Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Lawyer’s Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Vegas Casino
Feb 22 2023 // The family of a Florida lawyer who suffered a heart attack at a Las Vegas blackjack table last year and died months later has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a casino. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports David...
Baton Rouge, La. to Pay $1.17M Settlement in Alton Sterling Protest Lawsuit
Feb 21 2023 // ATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – The city of Baton Rouge will pay a $1.17 million settlement to 14 people who accused local law enforcement of using excessive force and violating their First Amendment rights at a protest over...
Former Wilmington Trust Executive Reaches Civil Suit Deal With SEC Over 2008 Crisis
Feb 21 2023 // A former executive of the only financial institution to be criminally charged in connection with the federal bank bailout program in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis has reached a settlement with federal securities...
VW Faces Possible Recalls After Environmental NGO Wins Emissions Software Lawsuit
Feb 21 2023 // A German court on Monday ruled in favor of an environmental NGO’s lawsuit against the federal motor authority for releasing cars with software on exhaust gas recirculation it argues is illegal, in a judgment which...
UK’s Legal & General Launches Fresh UK Lawsuit Against Glencore After Bribery Scandal
Feb 20 2023 // Legal & General Group Plc have launched a fresh lawsuit against Glencore Plc, months after the commodities giant pleaded guilty to allegations of market manipulation and bribery. A group of Legal & General funds...
Root Sues Former CMO Over at Least $9.4M in Unauthorized Payments
Feb 20 2023 // Root Inc., the parent company of Root Insurance, has followed up its investigation into almost $10 million of unauthorized payments with a lawsuit against its former chief marketing officer. According to the suit, filed in...
Death of Handcuffed Man in Colorado Ruled Homicide, Lawsuit Expected
Feb 17 2023 // The death of a man who was handcuffed after a mental health team responded to a call of him walking out into traffic last year has been ruled a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by lawyers for his...
Judge Upholds Maine Law Opposed by Diocese Allowing Older Sex Abuse Suits
Feb 17 2023 // AUGUSTA, Maine — A state judge on Tuesday upheld a Maine law that eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse, allowing survivors to pursue lawsuits for sex crimes that happened decades ago. An attorney...
Delaware County Settles Lawsuit Over Arrest Caught on Video for $25K
Feb 17 2023 // Delaware officials have agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that police used excessive force and made an unlawful arrest in an encounter with a teenage drug suspect. A judge on Tuesday approved a...
Louisiana Suit Alleges Police Killed Fleeing Black Man
Feb 16 2023 // SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) – Family members of Alonzo Bagley, a Black man who was killed as he tried to flee police responding to a disturbance call, have filed a $10 million lawsuit against the officer who shot him. The...
Litigation Funders Deployed $3.2B in U.S. Investments Last Year
Feb 16 2023 // Companies that finance U.S. commercial lawsuits in exchange for a cut of any recoveries upped their investments last year, committing $3.2 billion, according to a new report. That represents a 16% increase in capital...
Insurer Faces Class Action for Depreciating Labor in Actual Cash Value Payments
Feb 16 2023 // Two Trumbull Insurance customers who believe they were short-changed on claims payments have filed a proposed class action suit against the insurer, alleging Trumbull has been incorrectly calculating some property claim...
J&J Must Face Baby Powder Suit by 24-Year-Old Dying of Cancer
Feb 15 2023 // Johnson & Johnson can no longer use bankruptcy to block a trial in California over claims its baby powder caused the deadly cancer of a 24-year-old man, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling is the first of its...
Fox News Must Face Smartmatic’s Lawsuit Over Election-Rigging Claims
Feb 15 2023 // A New York state appeals court rejected Fox News’ bid to dismiss a multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit accusing the network of falsely accusing an electronic voting systems company of helping rig the 2020 U.S....
Lawsuits Pile Up Two Years After Winter Storm Uri
Feb 15 2023 // HOUSTON — When Cherrilyn Nedd left her uncomfortably cold Summerwood home during the February 2021 winter storm to stay with her in-laws — who had a generator — she never expected that she would return to find the...
Families of 2018 Texas School Shooting Settle Suit With Ammo Retailer
Feb 14 2023 // HOUSTON (AP) – The families of those killed and injured in a 2018 Texas high school shooting have settled a lawsuit they had filed against a Tennessee-based online retailer accused of illegally selling ammunition to the...
Clergy Sex Abuse Suits Could Bankrupt Diocese in California
Feb 14 2023 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said it may declare bankruptcy in the coming months as it faces “staggering” legal costs in dealing with some 400 lawsuits alleging priests and others sexually abused...
Ex-Dallas Cowboys Star Files Lawsuit Seeking $100M After Misconduct Claim
Feb 13 2023 // McKINNEY, Texas (AP) – Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver and Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin has filed a defamation lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages, claiming he was falsely accused of misconduct by a...
Lawsuit Seeks Medical Testing After Toxic Train Derailment in Ohio
Feb 13 2023 // EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – Residents who filed a federal lawsuit in the fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals along the Ohio-Pennsylvania line are seeking to force Norfolk Southern to set up health...
Illinois Man Reaches $91M Settlement in 7-Eleven Crash Suit
Feb 13 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – A suburban Chicago man whose legs were amputated in 2017 after a car lurched forward into a parking space, pinning him against the front of a 7-Eleven store, reached a $91 million settlement on Monday with...
