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Washington Nursing Home Sued Over Coronavirus Death

Apr 13 2020 // The daughter of a woman who died of a suspected coronavirus case at a Seattle-area nursing home connected to dozens of COVID-19 deaths is suing the company that owns the Life Care Center of Kirkland.The Life Care Center...

Courts Allows Shareholder Class Action Against Goldman Sachs Tied to 2008 Crisis

Apr 13 2020 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc. must face a shareholder class action accusing the bank of hiding conflicts of interest, including behind-the-scenes dealings with a prominent hedge fund manager, when creating risky subprime...

Appellate Court Drops Victim Suit Against Florida Nightclub Shooter’s Employer

Apr 9 2020 // A Florida appellate court upheld a lower court’s ruling that a security firm employing the gunman responsible for a gay nightclub shooting can’t be held liable for failing to investigate complaints against the...

Parent Company of Kansas City Radio Station Sued for Gender Discrimination

Apr 9 2020 // The former co-host of “Afentra’s Big Fat Morning Buzz” on Kansas City radio station KRBZ-FM is suing the station’s parent company for alleged discrimination and for retaliating against her when she...

Anticipated Coronavirus Claims Scenarios Across Major Coverage Lines: Viewpoint

Apr 9 2020 // As the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed over the past several months, participants in the insurance industry have recognized the likelihood of a resulting increase in claims volume. Much of the early focus has been on the...

Suit Alleges Zoom Overstated Privacy, Did Not Disclose Security Flaws

Apr 9 2020 // Zoom Video Communications Inc. was slapped with a class action suit by one of its shareholders on Tuesday, accusing the video-conferencing app of overstating its privacy standards and failing to disclose that its service...

Former Oklahoma Store Owner to Pay $160K in Disability Discrimination Suit

Apr 8 2020 // The former owner of a chain of Oklahoma convenience stores will pay $160,000 to nine alleged victims of disability discrimination to resolve a federal lawsuit.According to the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...

Litigation Builds Against Insurers Over Coronavirus Business Interruption

Apr 8 2020 // Barbara Snowden dreamed of opening a wig shop to help women who’d lost their hair during chemotherapy feel better as they battled cancer. In November, she beamed at the grand opening of Hair Goals Club in the Houston...

Estate of Walmart Employee Who Died From COVID-19 Sues for Wrongful Death

Apr 8 2020 // The family of a Walmart Inc. employee in Illinois who died after contracting COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, has filed a lawsuit accusing the retail giant of failing to adequately screen and protect...

Man Suing over Injuries in Portable Horse Stall in Oregon During High Winds

Apr 7 2020 // A man is suing the organizers of a 2018 Bend, Ore. horse show for serious injuries he says he suffered when high winds lifted the portable stall he and his horse were inside and threw them 40 feet.Jeffrey Ruthhardt filed a...

Passenger Sues United Airlines Over Refusal to Refund Airfare Despite U.S. Order

Apr 7 2020 // United Airlines Holdings Inc. was sued by a passenger for refusing to issue refunds for canceled flights, three days after U.S. regulators ordered airlines to reimburse customers.The passenger, Jacob Rudolph, filed the...

Investors Allege Securities Violations by Cryptocurrency Issuers, Exchanges

Apr 7 2020 // Investors have brought class action lawsuits in federal court against seven cryptocurrency issuers and four exchanges, claiming they sold billions of dollars in unregistered assets in violation of U.S. securities laws.The...

Canadian Insurers Hit with Lawsuit on Refusal to Pay COVID-19 Biz Income Claims

Apr 6 2020 // A class action lawsuit has been filed against Canada’s top indemnity insurers for breach of contract in their refusal to pay business interruption claims from the COVID-19 crisis.“Indemnity insurers are...

D&O Insurers Brace For Coronavirus ‘Event Driven’ Litigation

Apr 6 2020 // What may be the first U.S. securities lawsuits alleging misdeeds related to coronavirus were filed in late March — one against a cruise line and another against a pharmaceutical company that claimed to have developed...

Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Involving Wyoming Coal Workers

Apr 6 2020 // Attorneys representing Wyoming coal miners reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit against a bankrupt coal operator.The settlement with Blackjewel LLC of West Virginia requires final approval by a federal judge, The...

Illinois Lawsuits Challenge Society Insurance’s Coronavirus Claim Denials

Apr 3 2020 // Two lawsuits have been filed in federal court in Illinois by a group of businesses — who were forced to close their operations by government authorities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic — over the denial of...

Indiana Nursing Home Operator Sued for Disability Discrimination

Apr 3 2020 // Bloomington, Ind.-based senior living community operator Heart of CarDon LLC has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by refusing to accommodate a qualified employee with a disability, which...

Life-or-Death Decisions by Hospitals, Doctors Come With Threat of Lawsuits

Apr 2 2020 // Doctors and hospitals overwhelmed in the pandemic will have to make their excruciating life-or-death decisions meticulously or they risk being second-guessed by a jury when the onslaught is over.Lawyers who defend health...

EEOC Sues Blue Sky Vision for Disability Discrimination at Michigan Facility

Apr 2 2020 // Blue Sky Vision L.L.C., a Delaware-based management services organization that provides support to eye care providers, has been sued by federal employment officials for employee disability discrimination at a facility in...

Federal Officials Sue Colorado’s Telluride Express for Age Discrimination

Apr 2 2020 // San Miguel Mountain Ventures LLC, which does business as Telluride Express in Montrose, Colo., has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for refusing to hire a job applicant because of his...