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$2.5M Settlement for 2 Families in Kobe Crash Photo Lawsuits
Nov 4 2021 // Los Angeles County agreed to pay $2.5 million to two families who lost relatives in last year’s helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven other people. The Board of Supervisors approved a...
Judge Dismisses Chemours Shareholder Suit Over DuPont Spinoff Liabilities
Nov 3 2021 // A Delaware judge dismissed a suit by Chemours Co. shareholders alleging directors misled them about the company’s financial health and legal liabilities when it was spun off from a predecessor of DuPont de Nemours...
Company Pays $3.5M Settlement in California Illegal Gambling Lawsuit
Nov 2 2021 // A company that made and operated casino-style games used for illegal gambling will pay $3.5 million and permanently stop its California operations under a court settlement. Pong Game Studios Corp. agreed to settle a...
Judge Finds Drugmakers Not Liable in First Trial Win in Opioid Litigation
Nov 2 2021 // A California judge on Monday said he would rule against several large counties that accused four drugmakers of fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic, saying they failed during a trial to prove their $50 billion case. Orange...
Family of Topeka, Kansas Man Killed by Police Sue for $10M
Nov 2 2021 // The family of a man who was fatally shot by two Topeka police officers in September 2017 has filed a federal lawsuit against the city seeking $10 million for alleged civil rights violations. The parents of Dominique White,...
Corpus Christi Holiday Inn Express Fined $30,000 in Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit
Nov 2 2021 // Awon Phie LLC, doing business as Holiday Inn Express North Padre Island in Corpus Christi, Texas, will pay $30,000 and furnish comprehensive injunctive relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S....
Publicis Loses Bid to Escape Massachusetts Opioid Marketing Lawsuit
Nov 1 2021 // A unit of French advertising company Publicis Groupe SA on Friday lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit by Massachusetts’ attorney general claiming it helped OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP fuel the U.S. opioid...
States Sue to End Biden COVID Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors
Nov 1 2021 // Eighteen states filed three separate lawsuits Friday to stop President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing that the requirement violates federal law. Attorneys general from Alaska,...
Shreveport, Louisiana Medical Testing Supplies Distributor Sued for Race Discrimination
Nov 1 2021 // American Screening, LLC, a drug and medical testing supplies distributor in Shreveport, Louisiana, violated federal law when it fired a worker because of her hair, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
J&J Spends $800M to Settle Most Risperdal Lawsuits
Nov 1 2021 // Johnson & Johnson said it has settled most of the lawsuits it faced by thousands of men who claimed its anti-psychotic drug Risperdal caused them to develop excessive breast tissue and disclosed that it recorded $800...
Missouri Woman Sues GEICO After Contracting STD During Car Sex
Nov 1 2021 // A Missouri woman is suing GEICO after contracting a sexually transmitted disease in a car insured by the company. The woman, identified in District Court documents as M.O., had a sexual relationship with the insured, M.B.,...
Parents of Unrestrained Girl Killed on Ride Sue Colorado Theme Park
Nov 1 2021 // On her family’s first trip since the pandemic began, 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos got on a vertical drop ride at a Colorado amusement park with her uncle, aunt and cousins last month. When the floor pulled away,...
Family of Man Killed by Snowblower Sues Two Maine Hospitals
Oct 29 2021 // The son of a man who died in a snowblower accident in 2017 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against both of Bangor’s hospitals and two medical professionals. Herbert Pelletier, 86, died four years ago of...
Arkansas Sues Medical Supplier for $11M for Failed COVID Supplies Delivery
Oct 29 2021 // The state of Arkansas filed a consumer protection lawsuit Wednesday against a Virginia-based medical supplier for nearly $11 million for failing to deliver supplies during the coronavirus pandemic, Attorney General Leslie...
Roller Derby Team Sues Cleveland Guardians for Alleged Trademark Infringement
Oct 29 2021 // A roller derby team that has called itself the Cleveland Guardians since 2013 sued the city’s Major League Baseball team in federal court in Cleveland on Wednesday alleging that the switch from Indians to Guardians...
Suit Claims Trucker in Pennsylvania Crash Wore Noise-Canceling Headphones
Oct 28 2021 // Victims of a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that killed five people and hurt nearly all the dozens of passengers on a bus nearly two years ago claim in a lawsuit that one of the drivers was wearing noise-canceling...
Judge Dismisses More Unsettled Lawsuits Over Sex Abuse by Ohio State Doctor
Oct 28 2021 // A federal judge on Monday dismissed more of the unsettled lawsuits filed by men who say Ohio State University failed to stop sexual abuse decades ago by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss. U.S. District Court Judge...
Class Action Claims Kellogg Scrimps on Strawberries in Pop Tarts
Oct 25 2021 // Giant food manufacturer Kellogg is facing a class action lawsuit alleging that it is misleading the public with its Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts because it is not using a sufficient amount of actual strawberries in the...
Massachusetts Train Conductor Who Lost Part of Finger Sues Rail Operator
Oct 25 2021 // A conductor on a Massachusetts commuter rail train is suing the company that runs the system, alleging that a malfunctioning door amputated part of his right ring finger. Allen Chin, of Quincy, is suing Keolis Commuter...
Grocer Sues Oregon Beef Producer for $2.7M Over Outbreak
Oct 25 2021 // Lawyers representing New Seasons Market have filed a $2.7 million lawsuit against an Oregon beef producer accusing the company of negligence for delivering beef tainted with E. coli in 2019, court records show. Several...
