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Lawyers: LSU Athletics Official Who Sued Department Fired in Retaliation
Jan 28 2022 // Lawyers for an associate athletic director who filed a $50 million federal racketeering lawsuit against Louisiana State University say she has been fired in retaliation and asked the court Wednesday to add that claim to...
Los Angeles County Faces Lawsuits Over Deadly Fire Station Shooting
Jan 27 2022 // Los Angeles County faces two lawsuits connected to last year’s shootings at a fire station that killed a firefighter and wounded a captain in attack investigators said stemmed from a longstanding job-related...
People’s Trust Must Hand Over Underwriting Manuals in Claims Litigation, Court Says
Jan 27 2022 // A property insurer must give up its underwriting manuals in a claims dispute, a Florida appeals court said Wednesday. In People’s Trust Insurance Co. vs. Theodore Foster, the 1st District Court of Appeals in...
Massachusetts Crash Victim Sues Uber for $63 Million
Jan 26 2022 // A Massachusetts man seriously injured in a crash while a passenger in an Uber car is suing Uber and the driver for $63 million in damages. The suit accuses Uber of negligence in the hiring of the driver, who the complaint...
Tennessee Doc Pleads Guilty Then Sues Insurer After Clinic Burns Down
Jan 26 2022 // A Tennessee doctor who pleaded guilty to running a pill mill has now filed suit against his property insurance carrier for failing to pay after a suspicious fire destroyed his clinic. Dr. David Bruce Coffey of Oneida, in...
Arizona Judge Rules Google Should Face Jury in State’s Location Privacy Lawsuit
Jan 26 2022 // Allegations that Alphabet Inc.’s Google deceived users with unclear smartphone location tracking settings should be weighed by a jury, an Arizona judge ruled on Tuesday, refusing to toss out a lawsuit brought by the...
Mother of Kansas City Woman Killed in Firetruck Crash Sues
Jan 26 2022 // The mother of a woman who died when she was hit by a firetruck in Kansas City last month has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, the fire department and the fire truck’s driver. Judy Holland, the mother...
Owners of High-End London Restaurants Sue AXA Over Failure to Pay COVID Claims
Jan 26 2022 // The owners of high-end London restaurants The Wolseley and The Delaunay sued AXA Insurance UK Plc for as much as 4 million pounds ($5.4 million) over its failure to pay out on claims linked to the coronavirus...
Black Man in Nevada Arrested as White Felon Twice His Age Suing
Jan 25 2022 // A 25-year-old Black man is suing two police agencies in Nevada after he was misidentified as a white ex-felon nearly twice his age, arrested, and held for six days in jails in two Las Vegas-area jurisdictions. Shane Lee...
Three States, D.C. Sue Google Claiming Location Tracking Violates Users’ Privacy
Jan 25 2022 // Texas, Indiana, Washington State and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Monday over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade users’ privacy. “Google falsely...
Federal Judge Says RICO Lawsuit vs. United P&C Must be Revised
Jan 24 2022 // A federal judge in Tampa has ordered a roofing contractor to revise its lawsuit complaint, which alleges racketeering law violations against United Property & Casualty Co., after the original complaint failed to meet...
Tulane Medical School Racial Discrimination Suit Settled
Jan 24 2022 // A lawsuit alleging racial discrimination at Tulane University’s School of Medicine has been settled. Dr. Princess Dennar, a former director of the school’s residency program, filed the lawsuit in 2020. It...
Church Victims Push Nebraska Lawmakers to Expand Lawsuit Window
Jan 24 2022 // Victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests urged Nebraska lawmakers on Friday to pass a law that would let people who were abused decades ago file lawsuits against the church or other organizations that were...
Workplace Class Action Settlement Costs Reached $3.6B in 2021
Jan 24 2022 // The cost of settling workplace class-action lawsuits reached a record high in 2021, defying expectations that the COVID-19 pandemic would decrease the size and reduce the number of payouts, according to a new report by the...
Employers Fear Long-Term Liability From ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19 Lawsuits
Jan 24 2022 // As COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, businesses say they fear a California court ruling has increased the likelihood that companies will be sued for infections, even by people who are not employees or...
Victims of U. of Michigan Doctor Could Sue School Under New Bill
Jan 24 2022 // More than 1,000 sexual abuse victims of a University of Michigan sports doctor would get a window in which they could sue the school for damages under new bills the Legislature will consider. It is the second time since...
Kansas High Court Keeps Law Allowing COVID Lawsuits Alive
Jan 24 2022 // Kansas’ highest court ruled on Jan. 7 to keep intact a law that allows people to sue counties over mask mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions and obtain quick trial-court decisions. The Kansas Supreme Court...
Florida Lawsuit Charges United P&C With RICO Violations in Widespread Claims Denials
Jan 24 2022 // In the war between restoration companies and insurers in Florida, contractors suing carriers in assignment-of-benefits claims is nothing new. And insurers have long argued that some construction firms are colluding with...
Insurance Companies Sue Texas Power Grid Operator
Jan 24 2022 // More than 100 insurance companies are suing the Texas power grid operator and several power-generating companies (PGCs) over losses suffered from 2021 Winter Storm Uri, which resulted in more than 500,000 insurance claims...
Judge Tosses California Lawsuit of Man Who Was Nude Baby on Album Cover
Jan 24 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a 30-year-old man who alleged that the image of him nude as a 4-month-old on the 1991 cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album is child pornography. Judge Fernando...
