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Snowboarders’ Suit Demeans Constitution Utah Ski Area Says
Mar 27 2014 // One of the last U.S. ski resorts to prohibit snowboarding said a lawsuit challenging the ban degrades the U.S. Constitution and should be thrown out. Lawyers for the Alta ski area east of Salt Lake City, Utah said in their...
West Virginia Landlord Sued Over Fire That Killed 9
Mar 27 2014 // Relatives of three victims have filed lawsuits against the owner of a property where a house fire killed seven children and two adults in 2012. The lawsuits allege that the property’s owner, Delores Shamblin of...
Ridesharing Service Sued by Seattle Taxi Drivers
Mar 26 2014 // A Seattle-area taxi drivers organization has sued an app-based ridesharing service, alleging that Uber violates multiple laws and regulations, thus harming taxi drivers and the public. The Seattle Times reported the...
More GM Vehicles Faulty Than In Recall Claims California Lawsuit
Mar 26 2014 // A lawsuit against General Motors Co. filed this week in San Francisco seeking class action status includes plaintiffs who own cars outside GM’s recall of 1.6 million vehicles. The suit claims that a wider set of GM...
Comedian’s Vegas Suit Goes on With Jury Selection
Mar 25 2014 // Comedian George Wallace is in a Las Vegas courtroom seeking damages from a Strip resort for a leg injury he received when he fell over electrical wiring during a private performance in 2007. Jury selection continued...
Ex-St. Louis Officer Awarded $7.5M in Sexual Harassment Suit
Mar 24 2014 // A jury awarded a $7.5 million judgment to a former St. Louis police officer who claimed her supervising sergeant sexually harassed her and that she suffered retaliation for complaining. Tanisha Ross-Paige won $300,000 in...
Idaho Hockey Fans Sue over Arena’s Large-Small Beers
Mar 24 2014 // A handful of Idaho hockey fans have sued a Boise, Idaho, arena saying they were duped into thinking a $7 beer contains more brew than a $4 beer. The lawsuit says CenturyLink Arena, home of the Idaho Steelheads hockey team,...
$1.2B Judgment Against Drug Maker Voided by Arkansas Supreme Court
Mar 21 2014 // The Arkansas Supreme Court overturned a $1.2 billion judgment against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit challenging the drug maker’s marketing of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. The agreement was the third-largest...
NCAA Expected to Score Deal on Concussion Safety Soon
Mar 21 2014 // The National Collegiate Athletic Association is expected as early as April to reach an agreement to boost safeguards for athletes who get concussions while playing college sports. Driving the deal is 59-year-old Seattle...
Veterans Say Wisconsin Asbestos Lawsuit Bill Would Deny Justice
Mar 20 2014 // Veterans opposed to a bill affecting asbestos-exposure lawsuits in Wisconsin urged Gov. Scott Walker on March 17 to stop the measure, arguing that it would deny justice to asbestos victims. The heavily lobbied proposal...
Bill to Raise Limits on Lawsuit Damages Passes Kansas House Committee
Mar 20 2014 // A Kansas House committee has endorsed legislation allowing higher monetary damages in personal injury lawsuits while revising the rules of evidence in such cases. The March 18 voice vote by the Commerce, Labor and Economic...
NFL Settles Dallas Cowboys Stadium Worker’s Injury Suit
Mar 20 2014 // The NFL says it has settled a lawsuit with a worker injured by ice and snow that fell from the roof of the Dallas Cowboys stadium during the week before the 2011 Super Bowl. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed the...
Court Says Broker Fraud Protected by Bankruptcy’s Safe Harbor
Mar 20 2014 // Bankruptcy law’s “safe harbor,” which prevents customers of defunct brokerages from being sued, applies even when the broker was engaged in fraud and violated multiple securities laws, the U.S. Court of...
Judge Judy Files Suit Against Connecticut Lawyer, Seeks $75K in Damages
Mar 19 2014 // Television’s Judge Judy filed a lawsuit last week against a Connecticut personal-injury lawyer, alleging that he used her image without authorization in advertisements that falsely suggested she had endorsed his...
Oklahoma Court Rules for Whataburger in Hot Gravy Lawsuit
Mar 19 2014 // An Oklahoma appeals court has ruled a mother is not entitled to recover any damages after her 7-year-old daughter spilled hot gravy on her leg after buying a meal from a fast food restaurant’s drive-through...
Iowa Court: Breastfeeding Employee Can’t Sue Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Mar 19 2014 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. did not discriminate against an employee who claims she was denied a room to pump breast milk and pressured to resign on her first day back from maternity leave, a federal appeals court in...
California Toy Company Settles Beastie Boys Suit
Mar 19 2014 // A California toy company has settled its lawsuit against the Beastie Boys over its parody of their song “Girls” in a promotional video that went viral. The Oakland Tribune reported an agreement to dismiss the...
Google Escapes Privacy Class Action with Judge’s Ruling
Mar 19 2014 // Google Inc. won a significant legal victory as a U.S. judge decided not to combine several lawsuits that accuse the Internet search company of violating the privacy rights of hundreds of millions of email users into a...
Viacom Settles $1B Copyright Suit Against Google Over YouTube Videos
Mar 19 2014 // Google Inc. and Viacom Inc. settled Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit claiming YouTube violated copyrights by letting users post video clips from television shows without authorization after a federal judge twice threw out...
Shareholders Sue in 94% of M&As; 75% Settle Before Closing: Cornerstone Research
Mar 18 2014 // Shareholders challenged more than 94 percent of U.S. merger and acquisition (M&A) deals valued over $100 million in 2013, according to a new M&A report by Cornerstone Research. Deals worth $100 million or more...
