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Flint, Michigan, Joins $641M Deal to Settle Suits over Lead-Tainted Water
Dec 28 2020 // The Flint, Michigan, City Council has signed off on its portion of a $641 million settlement with residents of the poor, majority-Black city who were exposed to lead-tainted water. The city’s insurer would kick in...
Numerous Abuse Lawsuits Filed in Arizona Against Boy Scout Councils
Dec 23 2020 // Eight lawsuits filed this week allege that Boy Scout leaders in Arizona had sexually abused children dating back decades, signaling what is expected to be a flood of lawsuits in the state before the end of the year for...
California Sues Companies to Recover Costs for Lead Pollution Cleanup
Dec 23 2020 // A lawsuit has been filed against multiple companies connected to a now-closed battery recycling plant years after California regulators pledged to recover cleanup costs from those responsible for spreading lead pollution...
Social Inflation Lesson: Not Settling Cost Insurer Millions in Suit by Excess Insurer
Dec 23 2020 // The defense team for Chubb Group’s Ace American Insurance Co. was confident that no jury would award more than $2 million in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Mark Braswell, who died on May 16, 2014...
Small Businesses, Lacking Legal Immunity, Fear COVID-19 Liability Lawsuits
Dec 22 2020 // Plans for a lawsuit against a Maine venue that hosted what became a “superspreader” wedding reception underscore the liability risks to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic and an uphill push by...
Babies Born Addicted to Opioids Can Sue Drug Makers: Tennessee High Court
Dec 22 2020 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that opioid producers can be sued under the state’s Drug Dealer Liability Act, allowing a lawsuit filed on behalf of children born dependent to opioids to move forward. The high...
Judge Dismisses Excessive Ticketing Lawsuit Against Georgia City
Dec 22 2020 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that an Atlanta suburb improperly relied on fines and fees to finance its budget. U.S. District Judge Richard Story last week dismissed a case brought against the city of...
Illinois Harley-Davidson Dealer to Pay $193.75K to Settle Harassment, Retaliation Suit
Dec 22 2020 // Three companies operating a now-closed Harley-Davidson dealership in Glenview, Ill., have agreed to pay a former employee $193,750 and furnish other relief under a consent decree to settle a federal sex harassment and...
Court Allows Dr. Seuss’s Estate to Sue ComicMix Over ‘Star Trek’ Mashup
Dec 21 2020 // Dr. Seuss’s estate may sue the publisher of a “Star Trek”-themed “mash-up” of the famed children’s author’s final book because it was not protected as “fair use,” a...
Oregon Judge Allows Suit Filed by 29 Women to Proceed Against Ex-Doctor
Dec 18 2020 // A judge has denied a request by a former suburban Portland, Ore. doctor to put a two-year hold on a civil case filed against him by 29 patients who allege he sexually abused them. Multnomah County Circuit Judge Melvin...
Federal Court Advances COVID-19 Business Income Suit Despite Virus Exclusion
Dec 18 2020 // A federal district court in Virginia has ruled that a spa’s COVID-19-related business income loss lawsuit can move forward despite a virus exclusion in its insurance policy. The United States District Court for the...
SEC Lawsuit Alleges Biotech Firm, CEO Misled Investors About COVID-19 Tests
Dec 18 2020 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Decision Diagnostics Corp. and its chief executive for allegedly misleading investors by promising the biotechnology company could test for COVID-19 with a finger-prick of...
Iowa Police Chief Sues Law Enforcement Academy Over Toxic Gas Leak in 2018
Dec 17 2020 // A police chief is suing the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy for injuries he suffered from a 2018 carbon monoxide leak that exposed dozens of recruits to unsafe levels of the toxic gas. Justin Lyman, police chief in the...
9 Appeals Court Judges Recuse Themselves in Louisiana Church Sex Abuse Suit
Dec 17 2020 // All nine judges in Louisiana’s Second Circuit Court of Appeal have recused themselves from a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Shreveport and a late priest. Following the full court recusal, the...
Oklahoma Housing Agency Faces Federal Race Discrimination Lawsuit
Dec 17 2020 // The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the affordable housing agency in the western Oklahoma town of Lone Wolf for allegedly denying housing to a Black mother and her 5-year-old daughter because of their race. The Justice...
Storm Lake, Iowa, Tyson Plant Sued Over Worker’s COVID-19 Death
Dec 17 2020 // The family of a man who died from COVID-19 while working at a Tyson pork plant in Storm Lake, Iowa, has filed a lawsuit accusing the company and several plant executives of gross negligence. Michael Everhard, 65, of Fonda,...
Exxon Argues Massachusetts Climate Fraud Lawsuit Punishes It for Opinion
Dec 17 2020 // Exxon Mobil Corp. told a judge that a fraud lawsuit filed by Massachusetts last year amounts to illegal punishment for the energy giant’s views about fossil fuels, the latest twist in their bitter clash over climate...
Judge OKs Plan for Settling Hurricane Damage Lawsuits Against Insurers in Louisiana
Dec 15 2020 // A federal judge in western Louisiana has approved a plan on how to settle thousands of lawsuits expected to be filed against insurance companies over damage from a pair of hurricanes that hit the region six weeks...
Voter-Approved Mississippi Medical Marijuana Program Threatened by Lawsuit
Dec 15 2020 // A court fight threatens to block a Mississippi medical marijuana program before the program even gets started. Voters on Nov. 3 approved a medical marijuana initiative by a wide margin – about 58%, according to...
Kansas Fitness Studio Sues State Over COVID-19 Restrictions, Losses
Dec 14 2020 // A Wichita fitness studio’s owner and his business are suing Kansas for compensation for being forced to shut down and reopen with restrictions this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that the state...
