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Louisiana Manufacturing Company Sued for Age Discrimination
Apr 3 2023 // A Louisiana manufacturing and distribution company was sued last week for age discrimination after it allegedly fired an employee because of her age. A lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
EEOC Civil Rights Suit Accuses New York Pizzeria of Harassing Transgender Cook
Apr 3 2023 // T C Wheelers, Inc., which operates T.C. Wheelers Bar & Pizzeria in Tonawanda, New York, violated federal law when management and employees harassed an employee because of his gender identity, the Equal Employment...
Lawsuit: Celebrity-Friendly Washington Church Required Workers to Tithe
Apr 3 2023 // A Seattle, Washington-area megachurch that counts celebrities such as Russell Wilson and Justin Bieber among its thousands of members has been accused in a lawsuit of requiring employees to donate some of their earnings...
City of Buffalo Sues Kia and Hyundai Over Auto Thefts
Apr 3 2023 // The city of Buffalo has filed suit against Kia and Hyundai seeking to hold the carmakers responsible for the rash of auto thefts caused by their alleged failure to include industry-standard anti-theft technology. Buffalo...
Australia Contractor Downer Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Misreporting on Contract
Apr 3 2023 // Australian contractor Downer said on Monday it faces a shareholder class action for allegedly making some misrepresentations and withholding certain information about a maintenance contract in its domestic utilities...
Elon Musk Seeks to End $258B Dogecoin Lawsuit
Apr 3 2023 // Elon Musk asked a U.S. judge on Friday to throw out a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. In an evening filing in Manhattan federal court,...
Nebraska District Sued Over Axing of Student Paper After LGBTQ Issue
Apr 3 2023 // LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A former high school journalist and the Nebraska High School Press Association sued Friday over a school district’s shutdown of the school newspaper after it published an LGBTQ-focused...
People Moves: Buckner in Utah Adds Bakhshyan and Kinard to C-Suite
Apr 3 2023 // Buckner has appointed two new C-suite executives. Agnesa Bakhshyan is the firm’s new chief growth officer. Bakhshyan has more than 25 years of insurance industry experience, including as a Nationwide Insurance agency...
Wichita, Kansas Settles Fatal SWAT Shooting Suit for $5M
Apr 3 2023 // The city of Wichita, Kansas approved a $5 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was shot and killed by a police officer during a hoax call in 2017. The settlement will go to the two children of...
Justice Dept Sues Norfolk Southern Over Ohio Train Derailment
Mar 31 2023 // The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit late Thursday against Norfolk Southern Corp. to ensure that the company pays the full cost of cleanup and any long-term effects of the derailment in Ohio of one of its freight...
Porsche SE Wins Crucial Ruling in Stuttgart Investor Class-Action Lawsuit
Mar 31 2023 // Porsche Automobil Holding SE won a crucial ruling in a €900 million ($976 million) class-action style lawsuit from investors who claimed the company should have warned shareholders about the diesel-emission software...
Walmart Faces Second Lawsuit This Week Over Treatment of Workers
Mar 31 2023 // Walmart Inc. was sued on Thursday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency’s second lawsuit this week accusing the largest U.S. retailer of discrimination against workers with...
California County Supervisor Hit With Sexual Assault Lawsuit
Mar 31 2023 // A lawsuit by a former transit agency employee accuses San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher of sexual harassment and sexual assault. The suit comes days after Fletcher ended his state Senate campaign to seek...
Maine Sues Manufacturers Over Forever Chemical Contamination
Mar 31 2023 // Maine’s attorney general is suing manufacturers of so- called forever chemicals that have contaminated farms and wells, contending they knew about the toxicity decades ago but concealed the information from the...
Murder Charge, Civil Suits Filed in Case of Driver Who Crashed Into Apple Store
Mar 31 2023 // A Massachusetts man whose SUV crashed through the glass storefront of an Apple store, killing one man and injuring nearly two dozen other people, has been charged with murder, prosecutors said. Bradley Rein, 53, was...
Arkansas Sues TikTok, Meta Over Child Safety, Privacy Claims
Mar 30 2023 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The state of Arkansas sued TikTok and Facebook parent Meta on Tuesday, claiming the social media companies were misleading consumers about the safety of children on their platforms and...
Toxic Connection Not Proven, Appeals Court Finds in Florida Cancer Suit vs. Raytheon
Mar 30 2023 // In closely watched and widely publicized toxic-tort litigation that has percolated through the courts for more than a decade, federal appeals judges this week underscored the strict standard that expert witnesses are held...
Connecticut Gunmaker Faces Another Suit by Relatives of Colorado Shooting Victims
Mar 30 2023 // More relatives of people shot to death at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 are suing gun-maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. over how it marketed the firearm used in the massacre, adding to litigation first filed earlier this month...
Minnesota Suit Against Juul Goes to Trial
Mar 29 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is slated to lead off opening statements expected for Tuesday in his state’s lawsuit against Juul Labs – marking the first time any of the...
Family of Kansas Toddler Killed by Police During Standoff Sues
Mar 29 2023 // BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) – The family of a toddler who was fatally shot by a police officer during a standoff last year between her father and law enforcement has filed a federal lawsuit over her death. Kansas...
