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Mother of Oregon Child Strangled by Window Blinds Sues Apartment for $4M
Jun 27 2016 // The mother of a 3-year-old girl who died after being strangled by a window blinds cord in a Clackamas County, Ore. apartment has filed a $4 million lawsuit. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Sahrye Imani Hardy had been...
Judge Dismisses Group of Lawsuits against Colorado Theater
Jun 27 2016 // A federal judge has dismissed a consolidated group of lawsuits brought against the owner of the Colorado movie theater where a gunman killed 12 people and wounded 70 others. Judge R. Brooke Jackson dismissed the lawsuits...
How Led Zeppelin ‘Stairway’ Win Could Affect Music Copyright Liability
Jun 27 2016 // Led Zeppelin’s victory over allegations the band stole the opening chords of “Stairway to Heaven” may reverse the swell in copyright infringement lawsuits over pop songs that followed last year’s...
Texas State Senator Sues Cowboys Player over Allegedly Trashed House
Jun 24 2016 // Dez Bryant faces a lawsuit from his former landlord over allegations of more than $60,000 in damages to a house that the Dallas Cowboys receiver leased. The civil suit was filed last week by Texas state Sen. Royce West, an...
Oregon Teen Disfigured During School Trip to Costa Rica Sues For $20M
Jun 24 2016 // An Oregon teenager who was disfigured during a school trip in Costa Rica has filed a $20.8 million lawsuit against his former high school. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that Joseph Christopher Johnson filed the suit...
Michigan AG Sues 2 Engineering Companies over Flint Water Problems
Jun 23 2016 // Michigan’s attorney general filed a civil lawsuit on June 22 against two water engineering companies, saying they caused and exacerbated Flint’s lead-tainted water crisis and demanding hundreds of millions of...
Judge Allows Bulk of Starbucks Suit in California over Lattes to Proceed
Jun 23 2016 // A federal judge is allowing the bulk of a lawsuit accusing Starbucks of systematically under-filling lattes to move forward. Two California residents are suing the Seattle-based coffee chain, claiming that Starbucks lattes...
Sisters’ Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania Diocese Claims Sex Abuse by Priest
Jun 23 2016 // Two sisters have sued a Catholic priest, his central Pennsylvania diocese and two ex-bishops who supervised him, saying the cleric molested them repeatedly as girls — including one at her first Communion party. The...
Foo Fighters Suing Lloyd’s in California over Concert Canceled after Paris Attacks
Jun 22 2016 // The Foo Fighters are suing insurers for failing to reimburse them for European shows they cancelled following the Paris terrorist attacks in November. The suit, filed Monday in federal court in Los Angeles against...
Pittsburgh Newscaster Sues Station Over Firing for Facebook Comments
Jun 22 2016 // A Pittsburgh newscaster fired after her comments in a Facebook post about a shooting were deemed racially insensitive sued her former employer on Monday, saying the television station let her go because she is white. Wendy...
Lawsuit Alleges Baylor Fostered ‘Hunting Ground’ for Sexual Assault
Jun 21 2016 // A federal lawsuit filed against Waco, Texas-based Baylor University accuses the nation’s largest Baptist school of creating a “hunting ground for sexual predators.” The lawsuit, brought by a former Baylor...
Texas Insurers Hope Court Decisions Will Curtail Hail-Related Lawsuits
Jun 21 2016 // Following a severe hailstorm in south Texas in 2012, insurers were beset with homeowner property lawsuits — sometimes after claims were paid and repairs were completed — even though data from the Texas Department of...
Austin City Council Member Sues Over Ride-Hailing Fingerprint Rule
Jun 21 2016 // An Austin City Council member who is a supporter of ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft has filed a lawsuit to overturn a requirement for their drivers to undergo fingerprint criminal background checks left standing in a...
Boston Municipal Fund Files Bondholder Class Action Against VW for Diesel Scandal
Jun 21 2016 // Boston Retirement System, the public pension fund for Boston municipal employees, filed the first bondholders proposed class action against Volkswagen AG related to the company’s diesel emissions scandal, law firm...
Vermont Family Sues Exterminator for Allegedly Using Banned Pesticide
Jun 21 2016 // A Vermont family who said their home was made unlivable by an exterminator who used a banned pesticide has filed a civil suit against a New York pest control business. The Rutland Herald reports that Neil and Patricia...
Google, Facebook, Twitter Sued by Father of Victim of Paris Terrorist Attack
Jun 21 2016 // The father of a young woman killed in the Paris massacre last November is suing Google, Facebook and Twitter, claiming that the companies provided “material support” to extremists in violation of the...
Philly Judge to Release Sandusky’s Insurance Lawsuit Records
Jun 20 2016 // A Philadelphia judge has ordered the public release of sealed documents from a lawsuit that could reveal details about a claim that a boy told Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in 1976 that Jerry Sandusky had molested...
Blue Moon ‘Craft Beer’ Suit in California against MillerCoors Tossed
Jun 17 2016 // MillerCoors LLC won the dismissal of a proposed class action lawsuit by a self-described beer aficionado who said the brewing giant tricked consumers into paying premium prices for Blue Moon by falsely portraying it as...
More Women Sue Baylor University over Handling of Rape Allegations
Jun 17 2016 // Three more women filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Baylor University on June 15, saying the school did nothing to help them after they reported being sexually assaulted on or near campus. The Baptist school in...
Despite Losses, North Dakota Political Subdivision Insurance Fund Pays Off
Jun 17 2016 // A 30-year-old self-insurance pool has been paying off well for North Dakota political subdivisions, despite large claim losses in 2015. “It’s worked extremely well,” said Steve Spilde, chief executive...
