A few days ago, we posted about an upcoming legal battle for the rights to Friday the 13th. The battle is between original writer Victor Miller and Horror, Inc. and Manny Company and may very well determine who has the power to license new entries in the franchise. In order to get more information on this matter, Fridaythe13thFranchise reached out to Larry Zerner (who played Shelly in Friday …
Nearly 10,000 people who work at Chipotle are accusing the company of owing them some serious cash. CNNMoney reports that a class action lawsuit accuses the fast-food chain of wage theft, making them work extra hours without pay. The case, Turner v. Chipotle, is named after Leah Turner, a former manager in Colorado who says she was forced to work without pay and to tell her employees they had …
The widow of Robert “LaVoy” Finicum is threatening to file a civil rights lawsuit over the death of her husband. The widow of an anti-government activist who helped take over an Oregon wildlife refuge and was later killed in a confrontation with law enforcement says her husband’s civil rights were violated and she intends to sue, her lawyer confirmed Monday. Robert Lavoy Finicum’s pursuers were …
This place is a dump! That’s what California lawyer Christian Pugaczewski says about the “fashionable” apartment he thought he was renting on Roosevelt Island this summer from a Victoria’s Secret model. In papers filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, Pugaczewski said the apartment offered on Airbnb was so dreadful that he fled immediately to a relative’s couch in the suburbs before finding …
Los Angeles agreed Tuesday to spend at least $200 million over a decade to provide thousands of apartments for people with disabilities. The City Council voted 12-0 to settle a federal lawsuit by several advocacy groups. They alleged the city’s redevelopment agency violated anti-discrimination laws by paying for affordable housing projects that weren’t accessible to those who …
Construction litigation specialist launches class action Last updated 13:27, August 31 2016 Four suppliers were affected by concerns about steel mesh strength this year. A specialist construction litigation law firm is hoping to deliver financial compensation to the owners of recently-built buildings, with a new class action suit. Adina Thorn is inviting registrations of interest for what it …
What good is a phone if the touchscreen doesn’t work? That’s the question many iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners are asking as their touchscreens stopped working, turning their expensive iPhones into nothing more than a paperweight. Dubbed “touchscreen disease”, the issue has prompted a class action lawsuit that demands Apple replace damaged devices at no cost to the owners.
There is a very strange twist in the class action fraud lawsuit filed against the Democratic National Committee and former Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. The recent developments haven’t gotten much mainstream media attention, but they are all documented in federal court. So, we decided to dig into them.
Seyfarth Synopsis: After the City of Jacksonville stopped following a class action consent decree that required it to hire a proportionate number of black and white firefighters, the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of the motion and dissolution of the consent decree on the grounds that the plaintiffs waiting fifteen years to bring their show …
Atmos Energy has been hit with a huge lawsuit over last year’s explosion that damaged a neighborhood in Waxahachie, and nearly 30 plaintiffs have signed-on. The lawsuit blames Atmos for not monitoring Metrobore, the contractor that allegedly cut through both gas and sewer lines. Attorney Tom Carse tells KRLD news the leak went unnoticed for …