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Texas Industrial Painting Services Firm Settles Federal Disability Discrimination Suit
Mar 3 2020 // An industrial painting company in Beaumont, Texas, has settled a federal lawsuit that alleged it unlawfully fired a worker because of his medically prescribed methadone. Steel Painters LLC, an industrial sandblasting and...
Georgia Senate Bill Aims to Limit Civil Lawsuits in the State
Mar 2 2020 // A Georgia Senate bill backed by Republicans aims to take on the tall task of limiting lawsuits in state courts, citing high legal costs faced by businesses. Senate Bill 415, sponsored by state Sen. Steve Gooch of...
California Residents Sue Nearby Cannabis Growers Over Smell
Mar 2 2020 // The smell of marijuana has driven some residents of the Southern California city of Carpinteria to sue local growers. The lawsuit filed last week contends the growers should seal their greenhouses and use...
Oregon Resort Sued For $30M After Deaths of Skier, Snowboarder
Mar 2 2020 // The families of a skier and snowboarder who died on the same day at a central Oregon ski area jointly filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking $30 million. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Deschutes County Circuit Court...
Tennessee Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal by Drug Makers in Opioid Suit
Feb 28 2020 // The Tennessee Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from pharmaceutical companies asking to be dismissed as defendants in an opioid lawsuit. The suit was filed in Campbell County in 2017 by six Tennessee district...
Illinois Limousine Service to Pay $30K to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit
Feb 28 2020 // M&M Limousine Service in Des Plaines, Ill., will pay a deaf job applicant $30,000 to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
Supreme Court Rejects Stricter Deadline for Employee Claims Against Retirement Plans
Feb 27 2020 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to back stricter deadlines for workers to sue retirement plans over alleged mismanagement, ruling Intel Corp. cannot avoid a suit accusing it of unlawfully making high-risk...
Oklahoma AG to Refile Suits Against Opioid Distributors in State Court
Feb 26 2020 // Oklahoma is dismissing its federal lawsuit against three of the nation’s largest opioid distributors and will refile new lawsuits in state court against each company individual, state Attorney General Mike Hunter...
Lawsuit Alleges University of Maryland Fed Gluten to Student with Celiac Disease
Feb 26 2020 // A student who has celiac disease says in a lawsuit that a Maryland state university deliberately served her food containing gluten. The lawsuit from Allegany County native Hannah Smith said the University of Maryland,...
Kobe Bryant’s Widow Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Helicopter Operator
Feb 25 2020 // Kobe Bryant’s widow sued the owner and operator of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed the former Los Angeles Lakers star and their 13-year-old daughter last month as she publicly mourned their deaths...
Texas Sues TPC Group, Owner of Port Neches Chemical Plant That Exploded
Feb 25 2020 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued TPC Group over environmental violations associated with the Nov. 27 explosion at the company’s Port Neches chemical plant, a blast that prompted widespread mandatory...
Florida Carriers Seek Staggering Rate Increases Amid Market Turmoil
Feb 25 2020 // It’s no surprise that Florida carriers are raising homeowners’ insurance rates given several years of catastrophes and losses from litigation related to assignment of benefits and water damage claims. What may...
Missouri Woman Wins Jury Award in Police Stun Gun Lawsuit
Feb 24 2020 // Jurors have awarded $3,500 to a woman who was shocked three times with a stun gun after a St. Louis, Mo., march protesting police misconduct. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that jurors found in favor of University...
Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Involving Firefighter Deaths in Delaware
Feb 24 2020 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Delaware’s largest city involving deaths and injuries of firefighters who responded to an arson. The lawsuit sought to hold Wilmington officials liable for the deaths...
Danske Bank Ex-CEO Faces $387M Lawsuit over Money Laundering Scandal
Feb 24 2020 // The ousted chief executive of Danske Bank A/S, Thomas Borgen, has been personally targeted in an investor lawsuit arguing he withheld information about potential money laundering that subsequently destroyed the...
Colorado Excessive Force Lawsuit Settled for $125K
Feb 24 2020 // Fort Collins, Colo. has reached a $125,000 settlement with a woman who sued the city after an off-duty police officer pinned her to the ground outside her apartment complex. The Coloradoan reports a city spokeswoman...
James River Accuses 52 South Carolina Residents of Faking Uber Accidents
Feb 24 2020 // Some South Carolina residents deliberately caused hit-and-run accidents while in Uber rides as part of an insurance scam, a car insurance company says in a lawsuit. The lawsuit from James River Insurance says 52 people...
New Mexico AG Sues Google for Collecting Personal Data of School Children
Feb 21 2020 // New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has filed a lawsuit against Google LLC alleging the tech giant is illegally collecting personal information from New Mexico school children under 13 in violation of the Federal...
Lawsuit Settled Between Virginia Tech, Former Student Over Hazing Suspension
Feb 21 2020 // A lawsuit has been settled between Virginia Tech and a former student who was accused of overseeing a ceremony that violated the school’s hazing policy. The federal lawsuit filed last month “has been resolved...
Black Woman, County Settle New Mexico Profiling Lawsuit for $100K
Feb 21 2020 // New Mexico’s largest county has reached a racial profiling settlement with a black woman who was stopped by deputies three times in less than a month but never cited. Bernalillo County and Sherese Crawford reached a...
