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Roundup Not Only Monsanto Legal Woe For Bayer; PCB Claims Still Coming
Jul 24 2019 // The widening legal nightmare over Roundup weedkillers isn’t the only potential multi-billion-dollar liability Bayer AG inherited last year when it acquired Monsanto Co. While thousands of damage claims over Roundup...
Duke Energy Sued Over Environmental Damage to Dan River from 2014 Coal Ash Spill
Jul 23 2019 // The federal, North Carolina and Virginia governments asked a court Thursday to declare the country’s largest electricity company liable for environmental damage from a leak five years ago that left miles of a river...
Oklahoma County Joining Suits Against Opioid Manufacturers
Jul 22 2019 // Oklahoma County has joined over 50 other cities and counties in the state to prosecute drug companies for damages caused by the opioid epidemic. The Oklahoman reports that all three county commissioners voted to approve a...
Louisiana Judge: State Court Suit Over Playoff ‘No-Call’ Can Proceed Against NFL
Jul 22 2019 // A Louisiana judge has ruled that a damage lawsuit can continue against the NFL over the playoff “no-call” that helped the Los Angeles Rams beat the New Orleans Saints and advance to the Super Bowl. State Civil...
Utility Customers Sue Over California Wildfire Law
Jul 22 2019 // Two Pacific Gas & Electric customers want the federal judge overseeing the company’s bankruptcy to strike down a new California law that Gov. Gavin Newsom has championed as a way of shoring up the state’s...
Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Police Can Be Sued Over Deadly Car Chases
Jul 22 2019 // The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that police can be sued for damages when their car chases lead to the death or injury of third parties. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the court’s 6-1 ruling last month...
Chamber Legal Study Says Private Suits Over Privacy Don’t Help Consumers
Jul 22 2019 // Statutes allowing plaintiff lawyers to enforce privacy laws through private rights of action are clogging courts and provide no real benefit to consumers, a report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for...
Arizona Suit Names Former Opioid Manufacturer Executives
Jul 19 2019 // Arizona’s top attorney is accusing former opioid manufacturer executives of trying to sell a prescription drug through unethical means. Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced that his office filed a consumer fraud...
Mississippi City Sues FEMA for $15M Over Post-Katrina Recovery Project
Jul 19 2019 // A city on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is suing a federal agency that rejected expenses for a Hurricane Katrina recovery project. Biloxi is seeking $15.5 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for drainage,...
5 New Lawsuits Filed in Fatal Minneapolis School Explosion
Jul 18 2019 // Five new lawsuits have been filed more than two years after a natural gas explosion caused part of a Minneapolis school to collapse, killing two people and injuring nine others. The lawsuits say CenterPoint Energy and...
Wyoming Refinery Sued over Environmental Violations
Jul 18 2019 // The Wyoming attorney general’s office has sued an oil refinery, claiming it exceeded emission limits for a number of air pollutants. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported that the state filed the lawsuit last week...
California Cannabis Seller Wants Court to Void County Delivery Ban
Jul 18 2019 // Another legal fight is underway over home marijuana delivery in California. A licensed cannabis company has sued Santa Cruz County, claiming that it’s violating state law by prohibiting deliveries from out-of-county...
California Settles 19-Year Old Public Nuisance Claim Against Lead Paint Makers
Jul 18 2019 // When Californian counties and cities first sued paint makers in 2000, they wanted the companies to pay billions to remove dangerous old lead paint from hundreds of thousands of homes. After a 19-year legal struggle, they...
Texas Files Suit Against Aliera Healthcare Over Non-Licensed Insurance Sales
Jul 17 2019 // A lawsuit has been filed by the State of Texas seeking to stop Georgia-based Aliera Healthcare from selling health insurance in the state and engaging in the business of insurance without a license, the Texas Department of...
Jury Says Toyota Must Pay $16M to Southern California Dealer in Lawsuit
Jul 17 2019 // Toyota has been ordered to pay nearly $16 million to a Southern California dealer who alleged the company’s Prius recalls didn’t fix safety problems. The Los Angeles Times says an Orange County jury decided...
Senators Want to Reconsider Lawsuit Immunity for Google and Internet Giants
Jul 17 2019 // U.S. senators used a Congressional hearing on Tuesday to push the idea of overhauling a law that protects YouTube, Facebook and other internet services from being sued for the content users post. The Senate Judiciary...
Markel Says It Is Resolving Suits Filed by Fired CatCo Executives
Jul 16 2019 // Markel Corp. appears on the way to settling with two former employees who sued over unpaid bonuses after they were dismissed for allegedly having a personal relationship that Markel said violated company policy. The...
New Jersey Judge Says Lifeguard Can’t Be Sued Over Beach Collision
Jul 16 2019 // A New Jersey judge has ruled that a lifeguard who collided with a woman as he ran to cover a vacated lifeguard stand is protected by state’s Good Samaritan Act. The woman had sued North Wildwood, its beach patrol and...
Ripley Entertainment Settles Some Missouri Duck Boat Lawsuits
Jul 15 2019 // A company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people, said that it has settled or is in the process of settling more than half of the lawsuits it faces. KYTV reports that Ripley...
U.S. Opens Criminal Probe Into J&J Denials of Cancer Risks from Baby Powder
Jul 15 2019 // The U.S. Justice Department is pursuing a criminal investigation into whether Johnson & Johnson lied to the public about the possible cancer risks of its talcum powder, people with knowledge of the matter said. The...
