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Delaware Judge Says State Farm Off the Hook in Paintball Injury Suit
Jun 10 2016 // Be careful with that thing. It could put someone’s eye out. That’s the upshot from a Sussex County, Delaware, judge’s ruling that State Farm doesn’t have to indemnify a policyholder in a paintball...
Cher Sues Financial Firm in California for $800k in Losses
Jun 10 2016 // Cher has sued a financial management partnership she claims defrauded her out of more than $800,000 in investments that went belly-up. The suit was filed this weekin Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of Veritas...
Making It Possible for Hospitals to Be Honest About Medical Errors
Jun 10 2016 // Medical errors in U.S. hospitals kill tens of thousands of patients each year, and even more suffer injury because of mistakes by doctors or nurses. Not every case of harm is avoidable—patients may get an infection even...
Georgia Woman Sues ‘Ellen DeGeneres’ Show Over Using Name in Joke
Jun 10 2016 // A Georgia real estate agent is suing the producer of the “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” claiming the comedian mispronounced her name to make a joke about breasts. Titi (TEE’-tee) Pierce alleges in the...
Washington-based Zillow to Settle Trade Secret Suit by Move Inc. for $130M
Jun 9 2016 // Seattle, Wash.-based real-estate information website Zillow is paying $130 million to settle a lawsuit brought by rival Move Inc. The Seattle Times reported that the settlement was disclosed in securities filings earlier...
Jury Finds for University of Florida in Hiring Discrimination Suit
Jun 9 2016 // The University of Florida has prevailed in a lawsuit brought by a former faculty member. In the 2013 lawsuit Dana Peterson claimed he was denied a promotion to a director’s position because it was given to a...
Lawsuit Seeks to Have Philadelphia Replace Lead Service Pipes
Jun 8 2016 // A Philadelphia woman filed a lawsuit seeking to have the city replace all lead service pipes running into homes from water mains and pay for a lead medical monitoring program. The lawsuit, filed on June 2 by Eleni...
Oregon Woman Settles Suit over Abuse by Insurance Agent Father
Jun 8 2016 // A Eugene, Ore. woman who sued her adopted parents after disclosing that her father sexually abused her has agreed to settle the civil case. The Register-Guard reports that according to documents filed in Lane County...
Family of Worker Killed in Pennsylvania Amtrak Crash Files Suit
Jun 7 2016 // A lawyer filing suit over a fatal Amtrak crash near Philadelphia blamed a “colossal miscommunication” for the deaths of two rail workers killed when a train traveling 106 mph struck a backhoe on the same...
Mississippi High Court Allows Negligence Suit Against State DOT to Proceed
Jun 7 2016 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has decided not to throw out a negligence lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Transportation over the death of a Gulfport Bandidos Chapter officer when he crashed his motorcycle in a...
Supreme Court Rejects Google Appeal of Class Action by Adwords Advertisers
Jun 7 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court’s decision to allow a class action lawsuit against Google Inc. to proceed regarding claims that the company deceived California advertisers about the placement...
Oklahoma Energy Companies Ask Judge to Dismiss Earthquake Lawsuit
Jun 6 2016 // Three Oklahoma energy companies want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit demanding they reduce injection volumes at wastewater disposal wells that could be triggering earthquakes. The lawsuit was filed in February by...
New York Lawmakers Push to Extend Deadline for Med-Mal Suits
Jun 6 2016 // Legislation before state lawmakers in New York would significantly change medical malpractice law by allowing patients to sue years after an alleged misdiagnosis or mistreatment. Patients currently must file lawsuits...
Oregon Jury Awards $8.75M in Asbestos Lawsuit
Jun 6 2016 // An Oregon jury has awarded $8.75 million to a 65-year-old man who has incurable cancer as a result of asbestos exposure in the 1970s. The Oregonian reported that David Hoff’s attorneys say the former construction...
How Gig Economy Is Using Private Arbitration to Win on Labor Classification
Jun 6 2016 // Sharing economy workers’ best shot at suing to rewrite the rules of their employment may soon pass them by. As judges last Thursday considered settlements that will leave Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. drivers...
University of Tennessee Title IX Lawsuit Gets May 2018 Trial Date
Jun 6 2016 // The Title IX lawsuit filed against the University of Tennessee over its handling of sexual assault complaints has a scheduled trial date of May 22, 2018. The offices of lawyers from both sides of the suit confirmed Friday...
Travelers Sued Over Fair Housing Act
Jun 6 2016 // The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) has filed a federal lawsuit against Travelers Indemnity Company and Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America, accusing the insurers of violating local and federal housing...
Georgia Teen Accused of Crashing While Snapchatting Faces Suit, Criminal Charges
Jun 3 2016 // A teenage driver accused in a lawsuit of causing a collision in Georgia while using the Snapchat app’s “speed filter” is now facing criminal charges. News outlets report a Clayton County judge signed...
Lawsuit Blames Death on Salad, Listeria Outbreak at Ohio Dole Plant
Jun 3 2016 // A new wrongful death lawsuit alleges an Ohio woman died because she ate salad processed at a Dole plant linked to a listeria outbreak. The Springfield News-Sun reports the lawsuit says a 79-year-old Franklin County woman...
NYC Drivers Group Sues Uber Over Independent Contractor Classification
Jun 3 2016 // A group representing 5,000 Uber Technologies Inc drivers in New York City filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the ride-share company of depriving drivers of various employment protections by misclassifying them as...
