Some lawsuits just make you want to roll your eyes. Take, for instance, two different cases over eye drops. In one case, a federal class action lawsuit that has been certified against several drug companies, claiming that the dispenser on their prescription eye drop bottles is too large, causing excessive drops to roll down the plaintiffs’ cheeks.
Under a settlement agreement reached this week, Yakima Neighborhood Health Services will drop its federal lawsuit against the city of Yakima and instead submit a new application for using Roy’s Market as an apartment building to house local homeless people. The revised application, which Neighborhood Health must submit within 90 days, will be for an apartment facility in which up to 40 homeless …
A former administrator who earlier this year sued Wright State University’s research arm has submitted a filing indicating a settlement in the suit may be forthcoming. Ryan Fendley, former senior advisor to the Wright State provost, filed a motion Sept. 6 in Greene County Common Pleas Court seeking additional time to submit a final entry reflecting a settlement. Fendley sued Wright State …
Bank of America Corp. and a former managing director agreed to settle a lawsuit in which she accused the institution of being a “bros club” that favored male employees. Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed in a Wednesday filing in Manhattan federal court. Megan Messina had been offered $500,000 to settle, according to an earlier filing.
A Milwaukee-based law firm is looking for former and current ThedaCare employees at its Appleton and Neenah hospitals to join a federal collective-action lawsuit against the health care provider for what it alleges to be illegal labor …
Jonathan Stempel| NEW YORK NEW YORK A U.S. judge has again thrown out a $3 billion lawsuit by investors in two “feeder funds” that sent money to Bernard Madoff, one of the largest lawsuits tied to his Ponzi scheme, after her original dismissal had been overturned. In a 145-page decision released on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts in Manhattan said the investors lacked standing to …
Kim Palmer| CLEVELAND CLEVELAND The family of a African-American man who died in 2010 after being tasered by Cleveland police will receive a $375,000 settlement from the city, the mayor’s office said on Thursday. Rodney Brown died on New Year’s Eve after a police radio caught him telling officers “I can’t breathe.” First responders were unable to resuscitate the 40-year-old, 12 minutes after …
According to court documents, the sinkhole allegedly contains radioactive contaminants and may have reached one of Florida’s major water sources. Tampa, FL (PRWEB) September 22, 2016 ClassAction.com attorneys have filed a lawsuit alleging that fertilizer corporation Mosaic may have exposed the millions of Floridians that rely on the Floridan Aquifer to environmental, financial and health risks. …
Morgan and Morgan attorneys have filed a class action lawsuit at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Tampa over the toxic sinkhole that has opened up in Mulberry. They’re going after Mosaic, the fertilizer giant with a checkered past , demanding extensive remediation/clean up measures and money for affected residents. Environmental attorney Rene Rocha, whose resume includes …
PNC Bank has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit brought by victims of William Apostelos’ alleged Ponzi scheme. The class action lawsuit filed by Dr. Rafael M. Cruz, Dr. Gloria Cruz and Dr. Rafael F. Cruz in Dayton’s U.S. District Court seeks at least $30 million in damages. The suit alleges that PNC Bank missed red flags that Apostelos used his accounts in a suspicious manner.