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17 Lawsuits Filed Against U. of Missouri’s BioJoint Center
Sep 16 2019 // Four more people who received knee-replacement surgery at the Mizzou BioJoint Center say in lawsuits that their surgeries failed. Including the newly filed lawsuits, 17 people have sued the center at University of Missouri...
Facing Thousands of Opioid Lawsuits, Purdue Pharma Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Sep 16 2019 // OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday night, succumbing to pressure from more than 2,600 lawsuits alleging the company helped fuel the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic. Purdue’s board met...
Bill Would Allow Service Members to Sue Military for Medical Malpractice
Sep 16 2019 // U.S. Senators John Kennedy (R-La.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) have introduced legislation to allow active duty service members to sue the military for medical malpractice and negligence. A Supreme Court decision in 1950...
Dive Boat Owners Seek to Head off Lawsuits After 34 Die in Fire off California Coast
Sep 16 2019 // The owners of the dive boat where 34 people perished in a fire off Southern California filed a lawsuit in early September to head off potentially costly litigation, a move condemned by some observers as disrespectful to...
Oregon Teen Who Lost His Leg in DUI Accident Sues Driver, Brewery
Sep 16 2019 // An Oregon teen who lost his leg in a car wreck is suing the driver who crashed into him — along with the Salem brewery accused of over-serving the driver- for $3.5 million. James Holland Jr., along with his parents,...
Arch Nemesis of Uber over Driver Pay Sues Before New California Law Inked
Sep 13 2019 // It didn’t take long for attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan to deploy a new weapon in her six-year war with Uber Technologies Inc. over driver pay. Within hours of Uber thumbing its nose at a pending California labor law...
California Lawsuit Over Profits From Fox Series “Bones” is Settled
Sep 13 2019 // A lawsuit over profits between the producers and stars of the show “Bones” and 21st Century Fox has been settled. The two sides in the long-running lawsuit over the hit Fox TV show filed documents saying the...
Uber Being Sued Over Resistance to California ‘Gig’ Contractor Law
Sep 13 2019 // A driver for Uber has sued the company for misclassifying its drivers as independent contractors, hours after California legislators voted to help thousands of those workers become, and enjoy the benefits of being,...
Virginia is Latest State to Sue Purdue Pharma Family
Sep 13 2019 // Virginia has joined a growing number of states suing members of the family that owns Purdue Pharma for their alleged role in the nation’s opioid crisis. Attorney General Mark Herring announced Wednesday that the...
Mississippi Proposes New Labeling Regulations for Plant-Based Foods
Sep 13 2019 // Mississippi is considering new rules that let companies continue to use food-labeling terms such as “veggie burger” and “vegan bacon,” as long as the terms are prominently displayed so consumers...
Hardening Markets, Social Inflation, E&S Business: Berkley, AIG Execs Face Analysts
Sep 13 2019 // The commercial general liability line will be the next property/casualty line to harden, the chief executive of W.R. Berkley Corp. predicted at an industry conference. Speaking at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Insurance...
Reuters: How Court Lets Merck Hide Baldness Drug Propecia’s Risks
Sep 12 2019 // By the time Kelly Pfaff got home from driving her son to school that morning, it was too late. Her husband, John, was supposed to be taking their 4-year-old daughter to school. But the girl and the nanny were still at the...
Dallas Electric Utility to Pay $50K to Settle Federal Disability Discrimination Suit
Sep 11 2019 // A Dallas-based electric utility company will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit, federal officials said. A consent decree in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Judge: Facebook ‘Could Not Be More Wrong’ in Cambridge Analytica Defense
Sep 11 2019 // Facebook Inc. users suing over the social network’s worst-ever privacy scandal gained leverage to pry into its internal records to back up their claims that it failed to safeguard their personal data, exposing the...
Conservative TV Channel Sues MSNBC’s Maddow for Calling It ‘Paid Propaganda’
Sep 11 2019 // A conservative television network has sued MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow for more than $10 million for calling it “paid Russian propaganda.” One America News filed the federal defamation suit in San Diego. The...
Delaware Attorney General Targets Sackler Family in Opioid Lawsuit
Sep 11 2019 // Delaware’s attorney general is suing members of the family that controls OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, accusing them of consumer fraud, negligence and creating a public nuisance. Monday’s court filing follows...
Federal Lawsuit Accuses KU Medical Center of Age Discrimination, Retaliation
Sep 10 2019 // A federal lawsuit filed Sept. 6 accuses the University of Kansas Medical Center of discharging an employee who reported age discrimination practices by a department head. The lawsuit against the Kansas City, Kansas-based...
Oregon Pot Racketeering Lawsuit Allowed to Proceed
Sep 10 2019 // A judge has ruled that a racketeering lawsuit brought by a vineyard against a neighboring marijuana operation can go forward despite attempts to have it dismissed – a ruling that could increase the odds for vineyards and...
Louisiana Supreme Court Says ‘No’ to ‘Nola No-Call’ Suit Against NFL
Sep 10 2019 // A New Orleans Saints fan’s lawsuit against the NFL and game officials over the failure to call a crucial penalty against the Los Angeles Rams in a January playoff game was dismissed Sept. 6 by the Louisiana Supreme...
Judge Permits Nationwide Privacy Lawsuit Against Facebook to Proceed
Sep 10 2019 // A federal judge on Monday ordered Facebook Inc. to face most of a nationwide lawsuit seeking damages for letting third parties such as Cambridge Analytica access users’ private data, calling the social media...
