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Idaho Rancher’s Family Initiates Wrongful Death Suit
Jul 27 2016 // The family of an Idaho rancher authorities say was shot and killed by two Adams County Sheriff’s deputies has filed a legal notice of their intent to sue the county. The Idaho Statesman reported in a story on Tuesday...
Oilfield Services Company Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination
Jul 26 2016 // Federal officials have sued an oilfield services company for withdrawing a job offer to an applicant because of his diabetes. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit that Oilfield Instrumentation...
Western New York Man Hit by Police Cruiser Sues for $7 Million
Jul 26 2016 // A western New York man struck by a Rochester police cruiser earlier this year has filed a $7 million lawsuit against the department. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported that 24-year-old Brian Norford claims in...
Judge Hits Uber’s Background Check on Passenger Bringing Price-Fixing Suit
Jul 26 2016 // A federal judge on Monday banned Uber Technologies Inc. and its Chief Executive Travis Kalanick from using information from a background check on a passenger bringing a price-fixing lawsuit, saying the investigative firm...
Woman’s Joplin Tornado-Related Suit Against Home Depot Tossed
Jul 25 2016 // A federal judge has tossed out a woman’s lawsuit against Home Depot over the deaths of her husband and two children who had sought refuge inside the big-box store destroyed during the devastating 2011 tornado in...
Washington Tunnel Contractors File $11M Lawsuit
Jul 25 2016 // The contractors who built Bertha the tunnel machine in Washington two years ago have filed a lawsuit seeking $11 million in extra pay. The Seattle Times reported that the contractors contend that their efforts working with...
Insurance Costs Rise in Idaho County following Lawsuits
Jul 25 2016 // Twin Falls County’s insurance premiums have gone up due to lawsuit settlements paid by Idaho Counties Risk Management Program. The Times-News reported that the county’s insurance payments have increased 58...
Judge Expected to Allow Suit Against Trump University to Proceed
Jul 25 2016 // Just hours after Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination in Cleveland, a federal judge in San Diego said he plans to allow former students who claim to have been cheated by Trump University to take the...
What to Know About Liability and Legal Costs for Apps
Jul 25 2016 // The purchase and use of smartphones, tablets, wearable computers and other mobile computing devices (MCDs) connected to the internet have experienced staggering growth in the past several years. Soon after the Apple App...
Navigating California’s High Workers’ Comp Rates and Excessive Lawsuits
Jul 25 2016 // California employers routinely pay the highest insurance rates for workers’ compensation in the country. The increasing rates are due to several factors including rising medical costs and an aging workforce. In this...
$30M Settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb in California Whistleblower Suit
Jul 25 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones reached a $30 million settlement with pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb earlier this month over allegations of drug marketing fraud and physician kickbacks. The...
California Workers’ Comp is Biased Against Women, Suit States
Jul 25 2016 // California’s workers’ compensation system discriminates against women by judging benefits on the basis of stereotypes and ignoring harm done to women — such as refusing permanent benefits when a woman...
Washington-based Spirit Aerosystems Hit with Worker Discrimination Suit
Jul 25 2016 // Employees laid off by Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. in 2013 filed a lawsuit earlier this month accusing the aircraft parts supplier of singling them out by age and disability. Twenty-four plaintiffs were named and...
Comcast Sued by Oregon Cyclist Clotheslined by Cable
Jul 25 2016 // An Oregon cyclist who was clotheslined by a cable cord suspended across a road is suing Comcast and Portland Disposal. Portland attorney, Mark Ginsberg said his 64-year-old client Michael A. Horner was bicycling to work at...
Most Litigation Over Corzine’s Failed MF Global Settled with $132M Deal
Jul 22 2016 // Jon Corzine has settled a lawsuit by the trustee for the former New Jersey governor’s company MF Global Holdings Ltd, as part of a $132 million accord to end much of the remaining litigation over the...
Ex-NFL Player Nakamura Sues Lloyd’s for Denying Concussion Claim
Jul 22 2016 // A former NFL player who suffered what the league deemed a career-ending concussion has sued Lloyd’s of London for denying a $1 million insurance policy for professional athletes. The lawsuit filed this week in North...
Parents of Son Killed by Gator at Walt Disney World Won’t Sue
Jul 22 2016 // The parents of a toddler killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World said Wednesday that they don’t plan to sue the Florida theme park resort over the death. Matt and Melissa Graves of Omaha, Nebraska, said in a...
ADM Sued Over Contaminated Equine Feed
Jul 21 2016 // Two horse owners have sued Archer Daniels Midland Co., accusing the U.S. grain processor and trader of distributing contaminated feed that sickened or killed several of their horses, according to court documents seen by...
Court Battles Begin as U.S., States Sue to Halt Anthem, Aetna Mergers
Jul 21 2016 // U.S. antitrust enforcers roundly rejected a pair of proposed deals that would consolidate the nation’s five biggest health insurers into just three. The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit to stop Anthem...
University of Oregon Settles Whistleblower Suit with Former Employees
Jul 21 2016 // The University of Oregon has agreed to pay $425,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by two former employees over allegations that the school retaliated against them for speaking out about a student’s therapy records...
