Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Rockford, Illinois, Settles Police Shooting Lawsuit for $1.1M
Dec 18 2014 // The city of Rockford, Ill., has reached a $1.1 million settlement with the estate of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot inside a church-run day care by two white police officers in 2009, according to officials. In a...
Fired Obese Employees Can Sue for Discrimination: EU Court of Justice
Dec 18 2014 // The European Union’s highest court extended discrimination laws to obesity, saying employees in limited situations may be able to sue over firings if their weight hinders or limits them at work. Workers who are so...
Washington Artist’s ‘Angry Birds’ Lawsuit Goes Forward
Dec 17 2014 // A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a Seattle, Wash. artist who designed a line of plush pet toys called “Angry Birds.” Juli Adams designed the plush “Angry Birds” toys in...
West Virginia Meatloaf Deaths Lawsuit Goes to Federal Court
Dec 16 2014 // A lawsuit blaming a restaurant’s meatloaf for the deaths of a former West Virginia state lawmaker and her husband is moving to federal court. In October, former Delegate Virginia Starcher’s family filed the...
Sandy Hook Victims’ Families Blame Bushmaster in Lawsuit for Shooting
Dec 16 2014 // The maker of the military assault rifle used to kill dozens at a Connecticut elementary school was sued almost exactly two years later by the families of 20 first-grade students who died in the mass shooting. The...
New York Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Red-Light Cameras
Dec 16 2014 // New York City won dismissal of a lawsuit challenging its red-light cameras, the first in the U.S., the day before New Jersey is scheduled to shut down its program. Drivers fined for running traffic lights sued the city in...
Federal Judge Rejects Bid to Delay Morgan Lawsuit
Dec 15 2014 // Tracy Morgan has won the latest round in his effort to sue Wal-Mart and others over a fatal crash in New Jersey. A federal judge on Dec. 12 refused to delay the lawsuit. The ruling came on a motion by Kevin Roper, the...
Suit Over California Patient’s Death Ends in $3M Settlement
Dec 15 2014 // The family of a California patient who went missing for more than two weeks before being found dead in a stairwell at a San Francisco hospital has settled a lawsuit for $3 million. The San Francisco Chronicle reported...
Idaho Company Sues Over Damaged Fries
Dec 15 2014 // Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co. has filed a lawsuit against a railway company after a large freight carrying french fries traveling to Georgia spoiled because it wasn’t properly sealed. According to the lawsuit, the...
Minnesota Archdiocese Sues Insurance Companies for Coverage
Dec 15 2014 // The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in Minnesota said it is suing some 20 insurance companies to try to force them to cover its liabilities for clergy sex abuse claims. The complaint, filed in federal court, says...
Appeal Filed by 49ers Fan Who Sued NFL and Lost
Dec 15 2014 // A San Francisco 49ers fan who sued the NFL, the Seattle Seahawks and Ticketmaster because he was barred from buying playoff tickets has appealed a judge’s order to dismiss the case. John Williams III of Las Vegas...
Stamford, Conn., Tries to Shift Liablity in Slip-and-Fall Suits
Dec 12 2014 // The city of Stamford, Connecticut, is trying to shift legal liability in slip-and-fall lawsuits to private property owners. The Stamford Advocate reports that Mayor David Martin has submitted legislation to put legal...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Louisiana over Offshore Platform Explosion
Dec 12 2014 // The wife of a man killed in a Nov. 20 explosion on a Fieldwood Energy platform has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Louisiana that claims the victim and his crew were told the piece of equipment...
Enbridge Settles Michigan Oil Spill Class-Action Lawsuit
Dec 12 2014 // The Canadian company responsible for a 2010 oil spill in southwestern Michigan has agreed to pay about $6.8 million to settle a class-action lawsuit. A federal judge must still approve the settlement reached last week by...
Virginia Joins Whistle-Blower Suit Against Guardrail Maker
Dec 11 2014 // Virginia joined a whistle-blower lawsuit against Trinity Industries Inc. over an allegedly defective guardrail system, becoming the first state to say it will seek to claw back money spent on the company’s roadside...
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Inhofe’s Family Sues Plane Manufacturers over Son’s Death
Dec 11 2014 // The family of a U.S. senator whose son was killed in a plane crash is seeking damages in a lawsuit that alleges negligence against the aircraft’s manufacturers. The Tulsa World reports the suit was filed in Tulsa...
Business Group Targeting ‘Lawsuit Abuse’ in Illinois
Dec 11 2014 // A national business group has begun a campaign to shine a spotlight on what it calls “systemic lawsuit abuse” in the Illinois suburbs of St. Louis. The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform unveiled its...
Uber Latest Legal Woe is California Lawsuit
Dec 11 2014 // California prosecutors sued Uber over the ride-booking company’s driver background checks and other allegations, adding to the popular startup’s legal woes in the U.S. and around the world. The lawsuits filed...
Louisiana Supreme Court Rejects Suit by School Workers Fired Post-Katrina
Dec 10 2014 // Louisiana’s Supreme Court has refused to reconsider its October dismissal of a lawsuit over the firing of thousands of New Orleans public school employees after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. The lawsuit could have...
Jenni Rivera’s Estate Sues in California Over Fatal Plane Crash
Dec 10 2014 // The estate of Mexican-American superstar Jenni Rivera is suing the owners of a Learjet that crashed two years ago, killing the singer and several members of her entourage. Rivera’s estate filed the negligence lawsuit...
