’
May 6 2015 // Wells Fargo Bank could be writing a big check after the city of Los Angeles filed a lawsuit over unfair practices in which employees opened unauthorized accounts for customers, sticking them with fees and damaging their...
Security Guard Files Suit Against FedEx After Shooting at Atlanta Facility
May 6 2015 // A security guard who was shot during a rampage at a FedEx facility just outside Atlanta is suing the company. A lawsuit filed in Gwinnett County Superior Court by Christopher Sparkman, 29, accuses FedEx of negligence,...
Florida Man Sues Hospital after Amputated Leg Found in Trash
May 5 2015 // A Key Largo, Fla., man is suing a hospital after his amputated leg was found in the trash. The Miami Herald reports that the man found out about the incident when homicide detectives knocked on his door and asked him why...
