All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 30 2017 // County officials in Ohio’s Cuyahoga County are suing several large prescription drug companies saying they intentionally misled the public about the dangers of opioids.The lawsuit filed by Cuyahoga County says the...
Oct 30 2017 // Houston’s Local 100 of the United Labor Unions, a multi-state service workers’ union, has agreed to pay $30,000 in lost wages and damages to settle a race discrimination suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Oct 30 2017 // A law firm fighting lawsuits for Flint, Michigan, residents over lead-tainted drinking water is filing the latest class-action case blaming a North Carolina chemical plant for releasing little-understood compounds into the...
Oct 27 2017 // Cheese and pepperoni — but hold the lawsuit.That’s the message from the Michigan appeals court, which has reversed a decision and dismissed a lawsuit by a Domino’s Pizza delivery man. Robert Garsoff fractured...
Oct 27 2017 // American International Group Inc. on Thursday sued Walt Disney Co. to avoid having to reimburse the parent of ABC News for part of a settlement of a meat producer’s defamation lawsuit over a product that critics call...
Oct 26 2017 // A Louisiana man says a sheriff’s office withdrew a job offer after finding out he has HIV, according to a federal lawsuit filed Oct. 24.“It’s the equivalent of not hiring somebody because they had cancer...
Oct 26 2017 // A 36-year-old Oregon woman has filed a $1.8 million lawsuit against medical professionals who she says mistakenly suggested she undergo a double mastectomy and a hysterectomy. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Monday that...
Oct 26 2017 // Not every financial firm will be able to reap the benefit of Wall Street’s victory in dismantling the threat of class-action law suits.The U.S. Senate killed a rule late on Tuesday that allowed consumers to band...
Oct 25 2017 // If you happen to buy a cup of coffee in California and it comes with a cancer warning, don’t panic – it’s just the law.No scientific study says consuming java in moderation is bad for your health – and some...
Oct 25 2017 // The Weinstein Co. faces its first lawsuit accusing the company of failing to control ousted co-founder Harvey Weinstein, in a case brought by an actress who claims he sexually assaulted her.Dominique Huett said the company...
Oct 25 2017 // Banks, credit card issuers and other financial companies will be able to block customers from banding together to sue over disputes, after the U.S. Senate on Tuesday narrowly killed a rule banning the firms from using...
Oct 24 2017 // A settlement has been reached between two Oklahoma oil and natural gas companies and a woman injured in a 2011 earthquake.Prague resident Sandra Ladra filed the lawsuit in 2014 against New Dominion LLC, Spess Oil Co. and...
Oct 24 2017 // Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and First Lady Lori Otter are working to bring awareness to stop sexual assault and harassment and are encouraging Idahoans to also step up in their efforts.The governor’s tweeted...
Oct 23 2017 // One of the largest producers of Georgia’s famous Vidalia onions must pay $1.4 million in damages and unpaid overtime owed to hundreds of workers, a federal judge ruled.A U.S. District Court judge found that Bland...
Oct 23 2017 // The Las Vegas resort from which a gunman unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history has been ordered to preserve photos, surveillance video and gambling records of the shooter and notes by investigators.A...
Oct 20 2017 // Authorities say a Pennsylvania volunteer fire company that was sued over sexual abuse by a firefighter and its alleged cover-up by fire officials has closed its fire station.Lancaster Emergency Management Agency director...
Oct 20 2017 // Litigation financing, distracted driving and unexpected verdicts are just some of the factors impacting commercial auto frequency and severity, according to panelists speaking at the 2017 Risk Management Summit this week...
Oct 19 2017 // A Machiasport, Maine, man is suing a salmon farm over a workplace injury in which he lost two fingers.Jesse Redman sued True North Salmon US Inc. and Cooke Aquaculture USA Inc. last week in U.S. District Court in Bangor,...
Oct 19 2017 // A utility that provides water in southeastern North Carolina has sued a company it accuses of polluting the Cape Fear River, where the utility gets its water.The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority filed a complaint in U.S....
Oct 18 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has reversed a Superior Court decision in favor of a law firm in a legal malpractice suit.The plaintiff, Kiribati Seafood Company LLC, brought the legal malpractice claim against...