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Negative Comments Lead Michigan Marketing Firm to Sue Client
Oct 2 2014 // A Hartland Township marketing and Web design firm sued a former client over comments it made about the company online and in a letter to a business networking group. Five Sparrows filed the defamation suit against James...
Royalty Owners Sue Denton, Texas, Over Fracking Moratorium
Oct 2 2014 // A group of mineral royalty owners has sued the city of Denton over its temporary ban on hydraulic fracturing, claiming the ban violates property rights. City leaders halted fracking as they consider making their city the...
Novato, Insurer Others Settle Suit Over California Girl Killed By SUV
Oct 2 2014 // The city of Novato and other defendants have settled a lawsuit by the family of a 12-year-old California girl who was struck and killed by a SUV while riding her bicycle home from school two years ago. The Marin...
Employee Suit Against Edison Utility in California to Be Heard by Court
Oct 2 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to weigh whether to revive certain claims made in a class action lawsuit filed by employees against utility Edison International over its pension plan management. The nine justices...
Wal-Mart Seeks to Settle Negligence Lawsuit by Tracy Morgan
Oct 1 2014 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it wants to settle a negligence lawsuit by actor-comedian Tracy Morgan, a day after blaming the celebrity for injuries he sustained when his limousine bus was struck by a speeding company...
EEOC Suits Against Employers Allege Transgender Bias
Sep 30 2014 // A funeral home and an eye clinic that fired employees who had changed their sex from male to female were sued last week as the U.S. government filed its first-ever federal lawsuits for transgender discrimination. The cases...
Greenberg’s Lawyer Says U.S. Demonized, Extorted AIG Shareholders in Bailout
Sep 29 2014 // The U.S. extorted American International Group Inc. shareholders when it extended a $182 billion taxpayer bailout at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, a lawyer for Maurice “Hank” Greenberg...
Alabama Gas Explosion Heightens Concern Over Cast-Iron Pipe Corrosion
Sep 29 2014 // When Darryle Brown woke up in the dark hours of an early December morning, he heard an explosion. Suddenly, Brown was on fire and trapped underneath an eight-inch-thick concrete slab – the floor of his...
Settlement Reached in Missouri Traffic Camera Lawsuits
Sep 28 2014 // Hundreds of thousands of people who got tickets when their vehicles were photographed running red lights in Missouri could be in line to get some money back, under a proposed legal settlement announced on Sept....
Texas Extended Warranty Company Sued by Minnesota AG
Sep 26 2014 // Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is suing a Texas auto warranty company, alleging it uses deceptive tactics to avoid giving customers refunds. According to the lawsuit filed in Hennepin County District Court,...
NFL Player’s Family Sues League in California Over His Suicide
Sep 25 2014 // The wife and sons of former San Diego Chargers defensive back Paul Oliver are taking legal action against the NFL for wrongful death, blaming sports-related concussions for his suicide last year. The suit was filed Monday...
New Mexico Inmate Sues for Not Being Allowed to Worship Satan
Sep 25 2014 // A state prison inmate says New Mexico correction officials aren’t allowing him to practice his religion and properly worship Satan behind bars. KRQE-TV reported that Bernard Pritchard recently filed a lawsuit in...
Kentucky Family Sues Over Transylvania University Drowning
Sep 25 2014 // The family of a teenager who drowned while attending a summer academic camp at Transylvania University has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Thirteen-year-old Ricky Harris III, a seventh-grader at Bondurant Middle School in...
Flood Board Oil Lawsuit Supporter Backed by Panel
Sep 24 2014 // A supporter of a lawsuit against the oil industry was re-nominated to a seat on a south Louisiana flood control board, despite Gov. Bobby Jindal’s vehement opposition to the lawsuit. The nominating committee for the...
Lawsuit Against Vail Resorts Allowed by Colorado Judge
Sep 24 2014 // Vail Resorts could be required to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages to the family of a teenager who died in an avalanche while skiing in Colorado January 2012. Broomfield County District Court Judge Chris...
Player’s Widow Sues NFL, Claims Husband’s Suicide Due to Concussions
Sep 23 2014 // The National Football League was sued by the widow of former San Diego Chargers defensive back Paul Oliver, claiming his suicide last year was the result of head trauma and concussions he sustained. The NFL ignored,...
Lawsuit Over Boeing Worker’s Death Blocked by Justices
Sep 23 2014 // Washington’s Supreme Court says in a split decision that Boeing can’t be sued over a worker’s death from asbestos exposure. Worker Gary Walston was exposed to asbestos throughout his long career at...
Insurance Lawsuit Settled by Bank of America For $31M
Sep 23 2014 // Bank of America has agreed to pay $31 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claims mortgage borrowers were forced to maintain excessive flood insurance coverage. The Oregonian reports Friday that U.S. District...
In NYC, Pedestrian-Cyclist Crash Deaths as Rare as Lawsuits
Sep 23 2014 // Jill Tarlov’s death from a collision with a cyclist in Central Park last week was a New York City rarity, as are lawsuits after bikers ram pedestrians. From 1996 to 2005, 11 pedestrians across New York City died...
Insuring Products of the Mind
Sep 22 2014 // The rapid growth in patent infringement litigation in 2013 – almost 6,500 cases, or an increase of 25 percent over 2012, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers – might appear to be a strong motivator for at-risk...
