All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 17 2021 // BERLIN – Bayer faces a billion-dollar investor class action lawsuit in Germany over the takeover of U.S. seed manufacturer Monsanto, specialist law firm Tilp Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft said on Wednesday.Tilp said it was...
Dec 17 2021 // Workers who were injured at a candle factory that was demolished by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, have filed suit against the manufacturer, alleging that managers had threatened to fire employees who wanted to leave...
Dec 17 2021 // A group of gun manufacturers, distributors and retailers on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a New York law that allows the state and people affected by gun violence to sue the industry.The...
Dec 16 2021 // The parents of a 17-year-old girl who was shot in the neck at Oxford High School during a mass shooting that left four students dead filed a pair of lawsuits seeking $100 million each against a Michigan school district,...
Dec 16 2021 // The family of a woman who died in a Las Vegas fire two years ago has filed a lawsuit against the companies that maintained the building’s fire alarm system.Six people died in the December 2019 blaze at the Alpine...
Dec 15 2021 // A Texas jury has awarded a largely symbolic settlement of more than $301 billion in a lawsuit against a Corpus Christi bar brought by the family of a woman and her 16-year-old granddaughter who were killed in a car crash...
Dec 15 2021 // A Utah firefighter who uses medical marijuana for chronic back pain has sued the city of Ogden, saying he was unlawfully suspended from duty for refusing to surrender his prescription card.Levi Coleman said in a November...
Dec 15 2021 // The estate of a Black man who died in custody at a Vermont prison is suing, alleging racism and negligence.The lawsuit, reported by VTDigger, was filed this week in Washington County Superior Court, alleging that the...
Dec 15 2021 // Maine utility regulators will investigate allegations raised in a lawsuit against the parent company of Central Maine Power.The investigation by the Maine Public Utilities Commission will focus on whether Avangrid’s...
Dec 15 2021 // The mother of a young football player who became trapped in the elevator of an Atlanta high-rise and was crushed to death is suing several property and elevator companies.In a lawsuit filed Thursday, Jessica Moore says the...
Dec 15 2021 // A sheriff and a fired deputy in South Carolina are facing a second lawsuit over the officer’s conduct during an arrest.The lawsuit said ex-Kershaw County deputy Johnathan Goldsmith threw the man against a car and...
Dec 15 2021 // The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a request by Johnson & Johnson to halt a Mississippi lawsuit over its talcum powder products.As is typical, the high court did not say anything in turning away the case, which...
Dec 13 2021 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by Johnson & Johnson to throw out a lawsuit brought by the state of Mississippi over allegations that the company failed to inform residents that its talc-based...
Dec 13 2021 // Finger-pointing in one of the largest Ponzi schemes to hit Florida has spilled over into the legal and insurance industries.Security National Insurance Co. has filed suit against a Miami law firm, alleging the lawyers...
Dec 13 2021 // A woman is suing the city of Portland, Oregon, alleging that tear gas deployed by police during summer 2020 demonstrations caused lasting damage to her menstrual health.Lanora Vasquez’s lawyer, Michael Fuller, filed...
Dec 13 2021 // Litigation funding has become a $17 billion industry globally, with 52% of that money being spent in the United States, Swiss Re said in a recent report.The reinsurer said third-party litigation funding (TPLF) is...
Dec 10 2021 // Two conservation organizations have filed a federal lawsuit against Henrico County in Virginia, alleging the county allowed tens of millions of gallons of raw sewage to seep into the James River and its tributaries over...
Dec 10 2021 // Carrabba’s Italian Grill, a nationwide chain, and a restaurant staffing firm must pay $690,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced.The federal agency said...
Dec 9 2021 // The more than 300 lawsuits that have been filed so far in Houston following a massive crowd surge at the Astroworld festival that left 10 people dead have been consolidated and will be handled by one judge as the cases...
Dec 9 2021 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google is suing two Russian nationals it claims are part of a criminal enterprise that has silently infiltrated more than a million computers and devices around the world, creating “a modern...