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Wyoming Firm Settles Religious Discrimination Suit

A Wyoming company has settled a federal lawsuit by a former employee who claimed she was pressured to take Scientology courses as a condition of her employment. Julie A. Rohrbacher filed the lawsuit in 2018 against Teton Therapy, which operates …

Former Student Says Oregon Teacher Groped Her 80 Times, Seeks $4.5M

The first of what could be multiple sexual abuse lawsuits against The Catlin Gabel School in Oregon was filed this month. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Kim Wilson of Portland claims she was molested 80 times by Richardson Shoemaker, a long-time Catlin …

Sonoma County Looking to Sue PG&E for Damages From Wildfire

A county in Northern California wine country is exploring plans to sue a utility over a massive wildfire last fall that combined with rolling power shutoffs caused losses of $725 million. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to …

Apple Lawsuit in California Tests if Employees Can Plan Startup While on Payroll

Attorneys for a former Apple Inc executive on Tuesday will try to convince a skeptical judge of a core tenet of tech startup culture – that employees can plan a competing venture while still in a job. Apple’s lawsuit against …

California Woman Sues American Airlines, Claims Employee Stalked Her

A San Diego, Calif. woman is suing American Airlines, saying that a former employee stalked her by sending more than 100 unwanted texts, some of them sexually suggestive. In her Jan. 6 lawsuit, Ashley Barno contends that she was waiting …

Lawsuit Filed After Six People Found Dead in Las Vegas Fire

The sister-in-law of one of six residents found dead after a Las Vegas apartment building fire filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday against the property owner, who officials say had been been cited in the past over missing smoke alarms …

Judge Refuses to Stop Idaho Tribe Lawsuit Against Mining Company

A Clean Water Act lawsuit filed by the Nez Perce Tribe that seeks to force a Canadian gold mining company to acquire permits for pollution discharged from its central Idaho facility will be allowed to continue, a federal judge decided. …

Lawsuit Accuses Police in New Mexico of Wrongful Death

A lawsuit accuses Albuquerque police of wrongfully killing a pipe-wielding man during a 2018 encounter in a home after officers found him hiding in a closet. The lawsuit filed last week by 24-year-old Daniel Saavedra’s sister says police should have …

Colorado Couple Will Get $50K After Dog Housing Lawsuit

The U.S. attorney’s office has ordered a Colorado homeowner’s association to pay $50,000 to a couple after they violated the Fair Housing Act by failing to allow a woman to stay in the complex with her emotional support dog. A …

Oregon Woman Sues Uber for $1M, Alleging Sex Assault by Driver

A Hillsboro, Ore. woman is seeking more than $1 million from the ride-hailing company Uber, alleging she was sexually assaulted by one of the company’s drivers in 2018. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the woman filed a lawsuit against Uber and one …