All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 22 2019 // An unlicensed marijuana dispensary sold cannabis sprayed with a dangerous pesticide, the city of Los Angeles said in a lawsuit that’s part of a wide-ranging crackdown on illegal pot sales.Marijuana sold at Kush Club...
Apr 22 2019 // The overall cost to large businesses of defending against class action lawsuits continues to rise even as the number of companies sued falls. This is happening because more companies being sued are facing multiple suits...
Apr 22 2019 // Federal regulators say a Louisiana company that operates a fleet of off-shore work boats in the Gulf of Mexico discriminated against and fired employee due to perceived disability.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Apr 22 2019 // The families of victims of a mass shooting at a central Kansas business in 2016 have won a $2 million legal settlement from a pawn shop that sold the firearms to the shooter’s girlfriend.The settlement of three...
Apr 18 2019 // The mother of a New Jersey man who died of a rare “brain-eating amoeba” after visiting a Texas surf resort has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the water park.Health officials say testing found evidence...
Apr 18 2019 // Bill Cosby’s insurance company has settled another lawsuit filed by a female accuser a week before the imprisoned comedian was set to give a deposition in the case, prompting Cosby to call the insurer...
Apr 18 2019 // Lyft Inc. was sued by investors who claim the ride-sharing company overstated its market position when it went public last month, leading to a dramatic plunge in its stock price.Two separate class-action complaints against...
Apr 18 2019 // Facebook Inc. will seek to block disclosures from years’ worth of privacy reports it submitted to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, according to filings in a lawsuit seeking the release of information in the...
Apr 17 2019 // Tyler, Texas-based medical providers, Pulmonary Specialists of Tyler and Sleep Health, will pay $30,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by federal regulators.According to the lawsuit filed by U.S....
Apr 17 2019 // South Africa’s leading food producer Tiger Brands said on Wednesday it will fight a class action lawsuit over its role in the world’s largest ever listeria outbreak.The listeriosis outbreak, the infection...
Apr 17 2019 // The Trump administration will allow lawsuits in U.S. courts for the first time against foreign companies that use properties Communist-ruled Cuba confiscated after Fidel Castro’s revolution in the 1950s, a senior...
Apr 16 2019 // The University of Akron in Ohio is suing several companies over the condition of railings in the school’s stadium, saying shoddy construction and design led to $1 million in needed repairs.The university lawsuit...
Apr 16 2019 // The family of a man shot to death by a security guard outside a Salem, Ore. restaurant is suing his attacker, and the security company that employed him, for $10 million.The Statesman Journal reported the negligence of...
Apr 15 2019 // Dozens of drivers have filed tort claims seeking money from the state of Indiana after their cars were damaged while driving on a 15-mile (24 kilometers), pothole-afflicted section of Interstate 69.The problematic stretch...
Apr 15 2019 // A U.S. judge ordered Bayer AG to pursue mediation with plaintiffs claiming that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, asking the company to try to settle lawsuits that have wreaked havoc on its share price.More than 11,200...
Apr 12 2019 // A bill that would expand protections for Nebraska farmers against public nuisance lawsuits has advanced in the Legislature despite objections that it could infringe on neighbors’ property rights.Lawmakers gave the...
Apr 12 2019 // A jury has awarded $3.6 million to a Colorado woman who claimed that deputies used excessive force when they arrested her and later shocked her with a stun gun while she was restrained.The Denver Post reports the jury...
Apr 12 2019 // Assignment of benefits reform legislation progressed in the Florida legislature yesterday.Lawmakers passed House Bill 7065, one of two key pieces of insurance industry-supported legislation – the other being its...
Apr 11 2019 // A woman has sued the Houston Astros for more than $1 million, saying that a T-shirt cannon by the team’s mascot at a game last season broke her finger.The Houston Chronicle reports that Jennifer Harughty alleges that...
Apr 11 2019 // The mother of a teenager who died of a gunshot to the head after police chased him into her house has filed a federal civil rights and wrongful death lawsuit against Las Vegas police.Taccara Brooks alleges in the case...