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Maryland Attorney General Sues Monsanto, Alleges Harm to Natural Resources
Nov 29 2021 // Maryland’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against chemical company Monsanto and two spinoffs, alleging that chemicals Monsanto manufactured harmed the state’s waters, fish and wildlife and seeking to...
Activist Group Calls on Insurers to Sue Oil Companies for Climate Damages
Nov 29 2021 // FRANKFURT – A prominent activist is calling on insurers like Swiss Re to explore suing major oil companies for climate-related damages, the latest volley in a years-long campaign that pits environmentalists against the...
Minnesota Man Awarded $25 Million in Amputation Lawsuit
Nov 24 2021 // Federal jurors say a Twin Cities plastic surgeon is entitled to nearly $25 million because an emergency medical provider declined to fly him back to the United States after a ziplining injury in Mexico led to a leg...
U.S. Gunmakers Claim Mexico’s $10B Lawsuit Shows ‘Clash of National Values’
Nov 24 2021 // Gun makers including Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co. on Monday asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the Mexican government accusing them of facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels,...
Colorado Suburb Paying $15M to Settle Elijah Mcclain Suit
Nov 22 2021 // The Denver, Colorado suburb of Aurora has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the parents of Elijah McClain, a Black man who died after suburban Denver police stopped him on the street and put him in a...
$5M Settlement in Arizona Suit over Man’s Death During Arrest
Nov 19 2021 // Phoenix, Arizona officials agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit over the January 2017 death of a Black man during an arrest attempt in which he cried out that he couldn’t breathe as officers held him...
Son of Black Man Killed by California Police Settles Lawsuit for $1.3M
Nov 19 2021 // The child of a Black man who was fatally shot by Southern California police in 2018 – and whose death spurred lawmakers to enact a state law that decertifies officers who act criminally or with bias – has settled a...
Lawsuit Says Baldwin Had No Reason to Fire in New Mexico Movie Set Shooting
Nov 19 2021 // A lawsuit alleges that Alec Baldwin recklessly fired a gun when it wasn’t called for in the script when he shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on the New Mexico set of the...
Live Nation, Apple, Travis Scott Face $2 Billion Suit Over Astroworld Crush
Nov 19 2021 // A Texas trial attorney has filed a $2 billion lawsuit following the Astroworld music festival crush that killed 10 people and left hundreds more injured. The lawsuit filed by Houston attorney Thomas J. Henry is on behalf...
Women Sue Yale Over Fentanyl Switch-Up at Fertility Clinic
Nov 19 2021 // Seven women who say they suffered excruciating pain after a nurse stole fentanyl for her personal use and replaced it with saline sued Yale University on Wednesday, alleging it of failing to safeguard its supply of the...
Australia’s Corporate Regulator Sues MLC Life for Causing Financial Harm of $13M
Nov 19 2021 // Australia’s corporate regulator said on Friday it was suing MLC Life Insurance for causing financial harm of A$17.5 million ($12.73 million) to over a quarter million customers by not paying benefits and charging...
Federal Juries Give Different Verdicts in Massive 3M Earplug Litigation
Nov 18 2021 // Two federal juries have come down on opposite sides in the latest trials over 3M’s combat earplugs, but much more litigation is scheduled for the next 12 months. Last week, a jury in U.S. District Court in Pensacola,...
Transgender Woman Sues in California After Cell Beating
Nov 18 2021 // A transgender woman is suing the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department after she was placed in a jail cell with three men and beaten so badly that her jaw was broken, according to the lawsuit. Kristina Frost was...
North Carolina Attorney General Sues E-Cig Makers
Nov 18 2021 // North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is suing the founders of an e-cigarette maker over his concerns that their product is being marketed to children through kid-friendly flavors and poor age verification. NC...
Insurer Sues Florida Mom of Boys Killed by Husband
Nov 18 2021 // An insurance company is suing the mother of two boys killed by her estranged husband over a $4 million life insurance payout, claiming she may not have been legally entitled to receive the funds. Meanwhile, she is trying...
Oklahoma Attorney General Joins Suit Over Health Vaccine Mandate
Nov 18 2021 // Oklahoma is among 12 state attorneys general filing a federal lawsuit over the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for health care workers. Attorney General John O’Connor said Nov. 16 that Oklahoma...
Former Montana Women’s Basketball Coach Sues for Discrimination
Nov 18 2021 // Former Montana women’s basketball coach Shannon Schweyen has sued the university in federal court, alleging she was the victim of sexual discrimination during her employment and when her contract was not renewed. Her...
West Virginia High Court Slams St. Paul Fire, Blocks California Suit
Nov 17 2021 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has decided that a trial court has the authority to reach across the continent and halt an insurance carrier’s litigation in California, a move that could affect other opioid-related...
Uninsured Premises Exclusion Bars Coverage in Home Misrepresentation Suit
Nov 17 2021 // An insurer does not have to provide coverage for a couple accused of misleading the buyers of their former home because of an uninsured premises exclusion in the couple’s homeowners policy. The lawsuit came about...
Cleveland Guardians Settle Lawsuit with Roller Derby Team
Nov 17 2021 // The Cleveland Indians have resolved a lawsuit filed by a local roller derby team over rights to the name Guardians, the final hurdle for the Major League Baseball team to continue its changeover. The sides jointly...
