Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Maryland Settles Lawsuit With Tri-Gas & Oil Over Fuel Leak at Storage Facility
Jan 25 2024 // Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced the settlement of a lawsuit against an Eastern Shore fuel storage facility, including a $600,000 penalty for pollution to groundwater and a nearby creek. The settlement...
Disney Asks for Delay in Board’s Lawsuit Due to ‘Distracted District’
Jan 25 2024 // ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney this week requested a second delay in a state court case involving its legal battle with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees over who controls Walt Disney World’s governing district, as...
Brown, Yale, Columbia Among Latest to Settle Financial-Aid Lawsuit
Jan 25 2024 // Brown, Yale and Columbia universities have agreed to pay a combined $62 million to resolve a lawsuit that accused them and others of favoring wealthy applicants, pushing total settlements in the case to $118...
Lawsuit Alleges HIV-Positive Inmate in California Died After Being Denied Medication
Jan 25 2024 // A lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died after being held in a Northern California jail alleges he contracted a preventable viral infection there when its medical staff denied him critical HIV medication for two...
Rice University Allocates $33M to Settle Antitrust Lawsuit Over Financial Aid Scheme
Jan 24 2024 // Rice University has set aside $33.75 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed against 17 prestigious private universities across the country accused of illegally running a scheme that limited the amount of financial...
Michigan Hospital Agrees to Pay $50K to Settle Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
Jan 23 2024 // Trinity Health Grand Rapids, formerly known as Mercy Health St. Mary’s, a hospital and member of the Trinity Health-Michigan health system, agreed to pay $50,000 and provide other relief to settle a religious...
Massachusetts Hospital Faces Class Action Over Christmas Cyber Attack
Jan 23 2024 // A Massachusetts hospital that suffered a cyber attack in December has been hit with a class action lawsuit for its alleged failure to secure patients’ personal information. Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport...
US Appeals Court Revives Mexico’s $10B Lawsuit Against Gun Maker
Jan 23 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived a $10 billion lawsuit by Mexico seeking to hold American gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico border. The...
Family of Texas Woman Killed in Propane Truck Collision Files $150 Million Lawsuit
Jan 23 2024 // The family of a Texas woman killed in a January collision with a propane truck has filed a $150 million lawsuit against the propane company and the driver of the vehicle, citing negligence and wrongful...
Florida Senate Committee Adopts Litigation Funding Rules; Expands Wrongful Death
Jan 23 2024 // Litigation financing could soon become more transparent and less influential in Florida, but a 34-year-old restriction on who can file medical malpractice wrongful death claims would be expanded under bills approved Monday...
Exxon Sues ESG Investors to Remove Climate Proposals on Ballot
Jan 22 2024 // Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a lawsuit against US and Dutch climate activist investors in an effort to remove what it describes as their “extreme agenda” from the ballot at its annual shareholder meetings. The Texas...
Family of Slain California College Student Sues for Wrongful Death Nearly 30 Years Later
Jan 22 2024 // The family of a California college student who vanished nearly three decades ago sued the school, alleging it caused Kristin Smart’s murder through negligence. Smart, then 19, disappeared from California Polytechnic...
Class Actions Filed Over Builders Mutual, Progressive’s Own Data Breaches
Jan 22 2024 // Progressive Casualty Insurance and North Carolina-based Builders Mutual Insurance Co. have been served with class-action lawsuits over data breaches on their own computer systems in 2022, cyber attacks that may have...
Oregon Judge Refuses to Dismiss 2015 Climate Lawsuit Filed by Youth
Jan 22 2024 // A judge in Oregon rejected a U.S. Department of Justice request to dismiss a 2015 lawsuit brought by young people that alleges the federal government knew the dangers posed by carbon pollution but that it has continued...
Lawsuit Says Compensation Delayed for Victims of Worst Wildfire in New Mexico History
Jan 22 2024 // A new lawsuit has been filed against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, alleging compensation has been delayed for victims of the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history. FEMA is responsible for...
Minnesota Woman Sues Dentist After 4 Root Canals in Single Visit
Jan 22 2024 // A Minnesota woman has sued her dentist after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit that she says led to her disfigurement. Kathleen Wilson filed the lawsuit in Hennepin County...
Former Detroit Tigers Scouts Sue Team for Age Discrimination
Jan 22 2024 // A pair of former Detroit Tigers scouts sued the team, alleging age discrimination over their terminations after the 2020 season. Gary Pellant and Randall Johnson filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Detroit, claiming a...
Texas Car Dealership Faces Lawsuit for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
Jan 19 2024 // South Austin Nissan, a car dealership in Austin, Texas, operated by NICPA Central Auto Group, LLC, subjected female employees to sexual harassment and retaliated against employees when they reported the harassment the U.S....
Iowa Lawsuit Accuses TikTok of Misrepresenting Content
Jan 19 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa on Wednesday became the latest state to sue TikTok over claims that the social media company deceives consumers over the amount of “inappropriate content” that children can access...
Mother of Child Who Died in TikTok ‘Blackout Challenge’ Asks Court to Revive Lawsuit
Jan 19 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday wrestled with whether the video-based social media platform TikTok could be sued for causing a 10-year-old girl’s death by promoting a deadly “blackout challenge” that...
