All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 26 2021 // A U.S. judge rejected Bayer’s $2 billion class action proposal aimed at resolving future lawsuits alleging its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, saying in a Wednesday order that parts of the plan were “clearly...
May 26 2021 // A state lawmaker from Maine is facing a lawsuit from neighbors who say she and her husband cut down thousands of trees from their property to build a barn and horse paddock. Sasha and Christopher Malone filed the lawsuit...
May 25 2021 // A pulp and paper mill in South Carolina emits fumes that smells like rotten eggs and which nearby residents say have caused headaches and sore throats, a North Carolina homeowner says in a lawsuit.Kenny White, who lives in...
May 25 2021 // A jury has awarded an Iowa Department of Human Services employee $790,000 in damages in her lawsuit accusing the department of fostering sexual harassment.The jury handed down the award at the conclusion of the nearly...
May 25 2021 // A Dallas rehabilitation facility will pay $146,613 to settle charges that it unlawfully fired an employee because of her need for additional leave to recover from caesarean section, according to the U.S. Equal Employment...
May 24 2021 // An Egyptian court rejected an appeal by the owner of a giant container ship that blocked the Suez Canal to allow it to leave the country, as a legal dispute over compensation continues.Sunday’s ruling marked the...
May 24 2021 // The family of a 16-year-old boy fatally shot by Honolulu police last month sued the city and unidentified police officers on Friday, alleging negligence, assault and battery.The lawsuit filed by Akiwine Sykap, grandmother...
May 24 2021 // Fifteen military families have filed a lawsuit against a private company that manages housing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington over living conditions they say caused property damage and health problems.The 51...
May 23 2021 // Property owners near dams that failed in the Midland area won a key decision in lawsuits against the state.Judge Cynthia Stephens said the lawsuits can go forward, rejecting a request to dismiss by the Department of...
May 23 2021 // A man who fell into depression and attempted suicide after he was gored by a bull can’t sue an insurance company for deciding to stop covering his medication, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled.According to court...
May 21 2021 // McDonald’s Corp. was sued on Thursday for at least $10 billion by two companies owned by media entrepreneur Byron Allen, who accused the fast-food chain of racial discrimination for not advertising enough with...
May 20 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. was hit on Wednesday with five new lawsuits by women who worked in corporate or warehouse management roles, and accused the online retailer of gender bias, racial bias or both.The women, ages 23 to 64,...
May 20 2021 // The former city recorder in Coquille, Ore., has filed a federal lawsuit against the city alleging she was wrongfully fired.Jennifer Rose notified the city of her intent to sue multiple times earlier in the year leading up...
May 20 2021 // A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss two lawsuits filed against the University of Delaware by current and former students who argue that they are entitled to refunds for services they didn’t receive when...
May 20 2021 // Environmental groups are seeking to force the federal government to address an underfunded program in West Virginia whose purpose is to help cover the costs of coal mine reclamation.The lawsuit said the U.S. Office of...
May 20 2021 // The billionaire Italian family that until recently owned Brooks Brothers has been accused in a lawsuit of driving the iconic apparel retailer into bankruptcy instead of selling it, to avoid paying millions of dollars to an...
May 19 2021 // The city of Dubuque, Iowa, will pay more than $1.8 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit brought by a former police captain who accused the city and police chief of fostering a culture of sexism in the...
May 19 2021 // Dozens more men are suing Ohio State over the university’s failure to stop sexual abuse and misconduct decades ago by team doctor Richard Strauss.They echo claims filed previously by over 400 men, many of whom allege...
May 18 2021 // The Southern California city of Fullerton has agreed to pay $350,000 and take back its accusations of criminal computer hacking to settle a lawsuit against two local bloggers, a newspaper reported.The agreement was...
May 18 2021 // Information on an impending settlement in a class-action lawsuit over lead poisoning in New Haven, Connecticut, children is expected to be released Monday.The New Haven Register reports the parties are scheduled to give...