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Family of Tennessee Man Who Died While Scuba Diving in Florida Sues Dive Shop
Sep 7 2016 // The wife of a Tennessee man who died during a scuba dive in the Florida Panhandle is suing the dive shop. The News Herald reports the lawsuit filed Aug. 30 in Panama City claims negligence against Coast Adventures LLC,...
Two Johnson & Johnson Talc Cancer Lawsuits Dismissed by New Jersey Judge
Sep 6 2016 // Johnson & Johnson persuaded a New Jersey judge to throw out two women’s lawsuits blaming the health-care company’s talcum powder for their ovarian cancer. The ruling may help J&J fend off more than...
Uber Must Face Claims of Creating Fake Lyft Accounts
Sep 6 2016 // While Uber Technologies Inc. fights to keep its own drivers out of court with their grievances, it can’t force arbitration on Lyft Inc. drivers who accuse the ride-hailing behemoth of dirty tricks. Uber will have to...
Judge Nixes Users’ Privacy Class Action Against Facebook
Sep 6 2016 // Facebook Inc. defeated a bid for a group lawsuit claiming the company illegally gave its users’ personal information to advertisers, with a judge ruling the plaintiffs didn’t have enough in common to pursue a...
West Virginia Residents Sue Over 17K Gallon Chlorine Leak From Plant
Sep 6 2016 // West Virginians are suing one of the nation’s largest chlorine producers after a cloud of chlorine gas leaked from a railcar inside a company chemical plant near their homes. Attorney Jim Bordas says the Aug. 27...
Family of Arizona Instructor Killed by Girl with Uzi Sues Gun Range
Sep 6 2016 // The family of an Arizona shooting range instructor accidentally killed by a 9-year-old girl with an Uzi has sued the business, alleging it should not have allowed a child to use the high-powered weapon. The wrongful-death...
Brown & Brown in Florida Denies EEOC Allegations of Pregnancy Discrimination
Sep 6 2016 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against national insurance brokerage firm Brown & Brown, based in Daytona Beach, Fla., over allegations it violated the Civil Rights Act by...
Indiana Court Considering Wounded Officer’s Suit against Gun Seller
Sep 2 2016 // The Indiana Supreme Court is considering whether a police officer’s lawsuit against the sporting goods store that sold a handgun later used to wound him can go forward despite a state law giving gun sellers...
Idaho Family Sues Over Baby’s Death in Hospital Medication Mix-up
Sep 2 2016 // An Idaho family is suing a nurse and the health care company he works for after their 7-month-old baby died when given the wrong medication at a Twin Falls hospital. Chance and Tiffany Elliott filed the wrongful death...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Over 2013 Shooting at Pennsylvania Town Building
Sep 2 2016 // A federal judge has dismissed three lawsuits filed against township officials in connection with a 2013 shooting at a municipal building in Pennsylvania that left three people dead and several others injured. The...
Banks Hike Caps on Directors’ Pay Hoping to Fend Off Lawsuits
Sep 2 2016 // Over the past two years, a growing number of U.S. banks has capped their directors’ earnings, but the ceilings are so high that they primarily serve to fend off potential shareholder litigation rather than control...
Ex-Miss Utah’s Case against Provo Dismissed by High Court
Sep 1 2016 // Citing an unpaid court fee, the Utah Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Miss Utah who says she was wrongly arrested on suspicion of stealing from the skin-care company Nu Skin. The lawsuit against the city...
Judge Finds $28M Uber Offer to Settle Rider Fee Class Action Unfair
Sep 1 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. was dealt a second rejection of a legal settlement, this time in a case over claims the company misled riders when it charged them a $1 “safe rides fee” that earned the company almost...
University of Colorado Business School Settles Discrimination Suit for $40k
Aug 31 2016 // The University of Colorado has paid a former business school staffer $40,000 to settle a federal gender discrimination complaint. The Daily Camera reported that Robin Miglarese, the former associate director of operations...
Judge Denies Another Trump Bid to Block Fraud Lawsuit Against University
Aug 31 2016 // Donald J. Trump and his now-defunct real-estate university lost another legal attempt to block former students from suing as a group in a California case accusing the Republican presidential candidate of fraud. Trump...
Group Asks Arkansas Court Asked to Block Measure on Medical Lawsuit Caps
Aug 30 2016 // A group opposed to a ballot proposal that would place limits on damages in medical lawsuits asked Arkansas’ highest court to block voting on the proposed constitutional amendment in November. Fairness for Arkansans,...
Lubbock, Texas Settles Federal Police Hiring Discrimination Lawsuit
Aug 30 2016 // A West Texas city has settled a 2015 federal lawsuit that alleged police discriminated against Hispanics and women in hiring entry-level officers. Lubbock agreed to pay affected individuals to settle the Department of...
Milwaukee Brewers Sued by Woman Hit by Baseball
Aug 30 2016 // A New Jersey woman who was hit by a baseball during batting practice before a Milwaukee Brewers game in 2014 has now sued the team. Dana Morelli, 47, of Glendora, New Jersey, claims in her lawsuit that the Brewers and...
Lawsuit Filed After Railing Collapse Injures 17 at New Jersey Snoop Dogg Concert
Aug 30 2016 // A lawyer representing 17 people injured when a railing collapsed at a Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa concert in New Jersey earlier this month is suing the performers and the venue’s owner. The suit filed Wednesday in...
ADM Settles Ponzi Scheme Suit by Missouri Farmers; Terms not Disclosed
Aug 29 2016 // Agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland has settled a lawsuit over claims the company was behind a now-imprisoned grain broker’s scheme that gouged millions from dozens of Missouri farmers. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
