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Pfizer Wins First of 1,000 Suits Claiming Antidepressant Zoloft Link to Birth Defects
Apr 20 2015 // Pfizer Inc.’s Zoloft antidepressant didn’t cause a boy’s birth defects, a jury concluded in the first trial of more than 1,000 lawsuits over what was once the U.S.’s most popular mood-altering...
Arkansas Plaintiffs Want Order Dismissing Exxon Oil-Spill Lawsuit Vacated
Apr 17 2015 // Plaintiffs are urging a federal judge in Little Rock, Ark., to vacate his order dismissing a class-action lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, claiming the oil giant suppressed evidence in the case. The lawsuit, filed over a 2013...
Ex-Daimler Engineer Files $2 Million Discrimination Suit in Oregon
Apr 17 2015 // An Egyptian-born engineer is the latest worker to sue Portland, Ore.-based Daimler Trucks North America. The Oregonian reported the former employee seeks $2 million, alleging his supervisor often called him “bin...
Greenberg Denied Bid to Dismiss New York AG Fraud Suit
Apr 16 2015 // A New York state appeals court rejected former American International Group Inc. Chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s bid to dismiss a decade-old lawsuit accusing him of orchestrating an accounting fraud...
San Diego State U Student Suspended for Assault Sues School
Apr 16 2015 // A San Diego State University student suspended following a sexual assault accusation has sued the school over the way it is handling the investigation. The U-T San Diego newspaper reported Tuesday that an attorney for...
Environmental Groups Sue Tennessee Valley Authority over Plant Pollution
Apr 16 2015 // Two environmental groups claim toxic pollution from a Gallatin, Tenn., power plant is seeping into the Cumberland River and state regulators are not doing enough to stop it. The allegations are part of a lawsuit filed in...
Missouri Lawsuit Targets Anthem Insurance Subsidiaries
Apr 15 2015 // A Missouri lawsuit seeking class-action status accuses three insurance subsidiaries of failing to safeguard sensitive consumer data from hackers who recently breached health insurer Anthem Inc.’s computer networks. A...
Illinois Prep Sports Group: Concussions Lawsuit ‘Threatens’ Football
Apr 15 2015 // The nation’s first prep sports governing body to face a class-action concussions lawsuit has asked an Illinois judge to dismiss the suit, arguing that if it prevails, it could kill football programs statewide. In its...
Willis Pursuing Lawsuit against JLT for Interference in FAJS Sale to Miller
Apr 14 2015 // Willis Limited – the Lloyd’s broker unit of Willis Group Holdings, announced that it “has commenced proceedings in the High Court in London against Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, JLT Specialty Limited and...
Utah Judge Rejects Class-Action Suit Over Alleged Bogus DUI Stops
Apr 14 2015 // A Utah judge has rejected a potential class-action lawsuit seeking millions in damages for hundreds people arrested for drunken driving by disgraced former state trooper Lisa Steed. In a decision made public last week,...
Washington Train Company Sues BNSF for at Least $41M
Apr 9 2015 // Two top officials of defunct refrigerated rail service Cold Train are suing BNSF Railway in Washington for $41 million for putting them out of business. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Spokane on Tuesday. Capital...
Washington Sues Highway Builder in $29.4M Suit
Apr 9 2015 // The Utah Department of Transportation is suing a company that built a stretch of Timpanogos Highway south of Salt Lake City that has been plagued by problems. The state agency filed a lawsuit last week in Utah state court...
Kentucky Resident Files Lawsuit Over GE Fire at Appliance Park
Apr 9 2015 // A lawsuit has been filed against General Electric over a fire at its Appliance Park last week. The Courier-Journal says the lawsuit was filed Monday in Jefferson County Circuit Court by a resident who lives near the...
Lawsuit: South Carolina Discriminates Against Black University
Apr 8 2015 // As state lawmakers ponder firing the South Carolina State University trustees, South Carolina’s only black congressman and a federal lawsuit contend the state can be blamed in part for the school’s financial...
Former Alabama Athletic Director’s Family Suing Drug Makers for Wrongful Death
Apr 8 2015 // The daughter of former University of Alabama Athletic Director Mal Moore has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against two companies that manufactured, promoted and sold a heart medication he took. Heather Moore Cooke filed...
North Texas Man Awarded Nearly $34M in Skylight Lawsuit
Apr 7 2015 // A Tarrant County, Texas, jury has awarded a man almost $34 million for injuries he sustained after falling through a skylight while working on a roof. Attorneys representing 31-year-old Steven Landers had sought a $15...
Washington Ferries Worker Awarded $1 Million in Retaliation Suit
Apr 7 2015 // A Washington State Ferries employee who suffered retaliation after reporting on a co-worker who skipped out on the job has been awarded $1 million. The Kitsap Sun reported that Steve Chaussee was a carpenter foreman at the...
Uber Seeks Dismissal of Lawsuit In Alleged Delhi Rape
Apr 7 2015 // Uber asked a U.S. court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an alleged rape victim in India’s capital, saying the ridesharing company could not be held legally responsible for the driver’s acts. The passenger, who...
Virginia Fraternity Chapter Plans Lawsuit Against ‘Reckless’ Rolling Stone
Apr 6 2015 // The University of Virginia fraternity chapter at the center of Rolling Stone magazine’s retracted article “A Rape on Campus” said on Monday that it planned to sue the magazine for what it called...
Pipeline Developer Sues More Than 100 West Virginia Property Owners
Apr 6 2015 // More than 100 property owners in West Virginia are being sued by the developer of a proposed natural gas pipeline. Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC’s lawsuit seeks access to the properties to conduct a survey for a...
