Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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GM Wins Dismissal Of Lawsuit Over Einstein Image
Oct 19 2012 // A federal judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the use of Albert Einstein’s image in a magazine ad by General Motors. The 2009 ad for GM’s Terrain vehicle had Einstein’s face on top of...
Lawsuit Targets Assets of Officers of Pharmacy Tied to Meningitis Outbreak
Oct 19 2012 // The officers behind New England Compounding Center have been targeted in a lawsuit that seeks to freeze their personal assets, the latest fallout for the pharmacy linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak. Peter McGrath, a...
Illinois Infant Formula Maker Sued After Baby’s Death
Oct 18 2012 // The families of a three babies sickened by a rare bacterial infection, including a 10-day-old Missouri infant who died, filed a lawsuit against the Illinois-based manufacturer of a powdered baby formula that they believe...
Lawsuit Over Fatal Washington Goat Attack Dismissed
Oct 18 2012 // A judge has dismissed a widow’s lawsuit against the federal government over her husband’s death in a mountain goat attack at Olympic National Park in Washington two years ago. U.S. District Judge Robert Bryan...
Conservation Groups Sue California Agency Over Fracking
Oct 18 2012 // Conservation groups are suing California’s oil and gas drilling regulators over hydraulic fracturing, charging officials with failing to properly study the practice’s environmental impacts. The lawsuit filed...
Another Lawsuit Filed Over Colorado Theater Shooting
Oct 18 2012 // A law firm that helped reach an $816 million settlement for first-responders to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has filed a lawsuit on behalf of several victims of the Aurora, Colo. theater shooting. The Denver Post...
Tennessee Senate Hopeful Sues Government Over Nashville Flood Damage
Oct 18 2012 // A state Senate candidate is suing the Army Corps of Engineers and the National Weather Service over damage to his home during the 2010 Nashville flood. Phillip North’s suit claims that the two federal agencies were...
Massachusetts Pharmacy Settled Meningitis Death Lawsuit in 2004
Oct 17 2012 // Long before the current rash of fungal meningitis, the compounding pharmacy suspected in the outbreak settled a lawsuit alleging it produced a tainted shot that caused a man’s death in 2004. Earlier this summer, a...
Tennessee Meningitis Patient Sues Massachusetts Pharmacy
Oct 17 2012 // A Hendersonville woman sickened by fungal meningitis after receiving a steroid injection for back pain is suing the pharmacy that supplied the drug. Janet Russell and her husband, Robert Russell, sued the New England...
California Labor Commissioner Files $1.6 Million Suit Seeking Wages for Ag Workers
Oct 16 2012 // California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su filed a $1.6 million lawsuit in Monterey County Superior Court on Tuesday against a Greenfield farm labor contractor, Salvador Zavala Chavez, dba Zavala Farms, for multiple...
Missouri Couple Who Won $20M in Popcorn Suit Going Bankrupt
Oct 16 2012 // A southwest Missouri couple who won a $20 million verdict from the makers of a butter flavoring used at a popcorn plant have filed for bankruptcy. The Joplin Globe reports Eric and Cassandra Peoples of Carthage also are...
Top 25 Workplace Harassment, Bias Settlements
Oct 16 2012 // In honor of National Boss Day, eBossWatch, which enables people to anonymously rate their bosses and evaluate potential employers, has released a study on workplace harassment and discrimination charges that is says are...
Energy Fuels Settles With 2 in Colorado Uranium Mill Suit
Oct 16 2012 // Energy Fuels has reached a settlement with Telluride and San Miguel County in a Colorado lawsuit aimed at halting construction of the company’s proposed Pinon Ridge mill. The Daily Sentinel reported the settlement...
Civil Liberties Group Suing Morgan Stanley Over Mortgages
Oct 15 2012 // The American Civil Liberties Union is filing what it says is the first lawsuit against an investment bank, Morgan Stanley, alleging discrimination for packaging subprime mortgage loans into securities. The ACLU and other...
Banks Say Settlements Aren’t Slowing Financial Crisis Liability Suits
Oct 15 2012 // As U.S. authorities seek to make Wall Street pay for its role in triggering the financial crisis more than four years ago, banks are starting to fight back, frustrated that they are being asked to pay more than once for...
Murdoch May Sue Lance Armstrong to Recover Past Libel Settlement
Oct 15 2012 // London’s Sunday Times said it may take legal action against cyclist Lance Armstrong, including pursuing him for alleged fraud over a libel settlement, in the wake of the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s...
Activists Plan to Sue Massachusetts Nuclear Plant Owner
Oct 12 2012 // Massachusetts activists have announced plans to sue the owners of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station for what they say is the continuous pollution of Cape Cod Bay over the last 16 years. The three activists, represented by...
Fired Employee Sues School District In Oregon
Oct 12 2012 // The former business services manager for the Central Point School District in Oregon has filed a $1.4 million lawsuit against the district, alleging she was wrongfully fired. Vicki Robinson’s court documents state...
Nationwide to Settle Harleysville Policyholder Class Action for $26M
Oct 12 2012 // Nationwide has agreed to settle litigation related to the merger with Harleysville Insurance. The $26 million settlement relates to In re Harleysville Mutual, a consolidated class action and derivative suit related to the...
Business Groups Sue SEC Over Dodd-Frank Anti-Bribery Rule
Oct 12 2012 // Four business groups on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rule requiring oil, mining and gas companies to disclose payments they make to foreign governments. The...
