Nov 24, 2024

$2.4 Million Settlement Reached in Diluted Chemotherapy Drug Lawsuit

$2.4 million settlement reached in diluted chemotherapy drug lawsuit Posted: November 9, 2016 09:55:24 AM Last updated: November 9, 2016 11:01:11 AM Category: Ontario Tags: cancer, cancer drug, chemotherapy, hamilton, marchese health care, new brunswick, ontario A tentative settlement of nearly $2.4 million has been reached in a class-action lawsuit filed after cancer patients were given …



First Amendment Lawsuit Settled With Speech Code Revisions on 10 Arizona Campuses

Yesterday, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) announced that a lawsuit it filed on behalf of two Paradise Valley Community College students last year has been settled—with great results for students at PVCC and the other nine colleges of the Maricopa County Community College District in Arizona. As part of the settlement , MCCCD will eliminate free speech zones on all …


Lawsuit Challenges Chicago’s ‘Literally Incomprehensible’ Rules for Airbnb Hosts

A group of Chicago property owners are taking the city to court over rules for homesharing that are “literally incomprehensible.” Chicago’s new regulations for short-term rentals, including those made over web services like Airbnb and VRBO, are scheduled to take effect next month. In the lawsuit filed on Nov. 4 in U.S. District Court, a nonprofit group called Keep Chicago …


Highway 407 to Pay Consumers, Lawyers $8M in Class Action Lawsuit Settlement

The company that privately operates Highway 407 ETR through the Greater Toronto Area will pay $8 million to settle a class action lawsuit. The agreement, signed Thursday, ends a legal battle that Global News first reported in April, 2012. The legal action alleged that the toll highway consortium illegally made use of provincial legislation to prevent drivers who were bankrupt or insolvent from …


Appeals Court Rejects Nevada Patient Dumping Lawsuit

A federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit Friday that accused Nevada officials and the state psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas of violating patients’ civil rights by giving them bus tickets and dumping them in other states. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision said it could not consider the merits of the suit because the plaintiff, James Flavy Coy Brown, failed to raise a …



NJ State Democratic Committee Files Lawsuit Alleging Voter Intimidation – News

The New Jersey State Democratic Committee has filed a lawsuit to bar the New Jersey Oath Keepers – which has been described as a militia extremist group – from monitoring polling places on Election Day, arguing it would amount to voter intimidation. The complaint was filed late Thursday night in U.S. District Court against the Oath Keepers. Rep. Scott Garrett, R-Wantage, attended a meeting last …


State Files Consumer Protection Lawsuit Against Nursing Homes

The Woodhaven Care Center in Monroeville promises families that a large, accommodating staff will see to the grooming and medical needs of their loved ones. But when retired steelworker Reggie Hickman’s wife, Catherine, became a resident there after suffering a stroke, he says she just languished in bed. “She never got the proper care that she she should have had, being …


Stamford Commodities Firm Faces Discrimination Lawsuit

A former employee of Stamford-based Gerald Metals filed last week an age and gender discrimination lawsuit against the company, in a case that also represents one of the first to invoke the state’s anti-pay secrecy law.

Filed in U.S. District Court in Connecticut, the lawsuit alleges that the company’s treatment of Roxanne Khazarian , 61, reflected a culture of …