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New York AG’s Financial Fraud Suit Against Trump Details Insurance Scenarios
Sep 22 2022 // Donald Trump and the Trump Organization used false and misleading statements of financial condition to obtain favorable real estate loans and insurance coverage over the last decade, according to a 222- page civil...
Walmart, CVS Agree to Settle West Virginia Opioid Suit for $147 Million
Sep 22 2022 // Walmart and CVS Pharmacy have settled with the state of West Virginia for a combined total of $147 million in a lawsuit over the companies’ roles in contributing to the oversupply of prescription drugs that fueled...
Trump Accuser Plans New Lawsuit Under New York’s Abuse Survivors Law
Sep 22 2022 // A writer who accused former President Donald Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room intends to file another lawsuit against him under a new New York law letting sexual assault victims sue over attacks that...
Family Sues Little League World Series Over Head Injury From Bunk Bed Fall
Sep 22 2022 // A Utah boy who suffered a serious head injury after falling from a bunk bed during last month’s Little League World Series in Pennsylvania has returned home from the hospital and his family is suing the league and...
Jury Awards Illinois Woman $363 Million in Suit Over Plant’s Toxic Gas
Sep 22 2022 // A jury has awarded $363 million to a woman who alleged that a now-shuttered suburban Chicago plant that sterilized medical equipment exposed residents to a toxic industrial gas and gave her breast cancer. After a five-week...
Cancer Victims Urge Court to End J&J Bankruptcy Roadblock to Lawsuits
Sep 22 2022 // People suing Johnson & Johnson over the company’s talc products urged an appeals court on Monday to revive their claims, saying the profitable company should not be allowed to use a bankrupt subsidiary to block...
McDonald’s Ordered to Face Byron Allen’s $10B Discrimination Lawsuit
Sep 21 2022 // McDonald’s Corp. has been ordered by a U.S. judge to defend against media entrepreneur Byron Allen’s $10 billion lawsuit accusing the fast-food chain of “racial stereotyping” by not advertising with...
More Coaches Named in South Carolina Cheerleader Abuse Lawsuit
Sep 20 2022 // A lawsuit alleging the rampant sexual abuse of underage athletes at a competitive cheerleading gym in South Carolina has been amended to name six more coaches as defendants and three more accusers. The accusers — now...
U.S. States Ask Appeals Court to Reinstate Facebook Lawsuit
Sep 20 2022 // A big group of U.S. states, led by New York, argued to an appeals court Monday that it should reinstate an antitrust lawsuit against Meta’s Facebook because of ongoing harm from the company’s actions and...
Court Rules In Favor of Officer in Oklahoma Teen’s Death Lawsuit
Sep 19 2022 // An appeals court ruling could mean the end of a federal lawsuit filed by the parents of a Black teenager who was naked and unarmed when he was shot and killed by suburban Oklahoma City police in 2019. Police said...
State Farm Agrees to Settle Katrina Claims Lawsuit with Mississippi AG
Sep 19 2022 // Mississippi has quietly settled its lawsuit against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. for allegedly minimizing its Hurricane Katrina payments to policyholders, leaving the state to compensate homeowners. The settlement says...
Judge Dismisses Youth Climate Change Lawsuit Against Virginia
Sep 19 2022 // A Virginia judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of 13 young people who claim that the state’s permitting of fossil fuel projects is exacerbating climate change and violating their constitutional...
Louisiana Town Settles Suit Over Released Video of Illegal Search
Sep 19 2022 // A Virginia law professor is set to receive an $86,000 payment for settlement of his civil lawsuit filed against the City of Baton Rouge. The settlement follows a federal court order in which U.S. District Judge John W....
Court Revives Ohio State Sex Abuse Lawsuits
Sep 16 2022 // A federal appeals court ruling Wednesday revives unsettled lawsuits against Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by the late team doctor Richard Strauss. A district judge in Columbus had dismissed most of...
Woman Whose Rape DNA Led to Her Arrest in California Files Lawsuit
Sep 16 2022 // A rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime on filed a lawsuit against the city. During a search of a San Francisco Police Department...
Missouri Supreme Court Won’t Take Up Recreational Pot Suit
Sep 15 2022 // The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to take up a lawsuit challenging a ballot proposal to legalize recreational marijuana use in the state. The Tuesday ruling means the proposed constitutional amendment will be...
NFL Is Latest Target in Lawsuits Over Data-Sharing With Meta
Sep 15 2022 // The National Football League was sued for allegedly sharing digital subscribers’ personal data with Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook, becoming the latest target of consumers claiming companies pass on private...
Tesla Sued by Drivers Over Alleged False Autopilot, Full Self-Driving Claims
Sep 15 2022 // Tesla Inc. was sued on Wednesday in a proposed class action accusing Elon Musk’s electric car company of misleading the public by falsely advertising its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features. The complaint...
Dental Provider Sued Over Retaliatory Firing of Texas Sales Rep
Sep 15 2022 // Dental Health Products, Inc. (DHP), a nationwide provider of supplies and equipment to dental practices, violated federal law by firing a sales representative based in McAllen, Texas because she made a complaint to human...
Dead Oklahoma Inmate Was Suing Over ‘Baby Shark’ Claim
Sep 14 2022 // An Oklahoma County inmate found dead in his jail cell over the weekend was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the county alleging that in 2019, he and other inmates were tortured by jail employees who forced them to...
