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Ohio High Court: Private Company Workers Can’t Sue Over Urine Tests
Aug 27 2020 // Private company workers who provide drug test urine samples under direct observation can’t sue over invasion of privacy, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Aug. 26. The court’s 4-3 decision overturned a...
New Orleans Sues Owners Over Deadly Collapse of Hotel Project
Aug 27 2020 // The city of New Orleans is suing the owners of a hotel that was under construction when it collapsed 10 months ago, killing three workers. Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s office announced the lawsuit against the company...
Employers Face Increase In COVID-19 Wrongful Death Lawsuits
Aug 27 2020 // As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise, so too does the number of lawsuits filed against employers. Recently, an increasing number of families of employees who died from COVID-19 have asserted wrongful death actions...
2 Players Sue Alleging NFL Race-Based Testing Limits Concussion Benefits for Blacks
Aug 26 2020 // Two retired Black players have sued the National Football League claiming that the NFL deliberately manipulated ex-players’ “cognitive function” test scores in a way that made it less likely that Black...
Widower Files Suit Over Woman’s Death from Falling Debris in Manhattan
Aug 26 2020 // A widower whose wife died when she was hit by falling debris on a Manhattan street filed a lawsuit against the building’s owner and the city, claiming negligence and wrongful death. The civil suit from Steven Tishman...
3 Reasons COVID-19 Business Income Suits Should Not be Combined
Aug 26 2020 // Recently a U.S. Judicial Panel on multidistrict litigation denied a proposal to consolidate cases related to business income losses related to coronavirus. Read that story on Insurance Journal here. This was the right...
Former Washington State Student Sues School District Over Mass Shooting
Aug 26 2020 // A former student at a high school in Washington state who survived a school shooting is suing the district for what she claims was a preventable attack. The mass shooting killed four students and the gunman in 2014. Carmen...
Sierra Leone Residents’ Damages Suit Against Miner Is Part of Activist Trend
Aug 25 2020 // FREETOWN – At the foot of a slag heap some 40 meters high, Adi Kalie Bangura showed the black welts that dot his arms and legs that he says are the result of drinking and bathing in water contaminated by Sierra...
Judge Dismisses Shareholder Lawsuit Against Danske Bank and Officers
Aug 25 2020 // A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Denmark’s Danske Bank A/S and four former top executives of defrauding shareholders by hiding and failing to stop widespread money laundering at its former Estonian...
2 Washington State Agribusinesses Settle Federal Discrimination Suit for $325K
Aug 25 2020 // Two agribusinesses in Washington state will distribute $325,000 among 105 Thai farm workers to settle a federal national origin and race discrimination lawsuit. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said...
Former Oregon School District Student Sues, Says Principal Molested Him
Aug 25 2020 // A former student of the Gresham-Barlow School District in Oregon has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the district and former Deep Creek Elementary School principal Jeff Hays, saying he was sexually abused by Hays. The...
New Jersey High Court Sides with Pfizer Over Religious Discrimination Suit
Aug 24 2020 // A former Pfizer employee who said she was fired for refusing a vaccine on religious grounds can’t proceed with a discrimination lawsuit because she waived that right, New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in...
California Electrical Contractor to Pay $1.25M to Settle Racial Harassment Suit
Aug 24 2020 // A San Jose, Calif.-based electrical subcontractor at the Apple Park construction project, will pay will pay $1,250,000 and provide other relief to settle a racial harassment lawsuit. Air Systems Inc. (ASI) will pay the...
Texas Insurance Agency Released from Suit by Restaurant Group Over Virus Losses
Aug 21 2020 // A federal judge in Texas has dismissed an independent insurance agency from a lawsuit brought by a Dallas restaurant group seeking reimbursement for business income losses stemming from the civil authority enforced...
$600M Flint Water Deal a Step Toward Making Amends, Michigan Governor Says
Aug 21 2020 // A proposed $600 million deal between the state of Michigan and residents of the impoverished, majority-Black city of Flint who were harmed by lead-tainted water is a step toward making amends for a disaster that upended...
Class Action Targets Commonwealth Bank of Australia Over Insurance Advising
Aug 21 2020 // Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) said on Friday a class action lawsuit was filed over advice given on life insurance policies issued and recommended by three former subsidiaries. The lawsuit was filed by Shine Lawyers...
Judge Agrees to Some VW Requests to Limit SEC Lawsuit Over Diesel Scandal
Aug 21 2020 // A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed portions of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing Volkswagen AG of defrauding American investors in connection with the automaker’s diesel emissions...
West Virginia AG Sues Walmart, CVS Over State Flooding of Opioids
Aug 21 2020 // West Virginia’s attorney general sued Walmart and drugstore chain CVS on Tuesday, saying they failed to monitor and report suspicious orders of prescription painkillers to their retail pharmacies in a state ravaged...
Court Deals Blow to Litigation Funders With False Claims Act Suits
Aug 20 2020 // A federal appellate court dealt a blow against litigation funding companies by ruling that the U.S. Justice Department can dismiss any False Claims Act lawsuits that it deems meritless without first proving that dismissal...
Michigan City, Business Group Settle Lawsuit Over Boy’s Handcuffing for $40K
Aug 19 2020 // A Michigan city and a business group have agreed to pay $40,000 to settle a lawsuit over the handcuffing of a 7-year-old boy at an after-school program in 2015. The boy, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,...
