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Nevada Casino to Pay $8M For Serving Chemicals Instead of Beer

Mar 28 2022 // A jury in Las Vegas has awarded $8 million to a middle school special education teacher who sued after being permanently injured when he was served cleaning solvents instead of tap beer at a casino bar.Lon Enwright, 38,...

Insurance Executive Pattwell Named to Head New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Agency

Mar 21 2022 // Gov. Phil Murphy has named a long-time insurance industry executive to head the state agency helping to redevelop Atlantic City.Sean Pattwell was appointed executive director of the Casino Reinvestment Development...

State Farm Charges Chiro Clinics with Fraud in Gaming Florida’s PIP Law

Feb 3 2022 // In a federal lawsuit filed this week, State Farm Insurance accuses a chiropractor and his string of Florida clinics of widespread fraud by regularly and falsely claiming that car accident victims needed emergency care, so...

Judge Strikes Florida Tribe’s Plan for Casinos, Sports Betting

Nov 23 2021 // A federal judge has struck down a plan to give the Seminole Tribe of Florida a monopoly on sports betting and to expand two of the tribe’s hotels into Las Vegas-style casinos.The ruling by U.S. District Judge Dabney...

Company Pays $3.5M Settlement in California Illegal Gambling Lawsuit

Nov 2 2021 // A company that made and operated casino-style games used for illegal gambling will pay $3.5 million and permanently stop its California operations under a court settlement.Pong Game Studios Corp. agreed to settle a lawsuit...

Connecticut Casinos Sue Insurer Over COVID-19 Losses

Jun 21 2021 // The Native American tribe that owns Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun casino is suing its insurance carrier over what it says was the denial of claims for millions of dollars in losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.The Day...

Kentucky High Court Orders Online Poker Site to Pay State $1B for Illegal Gambling

Jan 20 2021 // The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled last month that an online poker company must pay more than $1 billion to the state for illegal gambling losses in a court battle that began a decade ago.The ruling from the state’s...

Damage Toll from Hurricane Zeta Totals Nearly $90M in Mississippi

Nov 30 2020 // Hurricane Zeta left a trail of destruction and millions in damage in Mississippi when it came ashore Oct. 28, state officials said.The state has documented tens of millions in damage from the storm, which had 100 mph winds...

Mississippi Casino Sues Insurer Westchester for Not Paying COVID-19 Loss

Nov 23 2020 // A Mississippi Gulf Coast casino has become one of many businesses nationwide to sue its insurer for refusing to cover business losses because of the coronavirus pandemic.Island View Casino Resort in Gulfport contends in...

Las Vegas Resort Sued Over 2019 Fatal Shooting of Armed Man

Nov 2 2020 // The family of an armed man shot and killed by security guards in a suburban Las Vegas casino-resort last year is suing.The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the son of 53-year-old Shannon Howell filed a wrongful death...

Las Vegas Resort Sued Over 2019 Fatal Shooting of Armed Man

Oct 16 2020 // The family of an armed man shot and killed by security guards in a suburban Las Vegas casino-resort last year is suing.The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the son of 53-year-old Shannon Howell filed a wrongful death...

Louisiana Race Track Settles With for $2.8M over Manure, Urine Discharges

Oct 2 2020 // The owners of the horse racing track in New Orleans have agreed to pay a $2.8 million penalty for letting horse manure and urine into the city’s drainage system for at least six years and to spend twice that on...

Judge Questions Authority Issue in Lawsuit on Closed Las Vegas Bars

Aug 17 2020 // A Nevada judge has said she wants proof she would have the authority to order the governor to rescind a coronavirus pandemic directive and let Las Vegas-area bars and taverns reopen.“What is the law that says I have...

Nevada Governor Signs Business Liability And Worker Protection Bill

Aug 14 2020 // Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed legislation expanding workplace safety protections for hotel and casino employees and shielding businesses that follow health directives from coronavirus-related...

Nevada Passes COVID-19 Liability and Worker Protection Deal

Aug 7 2020 // Nevada lawmakers voted to shield certain industries from coronavirus-related legal liability and require hotels and casinos to enact worker protection measures after days of complicated negotiations with Gov. Steve...

Nevada Governor Rolling out County-By-County Virus Response

Aug 5 2020 // Nevada will shift this week from broad restrictions in response to the coronavirus to an ongoing, county-by-county review where officials hope to target hot spots and specific businesses where the virus is spreading.Gov....

Vegas Casino Unions Drop MGM from COVID-10 Safety Suit

Jul 22 2020 // Unions representing 65,000 Las Vegas-area casino workers have dropped two MGM Resorts International properties from a lawsuit accusing companies of skimping on protective measures and putting employees at risk of illness...

Harassment Lawsuit Against Wynn Resorts in Vegas Dismissed

Jul 20 2020 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by nine women who alleged they were sexually harassed by former casino mogul Steve Wynn.The women, manicurists and makeup artists in a salon at the Wynn Las Vegas, were unnamed...

Return-to-Work Safety: Employers Find Testing Employees More Trouble Than It’s Worth

Jul 6 2020 // From nursing homes in New York and a landfill in Utah to Disney World and the Las Vegas Strip, employers are wrestling with workplace safety in the age of Covid-19 and making fraught calculations about how to safeguard...

Las Vegas Casino Workers Sue Over Coronavirus Safety Concerns

Jul 1 2020 // Unions representing 65,000 Las Vegas-area casino workers accused some resort operators on Monday of putting employees at risk of illness and death during the coronavirus pandemic by skimping on safety measures like a...