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Disney Drops Bid to Toss Allergy Suit Because Plaintiff Signed Disney+ Arbitration

Aug 22 2024 // NEW YORK (AP) — Disney is no longer asking a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit on the grounds that the victim’s family had signed up for its streaming service Disney+.The company filed a notice in...

Family of Man Fatally Shot Sues West Hartford Police, Seeks Federal Probe

Aug 22 2024 // The family of a man fatally shot by a Connecticut police officer as he tried to flee in a stolen car while being attacked by a police dog has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and called Wednesday for a federal civil rights...

Judge Allows Transgender Girl to Play Soccer as Lawsuit Challenges New Law

Aug 21 2024 // A federal judge temporarily cleared the way Monday for a transgender girl to play soccer for her high school team while she and another student challenge a New Hampshire ban.The families of Parker Tirrell, 15, and Iris...

US Appeals Court Revives Google Privacy Class Action

Aug 21 2024 // A U.S. appeals court said Google must face a revived lawsuit by Google Chrome users who said the company collected their personal information without permission, after they chose not to synchronize their browsers with...

Lawsuit: Student with Down Syndrome Subjected to Abuse in Kansas School

Aug 19 2024 // An employee of a rural Kansas school district repeatedly shoved a teenager with Down syndrome into a utility closet, hit the boy and once photographed him locked in a cage used to store athletic equipment, a lawsuit...

Rhode Island Sues 13 Firms That Worked on Troubled Washington Bridge

Aug 19 2024 // Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee announced Friday that the state has filed a lawsuit against 13 companies that provided design, construction and inspection services related to the troubled Washington Bridge.The bridge was...

Downward Spiral: Florida Insurance Agent Charged with Embezzlement After Lawsuits

Aug 16 2024 // Florida authorities have 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 year but...

Michigan State Sued Over Adolf Hitler Quiz Question Displayed at Football Game

Aug 16 2024 // EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State has been sued over the Adolf Hitler question that appeared on Spartan Stadium screens before a game last season, with the quiz’s creator saying the university didn’t...

Client Mix-up Leads to Lawsuits, Bar Complaint Against Mississippi Comp Lawyer

Aug 16 2024 // What’s in a name? Thousands of dollars, a lost job, denied insurance coverage and the possibility of a suspended law license for a Mississippi workers’ compensation attorney, apparently.It all has to do with...

All-Star Hamby Sues WNBA, Aces Alleging Discrimination, Retaliation for Being Pregnant

Aug 16 2024 // All-Star Dearica Hamby sued the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and her former team in federal court Monday regarding her treatment from the Las Vegas Aces while pregnant.Hamby’s lawsuit alleged...

Delaware High Court Upholds Blockbuster $267 Million Legal Fee in Dell Lawsuit

Aug 15 2024 // Five law firms should receive $267 million in legal fees for obtaining a $1 billion settlement for shareholders of Dell Technologies DELL.N, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting arguments that the...

Texas Sues GM for Allegedly Collecting Drivers’ Data, Then Selling it to Insurers

Aug 14 2024 // General Motors GM.N has been sued by the state of Texas, which accused the automaker of installing technology on more than 14 million vehicles to collect data about drivers, which it then sold to insurers and other...

SEC Sues Over Alleged $650 Million Global Crypto Fraud

Aug 13 2024 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday sued the cryptocurrency company NovaTech and its married co-founders, saying they fraudulently raised over $650 million from more than 200,000 investors worldwide,...

Tesla Sued by Family of Electrician Who Died at Austin Facility

Aug 12 2024 // The family of a Texas man who died while working at Tesla’s Austin-area facility last week is suing the electric vehicle company and his employer.The lawsuit said the worker, Victor Joe Gomez Sr., was at the facility...

Winning Lawsuit Against Titan Sub Owner Could Be Difficult, Experts Say

Aug 12 2024 // A lawsuit stemming from the Titan submersible disaster felt inevitable, but winning a big judgment against the owner of the vessel could be very difficult, legal experts said on Thursday.The family of French explorer...

Museum of Ice Cream Sued by Man Claiming Injury After Jumping Into Sprinkle Pool

Aug 12 2024 // A man who says he broke his ankle jumping into the sprinkle pool at the Museum of Ice Cream in New York City has filed a lawsuit alleging that the facility was negligent for not warning visitors that it is unsafe to jump...

Antisemitism Lawsuit Against MIT Dismissed; One Against Harvard Allowed to Continue

Aug 12 2024 // A federal lawsuit accusing Massachusetts Institute of Technology of tolerating antisemitism after the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel has been dismissed while a similar one against Harvard University can continue.The MIT lawsuit...

Judge Tosses Suit Alleging Excessive Force During Dakota Access Pipeline Protest

Aug 9 2024 // BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has thrown out the remainder of a lawsuit by an Arizona man who alleged excessive force was used against him when he was protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline.In...

Judge Allows Vermont Suit Alleging Police Bias, Excessive Force Against Black Teen

Aug 9 2024 // A Vermont judge has denied the city of Burlington’s request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that police used excessive force and discriminated against a Black teenager whose mother had called law enforcement to teach...

Judge Dismisses Most Claims in Lawsuit Alleging Hair Discrimination at Houston High School

Aug 8 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student who alleged that school officials committed racial and gender discrimination when they punished him...