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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...
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sues Governor Over $8M Fund Transfer
Jul 25 2018 // The Kansas insurance commissioner seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination is trying to prevent Gov. Jeff Colyer from taking $8 million this year from a state insurance fund. Ken Selzer has filed a lawsuit seeking a...
Lyft Faces Patent Suit by Professor Over Ridesharing Model
Jul 25 2018 // A retired Georgia Institute of Technology engineering professor described as a “pioneer” in developing the idea of ride sharing sued Lyft Inc., claiming it infringed his patent for technology underlying the...
Texas Energy Services Firm to Pay $39K in North Dakota Racial Harassment Suit
Jul 24 2018 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says a Texas-based oilfield service company operating in North Dakota will pay $39,900 to settle a racial harassment lawsuit. The EEOC’s lawsuit accused Cudd Energy...
The Legal Engine Driving More Than 800 Lawsuits Against Opioid Makers
Jul 24 2018 // The place might sound familiar, even if you’ve never been there: the Appalachian foothills, down by the Ohio River, where the sirens scream addiction and death. Twenty-six overdoses in one afternoon. The highest...
$750K Settlement in Utah Sexual Misconduct Suit
Jul 23 2018 // The city of Provo, Utah has reached a $750,000 settlement with five women who say it failed to take action to protect them from alleged sexual harassment and assault by a former police chief. Mayor Michelle Kaufusi said in...
Hawaii Jury Sides with Couple in Disability Discrimination Suit
Jul 23 2018 // A jury in Hawaii has sided with a Maui couple in a $1.9 million disability discrimination lawsuit against their condo association which fined them thousands of dollars for uncarpeted floors and attempted to sell their unit...
Baltimore Lawsuit Blames Oil and Gas Companies for Climate Change
Jul 23 2018 // The city of Baltimore filed a lawsuit on Friday against 26 oil and gas companies and entities, including BP Plc, Chevron Corp and Exxon Mobil Corp, for knowingly contributing to what the city called the catastrophic...
Bayer to Discontinue Sales of Essure Birth Control Device as U.S. Lawsuits Mount
Jul 23 2018 // The maker of a permanent contraceptive implant subject to thousands of injury reports and repeated safety restrictions by regulators said Friday that it will stop selling the device in the U.S., the only country where it...
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...
