Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Court Allows Trial in Children’s Lawsuit Against U.S. Over Climate Change
Jul 23 2018 // A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s renewed bid to dismiss a lawsuit by young activists who say the U.S. government is ignoring the perils of climate change. By a...
New York’s Global Warming Suit Against Oil Companies Tossed
Jul 20 2018 // A U.S. judge threw out New York’s lawsuit seeking to hold five of the world’s biggest oil companies financially responsible for contributing to climate change. U.S. District Judge John Keenan dismissed the...
Drug Firms Sue Illegal Web Sites for Opioid Crisis
Jul 20 2018 // Two pharmaceutical companies say the real culprits in the opioids epidemic are illegal dealers of the painkillers and want them to be on the hook financially for any damages potentially assessed against drugmakers. Endo...
7th Lawsuit Against Opioid Makers Filed by Kentucky AG
Jul 20 2018 // The company’s website claimed its product would “enable patients to stay in the workplace, enjoy interaction with family and friends and remain a member of society.” But Kentucky’s Attorney General...
MGM Facing Boycott for Suing Las Vegas Shooting Victims
Jul 19 2018 // It took just minutes for the hashtag #BoycottMGMResorts to appear on Twitter, and for people to declare they would no longer patronize the largest casino owner on the Las Vegas Strip. “Was going to stay in November...
How the Florida Insurance Industry Hopes to Rein In AOB Crisis
Jul 19 2018 // “I think the number one thing the insurance industry can do is link AOB (assignment of benefits) to the impact that it’s having on the individual consumer and the huge impact it’s having on the premiums...
Doctors Sue Anthem Over Denial of Emergency Room Charges
Jul 18 2018 // The health insurer Anthem Inc. was sued by doctors in Georgia for declining to pay for some emergency-room care, escalating a long-running battle over how far insurance plans can go to push patients to seek lower-cost...
MGM Files Suit to Limit Liability for Las Vegas Shooting
Jul 18 2018 // MGM Resorts International sued the victims of a Las Vegas music festival mass shooting in an effort to block any potential compensation claims against it. The owner of the Mandalay Bay hotel claims a 2002 federal statute...
Ford to Pay Consumers $299 Million to Settle Takata Airbag Lawsuit
Jul 18 2018 // Ford Motor Co. has agreed to pay $299.1 million to settle consumers’ economic-loss claims connected to Takata Corp. air-bag recalls. The settlement, filed in federal court in Miami Monday, reimburses consumers for...
Mueller Industries Settles Disability Discrimination Suit in California for $1M
Jul 17 2018 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has settled a disability discrimination lawsuit in California against a global metal goods manufacturer Mueller Industries Inc. for $1 million and other injunctive...
Baylor in Texas Settles Suit with Woman Who Accused Players of Rape
Jul 17 2018 // Baylor University has settled a federal Title IX lawsuit brought by a former volleyball player who alleged that she was drugged and gang raped by at least four football players in 2012. Terms of last week’s...
Michigan Governor Wants to Sue 3M for Costs of Contamination
Jul 16 2018 // Gov. Rick Snyder wants Michigan to sue the manufacturer of chemicals linked to contaminated water detected at military bases and industrial sites across the state. Snyder wrote a letter to Attorney General Bill Schuette...
Minnesota Lawsuit Takes on Involuntary Sedations
Jul 16 2018 // An attorney for a Minneapolis, Minn. man is drawing parallels between his client’s lawsuit and the recent debate over police urging paramedics to sedate unruly people. Forty-eight-year-old John Powell says he...
Another Lawsuit From Ex-Worker in New Mexico City
Jul 16 2018 // A northern New Mexico city is facing another lawsuit from a former employer in yet another controversy involving its mayor. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports Martin Gonzales, a former public works director of Las Vegas,...
Family of Tennessee Waffle House Shooting Victim Files $100M Lawsuit
Jul 16 2018 // A woman whose son was one of four people killed at a Waffle House in Tennessee has filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the suspect and his father. The Tennessean reports Shaundelle Brooks filed the suit...
Mississippi Highway Patrol to Pay $500K in Lawsuit Over Fatal Wreck
Jul 16 2018 // The Mississippi Highway Patrol is paying $500,000 in a lawsuit over a fatal wreck that happened when a state trooper was driving fast on a dark highway without his blue lights flashing. The crash happened about 1:30 a.m....
Ben & Jerry’s Hasn’t Cleaned Up Its Act, Consumer Group Claims
Jul 13 2018 // It’s summer in America, and that means action-packed movies, piles of hot dogs and plenty of ice cream. But according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by a consumer food-advocacy group, if your choice of ice cream is Ben...
Pacific Bell Settles California Disability Discrimination Lawsuit With EEOC
Jul 13 2018 // Pacific Bell Telephone Co., formerly known as AT&T Pacific Bell, will pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the...
Wrongly Named Suspect in Texas Police Shooting Files Lawsuit
Jul 13 2018 // A man wrongly identified by Dallas, Texas police as a suspect in the 2016 fatal shooting of five officers has sued the city and its police department. The federal lawsuit filed Monday alleges Dallas police detained Mark...
Lawsuit Claims Virginia Cruise Ship’s No-Slip Floor Caused Cornhole Injury
Jul 12 2018 // The owners of a popular dinner cruise ship in Virginia are being sued by a customer who says the ship’s no-skid flooring worked too well. The lawsuit in federal court accuses the Spirit of Norfolk cruise ship of...
