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New Hampshire Court Nixes Medical Monitoring Part of PFOA Class Action
Mar 29 2023 // In a case involving a class action brought by New Hampshire citizens against a Merrimack plastics plant over its release of toxic chemicals into the air and groundwater, the state’s high court has found that medical...
Washington Moves to End Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit Time Limits
Mar 29 2023 // People who were sexually abused as children in Washington state may soon be able to bring lawsuits against the state, schools or other institutions for failing to stop the abuse, no matter when it happened. House Bill 1618...
Death Row Minister Files $10M Defamation Suit Against Oklahoma Corrections Agency
Mar 28 2023 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A death row minister who was inside the execution chamber during Oklahoma’s last lethal injection sued the Department of Corrections for $10 million on Friday, alleging the agency and its...
St. Louis Sues Hyundai, Kia Over Car Thefts
Mar 28 2023 // The city of St. Louis, Missouri, said on Monday it was joining a number of major U.S. cities that are suing Korean automakers Hyundai Motor 005380.KS and Kia Corp 000270.KS for failing to install anti-theft technology in...
Geico Faces Class Action for Allegedly Underpaying Auto Claims
Mar 28 2023 // Geico General Insurance Co. must face a class action suit alleging that it has been underpaying benefits to its insureds injured in automobile accidents. U.S. District Court Judge Dora L. Irizarry in federal court in...
Alphabet Seeks Dismissal of Antitrust Lawsuit Over Google’s Online Ads
Mar 28 2023 // Google parent Alphabet asked a U.S. federal judge on Monday to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit alleging that the search giant illegally abused its dominance of online advertising. The government, which filed the ad...
Regulator Sues Top Crypto Exchange Binance, CEO for ‘Willful Evasion’
Mar 28 2023 // The world’s biggest crypto exchange Binance and its CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao were sued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Monday for operating what the regulator alleged were an...
Lawsuit: Officials ‘Mocked’ Nevada Prison-Firefighter Burns
Mar 28 2023 // A group of prison firefighters said their feet burned and their socks melded to their feet during a gruesome fire clean-up assignment that left several unable to walk, stand or shower without assistance for days, according...
Pennsylvania School District Sues Norfolk Southern Over Ohio Train Derailment
Mar 27 2023 // A Pennsylvania school district serving students in two counties is suing the Norfolk Southern Railway over the railway’s February 3 toxic train derailment in nearby East Palestine, Ohio. The complaint filed by...
Illinois Supreme Court: Union Workers Can’t Sue Under Biometric Law
Mar 24 2023 // Illinois’ top court on Thursday said U.S. labor law bars unionized workers from suing their employers for violations of the state’s biometric privacy law, which can expose companies to massive penalties. The...
Indiana Lawmaker Sued for Medical Malpractice
Mar 23 2023 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A Republican legislator who doubles as an emergency room doctor is being sued for medical malpractice in a patient’s death. The lawsuit alleges that his treatment caused 20-year old...
25,000 Lawsuits by Today? Florida Plaintiff Firms Rushing to File Before Tort-Reform Bill Signed into Law
Mar 23 2023 // The Florida Senate approved a take-no-prisoners tort-reform bill Thursday and Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it into law Friday. The bill, which extends limits on one-way attorney fees, assignments of benefits, and other...
Markets/Coverages: Mosaic Adds Litigation Liability Cover to Professional Lines Offering
Mar 23 2023 // Mosaic Insurance has launched litigation liability coverage, offering critical financial protection to policyholders against the risk of adverse legal costs when pursuing litigation or arbitration. Experienced litigation...
TikTok, Transit Agencies Face Wrongful Death Suit Over New York Teenager’s Death
Mar 23 2023 // Chinese company ByteDance and its popular social media platform TikTok are facing a wrongful death suit in New York over the 2022 death of a teenager. The suit alleges that TikTok sent thousands of unsolicited suicidal...
GM Must Face Class Actions Over Defective Transmissions
Mar 23 2023 // A federal judge in Detroit certified class actions for drivers in 26 U.S. states who accused General Motors Corp. of producing faulty transmissions for about 800,000 vehicles from the 2015 to 2019 model...
Zuckerberg, Meta Are Sued for Failing to Address Sex Trafficking, Child Exploitation
Mar 22 2023 // A new lawsuit accuses Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc. executives and directors of failing to do enough to stop sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation on Facebook and Instagram. The complaint made...
Commerzbank Executive Wins £300,000 in Sex Discrimination Suit
Mar 22 2023 // A Commerzbank AG manager won more than £300,000 ($366,650) in a sex discrimination lawsuit following a long-standing legal battle with the bank. Jagruti Rajput, who was a senior compliance officer at the firm’s...
Google Asks London High Court to Throw Out Lawsuit Over Medical Records
Mar 22 2023 // Google asked London’s High Court on Tuesday to throw out a lawsuit brought on behalf of 1.6 million people over medical records provided to the tech giant by a British hospital trust. The Royal Free London NHS Trust...
Philadelphia Agrees to $9.25M Settlement Over 2020 Protest Lawsuits
Mar 22 2023 // Philadelphia officials announced a $9.25 million settlement Monday with hundreds of people over several lawsuits challenging the police response to the protests and civil disorder in 2020 after George Floyd’s death...
Rite Aid Faces Securities Suit Over Allegedly Filling Unlawful Opioid Prescriptions
Mar 21 2023 // A Rite Aid Corp. shareholder on March 20 filed a securities class action lawsuit against the company as well as former and current executives, alleging Rite Aid has given false or misleading statements regarding its...
