Residents of a town hit by Oklahoma’s worst earthquake have filed a class-action lawsuit against dozens of energy companies, accusing them of triggering dozens of temblors by injecting wastewater from oil and gas production underground. Pawnee residents filed the suit Thursday against at least 27 …
Futuristic transportation startup Hyperloop Technologies Inc. said it resolved a lawsuit brought by former employees, who in turn said they’ve started a competing company. The June lawsuit’s allegations included defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, nepotism, and even a stray noose or rope left on one …
As many as 225,000 steel frames under Toyota Tacoma and Tundra pickups and Sequoia SUVs may need to be replaced, says a lawyer who helped settle a class-action lawsuit against Toyota over the frames’ potential for rusting. The repair is an expensive, labor-intensive process that requires nearly the complete disassembly of the vehicle. The proposed legal …
With the 9th Circuit’s late summer anti-class action waiver decision, the circuit split widened over the issue of whether employers can require employees, through an arbitration agreement, to waive their rights to bring class or collective actions against their employer. This issue will almost certainly reach the Supreme Court given the deepening divide and the Court’s …
The Game has lost the sexual assault lawsuit filed against him by Priscilla Rainey , who alleged the rapper forcibly touched her genitals while she was a contestant on his 2015 reality dating show, “She’s Got Game.” The rapper will have to pay $7.13 million to his accuser. An Illinois jury found The Game liable for damages earlier this week after spending four days deliberating on the case. As …
A federal judge has made public his intent to throw out a Topeka man’s lawsuit seeking $32 million against defendants that include Topeka’s city government. U.S. District Senior Judge Sam Crow issued a ruling Wednesday saying Joseph C. Wakefield failed to state a valid legal claim in the suit, which contended he was entitled to compensation because Topeka police failed to adequately investigate …
The largest health insurance company in Idaho is fighting one federal lawsuit and recently lost a second after refusing to pay medical bills for two men who were seriously injured in motorcycle crashes. Blue Cross of Idaho denied those claims based on a little-known exception: Insurers may refuse coverage when a patient is found to have committed “illegal acts.” Idaho law says health insurers …
Mariah Carey retorted against ex-fiancée James Packer, saying the media mogul is a “lying opportunist” who only “used her for fame,” an entertainment magazine reported. A negotiation settlement between the two former lovers is reportedly severed. This means that the 46-year-old multi-talented Carey will not getting any from the $50M-suit against Packer.
On Friday Donald Trump settled the class action lawsuit against his bogus university for $25 million , despite repeated claims that he would not settle and settling was for losers. The settlement makes him look like a hypocrite (and also a crook). In fact, Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway had stated that when Bill Clinton settled the civil suit brought against him by Paula Jones it …
Late last week, a Federal Judge rejected an ill-fated attempt to make an end-run around the Senate to find a way to put Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court: Merrick Garland’s last, long-shot chance at being confirmed as a Supreme Court justice has now vanished: A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a case that sought to force the Senate to take up his nomination. Garland, the chief judge of …