Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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$6M Awarded in Missouri Asbestos Suit Against Ford, Others
Nov 3 2022 // ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis jury has ruled that Ford Motor Co. and other companies must pay $6 million to a Missouri family over claims that a woman’s death was caused by exposure to asbestos, including from dust...
Family of Man Killed by Detroit Police Files $50M Lawsuit
Nov 3 2022 // DETROIT (AP) – The family of Porter Burks, a Black man fatally shot during an early morning confrontation with Detroit police, is suing the city for $50 million, their lawyer announced Tuesday. Five unnamed officers also...
California Judge Oks Lawsuit Against Angels Over Skaggs Death
Nov 3 2022 // A California judge is allowing a lawsuit to proceed against the Los Angeles Angels over the drug-related death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Orange County Superior Court Judge Glenn Salter on Monday rejected the team’s...
Jury Sides With New Jersey Police in $10M Suit by Family of Man Who Died After Arrest
Nov 2 2022 // A federal court jury has decided that New Jersey police did not violate the civil rights of a man who died shortly after a physical altercation during his arrest 7 1/2 years ago. After a trial, jurors in federal court in...
Geico Faces California Class Action Claiming it Overcharged for Car Insurance
Nov 1 2022 // A federal judge on Monday said a lawsuit accusing Geico Corp. of overcharging more than 2 million California policyholders on car insurance early in the COVID-19 pandemic may proceed as a class action. U.S. District Judge...
Carlyle Aviation Sues Insurers Over Seized Planes Leased to Russian Airlines
Nov 1 2022 // Carlyle Aviation Partners said it sued a group of insurance companies and re-insurers claiming they failed to pay for losses stemming from the seizure of planes leased to Russian airlines following the invasion of...
Judge Dismisses Part of Sexual Assault Suit Against Univ. of Michigan
Oct 31 2022 // LANSING, Mich. (AP) – A judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit filed by eight women alleging sexual harassment and assault by a former University of Michigan lecturer. Judge Thomas Cameron of the Michigan Court of Claims...
Judge Dismisses $6.5M Suit in 2016 Nevada Plane Crash
Oct 31 2022 // A federal judge has ruled against the family of a pilot killed in 2016 who sought more than $6.5 million from in a lawsuit that blamed air traffic controllers for a fatal plane crash near Reno-Tahoe International...
3 Maryland State Police Officers File Discrimination Lawsuit
Oct 31 2022 // Three Maryland State Police officers have filed a proposed federal class-action lawsuit against the department, alleging widespread racial discrimination in the agency. The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in...
Arkansas Kroger Store Settles $180K Religious Discrimination Suit
Oct 28 2022 // The Kroger Limited Partnership I will pay $180,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced. The EEOC had filed suit on behalf of...
Dubai Aerospace Sues 11 Insurers, Including Lloyd’s, AIG, Chubb, for Jets Stuck in Russia
Oct 28 2022 // Aircraft leasing firm Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has filed a London lawsuit against 11 insurers, including Lloyd’s of London, AIG, Chubb and Swiss Re, two months after it wrote off almost $600 million for 19...
Families of 2 Killed at Astroworld Settle Lawsuits
Oct 27 2022 // The families of two people who died during last year’s Astroworld music festival have settled wrongful death lawsuits they had filed, according to attorneys. Ten people were killed and hundreds of others injured...
Judge Threatens to Sanction Law Firm that Filed Hundreds of La. Hurricane Lawsuits
Oct 27 2022 // A federal judge in Louisiana is threatening to fine a Houston-based law firm $200 for each duplicate or baseless lawsuit he finds among the 1,642 that the firm has filed against insurers for alleged hurricane damages. US...
Credit Suisse Makes $180M Provision for Major Litigation Costs
Oct 27 2022 // Credit Suisse Group AG has made a 178 million Swiss francs ($180 million) provision for major litigation costs in the third quarter to help account for a long list of lawsuits and investigations that it’s trying to...
Colorado-Based Emergency Transport Companies Sued for Religious, Disability Discrimination
Oct 27 2022 // Emergency transport companies Global Medical Response, Inc. (“GMR”), American Medical Response, Inc. (“AMR”), and AMR’s subsidiaries located in Greenwood Village, Colorado, violated federal...
Rhode Island Bus Service, Health Insurer Sued Over Data Breach
Oct 27 2022 // Two people whose personal information was compromised in a data breach at Rhode Island’s public bus service that affected about 22,000 people sued the agency and a health insurer this week seeking monetary damages...
Bankrupt Mexican Airline Interjet Ordered to Pay $7M in Class Action Lawsuit
Oct 25 2022 // Mexican airline Interjet, which was declared bankrupt by a judge in August, has been ordered to pay out 144 million pesos ($7.23 million) to thousands of clients in a class action lawsuit, the country’s consumer...
L’Oreal’s Hair Straighteners Caused Woman’s Uterine Cancer, Lawsuit Claims
Oct 25 2022 // L’Oreal SA has been sued by a Missouri woman who alleges she developed uterine cancer as a result of using the French cosmetic company’s hair-straightening products. The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court...
Court Revives Louisiana Wetlands Damage Suit Against Big Oil
Oct 24 2022 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal appeals court has ordered a nine-year-old lawsuit filed against oil and gas companies over damage to Louisiana’s wetlands to be returned to state court for trial, potentially clearing...
Republican National Committee Sues Google Over Email Spam Filters
Oct 24 2022 // The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Friday for allegedly sending its emails to users’ spam folders. The U.S. political committee accuses the tech giant of...
