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Idaho Court Allows Boy Scout Suit to Move Forward
Sep 21 2015 // Idaho’s highest court has ruled that the 16 men who say they were sexually abused as youngsters by scout leaders in Idaho filed their lawsuit on time against the Boy Scouts of America and the Church of Jesus Christ...
Will Uber Employee Status Ruling in California Impact Its Business Model?
Sep 21 2015 // A California Labor Commission ruling in June that an Uber driver is an employee and not a contractor opens the door to more scrutiny over the rideshare giant’s business model, but that was just the proverbial tip of...
Judge OKs $415M Settlement in Worker Suit Against Silicon Valley Giants
Sep 21 2015 // A U.S. judge has granted final approval to a $415 million settlement that ends a high profile lawsuit in which workers accused Apple, Google and two other Silicon Valley companies of conspiring to hold down salaries. The...
U.S. Chinese Drywall Victims Face China’s Legal Wall of Immunity
Sep 21 2015 // More than a year after suing the Cabinet agency that oversees China’s biggest state-owned companies, lawyers for people who say their homes were ruined by drywall made in China are still trying to get the lawsuit...
Intellectual Property News: KitKat, Williams Sonoma, Whole Foods, Skechers, Segway, GoDaddy, Apple
Sep 18 2015 // This wrap-up of recent intellectual property cases covers chocolate bar shapes, cookware designs, sneaker similarities, Korean TV copyright device, Quizno’s commercials, personal transporter technology, Oscar award...
Lawsuit Filed Against County, Deputies in Fatal Shooting of Texas Man
Sep 17 2015 // Relatives have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the fatal shooting of a South Texas man by two deputies while both of his hands were raised. The incident was recorded on at least two videos. Gilbert Flores’ family...
GM Settles Shareholder Suit But Ignition Switch Exposure Not Over
Sep 17 2015 // General Motors Co.’s potential liability over flawed ignition switches isn’t over yet, and billions of dollars remain at stake. GM agreed Thursday to pay $575 million to end a shareholder suit tied to the...
West Virginia Golf Event Organizers Respond to Holes-in-One Insurance Lawsuit
Sep 17 2015 // The nonprofit behind the PGA Tour’s Greenbrier Classic says it wasn’t informed until after the tournament its insurance wouldn’t cover cash prizes for holes-in-one on holes deemed too short. In a...
Legal Wrangling Slows Wrongful Death Suit Over Newtown School Shooting
Sep 16 2015 // Newtown, Connecticut, and its schools are putting up a stiff fight against a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the parents of two children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, questioning whether the lawsuit...
Suit Filed after California Woman Dies from Tainted Cucumbers
Sep 16 2015 // A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a San Diego woman who died after eating Salmonella-tainted cucumbers. KNSD-TV reported that 99-yearold Mildred Hendricks died Aug. 17 after eating the cucumbers and...
Judge Allows Class Action by Banks Against Target Over Data Breach
Sep 16 2015 // Hundreds of banks and credit unions can band together to pursue damages from Target Corp. over a 2013 hacking attack that compromised as many as 40 million payment cards. The ruling Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Paul...
Sinkholes Lead to Lawsuits in Oklahoma Town
Sep 15 2015 // A western Oklahoma town is grappling with the estimated $1 million cost to fix several sinkholes that appeared after heavy rainfall in May. The courts could end up determining who will foot the bill for the gaping holes in...
Missouri Fire Department Settles Same-Sex Benefits Lawsuit
Sep 15 2015 // A small southwest Missouri fire department has settled a lawsuit with the American Civil Liberties Union and a former fire captain who was seeking benefits for her same-sex wife. Fire Capt. Andi Mooneyham and the ACLU sued...
Wisconsin Manufacturer Settles Disability Discrimination Suit for $160K
Sep 15 2015 // Wisconsin-based energy-efficient lighting designer and manufacturer Orion Energy Systems will pay $160,000 and furnish other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Suit Filed in Arizona over Salmonella Outbreak in Cucumbers
Sep 15 2015 // Two Maricopa County, Ariz. residents have filed a lawsuit against a California company over a salmonella outbreak linked to tainted cucumbers. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there have been 341...
Student Whose Hand Crushed by Meteorite Sues Arizona University
Sep 15 2015 // A University of Arizona student is suing the school after a 270-pound meteorite crushed his hand. The Arizona Republic reported that the lawsuit filed in Pima County Superior Court earlier this week says freshman Grant...
Court Narrows Investment Firms’ Claims Against AIG
Sep 11 2015 // American Group International Group Inc. won a decision that narrowed the claims by six investment funds that opted out of a $970.5 million class-action settlement last year over allegations the insurer misled investors...
Wisconsin School to Pay $69K to Settle Age, Sex Bias Suit
Sep 11 2015 // Renaissance School, a voucher school located in Racine, Wis., will pay $69,000 to settle employment discrimination litigation brought by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency...
Mass. Worker Who Says She Was Fired for Legal Pot Use Files Suit
Sep 10 2015 // A Massachusetts woman who says she was fired from work for using marijuana legally obtained to treat Crohn’s Disease has sued her former employer. Cristina Barbuto said in court papers that she told the Irvine,...
