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Women Settle Lawsuits With Yale Fertility Clinic Over Nurse Who Stole Their Painkillers

Sep 11 2024 // Dozens of women who say they suffered excruciating pain at a Yale University fertility clinic because a nurse stole fentanyl for her own use and replaced it with saline have settled their lawsuits against the Ivy League...

Trojan Condoms Contain ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Lawsuit Claims

Sep 10 2024 // A new lawsuit on Monday claims that Trojan condoms are not safe because they contain toxic “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to cancer.In a proposed class action filed in Manhattan federal court, the...

Red Lobster Landlord Sues Insurer to ‘Clawback’ $1.2M Fire Claim Payment

Sep 10 2024 // The landlord for a fire-damaged building leased to a Red Lobster restaurant is blaming the restaurant’s insurer for causing it to lose out on $1.2 million in fire insurance claims payments to repair the property.RL...

Update: Baltimore Reaches Opioid Litigation Settlements with Teva and Walgreens

Sep 10 2024 // Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced yesterday that one week before a trial is to begin, the city reached an $80 million settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals to resolve the city’s claims over the firm’s...

FedEx Sued for Violating Federal Law by Discriminating Against Minnesota Driver

Sep 9 2024 // The Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) violated federal law when it failed to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified, disabled ramp transport drivers with medical restrictions, and instead forced them to take...

New Mississippi Lawsuit Names Pharmacy Benefits Managers for Opioid Epidemic

Sep 6 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The state of Mississippi is suing drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers alleging that opioids were over-prescribed.Attorney General Lynn Fitch, a Republican, filed the suit Thursday in...

Amazon Challenges Labor Board’s Structure in Lawsuit Over Union Election

Sep 6 2024 // Amazon.com sued a U.S. labor board on Thursday, accusing it of illegally interfering in a union election at a New York City warehouse and claiming the agency’s structure violates the U.S. Constitution.The lawsuit...

Dish Network in Talks With Investors to Settle Lawsuit

Sep 6 2024 // Dish Network Corp., the ailing satellite-TV provider with more than $20 billion in debt, is in talks with a group of creditors to resolve a lawsuit tied to a controversial transfer of assets.A meeting between the company...

Hershey Attacks Lawsuits Targeting Product Packaging, Seeks to End Reese’s Case

Sep 6 2024 // Hershey urged a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it misled consumers about several Reese’s peanut butter candies, using its request to level a broadside against what it considers baseless class action...

AGs Sue 3 Gun Shops Over Alleged ‘Straw Purchases’ of Weapons Trafficked Into DC

Sep 6 2024 // Three gun shops that sold nearly three dozen firearms to a man who trafficked the weapons in and around Washington, D.C. are facing a new lawsuit jointly filed Tuesday by attorneys general for Maryland and the...

Oregon Hospital Sued for $303M; Nurse Accused of Replacing Fentanyl With Tap Water

Sep 5 2024 // Attorneys representing both living and deceased patients of an Oregon hospital filed a $303 million lawsuit against the facility after a nurse was accused of replacing prescribed fentanyl with nonsterile tap water in...

UGA Fatal Crash Survivor Settles Lawsuit With Athletic Association

Sep 5 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — A former University of Georgia recruiting analyst who was severely injured in a deadly car crash has settled her lawsuit against the school’s athletic association nearly two years after the...

Underwriters Wary of PFAS Amid ‘Superstorm’ of Litigation, Regulation

Sep 5 2024 // As litigation and regulation increase around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), insurance underwriting is tightening across lines. Insurance professionals who specialize in PFAS say insurers are mandating coverage...

Judge Says X Must Face Class Action Age Bias Claims Over Mass Layoff

Sep 5 2024 // A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that roughly 150 older workers who were laid off by social media platform X when Elon Musk acquired the company can sue for age discrimination as a class, exposing the company to...

University Student Sues Sorority and Landlord Over Fall From Window

Sep 4 2024 // A Northeastern University student and her parents are suing a sorority, its chapter president and a landlord after the student fell from a window and suffered critical injuries at a party.Sarah Cox, then a junior at the...

Oklahoma Manufacturer Sued For Firing Employees Over COVID Vaccine Exemptions

Sep 3 2024 // AG Equipment Company, a Broken Arrow, Oklahoma compressor packaging manufacturer, violated federal law when it fired 10 employees for failing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination because of their religious beliefs or medical...

Ex-Michigan State Football Coach Sues School Over His Firing

Sep 2 2024 // Former Michigan State University head football coach Mel Tucker is suing the university and school leaders, alleging that they wrongfully fired him last year and violated his constitutional rights after he was accused of...

Downward Departure: Florida Insurance Agent Charged with Embezzling Premiums After He Was Hit with Lawsuits, Complaint

Sep 2 2024 // Florida authorities in August arrested a well-known southwest Florida insurance agent, charging him with larceny and embezzlement of premiums.Reid McDaniel, 33, who was named the honorary mayor of North Fort Myers last...

Northwestern University Cheerleader Drops Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Aug 30 2024 // EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — A cheerleader has dropped her federal sexual harassment lawsuit against Northwestern University.Hayden Richardson filed the lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois in January 2021 alleging...

Invisalign Maker Reaches $27.5M Settlement of Consumer Antitrust Lawsuit

Aug 30 2024 // Align Technology, the maker of Invisalign clear teeth aligners, agreed to pay $27.5 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it entered an illegal antitrust conspiracy that drove up prices of aligners made by rival...