A Cook County lawsuit accuses Gibsons Bar and Steakhouse and several seafood companies of selling contaminated raw oysters that allegedly caused a customer to develop multiple bacterial infections, suffer cardiac arrest and sustain permanent brain damage.Joseph Belgio, 44, a retired Cicero firefighter and Marine veteran, filed the lawsuit Monday in... Read More »
The family of actor Robert Carradine is suing the University of California over his death, alleging UCLA staff failed to follow suicide prevention safeguards after he voluntarily entered a locked psychiatric unit while experiencing suicidal thoughts.Carradine’s children filed the lawsuit Aug. 7 against the Regents of the University of California,... Read More »
Mercedes-Benz USA is facing a proposed class action from two California drivers who claim raised metal AMG logos built into the front seats of certain vehicles become hot enough to cause burns after the cars are parked in the sun.Gabriel Lahijani and Karendeep “Karina” Bath filed the lawsuit August 5... Read More »
A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta Platforms to pay $567 million into a fund addressing youth mental health and child safety harms while requiring changes to Facebook and Instagram for young users in the state.The August 6 ruling by First Judicial District Court Judge Bryan Biedscheid follows a separate... Read More »
A Minnesota woman who was hospitalized with sepsis after eating a Chipotle burrito bowl has sued the restaurant chain, claiming contaminated jalapeño peppers caused her illness during a multistate salmonella outbreak linked to 345 cases.Kristen Behne filed the lawsuit Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.... Read More »
OpenAI and Statsig have agreed to pay $1.2 million to the federal government and reserve up to $2 million for potential back pay to resolve Justice Department investigations into alleged discrimination against U.S. workers during recruitment for permanent positions.Federal investigators said the companies placed an added burden on U.S. workers... Read More »
Taylor Fresh Foods has sued the former president of its Tennessee subsidiary, his wife, a purported contractor and the contractor’s principal, accusing them of diverting more than $32 million through false invoices, unauthorized payroll and personal expense reimbursements.The lawsuit, filed June 5 in federal court in Nashville, names Brian Thure,... Read More »
A Michigan woman has filed a proposed nationwide class action against Taco Bell and several Taylor Farms companies, alleging that contaminated lettuce served by the fast food chain caused Cyclospora infections during a multi-state outbreak.The complaint, filed Monday by Dawn Koss in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District... Read More »
Missouri voters overwhelmingly rejected two proposed constitutional amendments Tuesday that would have raised the approval threshold for citizen-led amendments and required lawmakers to phase out the state’s individual income tax.Amendment 4 failed by about 80 percent to 20 percent, while Amendment 5 received about 16 percent support in the August... Read More »
A federal judge has dismissed Alex Murdaugh’s lawsuit seeking $600,000 from former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill, ruling that her interference with his murder trial did not cause the legal expenses he sought to recover.U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel found Wednesday that Murdaugh lacked standing to pursue the... Read More »
An Atlanta-area woman has sued Kaiser Permanente, alleging employees mishandled a uterine tissue sample and caused her to receive a false diagnosis of aggressive cancer before undergoing surgery that removed her reproductive organs.The lawsuit, filed in Clayton County, Georgia, by Cassandra Barksdale, 43, names Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia,... Read More »
Federal and state regulators have sued Hims & Hers Health, alleging the telehealth company charged hundreds of thousands of consumers for prescription subscriptions without their informed consent and shared sensitive health information with advertising platforms despite promises that its service was private and discreet.The Federal Trade Commission, California, and the... Read More »
New York has sued prediction market operator Kalshi, accusing the company of running an unlicensed gambling business that allows users to wager on sports, elections, television shows and other events through its website and mobile app.Attorney General Letitia James filed the petition July 31 in New York County Supreme Court.... Read More »
California’s new AI transparency rules took effect August 2, requiring major generative artificial intelligence companies to give the public tools for identifying images, video, and audio created or altered by their systems.The California AI Transparency Act applies to companies whose generative AI systems receive more than 1 million monthly visitors... Read More »
Chobani must face a proposed class action accusing the company of misleading consumers by marketing yogurt as sugar-free even though each serving allegedly contains four grams of allulose, a sweetener that a federal appeals court found qualifies as sugar under federal labeling rules.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in... Read More »
