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Chicago Man Sues McDonald’s Arguing ‘Value Meal’ Is No Deal
Dec 22 2016 // A suburban Chicago man is suing McDonald’s restaurants in two Illinois counties, arguing cheeseburger “Extra Value Meals” are actually more expensive than when the items are purchased separately. James...
Google Confidentiality Agreement Is Unlawful, Claims Employee in Lawsuit
Dec 22 2016 // A Google Inc. product manager has sued the company, accusing it of unlawfully prohibiting employees from sharing concerns with coworkers, shareholders or the press, and maintaining a “spying program” to prevent...
Wal-Mart to Pay $75K to Settle Illinois Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Dec 22 2016 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay a former employee $75,000 to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed over the company’s alleged actions in regard to an employee at a store Hodgkins, Ill. The lawsuit...
California Attorney General Sues Feds in Offshore Fracking Challenge
Dec 21 2016 // Attorney General Kamala Harris and the California Coastal Commission has filed a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s recent finding that fracking off the state’s coast has no significant environmental...
Twitter, Google, Facebook Sued by Orlando Shooting Victims’ Families
Dec 21 2016 // The families of three men killed at Orlando’s Pulse gay nightclub have sued Twitter Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. in federal court, accusing the companies of providing “material...
Battle Over Property Claims and Litigation in Texas Set to Continue in 2017
Dec 19 2016 // If a Dec. 1, 2016, hearing is any indication, Texas lawmakers will be encouraged in the coming legislative session to take up what the property/casualty insurance industry says is a problematic trend following severe...
West Virginia AG Sues Pharmacy for Role in Fueling State’s Opioid Crisis
Dec 19 2016 // West Virginia’s attorney general has sued a pharmacy in Boone County, alleging it provided too many highly addictive painkillers over more than a decade. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says Larry’s Drive-In...
Restoration Company Suing West Virginia’s New Gov Over Unpaid Flood Cleanup Bills
Dec 19 2016 // West Virginia Gov.-elect Jim Justice’s businesses are being sued by a flood restoration company for unpaid bills, after cleanup crews restored parts of the Greenbrier following flooding that hit parts of the state in...
Property Claims and Litigation Likely on Texas 2017 Legislative Docket
Dec 19 2016 // If a Dec. 1, 2016, hearing is any indication, Texas lawmakers will likely be encouraged in the coming legislative session to take up what the property/casualty insurance industry says is a problematic trend following...
Supporting the Troops: Industry Gives Back to Those Who Served
Dec 19 2016 // Many property/casualty insurance carriers have focused their charitable efforts on veterans, and they’ve done so for a number of good reasons. One important reason for adopting veterans causes was explained by Glenn...
Here’s Some Litigation to Go with That Christmas Cheer
Dec 16 2016 // Christmas is right around the corner, meaning that the time has come for the usual passel of lawsuits and threats of lawsuits, of bitter division over words and symbols — in short, of all the usual trimmings of the...
Mississippi Supreme Court Weighing Injured Contract Workers’ Right to Sue
Dec 16 2016 // A worker is fighting one of Mississippi’s largest industries in a skirmish over who can be sued when employees suffer on-the-job injuries. The Mississippi Supreme Court Tuesday heard arguments in a suit by Quindon...
Appeals Court in Ohio Revives Claims in Notre Dame Concussion Suit
Dec 15 2016 // A state appeals court in Cleveland, Ohio, has ruled that the widow of a former Notre Dame football player can proceed with claims in a lawsuit that said her husband was disabled by and ultimately died from...
Supreme Court Will Hear Case on Patent Litigants’ ‘Friendly Court’ Shopping
Dec 15 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether to limit where patent lawsuits may be filed, potentially threatening a years-long trend that critics say allows frequent and often-baseless litigants to sue in...
Vermont Ski Resort Owner Suing Insurer to Fund Defense in Fraud Case
Dec 15 2016 // A Vermont ski resort owner is suing his insurer in federal court for more than $2 million to fund his legal defense against fraud accusations brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros...
Massachusetts Women Sue After Being Hit by Drone at New Hampshire Event
Dec 13 2016 // Two women are suing a groom and the event company that ran his wedding reception after they allege he flew a drone that hit them in the head at the New Hampshire event. Kneena Ellis, of Seabrook, and Kelly Eaton of...
Appeals Court Allows Suit Against Firm in Pennsylvania Flood Deaths
Dec 13 2016 // An appeals court has cleared the way for refiling of a lawsuit against an engineering firm in the deaths of four people killed in flash flooding in Pittsburgh more than five years ago. Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. earlier...
Fate of DuPont Chemical Lawsuits Rests on Wording in 2004 Pact
Dec 13 2016 // For DuPont Co. and its Chemours Co. spinoff, hundreds of millions of dollars hinge on the interpretation of the word “among.” A Cincinnati appeals court heard arguments Friday that will affect the fate of...
Top Florida Stories of 2016: The AOB ‘Insurance Crisis’
Dec 13 2016 // Assignment of benefits abuse has become such a well-known problem in the state of Florida this year that it now just goes by the nickname “AOB.” The issue with AOB comes from when a policyholder suffers a loss,...
$3.9M Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Oregon Tavern for Overserving
Dec 12 2016 // An Oregon man has filed a $3.9 million wrongful death lawsuit against a Eugene tavern and one of its customers. Julio Ortiz Ahumada of Springfield says the Keg Tavern served alcohol to a “visibly intoxicated”...
