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US Appeals Court Finds Bayer Not Shielded From Roundup Lawsuits
Feb 6 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Monday refused to dismiss a Georgia doctor’s lawsuit claiming that Bayer AG’s Roundup weedkiller caused cancer, the latest setback in the German company’s efforts to fend off...
Louisiana Manufacturer to Pay $105K Over Age Discrimination Suit
Feb 5 2024 // J&M Industries, Inc., a manufacturing and distribution company based in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, has agreed to pay a former employee $105,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Contractor Reaches $25M Settlement in Flint, Michigan Water Crisis Suit
Feb 5 2024 // FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A second contractor said last Thursday that it has reached a $25 million settlement over its role in Flint, Michigan’s lead-contaminated water scandal. The class-action litigation agreement...
New England Patriots Sued Over Video Viewing App’s Alleged Privacy Violations
Feb 5 2024 // A Massachusetts man has filed a proposed class action lawsuit seeking $5 million against the New England Patriots for alleged privacy violations. The suit alleges that the team intentionally and knowingly discloses...
Family of Slain California College Student Sues for Wrongful Death Nearly 30 Years Later
Feb 5 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...
Judge Rejects Virginia School System’s Request to Toss Student’s Sex Assault Lawsuit
Feb 2 2024 // A federal judge has rejected a request by Virginia’s largest school system to toss out a lawsuit accusing it of indifference to a middle school student’s claims of sexual abuse and harassment. The Fairfax...
Texas Sues Five Cities Over Marijuana Amnesty Policies
Feb 1 2024 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched lawsuits against the cities of Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin, and Denton for adopting amnesty and non-prosecution policies that violate Texas laws concerning marijuana...
GSK Settles Another Zantac Lawsuit; Terms Confidential
Feb 1 2024 // GSK said on Thursday it had agreed to settle another lawsuit in California that alleged its discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer, the latest in a series of settlements to end costly litigation. The case was set...
Disney Lawsuit Against DeSantis Dismissed by Federal Judge
Feb 1 2024 // (Bloomberg) — Walt Disney Co.’s lawsuit accusing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis of politically retaliating against the company was dismissed by a federal judge. US District Judge Allen Winsor in Tallahassee,...
Boeing Is Sued by Shareholders Following MAX 9 Blowout
Feb 1 2024 // Boeing has been sued by shareholders who said the company prioritized profit over safety and misled them about its commitment to making safe aircraft, prior to the Jan. 5 mid-air cabin panel blowout on an Alaskan Airlines...
U.S. Steel Agrees to Spend Millions to Settle Suit Over Pollution Violations After 2018 Fire
Feb 1 2024 // U.S. Steel has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Pittsburgh-based company of violating federal clean air laws by operating plants without its desulfurization controls for more than three months, emitting clouds...
Move to End Georgia’s Direct-Action Lawsuits vs. Trucking Insurers Gaining Steam
Jan 31 2024 // This year could be the year that Georgia joins most other states and repeals its direct-action law that has reportedly caused severe problems for trucking companies needing liability insurance. Several Georgia Republican...
Connecticut Sues 28 Firms for Alleged Contamination by ‘Forever Chemicals’
Jan 31 2024 // The state of Connecticut is suing 28 chemical manufacturers that it alleges are responsible for “knowingly contaminating” the state’s waters and natural resources and harming public health with toxic PFAS...
Family of Florida Woman Killed by Alligator Sues Housing Complex for Negligence
Jan 29 2024 // WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The family of a Florida woman killed by an alligator last year as she walked her dog in her backyard is suing the housing complex’s owner, alleging its employees fed the gator and...
Mississippi Businesses, Cities Sue to Protect Dolphins From Louisiana Spillway
Jan 26 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Opening a spillway as a flood-control measure in 2019 sent polluted fresh water from the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico and killed bottlenose dolphins that live in saltwater, according to...
Fate of Most Remaining Zantac Lawsuits Weighed by Delaware Judge
Jan 26 2024 // GSK, Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies are urging a judge in Delaware this week to find that evidence plaintiffs’ lawyers want to use in about 72,000 lawsuits claiming that the discontinued heartburn drug...
Google Settles AI-Related Chip Patent Lawsuit That Sought $1.67B
Jan 26 2024 // Google on Wednesday reached a settlement in a patent infringement lawsuit over chips that power the company’s artificial-intelligence technology, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court. The settlement...
Mother of Disabled Girl Allegedly Raped Sues Pittsburgh School District, Starbucks
Jan 26 2024 // The mother of an intellectually disabled girl who was allegedly led from school grounds by three male students and sexually assaulted in a Starbucks bathroom and a nearby empty building filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing...
Fifth Circuit Upholds $502K Award for Louisiana Church in Hurricane Laura Damage Suit
Jan 25 2024 // The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month upheld a 2022 decision against Church Mutual Insurance Co. in favor of Sugartown United Pentecostal Church in Dry Creek, Louisiana, which sits about 50...
Witness Affidavit Not Needed Before ‘John Doe’ Auto Suit Filed – SC Supreme Court
Jan 25 2024 // A driver may file a “John Doe” civil action against an unknown driver, even without first obtaining an statement from a third-party witness. But an affidavit must be produced promptly upon request, the South...
