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Mississippi Delivery Driver Sues FedEx, This Time in State Court, After Shooting Incident

Dec 1 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black former delivery driver in Mississippi who says two white men shot into his work van and then pursued him in a high-speed chase last year has filed a new lawsuit against the men and his...

Brexit Backer and Inventor James Dyson Loses Libel Lawsuit Against UK Newspaper

Dec 1 2023 // James Dyson, the billionaire inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, lost a libel lawsuit on Friday against a British newspaper publisher over a column that branded him a hypocrite who had “screwed”...

Maersk Reaches Settlement Over Ship That Blocked Suez Canal

Dec 1 2023 // A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S settled a Danish lawsuit against the companies behind a ship that blocked the Suez canal in 2021, forcing shipping lines to delay or divert vessels and causing global disruption of supply...

Family of Los Angeles Deputy Killed in Ambush Plans to Sue Over Forced Overtime

Dec 1 2023 // The parents of a Los Angeles County deputy who was shot and killed while sitting in his patrol car plan to file a lawsuit accusing the sheriff`s department and county leaders of putting law enforcement officers at risk by...

London Metal Exchange Triumphs in Lawsuit Over Canceled Nickel Trades

Nov 30 2023 // The London Metal Exchange (LME) won a legal battle with U.S. financial firms on Wednesday which brought a case demanding $472 million in compensation after the exchange canceled billions of dollars in nickel trades last...

Colorado Woman Shocked with Taser Suing Police Officer And Chief for Not Reporting It

Nov 30 2023 // A woman who was shocked in the back with a Taser while lying on the ground in Pueblo, Colorado, last year is suing the police officer who stunned her and the city`s police chief, accusing the police department of failing...

Maryland County Sued for $16 Million Over Death of Pet Dog Shot by Police

Nov 30 2023 // Roommates who are suing a Maryland county claim police officers illegally entered their apartment without a warrant, detained them at gunpoint without justification and unnecessarily shot their pet dog, which was left...

Florida Injury Attorney Begins Prison Time for Defrauding Former Players in NFL Lawsuit

Nov 29 2023 // A Florida injury attorney who led a class-action lawsuit on behalf of former NFL players, then defrauded his clients out of millions of dollars, is in federal prison after he was sentenced to 14 years.Phillip Timothy...

Woman Sues Restaurant Claiming She Found Piece of Human Finger in Chopped Salad

Nov 29 2023 // When Alison Cozzi was eating the salad, she sensed something wasn’t right. It did not take long for her to realize that she was chewing on a portion of a human finger that had been mixed into the salad.It so happened...

Florida Appeals Court Says Pre-Suit Notice Requirement Not Retroactive

Nov 29 2023 // When Florida lawmakers approved Senate Bill 76 in 2021, requiring a 10-day notice before suits are filed against insurers, it was seen as a big step in stemming what had become a flood of claims litigation.Since then,...

Lawsuit Blames Negligence by Plant Owner, HVAC Contractors for Cannabis Worker’s Asthma Death

Nov 29 2023 // A lawsuit has been filed over what has been identified as the cannabis industry’s first asthma workplace death.The mother of a worker who died from an asthma attack at a Massachusetts cannabis processing plant in...

Jewish Groups Sue UC Berkeley Over ‘Unchecked’ Antisemitism

Nov 28 2023 // The University of California, Berkeley was sued on Tuesday by Jewish groups who said it has become a hotbed of “unchecked” antisemitism, including at its elite law school.According to a complaint by the...

Texas Judge Orders Houston Attorney to Reimburse Insurer $137,000 for “Frivolous” Lawsuit

Nov 28 2023 // A Texas judge has ordered a Houston plaintiffs’ attorney to reimburse an insurer $137,000 for the legal fees it expended to defend itself against a “frivolous” and “groundless” lawsuit that...

MLB, Formula 1 Face Fraud Suits for Promoting FTX Cryptocurrency

Nov 28 2023 // FTX investors suing the cryptocurrency exchange’s celebrity promoters for allegedly helping to facilitate an $11 billion fraud have some new targets, including Major League Baseball, Formula 1 racing and...

3M, DuPont Defeat Massive Class Action Over Forever Chemicals

Nov 28 2023 // A U.S. appeals court on Monday handed 3M, Corteva Inc subsidiary E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co and other manufacturers of toxic so-called “forever chemicals” a big win in their fight against legal liability...

$1.3 Billion Lottery Winner Sues for $100K Damages Over Identity Disclosure by Mom

Nov 28 2023 // A man who won one of the largest lottery payments in U.S. history has filed a federal lawsuit against the mother of his child in an attempt to keep his identity concealed.The man won a $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot...

Hall Sues Oates, Wins Restraining Order Over Plan to Sell Stake in Joint Venture

Nov 27 2023 // NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Daryl Hall has sued his longtime music partner John Oates, arguing that his plan to sell off his share of a joint venture would violate the terms of a business agreement the Hall & Oates...

Bill Cosby Accuser Files New Lawsuit Under Expiring New York Survivors Law

Nov 22 2023 // A woman who said Bill Cosby sexually assaulted her when she was a young comedy writer more than 50 years ago filed a lawsuit against the actor Thursday under a soon-to-expire New York law that gave victims of sexual abuse...

Texas AG Sues Pfizer Over Quality-Control Lapses in Kids’ ADHD drug

Nov 21 2023 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused Pfizer PFE.N and its supplier Tris Pharma of providing children’s ADHD medicine that it knew might be ineffective to the state’s Medicaid insurance program for...

New York Law That Opened Window for 2,500 Sex Abuse Suits Is Expiring

Nov 21 2023 // For a year, a special New York law has cleared the way for a wave of headline-grabbing lawsuits against famous men accused of sexual misconduct, including former President Donald Trump, hip hop mogul Sean...