Wynn Resorts in Nevada to Settle Sexual Harassment Inaction Claim From Female Salon Workers September 11, 2023 By Ken Ritter Wynn Resorts and nine unnamed women are settling a lawsuit alleging the casino company failed to investigate allegations that female...
Kaiser to Pay $49M in California for Dumping Private Medical Records, Medical Waste September 11, 2023 By Olga R. Rodriguez Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $49 million as part of a settlement with California prosecutors who say the health...
Lawyers Claim Cable TV and Phone Companies Also Responsible in Hawaii Fires September 7, 2023 By Jennifer McDermott, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Audrey McAvoy After a visit to a warehouse where Hawaiian Electric Company is housing power poles and electrical equipment that may be...
Owner of Collapsed Iowa Apartment Building Files Lawsuit Blaming Engineering Company for Negligence September 6, 2023 DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – The owner of an Iowa apartment building that collapsed in May, killing three people, has filed...
Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys Facing Civil Suits in Las Vegas Alleging Sexual Assault Decades Ago September 5, 2023 By Ken Ritter Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has won a favorable ruling in one of two civil lawsuits filed against him in...
Report: Climate Change Boosts Risk of Extreme Wildfires 25% September 5, 2023 By Don Jergler A group of scientists used machine learning to quantify empirical relationships between temperature and the risk of extreme daily wildfire...
Petroleum Asphalt Remains in Yellowstone River in Montana After Train Derailment September 1, 2023 By Matthew Brown Two months after a railroad bridge collapse sent carloads of hazardous oil products plunging into Montana’s Yellowstone River, the cleanup...
California Voting on Increasing Storage At Site of Massive Methane Leak Despite Risks September 1, 2023 By Robert Jablon and Julie Watson California officials are expected to vote on a proposal to increase storage capacity at the site of the nation’s largest...
Denver to Pay $4.7M to Settle Claims it Targeted George Floyd Protesters August 31, 2023 Denver will pay $4.7 million to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged that protesters were unjustly targeted for violating...
Jury in California Awards $3.75M to Protester Hit by Hard-Foam Projectiles August 29, 2023 A jury awarded $3.75 million in damages this week to a protester shot twice with hard-foam projectiles fired by Los...