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Idaho Woman Files Lawsuit Against Fertility Doctor
Oct 30 2023 // An Idaho woman is suing her one-time fertility doctor, saying he secretly used his own sperm to inseminate her 34 years ago, the latest in a string of such cases brought as at-home DNA sampling enables people to learn more...
Suit by Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student Asks If Workers’ Compensation Is Enough
Oct 27 2023 // A heated debate has emerged about the once-unimaginable shooting of a teacher by her 6-year-old student: How should the school district take care of the teacher? Should she only get workers’ compensation for her...
Jury Awards $270,000 in Baylor University Suit Brought by Former Student
Oct 26 2023 // A federal jury found Baylor University negligent in a Title IX lawsuit and awarded $270,000 to a former student who alleged she was physically abused by a football player in 2014 during a period of wide- ranging scandal at...
Mother Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Shuttered Missouri Boarding School Over Son’s Abuse and Suicide
Oct 25 2023 // MISSION, Kan. (AP) – A mother is suing a shuttered Christian boarding school in Missouri, blaming her son’s death on a gang rape and other abuse he endured there. Agape Boarding School has been subjected to a wave...
Meta’s Instagram Linked to Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia in Kids: States’ Lawsuit
Oct 25 2023 // Dozens of U.S. states are suing Meta Platforms and its Instagram unit, accusing them of fueling a youth mental health crisis by making their social media platforms addictive. In a complaint filed on Tuesday, the attorneys...
Six Years After They Began, Strems’ Massive Litigation Actions Detailed in Book
Oct 25 2023 // The story of disbarred Florida plaintiffs’ attorney Scot Strems has been told, in bits and pieces, in this publication and others over the last six years. But the saga and Strems’ alleged actions and the havoc...
Forest Service Sued Over Flooding Deaths in Wake of Historic New Mexico Wildfire
Oct 25 2023 // Relatives of three people who died last year in a flash flood stemming from the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history are suing the U.S. Forest Service. The wrongful death lawsuit filed earlier this month...
Judge Rules Against Alex Jones, Denies Bankruptcy Protection in Sandy Hook Lawsuit
Oct 24 2023 // HOUSTON (AP) – A Texas judge has ruled that Infowars host Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billion to families who sued over his conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook school...
Former Baylor Football Coach, Athletic Director Cleared From Title IX Lawsuits
Oct 23 2023 // WACO, Texas (AP) – A U.S. District Judge has dismissed former Baylor football coach Art Briles and former athletic direcor Ian McCaw from a federal Title IX lawsuit, ruling no reasonable jury could find them negligent in...
Med Sterilization Company Settles Georgia Exposure Lawsuits for $35 Million
Oct 23 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — A medical sterilization company has agreed to settle nearly 80 lawsuits alleging people were exposed to a cancer-causing chemical, ethylene oxide, emitted from its plant outside of Atlanta. Details of...
Fortress Has Plowed $6 Billion Into Other Companies’ Lawsuits
Oct 20 2023 // Fortress Investment Group LLC is pitching an investment opportunity within an increasingly popular yet controversial corner of finance — funding other companies’ legal battles. The private equity firm is raising...
Music Publishers File Suit in Tennessee Against AI Company Over Song Lyrics
Oct 20 2023 // Oct 18 (Reuters) – Music publishers Universal Music, ABKCO and Concord Publishing sued artificial intelligence company Anthropic in Tennessee federal court this week, accusing it of misusing an...
Family Alleges Negligence, Discrimination in Lawsuit Over Autistic Prisoner’s Death
Oct 20 2023 // Eleven days after 57-year-old Anthony Talotta arrived at a Pittsburgh jail, he died from what his family says was a treatable and preventable infection from a foot wound. Talotta, who had autism and developmental...
New York Attorney General Sues Crypto Firms Gemini, DCG, Genesis for Alleged Fraud
Oct 19 2023 // bankruptcybakruptNew York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday sued cryptocurrency firms Genesis Global, its parent company Digital Currency Group (DCG) and Gemini for allegedly “defrauding” investors of...
J&J Weighs Third Bankruptcy Try to Settle Baby Powder Suits
Oct 19 2023 // Johnson & Johnson said it is weighing a third attempt to use bankruptcy for an $8.9 billion settlement of tens of thousands of lawsuits that allege tainted talc in the company’s baby powder caused cancer. Erik...
Trump Sues Ex-British Spy Over Dossier Containing ‘Shocking and Scandalous Claims’
Oct 17 2023 // A lawyer for Donald Trump told a London judge Monday that the ex- president plans to prove that a discredited report by a former British spy that contained “shocking and scandalous claims” that he was...
Eli Lilly to Pay $2.4M to Settle Class Age Discrimination Suit
Oct 16 2023 // Lilly USA, LLC, a pharmaceutical corporation based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and its parent company, Eli Lilly and Company, will pay $2.4 million and provide other equitable relief to settle a nationwide class age...
Kids Suing Social Media Over Addiction Find a Win Amid Losses
Oct 16 2023 // Minors and parents suing Meta Inc.’s Facebook and other technology giants for the kids’ social media platform addictions won an important ruling advancing their collection of lawsuits in a California court. A...
Rite Aid Files for Bankruptcy Amid Rising Debt, Opioid Litigation
Oct 16 2023 // Debt-laden Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday and said it would close underperforming stores, as the drugstore chain comes under pressure from lawsuits alleging that it helped fuel the U.S. opioid...
Mississippi Sheriff Claims Immunity to Federal Lawsuit Over Torture of Black Men
Oct 16 2023 // The Mississippi sheriff who leads the department where former deputies pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for the torture of two Black men has asked a federal court to dismiss a civil lawsuit...
