Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Long-Running Love Canal Suits Get May Court Date
Mar 23 2022 // Long-pending lawsuits stemming from toxic waste contamination in Niagara Falls’ notorious Love Canal neighborhood have a new court date in May. The Buffalo News reported Saturday that a federal appeals court in New...
Lawsuit Filed by Family of Man in Washington Fatal Shooting
Mar 22 2022 // The family of a man police fatally shot during a purported drug investigation is suing the Vancouver Police Department and the Washington Department of Corrections. Carlos Hunter, 43, died after law enforcement officers...
New Florida Litigation Fell 11% in February, but NOIs Keep Rising
Mar 21 2022 // After a sharp increase in January, the number of new litigated claims in Florida dropped 11% in February for Florida’s largest property insurers, according to CaseGlide, makers of claims litigation management...
Family of Man Fatally Shot on Train in Missouri Sues Amtrak For $100 Million
Mar 21 2022 // The family of a man who was shot and killed while riding an Amtrak train in Missouri is suing the railroad company and the alleged shooter for at least $100 million. Richie Terell Aaron Jr., 30, of Independence, was shot...
$2M Settlement in Washington Police Killing Lawsuit
Mar 21 2022 // The city of Poulsbo, Washington, and its police department will pay $2 million to settle a civil-rights lawsuit filed by the family of Stonechild Chiefstick, according to attorneys. Police shot Chiefstick at a park during...
Wrongfully Convicted Kansas Man Sues County For $93 Million
Mar 21 2022 // A Kansas man who served 23 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit is seeking $93 million in damages from the county where he was convicted and a former detective he says framed him. Lamonte McIntyre, 45, and...
Google Accused in Lawsuit of Systemic Bias Against Black Employees
Mar 21 2022 // A lawsuit filed on Friday accuses Google of systemic racial bias against Black employees, saying the search engine company steers them to lower-level jobs, pays them less and denies them opportunities to advance because of...
Zywave Agrees to $11 Million Fund to Settle ITC Data Breach Lawsuit
Mar 21 2022 // Insurance technology provider Zywave has agreed to offer an $11 million fund to settle a class-action lawsuit related to a data breach at a company it acquired in 2020. A proposed class-action suit was filed against...
Los Angeles Suing Monsanto, 2 Others for Toxic PCBs in Waterways
Mar 21 2022 // The city of Los Angeles is suing Monsanto and two other companies for past and future costs of dealing with contamination of waterways by long-banned chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, the city attorney...
8th Circuit: Arkansas Law Allows Malpractice Action to Proceed Before Underlying Suit is Resolved
Mar 18 2022 // Legal malpractice claims usually aren’t filed until after somebody loses a lawsuit. But what happens when the underlying dispute hasn’t been resolved, but a litigant has to hire new counsel to clean up mistakes...
Seafood Chain to Pay $200K over Sexual Harassment Suit in Illinois
Mar 17 2022 // Long John Silver’s will pay $200,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. The EEOC charged...
Alnylam Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Pfizer, Moderna
Mar 17 2022 // Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. on March 17 filed lawsuits in Delaware federal court against Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc., claiming their multibillion-dollar mRNA COVID-19 vaccines infringe one its patents. Alnylam said it...
Groups Sue for Records in Montana Mine Pollution Case
Mar 16 2022 // Conservation groups are suing Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration to obtain records related to its decision to drop legal claims against a mining executive over decades of pollution from several mines. The groups,...
Oregon Man Sues for $43.5M over Brain Surgery Paralysis
Mar 16 2022 // A La Pine, Oregon, man is suing St. Charles Health System in Bend for $43.5 million after complications from brain surgery left him paralyzed. Jackie Dale Yeley filed the lawsuit in Deschutes County Circuit Court, through...
Rhode Island AG Sues 4 Landlords Over Lead Poisoning Hazards
Mar 16 2022 // Four Rhode Island landlords who own properties in which children with lead poisoning live have been sued by the state for alleged noncompliance with state lead poisoning prevention laws, the attorney general’s office...
Texas Refrigerated Trucking Company to Pay $75K Over Disability Discrimination Suit
Mar 15 2022 // Stevens Transport, the largest refrigerated trucking company in Texas, will pay $75,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Wisconsin AG Sues Johnson Controls, Tyco Fire Products Over Alleged PFAS Pollution
Mar 15 2022 // Wisconsin Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit March 14 against Johnson Controls and Tyco Fire Products over PFAS pollution in northeastern Wisconsin. The lawsuit, filed in Marinette County Circuit Court,...
$750K Settlement of Washington Suit Over Man’s Jail Suicide
Mar 14 2022 // King County has agreed to pay $750,000 to the family of a man who killed himself in a Seattle, Washington, jail after they filed a lawsuit alleging jail officials knew or should have known the man was in crisis but failed...
Missouri Man Awarded $20 Million in Ford Asbestos Suit
Mar 14 2022 // A south St. Louis County man who sued Ford Motor Co. over his exposure to asbestos has been awarded $20 million. In his lawsuit, William Trokey, 76, alleged that his exposure to asbestos while working on Ford brakes as a...
Lawsuits vs. Citizens Insurer Continue to Rise But Legal Fees and Payouts Dropping
Mar 11 2022 // A committee of the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. governing body produced some good news on litigated claims and some bad news Thursday, giving further insight into a big part of Florida’s insurance market. The...
