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Alabama Couple Sues Hoverboard Makers Over House Fire
Jan 11 2016 // An Alabama couple filed a suit blaming a popular Christmas toy for a fire that badly damaged their home near Huntsville. The lawsuit filed Dec. 22 by Judge and George Gregory claims battery-powered hoverboards caught fire...
Mississippi Town Sued by Environmental Group for Sewage Overflow
Jan 8 2016 // Sewage overflows during heavy rains have fouled a poor neighborhood in Centreville, Miss., for years because the city has failed to fix its sewage system, a lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit was filed against Centreville on...
California Jury Rejects Deaf Worker’s Discrimination Suit
Jan 8 2016 // A jury in Sacramento, Calif. federal court has decided that a Placer County nonprofit did not discriminate against a deaf employee by failing to provide an American Sign Language interpreter. The Sacramento Bee reported...
Families of Shooting Victims Sue Wal-Mart Over Sale of Bullets
Jan 8 2016 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the world’s largest retailer, faces a lawsuit in Pennsylvania claiming store employees negligently allowed an underage, intoxicated customer to buy a box of bullets later used to commit three...
Reggie Bush Sues St. Louis Stadium after Season-Ending Slip
Jan 7 2016 // San Francisco 49ers running back Reggie Bush has filed a lawsuit against the St. Louis Regional Convention and Stadium Authority for a season-ending knee injury sustained when he slipped on bare concrete bordering the...
Washington Artist Gets Settlement in ‘Angry Birds’ Lawsuit
Jan 7 2016 // A pet toy company that designed a line of products after the “Angry Birds” video game characters has settled a lawsuit brought by a Seattle, Wash. artist. The artist, Juli Adams, said she came up with the idea...
Judge Throws Out ‘Everybody Does It’ Defense in Shareholder Class Action
Jan 7 2016 // Corporate legal battles are often decided on nuanced readings of dense statutes, but one recent ruling that could expose scores of U.S. companies to shareholder lawsuits turned partly on a much simpler defense: everybody...
Man Settles Suit Against Michigan Doctor Who Mistreated Many
Jan 6 2016 // A man who helped authorities uncover a Detroit, Mich.-area doctor who misled people into believing they had cancer has settled a lawsuit against the doctor for about $1.7 million. Dr. Farid Fata was paid millions of...
Family of Va. Woman Killed by Takata Air Bag Shrapnel Seeks to Reopen Suit
Jan 6 2016 // The family of a Virginia woman who was killed by shrapnel from a Takata Corp. air bag is seeking to reopen a lawsuit it previously settled over her death based on allegations the company knew the device was...
Hillshire Brands to Pay $4M to Settle Texas Race Discrimination Suit
Jan 5 2016 // Hillshire Brands Company (formerly known as the Sara Lee Corp.) will pay $4 million to a group of 74 African-American former employees who had worked at a former Sara Lee facility in Paris, Texas, to settle a race...
U.S. Sues Volkswagen, Seeks Up to $80 Billion in Penalties
Jan 5 2016 // The U.S. Justice Department sued Volkswagen AG for installing illegal devices meant to defeat emissions testing, and laid out claims that could push penalties into the tens of billions of dollars — an opening salvo...
Former NFL Player Sues Florida City Over Bikini Bar Ban
Jan 3 2016 // A former NFL player is suing the city of Jacksonville, Fla., over a law that restricts sexually themed bars. The Florida Times-Union reports that Laveranues Coles filed the lawsuit Dec. 29 in federal court in Jacksonville....
Tennessee Files $18M Suit Against Chevron Over Oil Spill Cleanup Funds
Jan 3 2016 // The Tennessee attorney general is accusing Chevron of fraudulently siphoning more than $18 million over a period of about 30 years from a cleanup fund that people contribute to every time they fill up at the pump. The...
Vikings ‘Photo Bomb’ Sign Suit Against Wells Fargo now in Federal Court
Dec 31 2015 // The Minnesota Vikings’ “photo-bombing” lawsuit against Wells Fargo has been moved to federal court. Last week the team sued Wells Fargo in Hennepin County District Court, saying the bank is using...
Lawsuits Filed Against South Carolina Homeowner Who Killed Intruder
Dec 31 2015 // Two lawsuits have been filed by the mother of a man who was fatally shot by an Anderson, South Carolina, homeowner who said someone was trying to break into his house. The Anderson Independent-Mail reports Jo Pickens,...
Judge OKs 2 Shareholder Class Actions Against Facebook Over IPO
Dec 30 2015 // A federal judge has certified two shareholder class actions accusing Facebook Inc. of hiding concerns about its growth forecasts prior to the social media company’s May 2012 initial public offering. U.S. District...
ARCO Counter-Sues in Ongoing Legal Battle with Montana Residents
Dec 30 2015 // An oil company has counter-sued residents of the Montana communities of Opportunity and Crackerville who are seeking an environmental cleanup. The Montana Standard reported that the Atlantic Richfield Co. filed a lawsuit...
Dog Bites, Golf, and Sperm Banks: The Top Southeast Lawsuit Stories of 2015
Dec 30 2015 // It was another year of lawsuits and settlements for the insurance industry to pay and learn from. In 2015, some of the top headline makers in the Southeast included a huge uninsured motorist payout for GEICO, a $36 million...
Oklahoma Restaurant Faces Suit over Wage, Child Labor Violations
Dec 29 2015 // The U.S. Labor Department has accused a Wichita Mountains roadside restaurant of violating wage and child labor laws. A U.S. District Court complaint filed in Oklahoma City says Meers Store & Restaurant owes more than...
Oregon Woman Stuck by Car Files Suit over Designer Clothes
Dec 29 2015 // A Portland, Ore. woman struck by a drunken driver in a crosswalk has filed a lawsuit seeking $4,600 for the designer clothes she was wearing at the time, on top of the cost of her medical bills. The Oregonian reported that...
