All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 3 2022 // Two women have sued the operator of a Louisiana salt mine where a roof collapse killed their husbands a year ago.Genee Romero and Alexandra Patin said in nearly identical lawsuits that Cargill Inc. officials and...
Dec 30 2021 // The Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy efforts have plodded along for three years with no end visible in the case involving more than 400 clergy abuse victims.Lawyers say three years is a comparatively...
Dec 30 2021 // A bankruptcy judge has extended temporary protections against opioid-related litigation for the Sackler family members who own Purdue Pharma until Feb. 1 after another judge overturned the OxyContin maker’s...
Dec 29 2021 // A man who dropped a gun and ran naked from police before being shot by an officer outside a church in 2017 has accepted a $525,000 settlement to end a federal lawsuit against the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department...
Dec 29 2021 // A lawsuit filed against the Chicago Blackhawks by a former Michigan high school student who said he was sexually assaulted by ex-assistant coach Brad Aldrich has been dismissed.Susan Loggans, who represents the former...
Dec 28 2021 // Relatives of a 14-year-old girl who died when an oil storage tank exploded in February have sued the company that operated the tank.The suit against Urban Oil & Gas Group and its insurer was filed in federal court in...
Dec 28 2021 // A Nebraska food company and its insurer want a warehouse company to pay them more then $400,000 because a shipment of bacon was destroyed inside one of its warehouses in Lincoln last year.Omaha food manufacturer Westin...
Dec 28 2021 // Exxon Mobil Corp. said on Monday its Baytown, Texas, refinery continued to operate at reduced rates following a fire on Dec. 23, and the unit involved remained shut down.The company has not yet determined the cause of the...
Dec 27 2021 // The City Council in Portland, Oregon, unanimously approved of paying $100,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed against police by a man who said he was pepper sprayed, thrown to the ground and unlawfully arrested during a...
Dec 22 2021 // A California candymaker must face a lawsuit by an employee who says she caught COVID-19 at work and gave it to her husband, resulting in his death, a state appeals court held on Tuesday, upholding what appeared to be the...
Dec 21 2021 // An Indiana-based bank has agreed to direct more housing loans to majority-Black neighborhoods in settling a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by a fair housing organization.Evansville-based Old National Bank faced...
Dec 21 2021 // Davis Automotive Group, Inc., doing business as BMW Cleveland, an automobile dealership located in Solon, Ohio, will pay $390,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by...
Dec 21 2021 // California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a statewide lawsuit against Walmart for the illegal disposal of hazardous waste.Bonta was joined by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and 12 district...
Dec 20 2021 // McDonald’s will pay $33.5 million to a former baseball player who owns multiple franchises to end a lawsuit he brought against the company accusing it of racial discrimination.Herb Washington, who is Black, owned...
Dec 20 2021 // The family of an Oakland man who died after police held him down filed a wrongful death lawsuit Friday, contending officers asphyxiated him during a confrontation that drew protests and comparisons to the death of George...
Dec 20 2021 // Two former Maryland football players have each reached $200,000 settlements in lawsuits accusing former coach DJ Durkin of running a program that subjected athletes to an abusive environment.The Maryland Attorney...
Dec 20 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. will pay $40,000 to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.The EEOC charged that Arthur J. Gallagher violated federal...
Dec 17 2021 // The Chicago Blackhawks and a former player who said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach have settled a lawsuit that eviscerated the franchise’s once-sterling reputation and shook up the NHL, bringing...
Dec 17 2021 // Clackamas County, Oregon has paid $45,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a mother who said one of several sheriff’s deputies held her 12-year-old son to the ground with a knee on his neck.The boy is Black and the...
Dec 17 2021 // Fox News probably had enough information after the 2020 presidential election to know a conspiracy theory claiming Dominion Voting Systems Inc. rigged the contest was false, a judge said in denying the network’s...