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Judge Gives Early Nod to GEICO’s $5M Settlement in Georgia Class Action
Dec 8 2023 // GEICO Indemnity Co. has agreed and a federal court in Georgia has given approval to a preliminary settlement of $5.1 million in a class-action lawsuit in which plaintiffs said the insurer had shorted them on ad valorem...
New Mexico Sues Meta, CEO Zuckerberg Over Child Protection Failures
Dec 7 2023 // New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez on Wednesday said the state sued Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms META.O and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, saying the social media company had failed to protect children from...
Florida Family Sues Panera Bread Over Caffeinated Lemonade After Man’s Death
Dec 7 2023 // FLEMING ISLAND, Fla. (AP) –The family of a 46-year-old Florida man has filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against one of the biggest fast-casual restaurant chains in the U.S., claiming Panera Bread...
Family of Man Who Died Sues Tow Truck Driver They Said Sat on the Man’s Head
Dec 7 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — The family of a Georgia church deacon who died after struggling with a police officer following a minor car crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a tow truck driver they say arrived during...
Ex-Twitter Exec Claims in Lawsuit He Was Fired for Raising Security Concerns
Dec 7 2023 // A former executive at Twitter Inc, now called X Corp, has filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired after Elon Musk acquired the company for objecting to budget cuts that would prevent the company from complying with a U.S....
Colorado-Based Frontier Settles Suit Filed by Pilots Who Claimed Bias Over Pregnancy, Breastfeeding
Dec 7 2023 // Frontier Airlines has settled a lawsuit filed by female pilots who accused the airline of discriminating against pregnant or breastfeeding employees. In the agreement Frontier will let pilots pump breast milk in the...
Supreme Court Ducks Hotel’s Challenge to Disability Access Tester’s Right to Sue
Dec 7 2023 // The U.S. Supreme Court has passed on deciding whether private citizen “testers” who search online for and then sue companies that appear to not be in compliance with federal disability regulations have standing...
University of Penn Sued by Students Claiming Antisemitism on Campus
Dec 6 2023 // The University of Pennsylvania was sued by a pair of students who claim the campus was a hotbed of antisemitism even before Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7. Penn became the third major US college, after New York University...
Families Sue Fla. Dollar General, Landlord Over Lax Security After Shooting That Killed 3
Dec 6 2023 // JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Family members of three Black people fatally shot at a Dollar General store in north Florida by a racist gunman have sued the store’s landlord, operator and security contractor for...
Here Are Details of Trafigura’s Suit Against Businessman Gupta in Alleged Nickel Fraud
Dec 6 2023 // Indian businessman Prateek Gupta asked a London judge on Tuesday to lift an order freezing his personal and business assets, alleging that commodity trader Trafigura failed to disclose full information when it sought the...
Catholic Nuns Sue Smith & Wesson to Halt its Assault-Style Weapons Sales
Dec 6 2023 // A group of Catholic nuns have sued the board of Smith & Wesson to try to force the gunmaker to abandon the manufacture, marketing and sales of assault-style rifles that have been used in U.S. mass shootings. The nuns,...
Father of Palestinian American Boy Slain in Chicago Suburb Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Dec 5 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – The father of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy fatally stabbed in what authorities allege was a hate crime has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Oday Al-Fayoume filed the lawsuit last month against the...
Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Alleging Environmental Discrimination in Louisiana Parish
Dec 4 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that accused a south Louisiana parish of using land use policies to guide industries that pollute into communities with majority-Black populations. U.S....
Spanish Media Association Files $598M Lawsuit Against Facebook Owner Meta
Dec 4 2023 // A group representing 83 Spanish media outlets has filed a 550 million euro ($600 million) lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta Platforms, citing unfair competition in the advertising market in a case that could be...
Lawsuit Alleges Negligence by CSX in Kentucky Train Derailment
Dec 4 2023 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court alleges negligence by CSX Transportation caused a train derailment and ensuing chemical fire that forced residents of a small Kentucky town out of...
California Commercial Fishing Groups Sue Tire Makers Over Rubber Preservative
Dec 4 2023 // The 13 largest U.S. tire manufacturers are facing a lawsuit from a pair of California commercial fishing organizations that could force the companies to stop using a chemical added to almost every tire because it kills...
$40M Lawsuit by Virginia Teacher Shot by Student Can Proceed
Dec 4 2023 // A teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia can press forward with her $40 million lawsuit against a school system over claims of negligence by school administrators, a judge has ruled. The surprise...
Ohio Business Owner Sues Norfolk Southern for $500 Million
Dec 4 2023 // A business owner with companies near where a Norfolk Southern train derailed and caught fire in February has sued the railroad for $500 million, saying most of his eastern Ohio companies have remained closed and he...
Lawsuit Claims Victims of Sexual Abuse and Rape at Shuttered Arkansas Facility
Dec 4 2023 // Eight former residents of a youth treatment center that was run by an Arkansas man whose bribery conviction was commuted by former President Donald Trump have filed a lawsuit claiming they were victims of “systematic...
Ohio Settles Lawsuit With Chemical Companies For $110 Million Over PFAS Contamination
Dec 1 2023 // DOVER, Del. (AP) – The DuPont Co. and two spin-off firms will pay $110 million to the state of Ohio to settle a lawsuit over environmental threats from toxic chemicals used at a former DuPont facility in neighboring West...
