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Speed-Trap Tipoff Tickets in Delaware Lead to ACLU Lawsuit
Oct 8 2014 // A town police department in Smyrna, Delaware, is facing a lawsuit over its ticket-writing policies after the Delaware American Civil Liberties Union said police wrongly ticketed a driver who flashed his headlights to warn...
Thousands to Get Damages in Chinese Drywall Suit, Louisiana Judge Says
Oct 8 2014 // A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that nearly 4,000 homeowners who say Chinese drywall ruined their homes are eligible to share any further damages he may award in lawsuits against Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd., a...
Judge: New Louisiana Law Can’t Stop Suit Against ‘Big Oil’
Oct 8 2014 // A state judge in Baton Rouge ruled that Louisiana’s Legislature missed its mark when it passed a bill seeking to halt a south Louisiana flood board’s lawsuit against dozens of oil, gas and pipeline companies...
New Jersey Diocese Settles Priest Sex Abuse Suit for $610K
Oct 7 2014 // The Trenton Diocese has paid $610,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a New Jersey man who said he was sexually abused for years as a teen by a priest who headed the diocese’s youth group. Forty-two-year-old Chris...
Massachusetts Court Orders New Trial in Trolley Crash Lawsuit
Oct 7 2014 // A Massachusetts appeals court has set aside a $1.2 million jury award and ordered a new trial in a lawsuit stemming from a 2009 subway trolley crash in Boston. Colleen Fyffe, of Scituate, sued the Massachusetts Bay...
Moore, Oklahoma Sued by Family of Man Who Died in Struggle with Police
Oct 7 2014 // The family of a man who died after a struggle with police outside of a Moore movie theater in February has filed a claim against the city. The Oklahoman reports that Luis Rodriguez’s family filed a tort claim against...
Success of Ebola Lawsuits in Texas Would Have Long Odds
Oct 7 2014 // Potential suits against the Dallas, Texas, hospital that sent home a patient later diagnosed with Ebola face long odds in the face of state medical malpractice laws. Texas tort-reform measures have made it one of the...
Idaho Fitness Company Sued by State
Oct 7 2014 // Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has filed a lawsuit against a southwest Idaho fitness company. Wasden contends in the lawsuit filed in Ada County District Court that Body Renew Fitness & Tanning and owner Dakota...
Former Lady Vols Media Chief Settles Bias Claim with U of Tennessee
Oct 6 2014 // Former Lady Vols media director Debby Jennings has reached a $320,000 settlement in her lawsuit against the University of Tennessee and athletic director Dave Hart. Jennings’ lawyer, David Burkhalter, released a...
Missouri Consumer Group Sues Over Health Insurance Rates
Oct 6 2014 // A Missouri consumer group announced that it has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the latest effort to obtain information used to justify the rates consumers will pay for insurance on the federally...
New Mexico Inmate Sues for Not Being Allowed to Worship Satan
Oct 6 2014 // A state prison inmate says New Mexico correction officials aren’t allowing him to practice his religion and properly worship Satan behind bars. Bernard Pritchard recently filed a lawsuit in state court alleging the...
Insurance Lawsuit Settled by Bank of America for $31M
Oct 6 2014 // Bank of America has agreed to pay $31 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claims mortgage borrowers were forced to maintain excessive flood insurance coverage. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon approved the...
NFL Player’s Family Sues League in California Over His Suicide
Oct 6 2014 // The wife and sons of former San Diego Chargers defensive back Paul Oliver are taking legal action against the NFL for wrongful death, blaming sports-related concussions for his suicide last year. The suit was filed in late...
Oregon Judge Tosses Pimp’s Sneaker Warning Suit
Oct 3 2014 // An Oregon judge needed less than a half hour to dismiss a $100 million lawsuit filed by an imprisoned pimp who contended Nike should have included a consumer warning on the sneakers the man used to beat a...
Negative Comments Lead Michigan Marketing Firm to Sue Client
Oct 2 2014 // A Hartland Township marketing and Web design firm sued a former client over comments it made about the company online and in a letter to a business networking group. Five Sparrows filed the defamation suit against James...
Royalty Owners Sue Denton, Texas, Over Fracking Moratorium
Oct 2 2014 // A group of mineral royalty owners has sued the city of Denton over its temporary ban on hydraulic fracturing, claiming the ban violates property rights. City leaders halted fracking as they consider making their city the...
Novato, Insurer Others Settle Suit Over California Girl Killed By SUV
Oct 2 2014 // The city of Novato and other defendants have settled a lawsuit by the family of a 12-year-old California girl who was struck and killed by a SUV while riding her bicycle home from school two years ago. The Marin...
Employee Suit Against Edison Utility in California to Be Heard by Court
Oct 2 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to weigh whether to revive certain claims made in a class action lawsuit filed by employees against utility Edison International over its pension plan management. The nine justices...
Wal-Mart Seeks to Settle Negligence Lawsuit by Tracy Morgan
Oct 1 2014 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it wants to settle a negligence lawsuit by actor-comedian Tracy Morgan, a day after blaming the celebrity for injuries he sustained when his limousine bus was struck by a speeding company...
EEOC Suits Against Employers Allege Transgender Bias
Sep 30 2014 // A funeral home and an eye clinic that fired employees who had changed their sex from male to female were sued last week as the U.S. government filed its first-ever federal lawsuits for transgender discrimination. The cases...
