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Supreme Court Sidelines Class Action Alleging Injury from Inaccurate Internet Information
May 16 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a narrow victory to Spokeo Inc. over the online people-search company’s bid to avoid a class action lawsuit for including incorrect information in its database. The court, in a...
New York Diocese Sues Regulators Over Insurer Abortion Mandate
May 16 2016 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, New York, has sued state insurance regulators over requirements that workplace health plans cover employee abortions. The New York State Department of Financial Services lacks...
8 Suits Filed over Crude Oil Spill along Louisiana’s Bayou Teche
May 16 2016 // Eight lawsuits have been filed by people seeking damages from a Texas industrial services company that spilled about 12,500 gallons of crude oil in March along and into the Bayou Teche in Louisiana. The Advocate reports...
Owner Alleges Defect; Wants ‘Invincible’ Missouri Home Torn Down
May 16 2016 // Designed to withstand tornadoes, earthquakes and even bomb blasts, a castle-like southwest Missouri home that was meant to last forever must be torn down and erected again, its owner argues in an ongoing lawsuit. Pensmore,...
Oregon Man Says Wells Fargo Axed Him after Whistleblowing
May 16 2016 // A Damascus, Ore. man has filed a lawsuit accusing Wells Fargo & Co. of firing him after he alerted them of issues in mortgage procedures. According to a lawsuit unsealed last week, Duke Tran said he complained that the...
Suit: Mcdonald’s Toilet Paper Dispenser Damaged New Mexico Woman’s Eye
May 16 2016 // A northern New Mexico woman is suing a Santa Fe McDonald’s franchise after she said a toilet paper dispenser fell off a bathroom stall door and slammed into her face. The lawsuit filed last week in Santa Fe District...
Ohio Court: Insurer not Liable for $1M in Megachurch Abuse Lawsuit
May 13 2016 // The Ohio Supreme Court says an insurer isn’t liable for part of a central Ohio megachurch’s $3.1 million settlement over the alleged beating of a 2-year-old boy at the church’s daycare. The justices...
Gun Maker, Ex-California Policeman Settle Suit Over Shooting by Child
May 13 2016 // The Glock gun company has settled a lawsuit filed by a former Los Angeles police officer who was shot and paralyzed by his 3-year-old son. City News Service says attorneys for Glock and former Officer Enrique Chavez told a...
Colorado Marijuana Businesses Sued After Fatal Shooting
May 12 2016 // The family of three boys filed a lawsuit against two recreational marijuana businesses after a shooting that left their mother dead and their father charged with murder. The lawsuit claims companies that made a type of...
Lyft Raises Offer to Drivers to $27M in Contractors V. Employees Suit
May 12 2016 // Lyft Inc. raised its proposed payout to 163,000 California drivers to $27 million in their lawsuit to be treated as employees rather than contractors. The revised settlement comes after a San Francisco federal judge...
Pennsylvania Federal Judge Dismisses Parks Lawsuit Against Tyson Foods
May 12 2016 // This lawsuit over hot dogs failed to cut the mustard. A federal judge threw out a lawsuit accusing Tyson Foods Inc and its Hillshire Brands unit of infringing a trademark belonging to the maker of Parks’ sausages...
Nevada Doctor Sued by Parents of Painkiller Overdose Victim
May 11 2016 // The Reno, Nev. doctor at the center of a federal investigation into an illegal prescription drug ring is being accused by the parents of an overdose victim of ignoring their warnings and continuing to increase the strength...
Montana City, Others Reach $7.5M Settlement in Landfill Suit
May 10 2016 // The city of Bozeman, Mont., a housing developer and an engineering firm have reached a $7.5 million settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by homeowners who said the city approved a subdivision near a former landfill that...
Jury Selected in Colorado Movie Massacre Lawsuit
May 10 2016 // A six-member jury was chosen on Monday in Colorado to hear the first civil trial of wrongful death and personal injury claims stemming from a 2012 mass shooting in which 12 people were killed and dozens wounded in a...
Former New Jersey Lawyer Gets 2 Years for Falsifying Asbestos Suits
May 9 2016 // A former New Jersey lawyer has been sentenced to serve two years in federal prison after admitting he fraudulently added defendants to more than 100 asbestos lawsuits in New York. Federal prosecutors say Arobert Tonagbanua...
Wisconsin Gun Shop Gets Sued by 2 More Wounded Officers
May 9 2016 // A second lawsuit is set for trial against a U.S. gun shop after a jury in October found the store negligently sold a gun used to injure two Milwaukee police officers. The new case involves two different injured officers...
Cancer Patient Sues Oklahoma Insurer over Proton Therapy Treatments
May 9 2016 // A prostate cancer patient and a cancer treatment provider are suing an Oklahoma health insurer for allegedly refusing to cover proton radiation therapy. Randy Farland and the Procure Proton Therapy Center in Oklahoma City...
Utah Hunting Guide Files Suit Against Boy Scouts Following Reckless Shooting
May 9 2016 // A Utah hunting guide is suing the Boy Scouts of America in federal court, claiming someone on a hunting trip he led in 2014 shot him in the eye. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that 61-year-old Craig Bingham filed a lawsuit...
Lawsuit Takes Aim at Wyoming School District in Teacher Abuse Case
May 9 2016 // A lawsuit accuses Cheyenne school officials of failing to stop a sixth-grade female teacher from sexually abusing a student over a two-year period even after they became aware of an inappropriate relationship. The lawsuit...
Damages from Lawsuits Against State Limited by Oregon Supreme Court
May 9 2016 // The Oregon Supreme Court voted 5-2 to uphold a $3 million cap on damages injured people can collect in lawsuits against the state or its employees. The case was brought by a Klamath Falls couple who sued OHSU after a...
