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Gun Industry Immunity Again Tested with Las Vegas Shooting Lawsuit
Oct 12 2017 // Last week’s massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival offers gun control advocates a fresh chance to test a law, put in place by Republicans and the gun industry’s lobby, that protects the industry from...
Supreme Court Hears Law on Human Rights Suits Against Firms
Oct 12 2017 // U.S. Supreme Court justices suggested they may bar victims of overseas atrocities from using a centuries-old law to sue corporations for complicity, as the court weighed a case stemming from Middle Eastern...
$8.75M Suit by Couple Against 2 Oregon Doctors Dismissed
Oct 11 2017 // A lawsuit filed by a Bend, Ore. couple that accused two physicians of failing to detect warning signs before the woman went into cardiac arrest has been dismissed. The Bend Bulletin reported Shelley and Brent Harding...
New Jersey Court Nixes Class-Action Status for TGI Friday’s Drink Suit
Oct 11 2017 // A lawsuit accusing restaurant chain TGI Friday’s of violating consumer fraud laws with its drink pricing can’t go ahead as a class action that could have included millions of members, but a similar case...
Man Sues Chicago Clubs, MLB; Says Foul Ball Blinded Him in 1 Eye
Oct 10 2017 // A man who was left blind in one eye — at least temporarily — and may ultimately lose the eye after a foul ball struck him in the face at Wrigley Field this summer has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Cubs and Major...
Las Vegas Shooting Victims Sue Bump Stock Manufacturers
Oct 10 2017 // Victims of the Las Vegas shooting sued manufacturers of bump fire stocks, accusing them of negligence. A dozen bump stocks, which allow a semi-automatic weapon to fire with the rapidity of an automatic weapon, were found...
City in Oregon Suing Over Restrictive Flood Map Recommendations
Oct 9 2017 // The city of Coos Bay, Ore. has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the National Marine Fisheries Service over its recommendation for more restrictive floodplain regulations, which would restrict development in most of...
After Hurricane, Bond Insurer Drops Lawsuit Against Puerto Rico
Oct 8 2017 // Puerto Rico bond insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd. said late on Friday it voluntarily withdrew a complaint that challenged the legality of the island’s fiscal turnaround plan, citing the devastating impact of Hurricane...
Oregon Scouts Sued for $21M in Sex Abuse Claim
Oct 6 2017 // Attorneys representing three former Boy Scouts are suing the Boy Scouts of America and its Portland, Ore.-area chapter for $21 million, saying they let a known pedophile become a scout leader. The lawsuit filed in...
Wells Fargo C-Suite Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit Over Fake Accounts: Judge
Oct 6 2017 // A federal judge said current and former Wells Fargo & Co. officers and directors, including Chief Executive Officer Tim Sloan, must face nearly all of a lawsuit by shareholders seeking to hold them personally liable...
EEOC Sues Whataburger for Alleged Retaliation Against Florida Manager
Oct 5 2017 // The government has sued the Texas-based fast-food chain Whataburger for allegedly retaliating against a white restaurant manager in Florida who refused to follow an upper management directive to hire only white...
BYU in Hawaii Will Pay to Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
Oct 4 2017 // An attorney representing Brigham Young University-Hawaii tells a federal judge the school will pay to settle a former student’s lawsuit alleging her campus job supervisor sexually assaulted and harassed her. Attorney...
University of North Carolina, Plaintiffs Square Off Again Over Academic Lawsuit
Oct 4 2017 // Attorneys for The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and athletes who played for the school argued in a state court on Friday whether a lawsuit filed against the school in connection with an academic scandal...
Kansas Woman Files Suit Against Hospital Over Wrong Diagnosis, Surgery
Oct 3 2017 // A Kansas woman’s lawsuit claims she underwent a complex surgery at the University of Kansas Hospital for a cancer diagnosis that proved to be wrong, but she was never told of the mistake. The Kansas City Star reports...
Washington and Seattle Become Latest Governments to Sue Opioid Makers
Oct 3 2017 // Washington state and the city of Seattle on Thursday joined more than two dozen other government entities across the country suing to hold opioid makers accountable for an addiction crisis that has claimed thousands of...
Maryland Suing EPA on Power Plant Pollution in Other States
Oct 3 2017 // Maryland is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to act on a petition requiring power plants in five upwind states to reduce pollution, the state’s attorney general and an official in Gov. Larry...
States May Copy California’s Law to Give Employees Right to File Class Actions
Oct 3 2017 // This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether employees have the right to bring class actions against their bosses. With the court’s Republican majority restored this year by President Donald Trump, labor...
Supreme Court Justices Appear Split Over Employee Class Action Case
Oct 3 2017 // Liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday defended the right of workers to bring class-action claims against companies but their conservative counterparts who are in the majority sounded skeptical in the biggest...
Family of Oregon Cyclist Sues Garbage Truck Company for Death
Oct 2 2017 // The family of a Portland, Ore. woman who died after a collision with a garbage truck is suing the company for $10 million. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the lawsuit was filed in court last week against Republic...
Supreme Court to Decide Future of Workers’ Class Action Suits Against Employers
Oct 2 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its new nine-month term on Monday with a major employment case that could deprive workers of the ability to join together to file lawsuits when taking on companies over a wide range of...
