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$50M Proposed Settlement Reached in Washington Landslide Lawsuit
Oct 11 2016 // The attorneys representing the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state of Washington over a deadly 2014 landslide have announced a proposed $50 million settlement on the eve of a trial. The Seattle Times reported the...
Islamic Woman Fired from Oregon Nonprofit Sues for $1M
Oct 11 2016 // A woman of Islamic faith has filed a $1 million lawsuit against a Portland nonprofit, alleging she was fired because of her religion, national origin and disability of asthma. The lawsuit filed last week by Sharmin Rahman...
Lawsuit Alleges Yahoo Discriminated Against Men in Employment
Oct 11 2016 // A Yahoo Inc. media executive fired from the internet company last year has filed a lawsuit claiming a job review process implemented by Chief Executive Marissa Mayer was used to cut men from executive ranks and lay them...
Judge Skeptical over Airbnb Posture in San Francisco Rental Law Suit
Oct 10 2016 // A U.S. judge expressed skepticism toward a bid by Airbnb to halt a San Francisco law that imposes fines on home rental companies for processing bookings by hosts not registered with the city. In its lawsuit against San...
AIG Sued by Ex-Derivatives Staff Who Claim Denial of $100M in Bonuses
Oct 10 2016 // American International Group Inc. was sued by former staff who say they were denied $100 million in bonuses amid public outrage over derivative trades that crippled the insurer and threatened the stability of global...
Why Claims Under Americans with Disabilities Act Are Rising
Oct 7 2016 // Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title III lawsuits are up 63 percent over 2015, according to law firm Seyfarth Shaw. ADA Title III prohibits businesses open to the public from discriminating on the basis of...
Nevada Sports Bar Settles Part of Overtime Suit With $375K Payout
Oct 7 2016 // Bully’s Sports Bar & Grill has agreed to pay $375,000 in back wages to settle part of a class-action lawsuit with 15 cooks who accused the oldest sports bar chain in northern Nevada of denying them overtime pay...
Spanish Teacher at Oregon Community College Files $300K Discrimination Suit
Oct 7 2016 // A Spanish language teacher who was fired from Lane Community College in Eugene, Ore. has filed a lawsuit against the college alleging ethnic discrimination and retaliation. The Register-Guard reported Maria Gutierrez, of...
Judge Allows Age Bias Suit Against Google
Oct 6 2016 // A woman’s age-discrimination lawsuit against Google can include others who might have been denied a job with the company because they were deemed too old. A federal judge in San Jose, California, on Wednesday gave...
Feds Accuse Mississippi Strip Club of Mistreating African-American Dancers
Oct 6 2016 // Clothed in the power of the law, the federal government is again suing a Mississippi strip club, saying black strippers should be treated equally when they take it all off. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Survivors of North Carolina Crash that Killed 4 Sue Church That Owned Bus
Oct 6 2016 // Twelve football players and coaches who survived a North Carolina bus crash that killed four people last month are suing the church that owned the bus. Sandy River Baptist Church in Chester County failed to maintain the...
Oregon Farmers Sue Irrigation District Over Water Cutoff
Oct 5 2016 // Malheur County farmers are suing their local irrigation district in Oregon, claiming it failed to deliver water when needed in 2014 and 2015. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that Delos and Barbara Lee, who farm alfalfa...
Lawsuit over Police Tactics in Ferguson Protests Dismissed
Oct 5 2016 // A federal judge has tossed out a $40 million civil rights lawsuit that alleged police used excessive force against protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, after the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown. U.S. District...
Oregon Woman Sues Nursing Home that Axed Her After Reporting Neglect
Oct 4 2016 // A former employee of a Portland, Ore. nursing home has filed a lawsuit against the facility for $575,000, alleging she was fired in 2014 for reporting that a patient had been wounded because of neglectful care. The...
Berkshire’s Applied Underwriters Defends Workers’ Comp Products, Says Brokers Should Not Be at Risk
Oct 3 2016 // Legal and regulatory squabbles in New York, California and other states involving Berkshire Hathaway and its Applied Underwriter affiliates over particular workers’ compensation products should not have any negative...
Woman Sues Former NFL and Texas Player Benson over Dog Attack
Oct 3 2016 // Former NFL and University of Texas running back Cedric Benson has been sued by a woman who claims she and a dog she was walking were attacked by Benson’s two Rottweilers in July. Lynn Comegys claims she was walking...
Widow Sues Saudi Arabia for Sept. 11 Attacks Under New Law
Oct 3 2016 // A woman widowed when her husband was killed at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001 sued the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia just two days after Congress enacted legislation allowing Americans to sue foreign governments for allegedly...
Louisiana Police Jury Sues Travelers in Effort to Recover Stolen Money
Oct 3 2016 // The Rapides Parish Police Jury has hired a law firm to try to recover money they say was stolen from the District Attorney’s Office by an employee. The police jury, which is the governing authority for the parish,...
Builders of New Orleans Jail Sued by Sheriff
Sep 30 2016 // The man under fire for his management of the new jail in New Orleans has filed a lawsuit against the general contractors who built the facility. Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s suit seeks approximately $3 million for missed...
CNO Financial Ends Ties with Beechwood Re, Sues Over Hedge Fund Exposure
Sep 30 2016 // CNO Financial Group Inc. on Thursday said that two of its subsidiaries were terminating agreements with reinsurer Beechwood Re, after regulators in two states said that many assets managed by Beechwood were not compliant...
