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Ohio Jury Awards Firefighter $224K in Discrimination Suit
Sep 6 2013 // The city of Cincinnati created a hostile work environment and retaliated against a longtime firefighter, but he wasn’t targeted for his race, a jury concluded on Sept. 4. The verdict came after four days of...
Tennessee, North Carolina Football Players Sue NCAA Over Concussions
Sep 6 2013 // Three former college football players are suing the NCAA, saying it failed to educate them about the risks of concussions and did not do enough to prevent, diagnose and treat brain injuries. Chris Walker and Ben Martin,...
Judge Orders Armstrong to Answer Doping Questions in Insurer Case
Sep 5 2013 // A Texas judge is pushing Lance Armstrong closer to his first sworn testimony on details of his performance-enhancing drug use, ordering the cyclist to answer questions about who knew what and when about his doping,...
Family Of Bicyclist Killed In San Francisco Files Suit
Sep 5 2013 // The family of a 24-year-old woman hit by a truck and killed while riding her bike in San Francisco has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Bay Area food distributor and its truck driver. KGO-TV reported the initial...
New Hampshire’s Attorney General Sues Shell Oil for $2.4M Cleanup Costs
Sep 5 2013 // New Hampshire’s attorney general is suing Shell Oil Co. seeking reimbursement of $2.4 million in cleanup costs, saying the company did not disclose that it had insurance coverage for those costs. Attorney General...
Military Contractor KBR Seeks Immunity from Soldiers’ Toxic Exposure Claims
Sep 5 2013 // KBR Inc. is invoking federal laws shielding contractors during wartime in an effort to avoid a Texas trial over injuries claimed by troops who were exposed to toxic chemicals while guarding a work site in Iraq. KBR argued...
Suit Seeks $1.75M From Oregon Dentist For Pulling Wrong Teeth
Sep 4 2013 // A Eugene, Ore. dentist is being sued for $1.75 million for allegedly pulling the wrong teeth during dental surgery on a 4-year-old boy two years ago. The Register-Guard reported the lawsuit claims dentist and dental...
West Virginia Family Sues Over Accident Photo
Sep 4 2013 // The family of a Rainelle, West Virginia man who died in a traffic accident is suing an ambulance company and an emergency medical technician for allegedly circulating photos of the victim’s corpse. The lawsuit in...
S&P Says Federal $5B Fraud Lawsuit ‘Retaliation’ for U.S. Downgrade
Sep 4 2013 // Standard & Poor’s said on Tuesday the U.S. government filed a $5 billion fraud lawsuit against it in “retaliation” for its 2011 decision to strip the country of its “AAA” credit...
10 Years of Tort Reform in Texas Bring Fewer Suits, Lower Payouts
Sep 3 2013 // Ten years after the Texas Legislature capped damages in the state’s medical malpractice lawsuits, the number of suits and the amounts paid out have fallen sharply. The Austin American Statesman reported that...
Employee Sues Montana Hospital for Whistleblower Firing on Nuclear Waste
Sep 3 2013 // A fired Montana employee from Bozeman Deaconess Hospital has filed a lawsuit contending he was dismissed after reporting to federal authorities safety concerns involving radiation treatment and nuclear waste storage. The...
Shippers Brace for More Suez Canal Turmoil After Vessel Attack
Sep 3 2013 // An attack by assailants on a container ship in the Suez Canal has heightened risks for merchant shipping using the vital waterway, with further threats considered likely as political turmoil continues in Egypt. On Sunday...
Hollywood Groups Sue To Stop Huge Development, Earthquake Concerns
Aug 30 2013 // A coalition of residents who live in famed Hollywood neighborhoods filed a lawsuit this week to stop a $654 million skyscraper project from rising just down the hill from the landmark Hollywood Sign because of earthquake...
NFL Agrees to Settle Players’ Concussion Suits for $765 Million
Aug 30 2013 // The National Football League agreed to pay $765 million to settle thousands of lawsuits over players concussions in a deal that provides individual awards and medical monitoring, according to court filings. The settlement...
Lawsuit Against Sotheby’s Claims $218 Painting Is Actually a $16M Caravaggio
Aug 29 2013 // A painting bought by a British naval doctor for 140 pounds ($218) in 1962 may now be worth as much as 10 million pounds if his descendant can prove it’s a Caravaggio. The authenticity of “The Cardsharps”...
Top New York Court to Decide Whether Towns Can Ban Fracking
Aug 29 2013 // New York’s highest court agreed to decide whether towns and cities have the power to pass anti-fracking laws. The Court of Appeals in Albany today said it will hear arguments in lawsuits seeking to block drilling...
Arkansas Homeowners Settle Suit Charging Fracking Wastewater Caused Quakes
Aug 29 2013 // Five Arkansas residents who sued two oil companies claiming wastewater disposal wells from fracking caused earthquakes that damaged their homes settled with the companies for an undisclosed sum on Aug. 28, according to...
Blackstone Settles IPO Disclosure Lawsuit for $85 Million
Aug 29 2013 // Blackstone Group LP reached an $85 million settlement with investors over claims it made misrepresentations about its initial public offering. A U.S. appeals court in 2011 reversed the dismissal of a proposed class-action...
SW Indiana Jury Sides With Couple in Malpractice Suit
Aug 28 2013 // A southwestern Indiana jury has sided with an Evansville couple who accused a local hospital and a doctor of causing their 9-year-old daughter’s severe brain injury and cerebral palsy. The Vanderburgh Circuit Court...
Merrill Lynch Reaches $160 Million Settlement in Black Advisers’ Bias Suit
Aug 28 2013 // Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch unit agreed to pay $160 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by black financial advisers, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said. The case, filed in 2005, was brought on...
