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Longshoremen Seek Lost Wages in Suit Over Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Sep 30 2024 // A group of Baltimore longshoremen have sued the owner and manager of the ship that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, arguing the companies should compensate them for wages lost while the port was closed in the...
Inmate Who Was Beaten in Patrol Car in Arkansas Files Federal Lawsuit
Sep 27 2024 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An inmate who was beaten by an Arkansas police officer in the back of a patrol car filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the former officer and his police chief, accusing them of violating his...
Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Over Mine Sinkholes in South Dakota
Sep 27 2024 // A judge in South Dakota has thrown out a lawsuit brought by dozens of neighbors in a Rapid City-area subdivision whose homes were built above an old, underground mine linked to sinkholes in the neighborhood. Circuit Court...
Food Producer Settles Lawsuit Over Sexual Harassment Allegations at Michigan Facility
Sep 27 2024 // Pero Family Farms Food Company, LLC, will pay $40,000 in compensatory damages and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit, the federal agency announced today. The...
Pac-12 Files Suit Against Mountain West Over $40M in ‘Poaching’ Penalties
Sep 27 2024 // The Pac-12 is suing the Mountain West over what it calls an unlawful and unenforceable “poaching penalty” that would cost the rebuilding conference more than $40 million for adding Boise State, Fresno State,...
US Court Says Man Can Sue Pennsylvania Over 26 Years of Solitary Confinement
Sep 27 2024 // A man who spent 26 years in solitary confinement despite a history of mental illness can sue Pennsylvania prison officials for alleged cruel and unusual punishment, a U.S. appeals court said in reviving the man’s...
Newsmax Settles Smartmatic Defamation Suit Over False Election Claims
Sep 26 2024 // Newsmax Media reached a confidential settlement of a lawsuit by Smartmatic, the voting machine maker that had alleged it was defamed by the news outlet’s false claims that its machines were rigged to help steal the...
GEICO Can’t Sue or Void Invoices from Auto Glass Shops, Florida Supreme Court Says
Sep 26 2024 // In the long war between auto insurers and windshield repair shops, the Florida Supreme Court this week sided with glass companies, leaving GEICO with little choice but to ask lawmakers to change the law if it feels repair...
American Eagle Outfitters Sues Amazon for Infringing ‘Aerie’ Trademarks
Sep 26 2024 // American Eagle Outfitters sued Amazon.com on Wednesday, accusing it of intentionally infringing the clothing and accessories retailer’s “Aerie” and “Offline by Aerie” trademarks by directing...
India Insurer Star Health Sues Telegram After Hacker Uses App’s Chatbots to Leak Data
Sep 26 2024 // Top Indian insurer Star Health has sued Telegram and a self-styled hacker after Reuters reported that the hacker was using chatbots on the messaging app to leak personal data and medical reports of policyholders. The...
Lawyers Say Other Victims Could Sue Mississippi Sheriff Over Brutality Claims
Sep 25 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for two Black men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers said Monday that they expect to file more lawsuits on behalf of other people who say they were brutalized by...
Hundreds Sue Over Alleged Sexual Abuse at Illinois Juvenile Detention Centers
Sep 25 2024 // CHICAGO (AP) — More than 200 men and women were sexually abused as children while in custody at juvenile detention centers in Illinois, according to lawsuits filed Monday, the latest in a string of complaints alleging...
EEOC Suit Alleges Texas Outsourcing Firm Discriminated Against Blind Employee
Sep 24 2024 // The Results Companies, LLC, a services outsourcing firm, violated federal law when it refused to provide a reasonable accommodation for a blind call center employee and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Maryland Joins in Suing Dali Ship Owner, Operator for Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Sep 24 2024 // The state of Maryland is suing the owner and operator of the Dali cargo ship that caused the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, joining the U.S. government, the families of six workers killed...
British Water Companies Fight $2 Billion Lawsuits Over Sewage Pollution
Sep 24 2024 // Six British water companies under-reported sewage discharges and overcharged millions of customers up to 1.5 billion pounds ($2 billion) as a result, lawyers bringing a landmark lawsuit told a London tribunal on...
Environmental Groups, California Sue Exxon Over Global Plastic Pollution
Sep 24 2024 // California and several environmental groups sued Exxon Mobil on Monday and accused the oil giant of engaging in a decades-long campaign that helped fuel global plastic waste pollution. Speaking at an event during Climate...
Judge Dismisses Suit Seeking to Protect Dolphins Along Miss. Gulf Coast
Sep 24 2024 // GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to protect dolphins along the Mississippi Gulf Coast after dozens were killed or sickened in 2019 following the prolonged opening of a spillway...
Cards Against Humanity Sues Elon Musk’s SpaceX Over Alleged Trespassing in Texas
Sep 23 2024 // The maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity is accusing Elon Musk’s SpaceX of trespassing on and damaging a plot of vacant land the company owns in Texas. In a lawsuit filed this week at a Texas court,...
Michigan Manufacturer Sued for Unlawful Termination of Employee Due to Disability
Sep 23 2024 // Navitas Systems, LLC., an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company specializing in comprehensive energy storage solutions and battery manufacturing, violated federal law by using an unlawful company policy to deny a reasonable...
Environmental Activist ClientEarth Sues Germany Over Pesticides Use
Sep 23 2024 // Environmental activist charity ClientEarth launched a lawsuit against Germany on Friday to push Berlin to implement an EU law to limit pesticide use in farming, the group said on Friday. The group said in a statement...
