A South Carolina woman who was viciously attacked by a pack of dogs two years ago has filed a lawsuit against Abbeville County in the Court of Common Pleas. The dog attack left the woman with life-threatening injuries. Although she survived the attack, she lost both arms and suffered other... Read More »
A Massachusetts man has filed a $9.5 million lawsuit against the U.S. military after he crashed his snowmobile into a parked military Black Hawk helicopter. The crash happened in March 2019 in Worthington, Massachusetts, when 48-year-old Jeff Smith was riding his snowmobile along a snowmobile track that ran through a... Read More »
Six incarcerated plaintiffs throughout Pennsylvania filed a federal class action lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections that would seek to end the indefinite use of solitary confinement. The lawsuit claims the practice is a violation of an inmate's constitutional rights. Solitary confinement is a form of short-term isolation inmates... Read More »
Banking giant Wells Fargo filed a motion with Federal Judge James Donato last week in the Northern District of California seeking a three-week extension to respond to the plaintiffs’ three expert evidence reports over allegations the bank racially discriminated against minority borrowers. The bank shared in its motion that it... Read More »
Luxury Las Vegas hotel the Venetian is facing a personal injury lawsuit after a California man says he was stung by a scorpion during his stay at the resort last year. Sixty-one-year-old Michael Farchi of Agoura Hills was vacationing on the Las Vegas strip with his family when he says... Read More »
Kleenex Maker Kimberly-Clark is facing a proposed class action lawsuit after residents in Connecticut say their properties and drinking water were contaminated with PFAS “forever chemicals.” The lawsuit was filed last week in Connecticut federal court and targeted a Kimberly-Clark factory in New Milford, Connecticut. Nearby residents say that the... Read More »
An Orange County woman and her husband have filed a lawsuit against Universal Orlando Resorts after she says she sustained a traumatic brain injury while on a rollercoaster. Geriann Irwin Clem and her husband Richard Clem filed their lawsuit in Orange County, Florida, last week against Universal City Development Partners,... Read More »
A lawsuit filed against Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment accuses the popular fine dining restaurant chain of violating state and federal labor laws through a forced “tip pooling” scheme. The lawsuit was filed by a former employee, Jonathan Lamb, "on behalf of all others similarly situated." The lawsuit argues that employees... Read More »
A new lawsuit is accusing the city of Portland of negligence, claiming that the city failed to adhere to its own regulations regarding homeless encampments along busy roadways. It was this negligence, the lawsuit claims, that ultimately led to the death of a motorcyclist in 2022. The one million dollar... Read More »
A new lawsuit accuses popular gaming platform Roblox of creating an “addictive” gaming experience while “exploiting” children and profiting off of “child labor.” Experts say that an estimated 75% of children aged 9-12 use Roblox monthly. In the first months of 2023, the company made $2.39 billion from “Robux” purchases... Read More »
Two Alaskan seafood shipping companies have agreed to pay $9.5 million to end a lawsuit that accused them of violating the U.S. Jones Act. The settlement will be the second largest settlement ever involving a violation of the act, the Department of Justice said last Friday. The settlement is the... Read More »
The wildly popular Stanley Quencher cups are trending yet again, this time over a proposed class action lawsuit that accuses the makers of the cup, Pacific Market International, of false advertising. Separate lawsuits were initially brought forward by Stanley cup owners in California and Nevada. Both women say they purchased... Read More »
Iowa’s Linn-Mar Community Schools District has agreed to pay $20,000 to end a lawsuit over a now-rescinded district policy that allowed students to ask for a gender support plan that would aid them in their gender transition without the permission of their parents or legal guardians. The lawsuit was filed... Read More »
Sixty-two-year-old Susie Balfour has filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) after she says the correction facility medical contractors repeatedly denied her medical treatment, causing her a delayed breast cancer diagnosis. The cancer has since become terminal after spreading to other parts of her body, including her... Read More »
Parents in Newton, Massachusetts, have filed a class action lawsuit against several education organizations after a teacher strike left Newton schools closed for 11 days before a deal was finally reached. The lawsuit was filed by three Newtown parents in Middlesex Superior Court last Friday. Their complaint names local, state,... Read More »
