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Ex-Shake Shack Worker in New York Accused of Poisoning Cops’ Shakes Sues
Jun 18 2021 // A former New York Shake Shack manager has filed a lawsuit against the Detectives’ Endowment Association, the Police Benevolent Association, and about 20 unnamed officers accusing them of false arrest and...
Suit Filed Against 11 N.Y. Skilled Nursing Facilities for Fraud, Unnecessary Services
Jun 18 2021 // A civil healthcare fraud lawsuit against 11 New York-based skilled nursing facilities alleges that they fraudulently inflated Medicare reimbursements by prolonging patient stays without regard to patients’ medical...
Indiana Wildlife Center Operator with ‘Tiger King’ Ties Owes PETA $734K in Suit
Jun 18 2021 // A judge has ordered the former proprietor of an Indiana wildlife center and his ex-wife to pay People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals more than $700,000 in attorney’s fees stemming from the group’s...
Supreme Court Dismisses Nestle, Cargill Child Slavery Lawsuit
Jun 18 2021 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a lawsuit accusing Cargill Inc. and a Nestle SA subsidiary of knowingly helping perpetuate slavery at Ivory Coast cocoa farms, but sidestepped a broader ruling on the...
U.S. Suit Against Aon-Willis Merger Assigned to Bush Nominee Judge Walton
Jun 18 2021 // Senior Judge Reggie Walton, who joined the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2001, will hear the Justice Department’s lawsuit aimed at stopping insurance broker Aon’s $30 billion acquisition...
Louisiana to Give Child Sex Abuse Victims More Time to File Suits
Jun 17 2021 // Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed legislation removing deadlines for Louisiana’s child sex abuse victims to pursue damages in civil court, delivering a victory to survivors of abuse at the hands of Catholic...
Protester Sues New Orleans Police, City for Injuries from Gas Grenade
Jun 17 2021 // A woman who says she was seriously injured when a tear gas grenade struck her head last year during a protest after the killing of George Floyd is suing New Orleans police and city officials. Katharine Archer’s...
Family Sues Georgia Health Center Over Handling of Mentally Disabled Man
Jun 17 2021 // JONESBORO, Ga. — The family of a mentally disabled man is suing a Georgia behavioral health system, saying its employees forced him onto a bus to Atlanta where he wandered the streets and suffered from hypothermia. The...
Court Says Google Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit Over Hiding Security Risks
Jun 17 2021 // A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit in which shareholders of Google parent Alphabet Inc. accused the company of fraudulently concealing security vulnerabilities, including in its Google+ social network. The...
U.S. Justice Department Files Suit to Block Aon’s Purchase of Willis Towers Watson
Jun 16 2021 // Aon’s proposed $30 billion acquisition of Willis Towers Watson has hit a major roadblock, with the U.S. Department of Justice suing to block the deal. The DOJ’s civil antitrust lawsuit argues that the merger,...
Alabama Woman Acquitted of Theft Sues Former Boss Over False Claim for $4M
Jun 16 2021 // An Alabama woman who was cleared of theft charges after a former employer accused her of stealing from his wedding venue business is now suing her one-time boss for $4 million. Gayla White, a former member of the city...
Widow of New Mexico Police Officer Files Wrongful Death Suit
Jun 15 2021 // The widow of a New Mexico State Police officer fatally shot in the line of duty in February has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, asserting the agency failed to equip her husband. The Albuquerque Journal reported that...
Georgia Jury Awards $500K to Woman Who Sued Over Sexual Abuse by Pastor
Jun 15 2021 // A Georgia jury has awarded $500,000 to a woman who sued her former pastor, alleging that he had sexually abused her for years, starting when she was 15 years old. Jurors in Columbus found that Lewis Clemons, who led the...
North Carolina High Court Backs Students’ Constitutional Right to Sue Over Bullying
Jun 15 2021 // The constitutional right of North Carolina’s children to have access to a good public school education also applies to individual students who aren’t getting help to stop classroom bullying and harassment...
Parents of 3 Nebraska Girls Killed in Crash Sue Sarpy County
Jun 14 2021 // The families of three Gretna, Nebraska, girls who died in a crash in Sarpy County are suing the county, which they said did not correct a deficient design of the road where the girls died. The lawsuit also asks a judge to...
Six Flags Park Settling Illinois Park Fingerprints Lawsuit for $36M
Jun 14 2021 // Six Flags Great America has settled a class-action lawsuit by agreeing to pay $36 million over the use of fingerprint scanners at its Illinois theme park. Pass holders and others who visited the Gurnee park between October...
New York Lawsuit Over Sexual Misconduct Reporting in Jails Settled
Jun 14 2021 // New York state officials have agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Erie County Sheriff’s Office of improperly responding to reports of sexual misconduct involving staff and inmates at the county jails,...
Judge Tosses Suit Seeking End to Delaware River Drilling Ban
Jun 14 2021 // A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit by Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania that sought to overturn a ban on gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing in the Delaware River basin, ruling they lacked standing to...
Wrongful Death Suit Against 3 Georgia Police Officers to Proceed
Jun 14 2021 // COLUMBUS, Ga. — A federal judge says he isn’t halting a wrongful death lawsuit against three Columbus police officers, despite their concerns that the district attorney is seeking to indict them on criminal...
Judge Dismisses Texas Hospital Workers’ Suit Challenging Covid Vaccine Mandate
Jun 13 2021 // A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by 117 workers at a Texas hospital over its requirement that they be vaccinated against COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes upheld Houston Methodist...
