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Woman Says Amazon.com Fired Her Because She Got ‘Long Covid’ – Lawsuit
May 4 2022 // NEW YORK –– A former Amazon.com Inc. employee sued the online retailer on Monday, saying it wrongly fired her and demanded she repay wages after she contracted “long COVID.” Brittany Hope, 29, a...
Jury Rules for Kardashians in California Lawsuit
May 4 2022 // A jury gave a sweeping win to the Kardashian family in former reality TV star Blac Chyna’s lawsuit against them. The Los Angeles jury found that none of the members defamed Chyna, nor did any interfere with her...
Father of Boy Pepper Sprayed at Washington Protest Files Lawsuit
May 4 2022 // The father of a child who was hit with pepper spray during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Seattle has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging assault and negligence by police officers. Their use of force...
Judge Lets Tulsa Race Massacre Reparations Lawsuit Proceed
May 4 2022 // An Oklahoma judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre can proceed, bringing new hope for some measure of justice for three survivors of the deadly racist rampage who are now...
Rating Firms Urge Florida Lawmakers to Take Swift Action on Litigation, Cat Fund
May 3 2022 // Two insurance company rating firms have joined the call for Florida lawmakers to approve decisive measures to stave off financial disaster for more property insurers. Legislation passed in 2019 and 2021, designed to deter...
Arkansas Sues Family Dollar Over Rodents in Distribution Facility
May 2 2022 // Arkansas is suing Family Dollar over the discovery of more than 1,000 rodents in a distribution facility in the state that prompted the discount retail chain to recall items purchased from hundreds of stores in the...
EEOC Sues Michigan Foods Company Over Alleged Sexual Harassment
May 2 2022 // Eden Foods, Inc., an organic foods company headquartered in Clinton, Michigan that claims to be the premier natural foods company in the Americas, violated federal law by subjecting female employees to repeated sexual...
EY Sued in UK for Alleged Negligence in Audits of Troubled Hospital Operator, NMC
May 2 2022 // The administrators of NMC Health PLC have filed a lawsuit against EY in the United Kingdom for alleged negligence on the audit work it did for the troubled hospital operator between 2012 to 2018, a spokesperson said. NMC,...
Families of 5 Killed in Indiana FedEx Shooting File Lawsuit
May 2 2022 // Relatives of five of the eight people who were shot and killed last year at an Indianapolis FedEx warehouse by a former employee sued the shipping giant and a security company, accusing them of negligence and failing to...
Ohio State Settles More Lawsuits Over Sex Abuse by Team Doctor
May 2 2022 // Ohio State University will pay $2 million to settle more lawsuits brought by men who said they were sexually abused decades ago by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, increasing the number of survivors who’ve...
North Carolina AG Sues Contractor for Deceptive AOB Work after Hurricane
Apr 29 2022 // North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has filed suit against an Illinois contractor who came to the state after Hurricane Florence in 2018, convincing homeowners to assign insurance benefits to his companies. Dennis...
SEC Sues Brazilian Miner Vale Over ‘False and Misleading’ Claims About Safety of Dams
Apr 29 2022 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday sued Brazilian miner Vale for allegedly making false and misleading disclosures about the safety of its dams ahead of a 2019 disaster that killed 270...
New York Giants, Jets Urge Court to Reject Deception Suit
Apr 28 2022 // Attorneys for the New York Giants and Jets teams have asked the court to dismiss with prejudice the amended complaint from two fans upset that the franchises have New York in their name but actually play in MetLife Stadium...
Judge Rules for Elon Musk in $13 Billion Lawsuit Over Tesla-SolarCity Deal
Apr 28 2022 // Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk did not unjustly enrich himself when he guided the electric vehicle maker in 2016 to acquire SolarCity Corp, where Musk was chairman and the largest shareholder, a Delaware...
Massachusetts Man Sues City Alleging Race Factored in Wrongful Arrest
Apr 28 2022 // A Massachusetts man said in a lawsuit filed Monday that he was wrongfully charged with murder based on his race and what his attorneys called fabricated evidence. Dana Gaul, 43, said in the federal suit against the city of...
Dodgers Pitcher Files Lawsuit Against Sex Abuse Accuser
Apr 27 2022 // Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer sued the woman who accused him of sexual assault in federal court, in a move that came less than three months after prosecutors decided not to file criminal charges against the...
‘SLAPP’ Lawsuits Used by Rich and Powerful to Silence Critics Face EU Crackdown
Apr 27 2022 // Wealthy individuals including Russian oligarchs, states and corporations that abuse the legal system to gag journalists and dodge oversight face a European Union-wide crackdown including potential fines. A proposed law on...
Ohio’s FirstEnergy Settles Ratepayer Lawsuits for $37M
Apr 26 2022 // FirstEnergy Corp. has settled four ratepayer lawsuits filed after the utility giant became ensnared in a $60 million bribery scheme to win a $1 billion legislative bailout for two Ohio nuclear plants operated by a company...
Florida Appeals Court: Pre-Suit Notices Required in AOB Cases After July 2019
Apr 26 2022 // In a decision that’s being called a win for insurers, Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeals held last week that the statutory notice of intent to sue applies to all assignment-of-benefits agreements signed...
Lawsuit in California Says Warnings Were Ignored Before Children’s Slayings
Apr 26 2022 // The father of three children who were allegedly killed by their mother last year has filed a lawsuit against the city and county of Los Angeles, accusing police and social workers of failing to intervene to protect his...
