A family has won its case claiming the LBJ freeway expansion damaged their home. Aurora and Felipe Rodriguez were the first of 223 plaintiffs to go to trial against Trinity Infrastructure, claiming the construction caused the homes to shift and crack. The jury awarded them $248,000 to rebuild their home, finding the contractor behind …
Class-action suits can cost employers millions of dollars. Uber is awaiting a court decision on its own settlement proposal that would amount to a $1 per claimant. Uber drivers sued the company over wages and for allegedly misclassifying them as independent contractors instead of employees.
This Is Spinal Tap actors Christopher Guest and Michael McKean and the mockumentary’s director Rob Reiner have joined co-star Harry Shearer’s lawsuit against the film’s rights holder Vivendi. “It’s impossible that Vivendi’s income from music sales and merchandising totaled just $179 over a more than 20-year period,” director says In October, Shearer filed a $125 million lawsuit against Vivendi, …
First Lady Melania Trump has settled a defamation lawsuit against a US blogger for a “substantial sum”, it was reported today. Blogger Webster Tarpley agreed to publish an apology, in which he said he had published an article that was “replete with false and defamatory statements about her.” According to court documents filed in October, the article reported false …
A former Benton Harbor High School student says the school district protected a star quarterback – who led the Tigers to their first-ever playoff win – after he sexually …
Despite filing a lawsuit against a British tabloid for running an inaccurate story on the grounds that it damaged her ability to “launch a broad-based commercial brand,” First Lady Melania Trump claims that she never intended to use her position for personal profit. According to a statement released by both a spokeswoman and her law firm, Trump had “no intention” of earning money off of being …
Vizio settled at $2.2 million settlement Monday in a lawsuit that claimed the company used its internet-connected TVs to track customers without their knowledge. The lawsuit was filed by the Federal Trade Commission and the attorney general of New Jersey. The television maker said in a statement that the information collected was used in aggregate, and never paired with “personally identifiable …
Lundin Law PC, a shareholder rights firm announces a class action lawsuit against FXCM Inc. (“FXCM” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: FXCM). Investors, who purchased or otherwise acquired shares between March 15, 2012 and February 6, 2017 inclusive (the “Class Period”), are encouraged to contact the Firm in advance of the April 10, 2017 lead plaintiff motion deadline. To …
Facing a class action lawsuit involving alleged spam text messages, American Eagle Outfitters has agreed to settle the proposed lawsuit by paying a large settlement to the plaintiffs. According to documents filed in a New York federal court, the class action suit accused American Eagle Outfitters of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending many …
Some legal trouble may be brewing for the Butler Area School District over the high levels of lead found in the drinking water at Summit Elementary School. A federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the district and its superintendent. There is only one plaintiff so far, but the lawyers are intending it as a class action suit.