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16 More Alumni Sue Ohio State Over Abuse by Team Doctor
Jun 14 2019 // Sixteen more Ohio State University alumni have sued the university over how school officials dealt with a team doctor who an investigation recently concluded had sexually abused at least 177 young men between 1979 and...
Family Sues Cruise Line, Alleging It Would Not Let Heart Attack Victim Off Ship
Jun 14 2019 // The family of Jeffrey Eisenman, a 65-year-old passenger on the Carnival Sunshine, alleges in a lawsuit that the world’s largest cruise company wouldn’t let him off of the ship after he suffered a heart attack...
California Man with Brain Damage to Get $5.2M in Taser Lawsuit
Jun 13 2019 // Sacramento will pay $5.2 million to the family of a man who was repeatedly shocked by police Tasers and left with severe brain damage, according to a newspaper report. The City Council voted in a closed-door session to...
Lawsuit Filed for ‘Defective’ Products Linked to London’s Grenfell Tower Fire Disaster
Jun 13 2019 // Three U.S. companies have been slapped with a wrongful death and products liability lawsuit for manufacturing products linked to London’s Grenfell tower fire. The fire, which has been called the worst UK residential...
Utah Ski Resort Doesn’t Want Any Part of Lawsuit Against Gwyneth Paltrow
Jun 12 2019 // A Utah ski resort where Gwyneth Paltrow is accused of crashing into and injuring a skier asked this week to be dismissed from a lawsuit, contending the dispute should be settled between the Oscar-winning actress and the...
Environmentalists Sue Over Trump Rollback of Offshore Oil Safety Regulations
Jun 12 2019 // A coalition of environmental groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Interior Department’s rollbacks of safety measures put in place by the Obama administration in the aftermath of the fatal 2010 BP...
Supreme Court Accepts 3 Cases Seeking to Limit Lawsuits Against Businesses
Jun 11 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court bolstered its next term with three new business cases, agreeing to consider curbing lawsuits over environmental cleanups, employee retirement plans and allegations of racial bias. The justices said...
Wells Fargo Settling California Car Loan Suit for $385M
Jun 10 2019 // Wells Fargo has agreed to pay at least $385 million to settle a California lawsuit alleging it signed up thousands of auto loan customers for costly car insurance without their consent, resulting in many having their...
Family Oregon Woman Killed by Train Sues for $12.5M
Jun 7 2019 // Two years after she was struck and killed by a light rail train, Chance Hoyt’s family is suing TriMet for $12.5 million, alleging that the transit agency could have prevented the Portland woman’s death. The...
Five Delaware Residents Sue Firms Over Water Contamination
Jun 7 2019 // Five Delaware residents whose water supply was contaminated by chemicals linked to health issues ranging from cancer to infertility are suing companies that manufactured the chemicals. The News Journal of Wilmington...
Judge Rejects Google Bid to Dismiss Lawsuit Alleging Anti-Conservative Job Bias
Jun 7 2019 // White conservative males who allege that liberal bias at Google Inc. doomed their chances of getting hired by the tech giant cleared the first hurdle to proceed with their lawsuit. A California state judge on Thursday...
Duke University to Pay $54M to Settle Suit Over Hiring Agreement with UNC
Jun 7 2019 // Duke University is agreeing to pay $54.5 million to settle claims that it and nearby University of North Carolina conspired to hold down salaries of medical professors by agreeing not to hire staff away from each...
Illinois Silicone Plant Sued by State, County After Fatal Blast
Jun 6 2019 // Illinois and Lake County are suing the owner of a Chicago-area silicone factory that exploded last month, seeking to force the company to identify the nature and extent of chemical pollution in the area and limit the...
Alabama Man Attacked by Support Dog On Delta Flight Files Suit
Jun 6 2019 // An Alabama man who was attacked by a veteran’s emotional support animal while on a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to San Diego is now suing the airline and the veteran. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported...
U.S. Judges Grapple with Youths’ Constitutional Challenge to U.S. Climate Policy
Jun 6 2019 // In a courtroom packed with environmental activists, federal judges wrestled Tuesday with whether climate change violates the constitutional rights of young people who have sued the U.S. government over the use of fossil...
Lawsuit: Maker of Ohio Amusement Ride Knew of Defect Before Crash
Jun 5 2019 // A lawsuit filed against the maker of an amusement ride that broke apart at the Ohio State Fair says the company knew years before about a defect that caused the deadly crash. The family of an 18-year-old who died at the...
Colorado Suit Over Companion Animals Settled for $1M
Jun 5 2019 // A Colorado housing authority accused of violating the federal rights of tenants with disabilities by charging a fee for companion animals has settled a lawsuit for nearly $1 million. The agreement followed a three-year...
How Daubert Standard Could Impact Florida Industry, Judicial Climate
Jun 5 2019 // The Florida Supreme Court has reversed a prior court’s decision to use a nearly 100-year-old standard on expert witness testimony and instead adopted stricter federal standards currently used by a majority of...
Privacy Exclusion Protects Insurer from $60 Million Class Action
Jun 4 2019 // A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a policy exclusion for invasion of privacy claims relieved an insurer of any responsibility for a $60 million settlement against a Boca Raton company for violations of the...
Author Wally Lamb Sued By Ex-Inmate Over New Book
Jun 4 2019 // A former Connecticut prison inmate has filed a lawsuit alleging she hasn’t been paid for her contribution to a new book by author Wally Lamb and accusing Lamb of harassing and intimidating her when she sought...
