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Class Action Suit Alleges Chubb Misleads Consumers With Home Premium Discounts

Jan 12 2023 // Insurer Chubb is being accused of misleading consumers in the way it offers insurance premium discounts to homeowners as percentages without specifying the actual dollar amounts that insureds can save, and allegedly not...

Morgan & Morgan Sues Trademark Office over Refusal to Register Phone Number

Jan 12 2023 // Florida-based Morgan & Morgan, which calls itself the largest injury law firm in the country, has become one of the property insurance industry’s chief adversaries, facing off with insurers over thousands of auto...

Closed Illinois Plant’s Ex-Operator Settling Suits For $408M

Jan 12 2023 // WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (AP) – The former operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant has agreed to pay $408 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits alleging that the now-shuttered facility exposed residents...

Missouri Dairy Producer to Settle $140K Disability Discrimination Suit

Jan 12 2023 // ST. LOUIS – Hiland Dairy Foods, a Springfield, Missouri-based producer and distributor of dairy products, will pay $140,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...

Google Argues it Doesn’t Block Rivals in Bid to Kill U.S. Government Antitrust Lawsuit

Jan 12 2023 // Google parent Alphabet on Wednesday argued that a court should toss out a government antitrust lawsuit against it, saying that agreements it made with Apple and others to make Google the default search engine do not bar...

‘American Horror Story’ TV Production Firms Sued Over Driver’s COVID Death

Jan 12 2023 // The wife of a late Massachusetts man is suing the companies involved in the 2021 production of “American Horror Story” on Cape Cod, alleging their lack of precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 led to...

Beach Town, State of New Jersey Exchange Lawsuits in Sand Dunes Battle

Jan 11 2023 // NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A beach town that is defying New Jersey’s order not to shore up its eroding sand dunes is suing the state for $21 million.That’s how much North Wildwood says it spent over the past...

Trial Set for Black Army Officer Suing Police Over Violent Traffic Stop in Virginia

Jan 11 2023 // A U.S. Army lieutenant who was pepper sprayed, struck and handcuffed by police in rural Virginia, but never arrested, will argue to a jury that he was assaulted and falsely imprisoned and that his vehicle was illegally...

Texas Supreme Court Hears Whether ERCOT is Immune From Lawsuits

Jan 10 2023 // Lawyers argued before the Texas Supreme Court on Monday over whether the state’s power grid operator should be protected from lawsuits, a question that has become especially important after the deadly February 2021...

Washington Schools Suing over Social Media Harm

Jan 9 2023 // The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among...

Mississippi Farms Settle Suits Over South African Laborers’ Higher Wages

Jan 9 2023 // Two agriculture businesses in the Mississippi Delta and some Black farm workers have settled the workers’ lawsuits over claims the farms hired white laborers from South Africa and paid them more than the local Black...

Judge Approves $11M Fund to Settle Suit Against Zywave

Jan 9 2023 // A federal judge last week approved an $11 million deal to end a proposed class action lawsuit against insurance technology provider Zywave.The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in June...

Maryland Newsroom Shooting Victims Settle Suit Against Publisher

Jan 9 2023 // ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The families of victims in the Capital Gazette shooting and some newspaper employees who survived the deadly 2018 attack dismissed civil charges against The Baltimore Sun and Tribune Publishing this...

Ohio Man Who Had Snow Stuffed in Mouth During Arrest Files Suit

Jan 6 2023 // AKRON, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio man who had snow stuffed into his mouth by a police officer during an arrest in Akron has filed an excessive force lawsuit against the city and several officers, claiming his civil rights were...

Family of Arizona Many who Dies in Jail Files Lawsuit

Jan 6 2023 // The family of Phoenix, Arizona, man who died in a Maricopa County jail two years ago has filed a lawsuit, alleging police officers used unreasonable force during his arrest.The suit filed last Friday in federal court seeks...

JPMorgan Must Face Suit by Ray-Ban Maker Unit Over Cyber Theft

Jan 5 2023 // JPMorgan Chase Bank NA will have to face a lawsuit by a unit of the French maker of Ray-Ban glasses that claims the bank ignored suspicious transactions as cybercriminals drained $272 million from its New York bank...

Markets/Coverages: CNA Hardy Offers Enhanced Product Suite for UK Tech Businesses

Jan 5 2023 // CNA Hardy, a specialist commercial insurance provider for clients within the Lloyd’s and company markets, announced the latest addition to its specialist technology product suite.The product, called “Technology...

Trader Joe’s Sued Over Lead, Cadmium Levels in Dark Chocolate

Jan 5 2023 // Trader Joe’s was sued on Wednesday by a consumer who accused the grocery chain of misleading and endangering shoppers by selling dark chocolate that contains harmful levels of lead and cadmium.The proposed class...

Washington AG Sues Plastic Surgery Provider for Fake Reviews

Jan 4 2023 // Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a lawsuit against a plastic surgery provider in the Seattle area over claims it misled patients and the public “through a multitude of unlawful, unfair and...

Cameraman Hurt on New Mexico Film Set Gets $66M in Lawsuit

Jan 4 2023 // A Los Angeles cameraman who suffered a spinal cord injury while on a New Mexico movie set has been awarded more than $66 million in a lawsuit, among the largest settlements in the state’s history, a news outlet...