The sons of a woman shot to death in 2014 have filed what appears to be the country’s first wrongful death lawsuit against the recreational marijuana industry. The lawsuit claims that the company that made the marijuana edible and the store that sold the candy to Richard Kirk recklessly and purposefully failed to warn him about the bite-sized …
In a putative class action alleging widespread copyright infringement commenced in December 2015 against Spotify, Plaintiff, the lead singer for the bands Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, recently moved pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(d) to monitor — and possibly prevent — Spotify USA, Inc. (“Spotify”) from engaging in communications with individuals who …
A six-member jury was chosen on Monday in Colorado to hear the first civil trial of wrongful death and personal injury claims stemming from a 2012 mass shooting in which 12 people were killed and dozens wounded in a suburban Denver movie theater. Selection of the jurors, plus two alternates, set the stage for both sides on Tuesday to begin delivering opening statements in the …
An attorney and social media blogger says the music streaming service Tidal would welcome a quick resolution of a class action lawsuit filed by a disgruntled Kanye West fan. Californian Justin Baker-Rhett earlier this month filed the proposed class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, accusing West of duping fans into buying Tidal …
Henderson was hired in 2014 as the city’s administrator, the highest ranking unelected post in the city. Three days after Henderson reported the alleged violation to the city’s chief legal counsel, she was fired. The suit claims that Mayor Weaver told Henderson that the state no longer had the budget to fund her position; Henderson informed her the city …
ESPN and Verizon have reached a settlement over Verizon’s plan to let customers choose channels for their bundles. ESPN and Verizon have reached a settlement, a little more than a year after the sports media giant filed a lawsuit over a plan that lets customers pick the channels they receive. Terms of the settlement, which was announced by both sides on Tuesday, were not disclosed. …
A student is suing Birmingham City Schools and the Board of Education — for failing to protect her from an alleged predator, her history teacher at Huffman High School The lawsuit claims that teacher was asking female students for sex – in exchange for better grades. Attorney Julian Hendrix says he knows of at least five students who were approached in this reported …
Uber drivers may be settling for about 12% of the total amount they could have received at trial. Uber Technologies Inc. reached a $100 million settlement agreement in April for two class-action lawsuits brought by drivers who argued that they should be employees and were owed reimbursement. But, according to documents released this week, if drivers in both cases had won on trials on a class- …
An area resident and American Atheists have filed a lawsuit alleging that Bradley County Sheriff Eric Watson is violating the First Amendment by proselytizing and censoring on the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page. Officials filed the suit Monday in federal District Court in Eastern Tennessee in an effort to “stop the sheriff’s policy of censoring comments that are negative or at …
A group of residents has filed a class-action lawsuit against the company believed by the state to be responsible for contaminating private wells. Residents are claiming negligence against Saint-Gobain and seek more than $5 million in damages. They also want the company to pay to connect affected homes to municipal water, clean up contamination and implement long-term medical …