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EEOC Sues Exxon for Discrimination After Nooses Found at Plant
Mar 3 2023 // Exxon Mobil Corp. was sued for racial discrimination by a U.S. federal agency on Thursday, with charges alleging that the oil major failed to protect workers from harassment after nooses were found at one of its facilities...
Shell Wins Bid to Limit British Suit Over Nigeria Delta Oil Spill
Mar 3 2023 // Shell Plc won a bid to limit a British lawsuit over an oil spill off the coast of Nigeria after a judge ruled that a group of thousands of Nigerians couldn’t prove that the disaster continued to wreak devastation on...
New York EMS Workers Settle Suit With City Over Media Interviews
Mar 3 2023 // Four New York City ambulance workers who said they were disciplined for speaking to the media during the harrowing, early months of the COVID-19 pandemic have reached a settlement in their free speech lawsuit against the...
Families Sue Over Covid-19 Deaths at Chelsea Veterans Home
Mar 3 2023 // The families of three residents of a veterans’ care facility in Massachusetts who died after contracting COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic say in federal lawsuit that the deaths were “premature and...
Family Hurt in Helicopter Crash Suing Nevada Firm
Mar 3 2023 // Four family members from Australia who were injured during a crash-landing of a sightseeing helicopter in Southern Nevada in December have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. seeking more than $400,000 in damages from the tour...
$1 Million Settlement in Class Action over Immigration Raid at Tenn. Meat Plant
Mar 2 2023 // A federal judge has approved a settlement of more than $1 million in a class action lawsuit that challenged a federal immigration raid at an eastern Tennessee meatpacking plant where about 100 people were arrested. The...
Kobe Bryant Family Settles Photo Lawsuit in California for $28.5M
Mar 2 2023 // The family of the late Kobe Bryant has agreed to a $28.5 million settlement with Los Angeles County to resolve the remaining claims in a lawsuit over deputies and firefighters The figure includes a newly agreed upon...
Lawsuit Dismissed Over McDonald’s Board’s Severance Pay to Fired CEO
Mar 2 2023 // McDonald’s Corp’s board cannot be sued for allowing former CEO Steve Easterbrook to keep tens of millions of dollars when the restaurant chain fired him for having a relationship with an employee, a Delaware...
Former Oregon State University Dean Wins $600K Whistleblower Lawsuit
Mar 1 2023 // A jury has awarded over $600,000 to a former Oregon State University dean who sued the school for whistleblower retaliation. University officials disagree with the verdict issued earlier this month and plan to appeal,...
Georgia Bill Would End Direct Action Suits Against Insurers in Truck Accidents
Feb 28 2023 // Truck insurers would be able to avoid being named as defendants in lawsuits filed after trucking accidents under a bill moving through the Georgia General Assembly. Senate Bill 191, reported favorably last week by the...
Tesla, Musk Sued by Shareholders Over Self-Driving Safety Claims
Feb 28 2023 // Tesla Inc. and its Chief Executive Elon Musk were sued on Monday by shareholders who accused them of overstating the effectiveness and safety of their electric vehicles’ Autopilot and Full Self-Driving...
Maryland Among States Mulling Ending Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Time Limits
Feb 28 2023 // Adults who testified they were sexually abused as children urged Maryland lawmakers last week to end the state’s statute of limitations for when civil lawsuits can be filed against institutions related to child...
TD, Other Banks Reach $1.35B Settlements to End Stanford Litigation
Feb 27 2023 // Three banks agreed to pay $1.35 billion to resolve litigation by former Allen Stanford investors who accused them of contributing to the imprisoned financier’s massive Ponzi scheme. Canada’s Toronto-Dominion...
Family of Colorado Man Killed by Deputy Files Lawsuit
Feb 27 2023 // The family of a man who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy outside a Colorado middle school while students were being picked up alleges in a wrongful death lawsuit that deputies unnecessarily escalated a...
French Bank BNP Paribas Sued by NGOs Over Amazon Rainforest Deforestation Link
Feb 27 2023 // Environmental and human rights activist groups said on Monday they had sued BNP Paribas, the eurozone’s biggest bank, for providing financial services to companies they allege contribute to the deforestation of the...
Kentucky Senate Votes to Provide Teachers with Liability Insurance for Lawsuits
Feb 27 2023 // The Kentucky Senate voted Friday to provide teachers with liability insurance coverage as a cushion against financial losses when forced to defend themselves against work-related lawsuits. The bill would require Kentucky...
Florida’s Notice-of-Intent Trips Up Medicare Recovery Firm in Suits Versus Insurers
Feb 24 2023 // A law firm that has made a multibillion-dollar business out of suing auto and liability insurers for Medicare reimbursement payments may have met its match in Florida’s notice-of-intent-to-sue requirements. A panel...
Pennsylvania Nears Vote on Opening Window to Child-Abuse Lawsuits
Feb 24 2023 // Pennsylvania House Democrats put their freshly minted majority status to work this week in shutting down Republican efforts to make changes to legislation designed to let victims of childhood sexual abuse file otherwise...
Former Pitching Coach Sues New York Mets for Age Discrimination
Feb 24 2023 // Phil Regan sued the New York Mets and former general manager Brodie Van Wagenen, alleging age discrimination and wrongful termination when he was moved out as pitching coach after the 2019 season. Regan, a former big...
Update: Activists Sue BNP Over Energy Loans, TotalEnergies Over Human Rights
Feb 23 2023 // Climate and human rights activists sued two of France’s biggest corporations over fossil fuel financing and alleged human rights abuses on Thursday, as campaigners increasingly turn to lawsuits to push big companies...
