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University of Iowa Hospitals to Pay $15M to Settle Employees’ Lawsuit
Oct 17 2022 // University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics employees who say that overtime and other payments were improperly paid will receive $15 million as part of a class-action suit that was filed in 2019, according to documents...
New Orleans Saints Player Faces $10M Lawsuit Over Alleged Assault
Oct 17 2022 // A lawsuit filed this week against New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara seeks $10 million in damages and a jury trial in connection to an assault in Las Vegas during Pro Bowl weekend. Kamara already faces a felony...
Indiana Teen’s Parents Sue City Over Fatal Crash Involving Police Chase
Oct 17 2022 // The parents of a northern Indiana teenager who died along with her boyfriend when a vehicle being chased by police crashed into their car in 2020 is suing the city of Mishawaka. The lawsuit filed by Elizabeth...
District Sues Chemical Manufacturer Over Anacostia River Pesticide Pollution
Oct 17 2022 // The District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court Thursday against chemical manufacturer Velsicol Chemical, LLC, claiming it violated city environmental laws by polluting a major waterway, the Anacostia River...
Judge Dismisses Florida Racketeering Lawsuit Against United P&C
Oct 14 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. and its adjusters, a closely watched legal action that charged the insurer had violated anti-racketeering laws to systematically...
California Schools Paying $52M in Suit Over Coach Sex Assaults
Oct 14 2022 // Lawyers for children who were sexually assaulted by a high school wrestling coach have settled a lawsuit with the Los Angeles Unified School District for $52 million, they announced. Attorneys for more than a dozen...
Plastic Pollution Could Trigger $20 Billion in Lawsuit Payouts
Oct 14 2022 // Litigation could cost the plastics industry and its insurers $20 billion in the US over the next eight years, according to a report backed by the United Nations and an Australian billionaire. Companies including...
Alcon, J&J Agree to Settle Contact Lens Price-Fixing Suit for $75 Million
Oct 14 2022 // Alcon Vision and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to pay a total of $75 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the companies of price fixing on disposable contact lenses. More than a third of the total...
Buffalo Staffing Firm Settles Employment Discrimination Lawsuit
Oct 12 2022 // Staffing Solutions of WNY Inc., a Buffalo-based staffing company serving western New York, will pay $550,000 to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...
Miner Glencore Faces Raft of Class-Action-Style Lawsuits in UK After Admitting Bribery
Oct 11 2022 // Glencore Plc faces a raft of class-action style lawsuits from investment and pension funds in the UK, months after the mining giant pleaded guilty to market manipulation and bribery. Mubadala Investment Company and...
Discriminatory Policing Suit Against Virginia Town to Go Forward
Oct 11 2022 // A lawsuit against a Virginia town that alleges its police department has operated in a way that led to unlawful racial discrimination and violated individuals’ constitutional rights can move forward, a judge ruled...
Idaho Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Settled
Oct 10 2022 // An Idaho city has settled a federal discrimination lawsuit with a former library employee who said they were harassed and discriminated against because they are non-binary and transgender, the Idaho Statesman...
Fan Sues Patriots Over Alleged Damage to Brady-Autographed Flag
Oct 10 2022 // The New England Patriots caused irreparable damage to a U.S. flag signed by Tom Brady by improperly displaying it in the team’s hall of fame at Gillette Stadium, the flag’s owner contends in a federal...
Revival Sought for Outspoken Louisiana Pastor’s Lawsuit Over COVID Restrictions
Oct 6 2022 // An outspoken Christian conservative attorney from Alabama has asked a federal appeals court to revive a Louisiana pastor’s damage claims against state officials over long-expired COVID-19 restrictions. A federal...
$725K Settlement Reached in Fatal Washington Shooting Lawsuit
Oct 6 2022 // The Vancouver City Council in Washington has approved a $725,000 settlement in the police shooting of a man who was experiencing a mental health crisis in April 2020. Three Vancouver police officers fatally shot William...
Judge Temporarily Blocks Two State Lawsuits Over J&J Talc Marketing
Oct 6 2022 // A U.S. bankruptcy judge has blocked New Mexico and Mississippi from pursuing lawsuits accusing Johnson & Johnson misleading consumers about the safety of its talc products, such as its baby powder, for now. U.S....
Atlantic City Casino Sued for Allegedly Paying Gambler to Keep Malfunctions Secret
Oct 6 2022 // A New York City man is suing an Atlantic City casino, its parent company and its online betting partner, alleging he was repeatedly disconnected while gambling online, and was given payments to prevent him from reporting...
Judge Dismisses Suit By Veterans’ Home Employees Over COVID Work Conditions
Oct 6 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by employees of the Massachusetts veterans’ home at the center of a devastating COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 who said their constitutional rights were violated because they...
Injured Oregon Protester Awarded $1M in Lawsuit
Oct 6 2022 // A jury has awarded a racial justice demonstrator more than $1 million in a lawsuit she filed in 2020 against the city of Salem, Oregon, accusing officers of violating her civil rights. Eleaqia McCrae, a Black woman, sued...
Baldwin Settles Suit in New Mexico Movie Set Shooting
Oct 5 2022 // Alec Baldwin settled litigation over the accidental shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of the movie Rust, agreeing to give her husband a producer’s role on the picture as part of the agreement. The...
