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Iowa State, Basketball Coach Sued by Former Star Player for Discrimination
Apr 19 2016 // Former Iowa State basketball star Nikki Moody has sued coach Bill Fennelly, the university and the state for racial discrimination and retaliation, saying she was repeatedly called a “thug” and labeled a...
New York AG Sues Health Insurer Over Hepatitis C Treatment
Apr 19 2016 // New York’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against an Albany-area health insurer that he says broke the law by denying coverage for expensive hepatitis C treatments until patients showed advanced symptoms of the...
Former Southern California Fire Official Gets $704K in Age Discrimination Suit
Apr 19 2016 // A jury has awarded $704,000 to a former division chief for the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District who alleged in a lawsuit he was fired due to his age. The Sun newspaper reported that the 62-year-old George...
Court Upholds NFL’s $765 Million Concussion Settlement as ‘Fair’
Apr 19 2016 // The National Football League’s $765 million concussion settlement was found by a federal appeals court to be fair, if imperfect. The decision sets in motion the resolution of thousands of lawsuits covering more than...
Investor Lawsuit Against SeaWorld Dismissed
Apr 18 2016 // A judge in southern California has dismissed a securities fraud lawsuit brought by investors in SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. who claimed company officials misled them about the impact of the documentary...
Former UPS Workers Awarded $5.3M in Discrimination Lawsuit
Apr 18 2016 // Eight black men won a $5.3 million jury award April 14 in a lawsuit over claims that they endured a hostile work environment at UPS in Lexington, Kentucky, and that an effigy of a black UPS driver was hung from a...
Nevada Donor Network Sued by Family with Claims of Fraud
Apr 18 2016 // Three sisters have filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Donor Network claiming the nonprofit was misleading when a representative convinced them to allow tissue to be harvested from their mother. Kristine Fagone and her...
Court: Tribune Shareholder Suit Against Chicago Insurance Broker May Proceed
Apr 18 2016 // Finding an exclusion in a directors and officers (D&O) policy to be “ambiguous,” an Illinois appeals court has allowed to proceed a lawsuit filed against a large Chicago insurance brokerage by two former...
Former California Fire Official Wins Age Discrimination Suit, Awarded $704K
Apr 15 2016 // A jury has awarded $704,000 to a former division chief for the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District in California who alleged in a lawsuit he was fired due to his age. The Sun newspaper reported that the...
Judge: Sandy Hook Families’ Suit Against Bushmaster Can Move Forward
Apr 15 2016 // The maker of the assault rifle used in the 2012 massacre of more than two dozen students and teachers must face a lawsuit by victims’ families accusing Bushmaster Firearms International LLC of wrongfully selling the...
Connecticut Cab Companies Drop Lawsuit Against Uber
Apr 14 2016 // More than a dozen taxi and limousine companies in Connecticut have dropped their federal lawsuit accusing ride-hailing company Uber of failing to follow state laws and regulations on taxi services, their lawyer said...
Insurance Fund Reaches Settlement in North Dakota Jail Death Lawsuit
Apr 13 2016 // The insurance carrier for the sheriff’s departments in Ward and Burleigh counties has reached a settlement with the family of a jail inmate who died in October 2014. Ward Sheriff’s Maj. Bob Barnard confirmed...
Kansas Feed Yard Sued over Damaged Tracks, Derailment
Apr 12 2016 // Amtrak has filed a federal lawsuit against a southwest Kansas feed yard, accusing it of gross negligence in relation to a train derailment that injured 32 passengers in March. In the suit filed by Amtrak and BNSF, the...
Wal-Mart Settles Utah Suit Over Firing of Disarming Workers
Apr 12 2016 // A group of former Wal-Mart workers in Utah who said the company violated their right to self-defense by firing them for disarming suspected shoplifters has settled their lawsuit against the mega-chain. The workers argued...
Alabama Woman Injured by Car Crash Inside Dollar General Sues Store
Apr 12 2016 // An Alabama woman is suing Dollar General saying she was injured when a car crashed inside one of its stores. News outlets report that 53-year-old Deborah Renae Gilliam filed a civil lawsuit April 4 in Tuscaloosa County...
Catholic Church in Hartford Battles Insurer Over Priest Sex Abuse Claim Payments
Apr 11 2016 // The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford has taken its dispute with an insurance company to trial, seeking reimbursement of more than $1 million in payments made to settle sexual misconduct cases involving priests and...
Tribune Shareholder Suit Against Chicago Insurance Broker OK’d to Proceed
Apr 8 2016 // Finding an exclusion in a directors and officers (D&O) policy to be “ambiguous,” an Illinois appeals court has allowed to go forward a lawsuit filed against a large Chicago insurance brokerage by two former...
California Uber Drivers Seeking $1B Bounty Claim as Trial Draws Near
Apr 8 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. drivers suing to be treated like employees are trying to add $1 billion in penalties under California’s unique “bounty hunter” statute as they prepare for trial in June. About...
Anheuser Busch: This Beer Drinkers’ Class Action’s For You
Apr 8 2016 // Anheuser Busch Inbev SA has been sued by a U.S. beer drinker who claimed he was duped into believing its Leffe brand beer was brewed in a Belgian abbey, rather than mass produced in an automated factory that also makes...
Montana Man Sued for Wrongful Death after Shooting Home Intruder
Apr 6 2016 // Representatives of a man shot and killed after he broke into a Helena, Mont. home have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the shooter. The Independent Record reported that the suit filed on behalf of the estate of...
