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Topeka, Kansas, to Settle 2016 Police Crash Lawsuit for $335K
Mar 16 2021 // The city of Topeka, Kansas, has settled a lawsuit over a 2016 crash involving a police cruiser that left two people injured, according to a city official. The city has agreed to pay $335,000 to settle the case, Topeka City...
New York Suit Against EPA Over GE’s Hudson River Cleanup Dismissed
Mar 16 2021 // A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit from New York state against the federal Environmental Protection Agency over its 2019 decision that General Electric had completed a Hudson River dredging remediation...
Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Plan Proposes Public Trusts to Settle Opioid Lawsuits
Mar 16 2021 // Purdue Pharma LP filed a bankruptcy plan on Monday that would resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits by restructuring the OxyContin maker into an entity that would steer profits to plaintiffs and require the company’s...
Florida Senate Weighs Legal Immunity Against COVID Lawsuits
Mar 16 2021 // A measure that would shield businesses from COVID-related lawsuits could make it before the Florida Senate later this week, providing another key test for a measure that supporters assert will protect against frivolous...
Investor Suit Alleges Tesla CEO Musk’s Tweets Violate SEC Pact
Mar 15 2021 // Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk has been sued by a shareholder who accused him of violating his 2018 settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over his Twitter use. According to a complaint unsealed...
Mississippi Supreme Court Orders Third Trial in Hyundai Wrongful Death Suit
Mar 15 2021 // The Mississippi Supreme Court is ordering a third trial in a wrongful death case, years after a jury told Hyundai Motor Company to pay millions of dollars to families of three people killed in a 1995 car crash. In a ruling...
Minneapolis to Pay Floyd Family $27M to Settle Civil Lawsuit
Mar 14 2021 // The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police custody, as jury selection continued in a former officer’s...
Oregon Lawsuits Seek $1B From Pacific Power over Wildfires
Mar 12 2021 // Two new lawsuits filed in Marion County, Ore., seek more than $1 billion in damages from Pacific Power, claiming the utility’s negligence led to wildfires in the Santiam Canyon last year. The two lawsuits filed...
Security Firm to Pay $110K in Louisiana Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Settlement
Mar 12 2021 // A Pennsylvania-based security company will pay $110,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of an employee in Louisiana, federal officials say. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Hertz Sued by Michigan Man over Receipt That Cleared Him of Murder
Mar 11 2021 // A Michigan man who spent nearly five years in custody is suing a car rental company for failing to produce in a timely manner a receipt that would have proved his innocence long before he was convicted of a 2011...
Lawsuit: Paraplegic Inmate Denied Shower for 5 Months in St. Louis Jail
Mar 11 2021 // A paraplegic inmate at a St. Louis, Mo., jail hasn’t been able to shower for more than five months because the facility isn’t equipped to accommodate people who need wheelchairs, advocacy groups argue in a new...
Homeowners’ Suit of Reno Over Flooding Now in U.S. Court
Mar 11 2021 // Dozens of residents who are suing the city of Reno over the flooding of their homes in 2017 are moving to federal court in a complex case that could cost taxpayers millions of dollars. The move comes as the city’s...
Maine Man Sues Paper Mill Over Levels of ‘Forever Chemicals’
Mar 11 2021 // A Maine man is suing a paper mill company that operates in the state about levels of long-lasting chemicals in wells and elsewhere. Nathan Saunders of Fairfield filed the lawsuit Friday against Boston-based Sappi North...
Nordstrom Suit Tests Whether Civil Unrest Is Single Insurance Occurrence or Multiple
Mar 11 2021 // Nordstrom Inc. has filed suit seeking a court declaration that its insurers must treat nationwide civil unrest last spring and summer as a single occurrence rather that separate events that would require the department...
Arizona High Court Rules Man Can Sue for Privacy Breach
Mar 10 2021 // Warehouse store chain Costco can be sued for privacy violations by a Phoenix-area man who alleges a pharmacist joked with his ex-wife about an erectile dysfunction prescription he had twice canceled, the Arizona Supreme...
Alaska Native Group, Neiman Marcus Settle Copyright Suit
Mar 9 2021 // An Alaska Native cultural organization and the luxury department store Nieman Marcus have settled a lawsuit over the sale of a coat with a copyrighted, geometric design borrowed from Indigenous culture. The Sealaska...
Alaska Files $1B Lawsuit Against 21 Poultry Businesses
Mar 9 2021 // Alaska has sued 21 businesses involved in the poultry industry, claiming the businesses operated a cartel and illegally inflated the price of most chicken sold in the state. The Alaska Department of Law filed a...
Washington Restaurant Paying $600K To Settle Suit
Mar 8 2021 // The Willows Inn, a nationally acclaimed restaurant on Lummi Island in Washington that has been accused of underpaying its employees, has agreed to pay $600,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit over wage theft...
50 People Sue City in Wisconsin Over Protest Response
Mar 8 2021 // Fifty people are suing a Wisconsin city over the way it handled protests last fall after authorities announced that a police officer would face no charges for the fatal shooting of a Black teenager. Protesters demonstrated...
PFAS Manufacturers Sued by Wisconsin City Over Pollution
Mar 8 2021 // The city of La Crosse, Wisconsin, has filed a lawsuit against a host of chemical manufacturers that produced firefighting foam linked to groundwater contamination around the city’s airport. Tests have revealed at...
