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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...
Federal Judge Says U.S. Liable for Some Katrina Flooding in Louisiana
May 4 2015 // Ruling in a nearly decade-old lawsuit, a judge in Washington said on May 1 that the federal government is responsible for some of the catastrophic flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina and other storms — flooding...
Amtrak, CSX File Suit Against Truck Company Over North Carolina Train Crash
May 4 2015 // A lawsuit filed Friday by Amtrak and CSX alleges that a trucking company caused a March train derailment that injured 55 people by failing to take safety precautions or warn that the track was blocked. The lawsuit in a...
FedEx Faces Wyoming Suits After Trucks Kill Nearby Drivers
May 4 2015 // Two lawsuits have been filed against FedEx Ground Package Systems claiming the shipping giant substantially contributed to the deaths of Cheyenne, Wyo., residents. The families of two people who died in a head-on collision...
Mississippi AG Sues Over State Farm Katrina Claims
May 4 2015 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. for allegedly shifting hundreds of millions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina wind claims to the state by mislabeling them flood claims. The...
Property Claim Litigation Bill Passed by the Texas Senate
May 1 2015 // The Texas Senate on April 30 passed a bill aimed at stemming the onslaught of property claim litigation that has been occurring with increasing frequency in the state following natural catastrophes. Advocates of Senate...
ACLU of Rhode Island to File Lawsuit on Behalf of Medical Marijuana Users
May 1 2015 // The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island says it is filing a lawsuit against a major Rhode Island employer on behalf of a medical marijuana user. The ACLU says the employer has refused to hire anyone...
2 Lawsuits Over 2013 Arizona Wildfire Dismissed by Judge
May 1 2015 // Two lawsuits filed against Arizona by homeowners whose properties were destroyed by the Yarnell Hill Fire have been dismissed. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge agreed Wednesday with the state’s argument that it...
Georgia Sperm Bank Responds to ‘Baseless’ Donor Misrepresentation Lawsuit
May 1 2015 // A Georgia-based sperm bank said in a court filing this week that a lawsuit accusing it of misrepresenting the medical and social history of a sperm donor is baseless. Xytex Corp. responded to the lawsuit filed in Fulton...
Illinois’ Madison County a Center for Asbestos Lawsuits
Apr 30 2015 // Few of the tourists who drive old Route 66 through this rural Illinois town are aware of its true economic engine: a booming business in asbestos lawsuits that attracts law firms from across the country. Since 2005, those...
Mayweather-Pacquiao Boxing Match Tests Media Copyright
Apr 30 2015 // With the biggest boxing match in years just days away, the fight to keep it off illegal streaming sites is well under way. HBO, Showtime, and the promoters for Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather filed a federal lawsuit on...
Jury Trials OK’d for Medical Lawsuits over BP spill Clean Up
Apr 30 2015 // A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled oil spill cleanup workers who sue BP for medical problems that surface later in life have the right to make their case before a jury. The BP oil spill medical settlement reached in...
Con Ed, NYC Face New Lawsuit Over 2014 Harlem Gas Explosion
Apr 30 2015 // Consolidated Edison Inc and New York City have been hit with a new lawsuit alleging that their carelessness contributed to a 2014 gas explosion in Manhattan’s East Harlem neighborhood that killed eight people and...
Playboy Verdict Leads to Malpractice Suit in California
Apr 30 2015 // Playboy Enterprises Inc. claims Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP committed malpractice by not advising it to settle a retaliatory-firing lawsuit. The case is anything but salacious. Catherine Zulfer initially sued...
Supreme Court: EEOC Must Try Conciliation with Businesses Before Litigation
Apr 30 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday buoyed companies facing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over potential accusations of discrimination. In a unanimous ruling, the justices said courts have the power to...
Farmers Sued by Female Employee Attorney for Alleged Discrimination
Apr 29 2015 // A class-action lawsuit against Farmers Insurance on behalf of female attorney employees was filed on Wednesday in federal court, alleging the insurance giant has discriminatory policies and practices. The suit accuses Los...
