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Kentucky Pension Plan Case Raises New Worries for Asset Managers
Dec 3 2018 // KKR & Co., Blackstone Group LP and their founders must face a lawsuit alleging they failed to deliver hedge fund returns as advertised, a judge in Kentucky ruled Friday in a decision that may present new legal...
Feds Sue Kentucky Restaurants Over Failure to Pay Workers $130K in Overtime
Dec 3 2018 // The federal Department of Labor is suing the owners of two Kentucky brunch restaurants it says failed to pay workers more than $130,000 in overtime. The Courier Journal reported Wednesday that the department says the...
Woman Sues Hospital in New Mexico for Resuscitating Her
Dec 3 2018 // A New Mexico woman who was brought back to life is suing the hospital for violating her rights. Lawyers for Jamie Sams filed a lawsuit in late November in New Mexico state district court against Santa Fe’s Christus...
Chicago’s MillerCoors, Pabst Settle Suit Over Brewing Contract
Nov 30 2018 // MillerCoors and Pabst Brewing Co. settled a lawsuit on Nov. 28 in which the hipster’s brand of choice claimed the bigger brewer lied about its ability to continue brewing Pabst’s beers to put that company out...
Survivors of Arkansas Nightclub Shooting Sue Owners
Nov 30 2018 // Nineteen people who survived a shooting last year at a Little Rock, Arkansas, nightclub filed a lawsuit against the club’s owners, alleging negligence in security and in staff training. At a press conference, two...
California Mobile Home Residents Awarded $34M in Suit over Living Conditions
Nov 30 2018 // A jury has awarded $34 million in damages to 51 current and former residents of a Southern California mobile home park they say is rife with problems including sinkholes, sewage backups and rats. The Los Angeles Times...
Family of Woman with Opioid Addiction Sues a Mass. Police Department for Records
Nov 30 2018 // The family of a 30-year-old Vermont woman whose obituary gained national attention for its discussion about her opioid addiction are suing a Massachusetts police department for information about the days leading up to her...
Judges Weigh Consolidating Firefighting Foam, Other Water Chemical Lawsuits
Nov 30 2018 // Creating a massive lawsuit over cancer-linked chemicals found in around a third of Americans’ drinking water got a skeptical reception in federal court Thursday. A panel of seven judges in Manhattan repeatedly asked...
Vermont Town Votes to Join Law Firm’s Opioid Lawsuit
Nov 29 2018 // A Vermont town’s select board has voted to work with a national law firm that plans to sue opioid makers over the drug crisis. The Bennington Banner reports Bennington will not have to pay for litigation as part of...
Missouri University Settles Former Baseball Player’s Lawsuit for $200K
Nov 28 2018 // State records show that former Southeast Missouri State University baseball player Broc Kreitler settled a lawsuit over an injury he suffered during a practice for $200,000. The Southeast Missourian reports that the...
Former Students Sue Massachusetts College that Abruptly Closed
Nov 28 2018 // Students who attended a Massachusetts college that abruptly shut its doors filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against the school and former administrators and trustees, alleging they were victims of fraud,...
Kentucky Woman Sues Texas Roadhouse Chain Over Breastfeeding
Nov 28 2018 // A Kentucky woman who says a Texas Roadhouse employee told her to cover up while she was breastfeeding is suing the restaurant chain for emotional distress. Sadie Durbin is quoted by news outlets as saying the employee...
Florida Mall Faces 10 Lawsuits Over Video Game Tournament Shooting
Nov 27 2018 // Ten lawsuits have been filed against the owners of a Florida outdoor mall where authorities say a gunman opened fire at an online video game tournament, killing two people, wounding several others and then fatally shooting...
Texas’ Murex Petroleum to Pay $50K to Settle Race Harassment Suit
Nov 26 2018 // A Texas-based oil and gas company will pay $50,000 to settle a racial harassment lawsuit involving a black employee in North Dakota. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement Wednesday with...
Duck Boat Owner, Missouri Family Settle Suit Over Fatal Sinking
Nov 26 2018 // The company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake in the summer, killing 17 people, has settled the first of several lawsuits filed in the accident. William Bright, 65, and his 63-year-old wife, Janice, of...
Lawsuit Filed Against Operators of Limo in Fatal New York Crash
Nov 26 2018 // The operators of a limousine that crashed and killed 20 people in upstate New York were grossly negligent in putting the “dangerous and defective” vehicle on the road, according to a lawsuit filed by one of the...
BHP Readies for Largest English Group Lawsuit over 2015 Brazil Mine Disaster
Nov 26 2018 // Mining giant BHP says it will fight an unprecedented English lawsuit filed by hundreds of thousands of Brazilians for multi-billion pound damages over Brazil’s worst environmental disaster. SPG Law, a British...
Judge Nixes U.S. Suit Against Malaysia Airlines, Insurer Allianz Over Plane Disappearance
Nov 25 2018 // A U.S. judge has dismissed nationwide litigation over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in which victims’ families sought to hold the carrier, its insurer Allianz SE and Boeing Co. liable for the...
Family of Girl Electrocuted at MGM Resort in Maryland Plans to Sue
Nov 21 2018 // The family of a then-6-year-old girl who was electrocuted at the MGM National Harbor resort just outside Washington plans to sue. News outlets obtained a copy of a forthcoming lawsuit from the family of Zynae Green, who...
Judge Picks First Case for Trial in Federal Monsanto Weedkiller Litigation
Nov 21 2018 // A U.S. judge overseeing the federal litigation against Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit over glyphosate-based weed-killers allegedly causing cancer on Tuesday selected the first case to be tried in federal court in February...
