A Middle Island pet rescue under investigation by the state attorney general’s office was hit with a class-action lawsuit Monday claiming that sick dogs are being put up for adoption and fake pet medications are being distributed. Miller Place attorney Vesselin Mitev said in a telephone interview that he filed the suit against Friends of Freddie Pet Rescue in Suffolk County Supreme Court Monday …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to halt a class action lawsuit against several containerboard manufacturers, which could now face trial on claims of price fixing by tens of thousands of buyers and nearly $12 billion in potential damages. The justices left in place a federal judge’s certification of the antitrust class action against manufacturers …
The state’s top court is wading into the controversy surrounding the shooting of “Geist” the dog. In arguments Monday, the Utah Supreme Court considered whether Sean Kendall should be required to post a bond before he proceeds with a $2 million lawsuit against Salt Lake City police who shot his dog. At issue is a unique Utah law that requires a bond if a person tries to sue a cop.
The second, unrelated issue, sees the battery randomly shutdown during use. The phone’s charger has to be connected before the phone will restart. While operational, the battery reading may change erratically, ranging from between 10 to 60 percent.
A federal lawsuit filed Monday alleges the U.S. Army has issued less-than-honorable discharges for potentially thousands of service members without adequately considering the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions. The plaintiffs, two Army veterans from Connecticut who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, say in the lawsuit that they were …
A Domino’s Pizza delivery driver has filed a class action lawsuit against MBR Management Corporation for alleged violation of employment law. Shiloh resident Jesse Tourville, for himself and all others similarly situated, filed a complaint on April 11 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against the defendant alleging that the Domino’s Pizza …
A New Jersey woman has sued Wells Fargo Bank, saying she was fired for refusing to participate in a scheme to manipulate accounts and sell products that weren’t in customers’ best interest. Melinda Bini filed a lawsuit in state court in New Jersey on April 5 against the bank and three supervisors from the branch she worked at in Highland Park, NJ.com reported. In the lawsuit, Bini accused her superiors of running …
Federal Judge Henry Wingate has ruled that the lone minor in the 7-year-old federal lawsuit against the state over children’s mental health services can file an amended lawsuit and continue with the case. Attorneys for the state argued against allowing an amended complaint and wanted the case dismissed. Wingate said in his ruling that over the course of the litigation, several plaintiffs had …
The Justice Department on Friday said it was dropping a federal lawsuit filed last year against North Carolina over the state’s “bathroom bill,” which restricted the public bathrooms transgender people were allowed to use. Officials said that they were abandoning the lawsuit because North Carolina lawmakers last month enacted a law repealing the bathroom bill and replacing it with …
Over the past five months, Matthew Herrick says that 1,100 men have showed up at his home and workplace expecting to have sex with him. Herrick is suing Grindr, the popular dating app for gay and bisexual men, because of it. According to the complaint, Herrick, 32, is the victim of an elaborate revenge scheme that’s playing out on Grindr’s …