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California School District Police Chief Sues over Alleged Retaliation
Aug 24 2016 // The police chief of a California school district has sued his employers, claiming he faced a hostile work environment after blowing the whistle on alleged misuse of a criminal database by district employees. KBAK-TV...
Vermont Law Tightens Regulation for Consumer Litigation Funding Companies
Aug 24 2016 // A new Vermont law introduces changes to the legal requirements for consumer litigation funding companies in the state. These companies will now need to get licensed and post a surety bond in order to operate...
Lesbian Sues New Jersey Catholic School Claiming Discrimination Over Firing
Aug 24 2016 // A woman is suing a Roman Catholic school in New Jersey, alleging the school violated the state’s discrimination law when she was fired because she’s married to a woman. But Christopher Westrick, an attorney for...
Family of Idaho Beating Death Victim Sues Woman’s Treatment Center
Aug 23 2016 // The family of an Idaho woman who was beaten to death in October has filed a lawsuit against the treatment center where the killing occurred. Linda Westmoreland’s daughters, Amanda Ingram and Stormy Dye, filed the...
Hawaii Resort And Crocs Sued over Child’s Escalator Injuries
Aug 23 2016 // A couple is suing footwear maker Crocs and a Hawaii resort after their 2-year-old son’s foot got caught in an escalator while the family visited Hawaii for an oral surgeon convention. The lawsuit says the Crocs shoes...
Connecticut Man Awarded $10K in Police Brutality Suit
Aug 23 2016 // A Connecticut man has been awarded $10,000 in damages after a federal judge ruled that he had been beaten by a police officer after a drug fueled car chase. Donato Rinaldi, of Watertown, Conn., filed the suit in 2014...
Citigroup, AT&T Agree: No Thanks to Further Litigation
Aug 23 2016 // Citigroup Inc. and AT&T Inc. have ended their litigation over the latter’s use of the phrase “AT&T thanks” on a customer loyalty program, which the bank said was too similar to its trademarked...
Former Delaware Administrative Officer’s Defamation Suit To Move Forward
Aug 22 2016 // A judge says New Castle County, Delaware’s former chief administrative officer can proceed with a defamation suit over his firing last year by County Executive Tom Gordon. While dismissing David Grimaldi’s...
Deceased Patient’s Family Sues U of Vermont Medical Center for Malpractice
Aug 22 2016 // The family of a New York man who died in the University of Vermont Medical Center’s emergency room in February has filed a lawsuit against the hospital claiming malpractice. The Burlington Free Press reported the...
RMS Releases Suite of Europe Inland Flood Risk Data to Open U/W Opportunities
Aug 22 2016 // RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based catastrophe risk management firm, has released a suite of Europe inland flood hazard data products. Describing the release as “the highest resolution view of the risk available on the...
Former Students Sue Kentucky Catholic School Over Sexual, Racial Harassment
Aug 22 2016 // Three former students of a Catholic high school in Lexington, Ky., have sued the school, accusing administrators of failing to discipline those allegedly responsible for acts of sexual harassment and racial...
Battle Against Forced Arbitration in Financial Contracts Could Take Years
Aug 22 2016 // A U.S. agency’s plans to ban forced arbitration clauses from financial contracts faces a tough road, with early reaction pointing to a years-long battle that could take a Supreme Court test to settle. Thousands of...
Failure of Uber Settlement Opens Door for Wage Claims
Aug 22 2016 // The rejection of a $100 million settlement with drivers comes with plenty of silver linings for Uber Technologies Inc. The gray cloud for the ride-hailing company is that a dozen or so lawsuits that would have been...
Connecticut High Court Rejects Workers’ Injury Suit Against Contractor
Aug 22 2016 // Two workers injured in a power plant explosion that killed six other people in 2010 cannot sue a contractor for negligence, the state Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled. Justices issued a 6-1 decision saying O&G...
North Dakota Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Oilfield Death Lawsuit
Aug 22 2016 // An appeals court has upheld a judge’s decision to throw out a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a South Dakota man who was killed in an accident in the North Dakota oil patch five years ago. Joseph...
‘Star Trek’ Actor’s Family Sues Fiat Chrysler in California over Rollaway Death
Aug 22 2016 // The parents of the late “Star Trek” movie actor Anton Yelchin sued Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV for negligence and product liability in early August over the rollaway crash of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that killed...
Mysterious Liquid Goop in Oregon Parking Garage Behind Lawsuit
Aug 22 2016 // A Portland, Ore., woman has filed a $10,000 lawsuit against a parking garage owner after alleging that a mysterious liquid dropped onto her forearm while standing next to her parked car. According to the lawsuit filed in...
Dead New Mexico Woman’s Family Sues Bar over Lewd Corndog Contest
Aug 22 2016 // A New Mexico family is suing the owners of a shuttered Albuquerque night club, their former landlord and a liquor license-holder after a woman choked during a corndog eating contest and suffered fatal brain damage. The...
Wal-Mart to Pay $90K to Settle Disability Lawsuit
Aug 19 2016 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay a former, long-term employee at a Wal-Mart location in Illinois, $90,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Amtrak to Pay $112K to Settle Seattle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Aug 19 2016 // The Washington, D.C.-based National Passenger Railroad Corp., better known as Amtrak, will pay $112,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
