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Judge Dismisses Suit Against Missouri Recreational Pot Measure
Sep 13 2022 // A Missouri judge last week tossed out a lawsuit that sought to knock a recreational marijuana proposal off the Nov. 8 ballot. The measure would allow those ages 21 and older to buy and grow marijuana for personal...
Chili’s Locations in Texas, Arkansas Sued for Sexual Harassment of Teens
Sep 13 2022 // Two Chili’s Grill & Bar Restaurants in Arkansas and Texas subjected female employees, including teens, to sexually hostile work environments in violation of federal law, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Lawsuit Alleges Child Marriage, Rape in Utah Sect
Sep 13 2022 // Women who were members of a Utah polygamous group said in a lawsuit that they were forced into underage marriages in which their husbands raped them and that they had to perform child labor in the group’s...
Georgia Shrimpers, Businesses File Suits Over Capsized Cargo Ship Pollution
Sep 13 2022 // Fishermen, shrimpers and business owners dependent on coastal tourism have filed lawsuits over pollution caused when a cargo ship capsized off the Georgia coast in 2019. The two federal lawsuits filed last week in Georgia...
Lender, Builder to Settle Wetlands Lawsuit over St. Simons Island in Georgia
Sep 13 2022 // A construction company and mortgage lender accused of damaging wetlands on a famous Georgia island have agreed to settle a federal lawsuit brought by landowners. The site of the controversy is on picturesque St....
Federal Lawsuit Challenges Oklahoma Anti-Trans Bathroom Law
Sep 9 2022 // Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of three transgender Oklahoma schoolchildren, arguing the state’s new law requiring students use only the bathroom of the sex listed on their birth certificate is...
Ohio Court: Insurer Has No Duty to Defend Drug Distributor Against Opioid Lawsuit
Sep 9 2022 // An insurer has no duty to defend a drug distributor against lawsuits filed by cities and counties that allege it failed to take proper steps to prevent abuse of prescription opioids, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled...
People With Disabilities Sue Over Blocked Sidewalks in Oregon
Sep 9 2022 // A group of Portland, Oregon, residents with disabilities has filed a lawsuit against the city, accusing it of failing to keep public sidewalks accessible. The class action lawsuit filed this week in federal court accuses...
Vermont Nursing Home Sued Over Racial Abuse Claims
Sep 9 2022 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a Vermont nursing home over allegations that it allowed patients to racially abuse Black staff members. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in...
Elon Musk $258 Billion Dogecoin Lawsuit Expands
Sep 8 2022 // The $258 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency Dogecoin has expanded, adding seven new investor plaintiffs and six new defendants including his tunnel...
Lawsuit Charges South Carolina Coaches Sexually Abused Cheerleaders
Sep 7 2022 // Multiple cheerleading coaches in South Carolina _ including a coach who recently killed himself _ sexually abused at least six boys and girls and provided them with drugs and alcohol, a federal lawsuit alleges. A...
No Indictment for Ex-Oregon Doctor Accused of Abuse, Still Faces Civil Suits
Sep 6 2022 // A Clackamas County grand jury has declined to indict a former suburban Portland, Oregon, doctor on criminal charges of sexual misconduct and abuse of patients, finding there isn’t enough evidence to prove the claims,...
Lawsuit Filed Over Man Killed in Oregon Protests Dismissed
Sep 6 2022 // A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the city of Portland, Oregon, the mayor and the Multnomah County district attorney by the estate of a man who was shot and killed after a pro-Trump car rally. The suit had...
Texas Safelite Autoglass Location Sued for Sex Discrimination
Sep 6 2022 // Safelite AutoGlass, a vehicle glass repair and replacement business, violated federal law by refusing to hire a qualified applicant because she is a woman, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in...
$18M Settlement in Lawsuit over Boy’s Death at California School
Sep 5 2022 // The parents of an 8-year-old boy with Down syndrome who died after falling while strapped to a chair in class five years ago have reached an $18 million settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit against a Southern...
Forged Signatures, Fake Policies? Lawsuits Raise Questions About Captive Insurance Plan
Sep 5 2022 // Federal lawsuits, including a nationwide class action filed in California, have put a spotlight on a type of captive insurance program, charging its directors with a scheme that involved forged signatures and fake...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Fatal Crash of Oklahoma Officer
Sep 2 2022 // The family of an Oklahoma police officer killed when a truck struck the motorcycle he was riding while on duty is suing the driver and his employer. The wrongful death lawsuit, dated last Friday, on behalf of Edmond...
Veterans Seeking Earplug Damages Sue to Block 3M Healthcare Spinoff
Sep 2 2022 // Two U.S. military veterans on Thursday sued 3M Co. to block its planned spinoff of its healthcare business, which they called an illegal attempt to avoid compensating veterans for hearing damage caused by the...
Slain Marine’s Family Refiles $25M Defamation Suit Against Alec Baldwin
Sep 2 2022 // The family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan has revived a defamation lawsuit against Alec Baldwin over comments the actor made online. The sisters and widow of Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum allege Baldwin subjected them to...
Lawsuit Filed Over Violent Arrest Outside Arkansas Convenience Store
Sep 1 2022 // A man who was beaten and held down by Arkansas law enforcement officers during an arrest that was caught on a widely circulated video has filed a federal lawsuit against the officers. Attorneys for Randal Worcester filed...
