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#1 Allstate Insurers Sue Hyundai, Kia to Pay for Claims From Defective Cars

Nov 14 2024 // A group of subsidiaries of Allstate have filed a subrogation suit against Hyundai and Kia to get back costs paid to insureds for damages when their cars suddenly erupted in flames.According to the lawsuit, now in U.S....

#2 Jury Hands $5.2B Verdict Against Vegas Company in Bottled Water Liver Damage Suit

Oct 28 2024 // A jury in Nevada has delivered a $5.2 billion award in the latest large-sum lawsuit against a former Las Vegas-based bottled water company that was found responsible for causing liver damage in customers before it was...

#3 TPG’s Exactech Goes Bankrupt After Lawsuits Over Recalled Implant Devices

Oct 31 2024 // Exactech Inc., a maker of joint-replacement implants owned by TPG Capital, has filed bankruptcy after being accused in more than a thousand lawsuits of making defective hip and knee implants that hurt patients.The...

#4 Chipotle Shareholders Sue Over Fallout From Skimping on Portion Sizes

Nov 12 2024 // Chipotle Mexican Grill was sued on Monday by shareholders for concealing how many of its restaurants were skimping on portions, forcing the chain to spend more on ingredients and hurting its stock price.In a proposed class...

#5 Trick or Treat? Lawsuit Alleges Some Hershey Candy Wrappers Contain PFAS

Oct 31 2024 // Just two days before Halloween, The Hershey Co. was hit with a class action lawsuit alleging that the packaging of some of its candies contains unsafe levels of chemicals known as fluorine and/or per- and polyfluoroalkyl...

#6 CNN Must Face Project Veritas’ Defamation Lawsuit, Appeals Court Rules

Nov 8 2024 // A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday revived a defamation lawsuit accusing CNN of defaming Project Veritas in its explanation of why the conservative group, which is often accused of using deceptive tactics, was...

#7 AI Chatbot Pushed Florida Teen to Suicide, Lawsuit Against Its Creator Alleges

Oct 29 2024 // In the final moments before he took his own life, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III took out his phone and messaged the chatbot that had become his closest friend.For months, Sewell had become increasingly isolated from his...

#8 JPMorgan Sues Customers Over Check Fraud Linked to Glitch That Went Viral

Oct 30 2024 // JPMorgan Chase, the largest U.S. bank, has begun suing customers for check fraud, saying they improperly withdrew funds by taking illegal advantage of a temporary technical glitch that went viral on TikTok.The glitch in...

#9 Struggling Businesses at Corner Where George Floyd Was Murdered Sue Minneapolis

Nov 18 2024 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Several business owners at the struggling corner where George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020 are suing the city to demand it take over their properties and compensate...

#10 Michigan Culver’s Restaurants Sued for Discriminating Against Transgender Employee

Oct 29 2024 // Five related entities operating Culver’s restaurants in Michigan violated federal law when they fired a transgender employee and three of his colleagues after they complained about harassment, the U.S. Equal...

#11 Class Action Lawsuit on AI-Related Discrimination Reaches Final Settlement

Nov 25 2024 // Mary Louis’ excitement to move into an apartment in Massachusetts in the spring of 2021 turned to dismay when Louis, a Black woman, received an email saying that a “third-party service” had denied her...

#12 Obama Relatives Settle Racial Bias Suit With Private School in Milwaukee

Nov 12 2024 // Former first lady Michelle Obama’s brother and his wife have settled a lawsuit they filed in 2022 alleging a private school in Milwaukee refused to reenroll their children after the couple raised concerns about...

#13 Where’s the Meat? Lawsuit Claims Subway Sandwich Skimps on Filling

Oct 29 2024 // A new lawsuit accuses Subway of “grossly misleading” customers by advertising sandwiches that contain at least three times more meat than it delivers.According to a proposed class action filed on Monday in...

#14 McDonald’s Sued by Consumers in Proposed Class Action Over E.Coli Outbreak

Oct 30 2024 // McDonald’s was sued on Tuesday by consumers in a proposed class action stemming from the E.coli outbreak linked to onions in the fast-food chain’s Quarter Pounders.Amanda McCray of Chicago and William Michael...

#15 Delta Sues CrowdStrike Over ‘Catastrophic’ Software Glitch

Oct 29 2024 // Delta Air Lines Inc. sued cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. over the chaos caused this summer by a “catastrophic” software update that disabled millions of computers worldwide and grounded much of...

#16 Company Vows to Sue Over Damages After New Mexico Police Destroy Cannabis Crops

Nov 7 2024 // State police have destroyed tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana plants at greenhouses in northwestern New Mexico, marking what regulators say is the largest seizure and destruction of cannabis in New Mexico since new...

#17 Danone Wins Dismissal of Evian Microplastics Lawsuit

Nov 7 2024 // The maker of Evian spring water, Danone, won the dismissal of a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing it of defrauding consumers with labels that claim the water is “natural” even though it contains microplastics that...

#18 Judge Delays Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Karen Read Until After Criminal Trial

Nov 5 2024 // A judge ruled Thursday that Karen Read won’t have to give a deposition in her wrongful death lawsuit until after her criminal trial in January.The brief from Judge William M. White Jr. on Thursday effectively delays...

#19 Malcolm X’s Daughters Sue CIA, FBI and NYPD Over Civil Rights Leader’s Assassination

Nov 17 2024 // Three daughters of Malcolm X have accused the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others in a $100 million lawsuit Friday of playing roles in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader.In the lawsuit filed...

#20 Lawsuit Alleges Child Sexual Abuse of WWE ‘Ring Boys’ in Maryland

Oct 29 2024 // A new lawsuit accuses the WWE and its founders of fostering a culture of sexual abuse within the organization and looking the other way while a longtime ringside announcer preyed on young men he hired as “ring...