Nov 26, 2024

Sen. Mark Norris: Tennessee’s Refugee Lawsuit Is Effort to Clear the Air

Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, left, speaks with Sen. Mike Bell, R-Riceville, on the Senate floor in 2014. (Photo: File / AP) 40 CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris said the ultimate goal of Tennessee’s lawsuit against the federal government, which he hopes to discuss with President Donald Trump when he visits on Wednesday, is to clear …


Lawsuit: Forced to Have Sex With 1,000 Men, Girl Now Suing the Motel That She Says Let It Happen

Lawyers in Pennsylvania say their client was sexually exploited at a motel for years, alleging the teen girl was a victim of human trafficking who was forced to have sex with more than 1,000 men. The teen’s lawyers are using Pennsylvania’s human trafficking law to sue the motel where they say their client was sexually exploited, marking the first civil suit under the law since it was enacted in …


Federal Lawsuit Alleges AdvoCare a Pyramid Scheme

Two former AdvoCare salespeople have filed a class-action lawsuit against the nutritional products company and some of its top earners, claiming that AdvoCare is little more than a pyramid scheme that survives by primarily taking money from the hundreds of thousands of people who sell its products. The Dallas Morning News reported that plaintiffs Lisa …


Alabama City Accused of Jailing Poor People Reaches Legal Settlement

An Alabama city reached a legal settlement with the Southern Poverty Law Center Tuesday to end a class action lawsuit that accused it, and its chief of police, of illegally jailing people too poor to pay fines resulting from traffic and misdemeanor offences. The City of Alexander and Chief of Police Willie Robinson were accused of jailing at least 190 impoverished people over a two-year period, …


Lawsuit Alleges “Dangerous” Consumer Fraud by Drinkable Sunscreen

In a consumer fraud lawsuit filed Tuesday in Polk County District Court, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller alleged that the makers of “drinkable sunscreen” failed to prove their product provides the advertised protection against cancer-causing ultraviolet (UV) rays. The suit against Osmosis LLC and Harmonized Water LLC, and owner Benjamin Taylor Johnson, MD, of Evergreen, Colorado, alleges the …


Lawsuit Alleging Rigged Lottery Moves From St. Clair to Federal Court

A class-action lawsuit alleging an Illinois lottery company defrauded players and businesses has moved from St. Clair County courts to federal court. The lawsuit, filed in February in St. Clair County, accuses Northstar Lottery Group of manipulating the number of winning tickets available for purchase and discontinuing scratch-off games before large payouts, depriving customers from jackpots. …


Doctors Ask Court to Reinstate Newtown Gun Maker Lawsuit

A group of doctors who treated mass shooting victims is asking the state Supreme Court to reinstate a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Lawyers for the 10 doctors said Tuesday that they planned to file a friend-of-the-court brief asking the justices to overturn a lower-court decision in October that dismissed the lawsuit …


Unhappy About Happy Meals: Quebec Lawyer Files Request for Class Action Against McDonald’s

A Montreal lawyer has filed a request for a class action lawsuit against McDonald’s, claiming the popular restaurant chain’s marketing strategy illegally targets children. Joey Zukran claims that the fast-food giant is violating Quebec’s consumer protection laws with ads that directly target children under the age of 13. Zukran argued that McDonald’s is breaking the provincial rules with its …


Monteverde & Associates PC Files Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Shareholders of Seventy Seven Energy, Inc. In the Western District of Oklahoma

Monteverde & Associates PC Files Class Action Lawsuit On Behalf of Shareholders of Seventy Seven Energy, Inc. in the Western District of Oklahoma News provided by Mar 14, 2017, 12:27 ET Share this article NEW YORK, March 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Notice is hereby given that Monteverde & Associates PC has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for Western District of …


‘We’re Done Waiting:’ NYC Sues Verizon Over Fiber-Optic Coverage

New York City is suing Verizon, saying the phone giant broke its 2008 promise to make its FiOS cable service available to all city residents. The city says Verizon missed a 2014 deadline to extend wire by every home or apartment building in the city — in technical parlance, “passing” the home. The city also argues that Verizon hasn’t installed service for thousands …