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University of Delaware Settles Class Action Over COVID Campus Shutdown

Jun 20 2023 // The University of Delaware has agreed to pay $6.3 million to settle a lawsuit over its campus shutdown in 2020 and the halting of in-person classes because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to court papers that were...

Family of Ohio Black Man Killed by Police Sue Officers, City, Alleging Excessive Force

Jun 19 2023 // AKRON, Ohio (AP) – The eight police officers who shot Jayland Walker last summer used excessive force when they fired 94 bullets at him during a foot chase and participated in a “culture of violence and...

Railroad Industry Sues to Block New Locomotive Pollution Rules in California

Jun 19 2023 // The railroad industry sued to block new environmental rules in California, arguing they would force the premature retirement of about 25,000 diesel-powered locomotives across the country long before their zero-emission...

Family Sues Harvard Medical School Over Theft of Body Parts Donated for Research

Jun 19 2023 // The son of a woman whose body was donated to Harvard Medical School for research purposes filed a class-action lawsuit on Friday on behalf of all families who believe their loved ones’ body parts were mishandled by...

Billionaire Reuben Brothers Sue Trafigura Over Nickel Fraud

Jun 19 2023 // Trafigura Group is being sued by the billionaire Reuben brothers, as the fallout of a massive nickel fraud reverberates through global metal markets and ensnares some of the industry’s best-known figures. Legal...

Fatal Blaze at Texas Refinery to Result in Lawsuits Against Oil Refiner Marathon

Jun 19 2023 // Attorneys representing the family of a worker who was killed in a fire at a Texas City, Texas, refinery and another worker who was hospitalized said on Wednesday they have filed or would soon file injury claims against top...

Inspectors Sue Firm Associated with Troubled McClenney Moseley for Unpaid Bonuses and Overtime

Jun 19 2023 // Seventeen former field inspectors for a company that provided damage estimates for McClenney Moseley & Associates filed a lawsuit against their former employer, saying they are owed for bonuses that were promised but...

Insurer Must Defend Firm Sued for Selling Facial Recognition Program to Police

Jun 16 2023 // An ambiguous coverage exclusion prevents a liability insurer from dodging the cost of defending a data broker that was sued after selling the Chicago Police Department access to a facial recognition database that...

Parents of Girl Who Drowned at Missouri Water Park File Lawsuit

Jun 16 2023 // KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The parents of a 6-year-old girl who drowned at a popular Kansas City water park last year allege in a lawsuit that the park repeatedly hires young, inexperienced lifeguards and does not...

Judge Allows Carroll to Amend Defamation Suit Against Trump to Add His CNN Comments

Jun 15 2023 // The New York author who won a $5 million sexual abuse trial against Donald Trump was allowed to expand an earlier defamation lawsuit to add remarks he made about her on a CNN town hall and seek at least $10 million more in...

Twitter Sued by Music Firms Over Violating Copyrights, At Up to $150,000 a Work

Jun 15 2023 // The National Music Publishers’ Association sued Twitter Inc. Wednesday, alleging it violates the copyright of songwriters by using their music on its platform without permission. Twitter is one of the only major...

New Louisiana School A Step to Resolve Decades-Old Lawsuit

Jun 14 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Authorities in a southwest Louisiana school district have agreed to develop a magnet school in a historically Black school zone to draw students of all races from across the district in a step...

Michigan State Students Wounded in Shooting Take Steps Toward Lawsuit

Jun 14 2023 // EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Two students who were among eight killed or wounded in a winter shooting at Michigan State University are taking steps toward suing the school. Attorneys for Nate Statly and Troy Forbush,...

Trump CNN Remarks Allowed in E. Jean Carroll’s Expanded Defamation Suit

Jun 14 2023 // he New York author who won a $5 million sexual abuse trial against Donald Trump was allowed to expand an earlier defamation lawsuit to add remarks he made about her on a CNN town hall and seek at least $10 million more in...

Ohio Plastic Manufacturer to Pay $252K Over Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

Jun 13 2023 // Pretium Packaging, LLC, a manufacturer of plastic bottles and containers, will pay $252,768 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Lawmakers in Montana, Louisiana Pass Bills to Require Disclosure of Litigation Funding

Jun 13 2023 // Lawmakers in two states passed bills this year to require disclosure of litigation funding contracts. Business groups are pushing for similar rules in federal courts nationwide. Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte on May 2 signed...

A Greenwashing Lawsuit Against Delta Aims to Set a Precedent

Jun 13 2023 // As tranquil instrumental music plays over gauzy images of nature, a woman’s voice-over begins. “Isn’t it a paradox,” she wonders aloud, “that the love for this world that gets us out in it,...

Two More States Pass Bills to Require Disclosure of Litigation Funding