Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Deleted Social Media Comments Trigger Suit Against Indianapolis Suburb
Jul 11 2016 // An Indianapolis suburb removed social media pages for the city and its police department after a lawsuit accused it of violating residents’ First Amendment rights by removing posted comments. The American Civil...
Comcast Sued By Oregon Cyclist Clotheslined By Cable
Jul 11 2016 // An Oregon cyclist who was clotheslined by a cable cord suspended across a road is suing Comcast and Portland Disposal. Portland attorney, Mark Ginsberg told the Oregonian that his 64-year-old client Michael A. Horner was...
More Former College Football Players Join Concussion Lawsuits Against NCAA
Jul 11 2016 // The latest round of class action concussion lawsuits against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) were filed by former college football players from Stanford, Boston College, North Carolina, Wake Forest and...
Texas Insurers Look to Courts for Hope in Stemming Hail-Related Lawsuits
Jul 11 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, according to an insurer trade group. Since then,...
Judge Allows Bulk of Starbucks Suit in California over Lattes to Proceed
Jul 11 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...
DuPont Ordered to Pay $5.1M in Suit over Teflon-Related Chemical
Jul 8 2016 // A U.S. jury has ordered DuPont to pay $5.1 million to a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical used to make Teflon at one of its plants, according to a DuPont spokesman. It is the...
In Move to Block Campus Carry Law, University of Texas Profs Sue
Jul 8 2016 // Three University of Texas professors have filed suit in federal court, seeking to block the state’s “campus carry” law before it takes effect next month. The July 6 court filing came from sociology...
California Workers’ Comp is Biased Against Women, Suit States
Jul 8 2016 // California’s workers’ compensation system discriminates against women by judging benefits on the basis of stereotypes and ignoring harm done to women – such as refusing permanent benefits when a woman loses a...
Maine Farm Owner Sued by Family of Hayride Accident Victim
Jul 8 2016 // The family of a 17-year-old Maine girl who was killed in a Halloween-themed hayride accident is suing the owner of the farm where the crash occurred. The lawsuit against Harvest Hill Farms owner Peter Buldoc follows the...
Owners of Arkansas McDonald’s Franchise Sued for Disability Discrimination
Jul 6 2016 // A McDonald’s restaurant owned and operated by Mathews Management Company and Peach Orchard Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., violated federal law when it fired an employee because of his HIV-positive status, the U.S. Equal...
State, Stillaguamish Tribe Argue over Liability in Washington Mudslide
Jul 6 2016 // The Stillaguamish Tribe is fighting off suggestions by the Washington Attorney General’s Office that it might face liability for the devastating Oso landslide, which wiped out a rural neighborhood and killed 43...
California School District Didn’t Supervise Special Needs Boy, Lawsuit Says
Jul 6 2016 // A California mother has filed a second lawsuit against a school district, saying it failed to keep her special needs son safe even after losing the first lawsuit and agreeing to improve his supervision. The Bay Area New...
Ex-Astronaut Sued for Wrongful Death of Two Girls in Alabama Crash
Jul 6 2016 // The families of two girls who were killed in a DUI crash involving a former NASA astronaut in rural west Alabama have filed wrongful-death lawsuits in state and federal courts. Authorities have said 11-year-old Niomi James...
Football Players at Western Ohio School District File Lawsuit
Jul 5 2016 // A federal lawsuit has been filed by five former high school football players and two parents against various employees of a western Ohio school district. The Lima News reported the suit alleges that two coaches at St....
California School District Paying $10.5M in Chicken Suit Attack
Jul 1 2016 // A California school district has agreed to pay $10.5 million to a former student who suffered brain damage when he was mobbed while wearing a chicken costume at a pep rally. Kern County High School District agreed to the...
Austin Area Amusement Park to Pay $20K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
Jul 1 2016 // Austin’s FEC LLC and Austin Entertainment Center, LP d/b/a Austin’s Park N Pizza, a Pflugerville, Texas-based amusement park, has agreed to pay $20,000 and improve its workplace practices to settle a disability...
GEICO Files RICO Lawsuit in Florida Over Alleged Fraudulent Claims
Jul 1 2016 // GEICO has sued five Florida companies and six known individuals engaged in what it said was a complex scheme to submit hundreds of suspected fraudulent glass repair bills for payment. In the case, Government Employees...
Class-Action Suit Filed Against South Carolina Town Over Speeding Ordinance
Jul 1 2016 // A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Clarendon County, South Carolina town of Turbeville for its practice of charging speeders under an ordinance that allows the town to keep the fines rather than the...
San Francisco Sued Over New Short-Term Rentals Rules
Jun 29 2016 // Airbnb has sued the city of San Francisco over a new law requiring short-term rental companies to remove unregistered hosts from their websites. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the company’s suit filed in the...
U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh Miami Predatory Lending Lawsuit
Jun 28 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether Miami can pursue lawsuits accusing major banks of predatory mortgage lending to black and Hispanic homebuyers resulting in loan defaults that drove down city tax...
