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Family Who Lost 9 Files 2nd Lawsuit Over Missouri Duck Boat Tragedy
Aug 2 2018 // Fifty-three members of an Indiana family who lost nine relatives when a duck boat sank in Missouri described their pain and unfathomable loss on July 31 while calling for a ban on the amphibious tourist boats that their...
Alorica in California Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit For $3.5M
Aug 1 2018 // The U.S. District Court has approved a consent decree between Irvine, Calif.-based Alorica Inc. and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for $3.5 million and remedial measures to resolve a sexual...
Two More Women Sue New Jersey University Over Alleged Rapes
Aug 1 2018 // Two more women have filed federal lawsuits alleging that a New Jersey university is partly to blame for sexual assaults after they say school officials turned a blind eye to an unsanctioned fraternity known for underage...
Texas Petrochemical Contractor to Pay $135K in Disability Suit Settlement
Aug 1 2018 // A Texas petrochemical services company that fired three brothers because of a blood disorder that they shared will pay $135,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by federal officials over the firing. Signature Industrial Services...
$100M Lawsuit Filed in Fatal Missouri Duck Boat Sinking
Jul 31 2018 // The owners and operators of a tourist boat that sank this month in Missouri, killing 17 people, put profits over people’s safety when they decided to put the Ride the Ducks boat on a lake despite design problems and...
Suit Filed Against Escalator Manufacturer over Utah Child Who Lost 2 Fingers
Jul 31 2018 // A 3-year-old Utah girl had two fingers amputated when they were caught in a faulty grocery store escalator, her family says in a lawsuit filed against the store and the escalator manufacturer. The girl’s mother,...
Judge Allows Suit Against Crow Nursing Home in Montana to Proceed
Jul 31 2018 // A federal judge is allowing a woman to proceed with a lawsuit that claims the Crow tribe’s nursing home leaders in Montana conspired to fire her for reporting that a patient had been molested. Tammy Wilhite is a...
Court to Revisit Dismissal of $210 Million Hyundai-Kia Fuel Economy Settlement
Jul 31 2018 // A U.S. appeals court will reconsider its decision to throw out a $210 million nationwide class-action settlement for owners of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. vehicles whose fuel economy was inflated. The 9th U.S....
Lawsuit Says Equipment Led Delaware Firefighter to Fall from Helicopter
Jul 31 2018 // A lawsuit charges that improper equipment led a Delaware firefighter to fall to his death from a helicopter during a 2016 training exercise. The News Journal of Wilmington reported that firefighter Timothy...
Supreme Court Lets Teens’ Climate Lawsuit Proceed to Trial
Jul 31 2018 // The U.S. Supreme Court refused to halt a novel and sweeping lawsuit pressed by children and teenagers seeking to force the federal government to take steps against climate change. Rejecting a Trump administration request,...
Insurer Settles Suit Over Toddler Death in Hot Oregon Apartment for $100K
Jul 30 2018 // An insurance company for a Portland apartment complex has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the mother of a 2-year-old girl who died in her bedroom after a heater malfunctioned. In a lawsuit that had...
Michigan State Sues Insurers Over Nassar Claims Coverage; Stops Victim Payments
Jul 30 2018 // Michigan State University has filed suit against 13 insurance carriers over coverage of sexual assault claims by victims of now-imprisoned former sports doctor Larry Nassar. The lawsuit against the insurers was filed July...
Oklahoma Quake Lawsuit Against Oil Company Moves to Class-Action Status
Jul 30 2018 // Central Oklahoma residents won’t get a trial this fall for a case against an oil company accused of triggering earthquakes that damaged homes and buildings. The Journal Record reports that a Cleveland County judge...
California Supreme Court: Starbucks, Others Must Pay Workers for Off Clock Work
Jul 30 2018 // Starbucks and other employers in California must pay workers for minutes they routinely spend off the clock on tasks such as locking up or setting the store alarm, the state Supreme Court ruled. The unanimous ruling was a...
Student Hit in Eye by Baseball Sues New Hampshire’s Dartmouth College
Jul 30 2018 // A Dartmouth College student who was seriously injured during baseball practice is suing the Ivy League school. In a lawsuit filed Thursday, Colton French said he was pitching to a batter in a narrow indoor area enclosed by...
First Facebook Investor Suit Filed Over Plunge in Shares
Jul 30 2018 // Facebook Inc. and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg were sued on Friday in what could be the first of many lawsuits over a disappointing earnings announcement by the social media company that wiped out about $120 billion...
Mississippi Police Officer Awarded $20K by Jury in Mold Complaint Suit
Jul 27 2018 // A police officer in Mississippi has been awarded $20,000 in damages after a federal jury ruled his police department retaliated against him for complaining about mold in his office. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal...
Oregon School Settles Lawsuit Over Student’s Pro-Trump Shirt
Jul 26 2018 // Lawyers for an Oregon high school student who was disciplined for wearing a T-shirt promoting President Donald Trump’s effort to build a border wall say they have reached a settlement of his lawsuit. The lawyers say...
Wisconsin Dental Benefits Firm to Pay $98K to Settle Race Discrimination Suit
Jul 26 2018 // Scion Dental, a Wisconsin-based dental benefit administration company, has agreed to pay $98,000 and to provide other relief to settle a race discrimination case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Two Illinois IHOP Restaurants to Pay Nearly $1M to Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
Jul 25 2018 // Two International House of Pancakes (IHOP) franchises in southern Illinois will pay $975,000 and furnish other relief to settle a systemic sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
