Fallout from a state crackdown on the medical director of a chain of Washington pain clinics has expanded with new sanctions against more providers — and a lawsuit filed by the family of a patient who died. As many as 20 health-care providers who worked for Seattle Pain Centers have been suspended from the state Labor & Industries department network, which authorizes treatment for workers’ …
Chicago Federal Center and the Dirksen Federal Building, which houses the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals – Photo: Teemu008, via Wikimedia. On Friday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court judgment dismissing a lesbian’s employment discrimination lawsuit.
A real estate lawsuit out of Emerald Isle is headed to the North Carolina Supreme Court and some say the result of the case could spell disaster for Crystal Coast tourism. “It would kill us from a tourism standpoint that is the number one industry in the economy,” said Carol Lohr, executive director of the Crystal Coast Tourism Development Authority. At center of the controversy are the Nies …
New York Life Insurance Company can now add itself to the list of companies sued by its employees for breach of fiduciary responsibility— but this case is a little different, and the first of its kind. Although suits of these kind typically involve allegations made against multiple types of investments, this case is the first to include allegations exclusively against an index fund. …
Gainey McKenna & Egleston announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Tokai Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Tokai” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:TKAI) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of common stock of Tokai between June 24, 2015 through July 25, 2016, inclusive (the “Class …
Chief U.S. District Court Judge P.K. Holmes III on Wednesday reprimanded five attorneys, including the husband of a state Supreme Court justice, after finding bad faith and abuse of the court system in their manipulation of a controversial class-action case.
Two lions at the Cricket Hollow Zoo were transferred this week to a wild sanctuary in Colorado as the result of a lawsuit settlement between an animal rights group and the Manchester zoo owners. The Animal Legal Defense Fund of California said in a news release Wednesday the two lions, Jonwah, 16, and Njjara, 18, were transferred on Monday to …
A group of employees and students at two of the borough’s schools have filed a lawsuit against PBF Energy refinery alleging the company was negligent last year, allowing them to breathe a toxic chemical, according to a Courier Post report. Multiple individuals were sent to local hospitals in March 2015 when a broken seal on a PBF tank caused the odor of Naphtha, a liquid hydrocarbon …
Tarrant County College announced Wednesday that it is settling its lawsuit against Chesapeake Energy for underpayment of natural gas lease royalties for $1.1 million. The community college district filed its lawsuit in November 2014, accusing Chesapeake of undercutting its payments to the institution by improperly deducting post-production costs and failing to properly market the gas on the …
Performers pose at an adult video shoot. A lawsuit accuses opponents of condoms-for-porn initiative of lying. Gustavo Turner/L.A.