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North Carolina Suit Could Signal Change in COVID Claims Disputes
Oct 5 2021 // Since the pandemic began, most of the COVID-19-related business interruption disputes have not gone in favor of the policyholders, especially in federal court. More than 90% of motions to dismiss in federal lawsuits, in...
Cyberattack Crippled Hospital, Led to Baby’s Death, Lawsuit Claims
Oct 5 2021 // Cyberattacks may affect more than organizations’ pocketbooks. They can also hinder a hospital’s care during a crucial moment, a lawsuit filed in Mobile, Alabama, claims. The mother of a child who was born...
Northrop Grumman Knew Chemical Contaminated Missouri Homes: Lawsuit
Oct 1 2021 // Defense company Northrop Grumman knew for more than a decade that chemicals from a site it owns near Missouri’s Springfield-Branson Airport were contaminating groundwater in surrounding property, according to a...
Lawsuit: Oregon Software Company Refused to Hire Man Who is Deaf
Oct 1 2021 // Federal watchdogs are suing Portland, Ore.-based Viewpoint Construction Software and its recruiting firm CampusPoint Corp., alleging they refused to hire a job applicant who is deaf. Viewpoint makes software that...
Hospital Housekeeping Services in Texas Sued for Disability Discrimination
Oct 1 2021 // Federal officials allege in a lawsuit that a Texas-based company unlawfully fired disabled workers because of their inability to pass an essential functions test. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a...
Lawsuit says Nashville Diocese Failed to Protect Minor from Sexual Abuse
Oct 1 2021 // A lawsuit accuses the Catholic Diocese of Nashville of failing to protect a minor child from sexual abuse by an employee at a Murfreesboro church. The suit filed in Circuit Court in Nashville claims the diocese received...
South Dakota Homeowners Sue County Over Sinkhole Risks
Sep 30 2021 // More than 150 homeowners in a development outside Rapid City, South Dakota, are suing Meade County over risks to their properties after a sinkhole exposed an abandoned gypsum mine. The federal complaint filed Sept. 27 by...
Ford Sued for Pregnancy Discrimination at Illinois Plant
Sep 30 2021 // Ford Motor Company has been charged in a federal lawsuit with violating the law when it made a conditional offer of hire to a pregnant applicant but failed to hire her even though she was qualified and passed a company...
Arkansas Company Sued for Race Discrimination in Hiring
Sep 30 2021 // A federal agency has charged in a lawsuit that an Arkansas site preparation company steered Black applicants into lower-paying positions and paid Black applicants less money at hire. In its lawsuit the U.S. Equal...
Bipartisan Michigan Bills Would Give Sex Abuse Victims More Time to Sue
Sep 30 2021 // State lawmakers are poised to consider bipartisan bills aimed at helping potentially thousands of sex abuse victims sue for damages, including those molested by a University of Michigan sports physician. It is the second...
Woman’s Washington Suit Claims Bus Drove Over Her Leg, Resulting in Amputation
Sep 30 2021 // A woman has filed a lawsuit against King County Metro in Washington claiming a bus driver ran over her leg while she was laying on a Renton sidewalk and then drove away. Jessica Chapel’s injuries were so severe that...
Illinois Research Laboratory to Pay $100K in Retaliation Lawsuit Settlement
Sep 29 2021 // A federal agency charged in a lawsuit that an Illinois-based research organization denied promotion to female engineer after she complained about sex-based discrimination. Fermi Research Alliance LLC (Fermi), a particle...
Greyhound Settles Washington Suit Over Immigration Sweeps on Buses
Sep 29 2021 // Greyhound Lines Inc. will pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit over the bus line’s practice of allowing U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to board its buses in Washington state to conduct warrantless...
COVID-Related Discrimination Lawsuits Filed Against 2 Texas Companies
Sep 28 2021 // Federal officials filed two lawsuits in Texas courts, alleging that a pharmacy in Fabens and a coffeehouse in Ft. Worth both discriminated against employees with disabilities that rendered them vulnerable to serious...
Delaware Sues Monsanto Alleging Damage to Natural Resources
Sep 28 2021 // Delaware’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against chemical company Monsanto and spinoffs Solutia and Pharmacia, alleging long-lasting damage to the state’s natural resources. The lawsuit filed Delaware...
Maine Attorney General Considers Suing Over PCB, PFAS Contamination
Sep 28 2021 // Maine’s attorney general is seeking proposals from law firms willing to assist with potential legal claims over chemical contamination in the state. The state is considering legal claims over so-called PCBs and a...
Southern California Utility Settles 2015 Gas Leak Litigation, To Take $1.1B Charge
Sep 27 2021 // Gas utility Southern California Gas (SoCalGas), a unit of Sempra Energy, said on Monday it has reached agreements that are expected to resolve substantially all civil litigation related to a 2015 natural gas storage...
BNSF Railway Sued for Sexual Harassment at Nebraska Railyard
Sep 27 2021 // A federal lawsuit alleges women working at a Nebraska railyard were subjected to sexual harassment and managers failed to do anything about it, in violation of federal law. BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), a major North...
Chicago Suburb to Pay Ex-Cop $275K in Discrimination Lawsuit
Sep 27 2021 // A Chicago suburb will pay $275,000 to a former police officer who says colleagues discriminated against him because of his Assyrian and Iraqi heritage. Anfiny J. Eshoo sued the village of Arlington Heights last year,...
Lawsuit Accuses United Airlines of Refusing Employee Exemptions to Vaccine Mandate
Sep 27 2021 // United Airlines Inc is facing claims that it unlawfully denied religious and medical exemptions from a requirement that employees receive COVID-19 vaccines after allegedly making it difficult for workers to apply for...
