All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 18 2022 // Pacific Investment Management Co. now has both men and women suing over a “fraternity” culture that allegedly favors White males.Two men, a Black ex-employee and a former contractor who is Asian, claim minority...
May 18 2022 // The Justice Department announced that it has secured an agreement to resolve a lawsuit alleging that Davenport, Iowa, landlord Juan Goitia violated the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing female tenants. The settlement...
May 18 2022 // Major energy firms have lost their bid for a rehearing of a ruling in a case brought by the city of Baltimore seeking to hold them accountable for damages caused by climate change.The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals...
May 18 2022 // Justin Chimienti thought the Big Mac he bought at McDonald’s and the Bourbon Bacon Cheeseburger he bought at Wendy’s would be as big and juicy as advertised.He says they were not, and now he is suing the...
May 17 2022 // A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit against two former police officers accused of protecting a sex trafficking ring in northern Virginia in exchange for sex can move forward.The former Fairfax County officers,...
May 16 2022 // A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit 12 women brought last summer against Liberty University, accusing the Christian institution of fostering an unsafe environment on its Virginia campus and mishandling cases of...
May 16 2022 // A former Bridgeport assistant police chief’s lawsuit claiming he was defrauded out of the police chief’s job can go forward, a state appeals court has ruled.James Nardozzi’s lawsuit stemmed from the...
May 13 2022 // The California Legislature has agreed to increase how much money people can win in medical malpractice lawsuits, resolving one of the thorniest disputes in state politics by raising a cap on damages for the first time in...
May 13 2022 // Arkansas’s attorney general on Wednesday accused drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers of colluding to drive up the price of insulin drugs, the latest in a series of lawsuits to take aim at skyrocketing insulin...
May 13 2022 // Federal court documents show the settlement amount reached by an Indiana city and a man who lost an eye after being struck by a tear gas canister police fired during 2020 protests over the killing of George Floyd is...
May 13 2022 // A former athletic trainer for the Chicago White Sox is alleging in a lawsuit that he was fired by the team because of his sexual orientation, age and disability.The actions of White Sox general manager Rick Hahn and the...
May 13 2022 // Civil rights advocates are suing the school board and sheriff’s office in Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish over the alleged mistreatment _ including the use of a chokehold and handcuffs _ on a 10-year-old Black...
May 13 2022 // TikTok Inc. was blamed in a lawsuit for the death of a 10-year-old girl who allegedly participated in an online challenge in which people choke themselves until they black out.Nylah Anderson, an intelligent child who could...
May 13 2022 // A now-suspended Miami lawyer, along with the successor to his law firm, a public claims adjuster and a restoration company, have agreed to pay a total of $1 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Citizens Property...
May 12 2022 // Florida restaurants have had little success in recent lawsuits against Lloyd’s of London over insurance coverage for shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.On Wednesday, Florida’s 3rd District Court of Appeal,...
May 12 2022 // Three years ago, when a beaten and bloody Ronald Greene drew his final breath on a rural roadside, his death in Louisiana State Police custody seemed destined for obscurity.Family members were told _ falsely _ that he died...
May 12 2022 // Two Black female police officers allege in separate lawsuits that they were subjected to discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment at the Kansas City Police Department.Officer Rashawnda Williams said in...
May 11 2022 // Major League Baseball said it’s settling a complaint by minor league players about “poverty” wages, avoiding a trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake that could have tarnished the...
May 11 2022 // Major European power cable suppliers face a London class action that is seeking hundreds of millions of pounds in damages over allegations that a cartel led to inflated electricity charges for at least 30 million consumers...
May 11 2022 // A New York state appeals court on Tuesday dismissed state Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit accusing Amazon.com Inc. of failing to adequately protect thousands of workers at two New York City facilities against...