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Commentary: Florida’s Failure to Pass AOB Reforms Will Impact State Insurance Market
Mar 21 2016 // Following the 2016 Florida Legislative Session’s failure to pass essential assignment of benefit (AOB) reforms, the insurance industry and Citizens Property Insurance Corp. are working in tandem with the Florida...
Pop Warner Football Settles Wisconsin Head Injury Lawsuit
Mar 21 2016 // The national youth football organization, Pennsylvania-based Pop Warner, has settled a lawsuit filed in Wisconsin by the mother of a man who committed suicide, allegedly as a result of suffering numerous head injuries as...
Pennsylvania Families Win Fracking Suit
Mar 21 2016 // Two couples were awarded nearly $4.25 million on March 10 after a federal jury found one of the largest natural gas drillers in Pennsylvania polluted their well water. The verdict came at the end of a bitter and...
U.S. Chamber Files Suit against Seattle over Uber, Lyft Ordinance
Mar 21 2016 // The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is suing the city of Seattle over an ordinance that allows drivers of ridesharing apps Uber and Lyft to unionize, saying it violates federal antitrust laws. Seattle last year became the first...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Washington Man’s Excavator Death
Mar 18 2016 // A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a man who was killed when the excavator he was driving tumbled down a cliff about 25 miles southeast of Tacoma, Wash. The News Tribune reports that 22-year-old Jared...
California Judge: Lyft Lawsuit Against Uber Exec Should Go to Trial
Mar 18 2016 // An Uber executive lost a bid to throw out a breach of contract lawsuit filed against him by his former employer, Lyft, in advance of a trial scheduled for next month, according to a tentative ruling by a California state...
Judge Dismisses California Lawsuit over Duracell Batteries Guarantee
Mar 17 2016 // A federal judge threw out a lawsuit accusing Procter & Gamble Co. of misleading consumers by guaranteeing that Duracell batteries would not fail for 10 years, when in fact the batteries might leak when used or stored...
Utah Judge Limits Suit over Drunken Attack at Ski Resort’s Oktoberfest
Mar 16 2016 // A Utah judge this week tossed out part of a lawsuit filed by a family who says they were beaten by drunken revelers at a ski resort’s Oktoberfest celebration because the event has turned into a booze-fueled Rocky...
NFI Roadrail and NFI Industries Settle Texas Wage Discrimination Suit
Mar 16 2016 // Federal officials say two New Jersey-based companies has settled a suit over unequal pay at a workplace in Texas. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported that NFI RoadRail LLC and NFI Industries...
Teamsters, Lyft Drivers Objecting to Class-Action Settlement
Mar 16 2016 // Five Lyft drivers and the Teamsters union will object to a proposed class action settlement, saying it would shortchange drivers by keeping them as independent contractors instead of employees, a union spokesman said on...
Chamber of Commerce Vows to Sue Over Retirement Advisor Rule
Mar 15 2016 // The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said on Monday it is prepared to sue the federal government if it finds a proposed rule on financial advisers meant to protect retirees is unworkable. The rule would create a “fiduciary...
Abuse Lawsuit Filed against Colorado Halfway House
Mar 15 2016 // Two women say they faced unwanted sexual advances while living at a Colorado Springs, Colo. halfway house. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that according to a federal lawsuit filed against Community Alternatives of...
Utah Job Corps Wrongful Death Suit Draws Support, Criticism
Mar 15 2016 // A wrongful death lawsuit against Clearfield Job Corps Center in Utah has drawn support and criticism from former students. The Standard-Examiner reported 17-year-old Isela Huerta Carranza left the center and went without...
Court Rules ‘Bond King’ Gross Can Pursue $200M Lawsuit Against Allianz’ PIMCO
Mar 15 2016 // Bond manager Bill Gross will be able to pursue his lawsuit to recoup at least $200 million he claims that Pacific Investment Management Co. owes him in the wake of his 2014 ouster from the firm he co-founded. California...
278 Volkswagen Institutional Investors File €3.3 Billion Suit in Germany
Mar 15 2016 // Almost 300 institutional investors in Volkswagen have filed a multi-billion euro suit against the carmaker for what they see as breaches of its capital markets duty in the emissions scandal, the law firm representing them...
Minnesota Company to Pay over $1M to Resolve Discrimination Lawsuit
Mar 14 2016 // A Chanhassen, Minn.-based medical device and equipment manufacturer will pay $1,020,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age and sex discrimination lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),...
California School District And Administrators Ignored Sex Abuse, Lawsuit Charges
Mar 14 2016 // Twenty Los Angeles, Calif.-area boys who say a Torrance High School wrestling coach sexually abused them are suing the school district and administrators, claiming they failed to protect the teens and ignored past...
N.D. Aviation Business Operator Sues Airport Director for Discrimination
Mar 11 2016 // A woman who operates an aviation business at the Minot, N.D., airport has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the airport director who quit last week after spearheading construction of a new terminal. Eva Lucke,...
Washington Suit Filed over E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Dairy Festival
Mar 11 2016 // A school district is among the targets of a lawsuit over an E. coli outbreak linked to sickened kids who attended a dairy festival field trip in Washington. The Seattle Times reported families of six kids sickened after...
Federal Judge Rules BP Absolved from U.S. Lawsuits Over Drilling Ban
Mar 11 2016 // BP Plc does not have to face U.S. lawsuits by energy and drilling companies over losses they suffered from an offshore drilling ban imposed soon after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District...
