A government lawsuit against Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc . will move to the mortgage lender’s hometown, a federal judge ruled Monday, after finding that the Washington, D.C., connection to Quicken’s practices was too “insubstantial” to keep the case there.
A Houston man has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Houston and an officer, saying he is permanently injured because the officer slammed his head into a jail cell wall, causing him to bleed profusely. You need Flash to watch this video. Sorry, your browser doesn’t support Flash , needs a Flash update , or has Flash disabled.
Donald Trump’s attorneys filed a motion to delay until after the presidential inauguration a class-action fraud lawsuit involving the president-elect and his now-defunct Trump University. Related Articles Trump University lawsuit: Judge Curiel won’t bar controversial statements In the motion filed Saturday evening in San Diego federal court, Trump’s lawyer Daniel Petrocelli …
On Friday a federal judge dismissed two wrongful death lawsuits against the WWE. The lawsuits stemmed from the families of two former WWE wrestlers that believed their deaths were caused by traumatic brain injuries they suffered while working for the company. The families of Nelson Frazier (Mabel, Viscera and Big Daddy V) and Matt Osborne (Doink The Clown) alleged in their lawsuits that the WWE …
U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday filed by a California father who claimed that tobacco imagery in movies rated G, PG and PG-13 is a major cause of children becoming lifelong smokers. Timothy Forsyth filed a lawsuit in California court in February alleging that the Motion Picture Association of America, several major studios and the National Association of …
Supporters of the youth plaintiffs assemble on the steps of the US District Courthouse in Eugene, Oregon, after the hearing. The banner reads, “Our future is a constitutional right.” (Photo by Clayton Aldern/Grist & BillMoyers.com)
Donald Trump’s election to the presidency is a devastating blow to the environmental community, coming at a crucial juncture in the fight against climate change.
Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC reminds investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Tyson Foods, Inc. (“Tyson” or the “Company”) (NYSE:TSN) and certain of its officers, on behalf of shareholders who purchased Tyson securities from November 23, 2015 and October 7, 2016, inclusive (the “Class Period”). This class action seeks …
The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled Governor Branstad had the authority to close the state-run Mental Health Institutes in Clarinda and Mount Pleasant last year. Court: The citizens of Iowa granted the governor item-veto power The court threw out a complaint by two dozen Democrats in the state legislature and the president of the union that represented many of the workers at the two facilities. …
The Casino Rama Resort in Ontario, Canada announced Thursday that the facility had suffered a data breach that could have compromised information going back as far as 2004. One day later a class action lawyer began preparations for a $50 million lawsuit against the property. Toronto Lawyer Ted Charney proposed the suit on Friday and according to several media reports the “statement of claim” …
A “claims-made” class action settlement allows the defendant to make a large amount of money “available” to class members, but in order for the members to collect, they must jump through the hoops of correctly filing claims. Because of the low response rate in such settlements, the defendants will end up paying much less than the funds made available. Indeed, of the $8.5 million made available …