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Regulators: Dallas Company to Pay $50K to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
Jun 10 2012 // Regulators say a Dallas-area refrigerated transport company will pay $50,000 to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that Stevens Transport...
State Fire Marshal Added to Louisiana Carnival Ride Lawsuit
Jun 8 2012 // The mother of two teens injured last year on a carnival ride in Greensburg, La., is suing the state Fire Marshal’s Office. The Advocate reports the lawsuit alleges the fire marshal’s office failed to properly...
New Lawsuit For Southern California Officer In Homeless Death Case
Jun 7 2012 // A disabled man has filed a lawsuit against Fullerton police, saying he was abused by the same officer charged in the beating death of a homeless man. The Orange County Register reported Tuesday that Mark Edwin Walker says...
WSU To Pay $650K To Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
Jun 7 2012 // Washington State University has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit brought by two former employees of Chinese descent. The settlement will pay $325,000 each to Dr. Ying Li and her husband,...
Brazilian Firm Sues Florida Over Cuba, Syria Law
Jun 6 2012 // The U.S. subsidiary of Brazilian construction and engineering conglomerate Odebrecht has filed a lawsuit challenging a recently signed Florida law barring local governments from hiring companies that do business in Cuba or...
Tennessee Family Sues County Schools, Claims Bullying
Jun 6 2012 // The family of a former Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools student has filed a lawsuit, claiming school officials failed to shield their daughter from bullying. According to The Leaf-Chronicle, the civil lawsuit was...
Drug Maker Sues Louisiana AG in Avandia Drug Case
Jun 6 2012 // Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline has filed suit against Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, alleging that private attorneys hired by Caldwell to prosecute the state’s lawsuit against the company have a...
Trial Opens in Louisiana for Suit Against Costner Over BP Deal
Jun 5 2012 // Jury selection began June 4 in a legal fight between two Hollywood stars over investments in a device used to try to clean up BP’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In his lawsuit, actor Stephen Baldwin claims...
Springfield, Mass., Residents Sue City Over 2011 Tornado Damages
Jun 5 2012 // Owners and tenants of a Springfield, Mass., condominium complex damaged by last year’s tornadoes have filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging officials prematurely ordered the demolition of a building, robbing...
Victim In Arizona Shooting Files Suit Against FBI
Jun 4 2012 // The surviving victim of a 2009 Arivaca, Ariz. home invasion that left a young girl and her father dead says the FBI should have prevented their deaths. The Arizona Daily Star reported that Gina Gonzalez claims in a lawsuit...
Family of Girl Who Died At Los Angeles Rave Settle Lawsuit
Jun 4 2012 // The family of a 15-year-old girl who died of an ecstasy overdose at a rave at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will receive a $190,000 lawsuit settlement on behalf of the stadium, the event’s organizer and the...
Hawaii Man Sues Vegas Casino Over Restroom Robbery
Jun 4 2012 // A Hawaii man is suing a Las Vegas hotel and casino where he was beaten and robbed in 2010, claiming Main Street Station was negligent in not providing enough security in a long, dark hallway that leads to restrooms. Calvin...
Court Rules for Michigan Ski Resort in Lawsuit over Halfpipe
Jun 4 2012 // A skier who had a bone-crushing fall on the halfpipe at Boyne Mountain has lost a lawsuit that challenged whether the Michigan ski resort had adequately marked the pipe. A judge in Charlevoix County had declined to dismiss...
Behind Bars: The Business of Insuring Correctional Facilities
Jun 4 2012 // Montana State Prison inmate files suit for $2.2 million in federal court after he injures a toe when his foot got caught in a grain auger at the prison dairy. A Howard County, Indiana, inmate files a lawsuit claiming the...
Contractor Sues Retailer Over Remodeling Project
Jun 4 2012 // An Idaho-based general contractor is suing Fred Meyer Inc. and its parent, Kroger Co., claiming the retail chain improperly dumped the contractor over the renovation of a Fairbanks, Alaska store. The Fairbanks Daily...
Mom Of War Vet Killed By Vegas Police Files Suit
Jun 1 2012 // The mother of a troubled Gulf War veteran who was shot dead in his car during a standoff with Las Vegas police is seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages in a lawsuit claiming a lack of departmental training and...
Indiana Fair Lawsuits Won’t Go to Trial Until 2014
Jun 1 2012 // A group of lawsuits filed over last summer’s deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse likely won’t go to trial for nearly two years. Lawyers handling the cases have asked Marion Superior Court Judge Theodore...
Professional Liability Risks Evolve with Changes in Healthcare System
Jun 1 2012 // National healthcare reform legislation passed by Congress in 2010 may or may not survive consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court, but the healthcare system already has been evolving in ways that are likely to proceed...
Arkansas Teacher Sues District Over Anger Management Course
May 31 2012 // A debate and forensics teacher at Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, Ark., has filed a lawsuit against the district, claiming his contract was breached because administrators told him to take anger management...
Appeals Court Upholds Mississippi Fraud Verdict Against Asbestos Lawyers
May 31 2012 // A federal appeals court panel has upheld a $420,000 verdict against two Mississippi lawyers accused by a railroad company of committing fraud during an asbestos lawsuit they filed in 2001. McComb attorneys William Guy and...
