Aug 1, 2019

Homeowners File Lawsuit Over Sun Prairie Gas Main Explosion

SUN PRAIRIE (WKOW) — A group of Sun Prairie residents has filed a civil suit to recover losses they say they incurred during the gas main explosion a year ago that killed a firefighter and leveled a large portion of downtown. Nine homeowners filed the suit Aug. 2 in Dane County Circuit Court against contractors VC Tech, Bear Communications, Verizon, WE Energies and USIC Locating Services. The …


Kroger Shooting Victim’s Family Sues Grocer, Says It Didn’t Do Enough to Prevent Bloodshed

Family members of Maurice Stallard, the man killed in last year’s shooting at the Jeffersontown Kroger, have filed a lawsuit against Kroger Co. and Gregory Bush, the accused shooter. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Charlotte Stallard, Maurice Stallard’s widow and the executrix of his estate, and Kellie Watson, the mother of Maurice’s grandson who was with him in the store at the time of the shooting. The lawsuit, filed in Jefferson Circuit Court, alleges Kroger allowed customers to enter the store with guns and had no policy in place to make sure Bush was licensed to carry his firearm. No effort was made by Kroger to stop the shooting, the lawsuit claims, despite a separate shooting that had occurred at the same store in 2007, and more than 20 other shootings at Kroger stores across the nation.


House Panel, Weighing ‘Whether to Recommend Articles of Impeachment,’ Sues to Force Donald McGahn to Testify

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee asked a federal court Wednesday to force President Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, Donald McGahn, to testify before lawmakers who are weighing whether the president should be impeached. Nadler has said that if the federal courts uphold the subpoena, it could open the door to information from other former White House …


UCLA Gynecologist Hit With Class Action Lawsuit

Two women said in a federal class action lawsuit they were sexually assaulted by a former gynecologist who worked for the University of California, Los Angeles. The lawsuit states Dr. James Heaps sexually assaulted the women and made sexually inappropriate comments during their appointments. The class action lawsuit is the latest lawsuit to be filed against Heaps and UCLA, though others have …


Pomerantz Law Firm Announces the Filing of a Class Action Against ABIOMED, Inc. And Certain Officers – ABMD

NEW YORK, Aug. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against ABIOMED, Inc. (“ABIOMED” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ABMD) and certain of its officers. If you are a shareholder who purchased ABIOMED securities during the class period, you have until, October 7, 2019, to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. [Click …


Report: Nintendo Quietly Stops Charging for Joy-Con Repairs

As Vice reports, internal Nintendo documentation seen by the publication confirms the change of policy with regards to Switch controller repairs. The memo reads as follows:Customers will no longer be requested to provide proof of purchase for Joy-Con repairs … Additionally it is not necessary to confirm warranty status. If a customer requests a refund for a previously paid Joy-Con repair …


Class Action Suit Filed Against Capital One Over Breach

by Ray Schultz , July 31, 2019Capital One has been hit with a class action lawsuit over the breach exposing data on 106 million consumers in the U.S. and Canada. The alleged data thief, Paige A. Thompson, posted the purloined data on GitHub on April 21. The company was alerted to the problem on July 17, and determined that the breach had occurred on July 19. The class action complaint claims …


A New Class Action Has Been Filed Against Apple for ‘Secretly Throttling’ iPhones

Back in May they announced their intent to file a class action against Apple. The case relates to the iPhone throttling issue which already has 60 or more class action suits ahead of it. Patently Apple stopped covering the matter at Class action 44. Then, 2017 arrived, and Apple installed software updates on the Devices to gather additional diagnostic data in early January 2017. Based in part …


Cisco Pays $8.6m to Settle Security Software Whistleblower Lawsuit

Cisco pays $8.6m to settle security software whistleblower lawsuitAgreement splits money between US federal body, 15 states Print Print TradeCisco has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle claims it sold video security software that had a vulnerability that could have opened US federal, state and local government agencies to hackers. According to Cisco, the software, which was sold between 2008 …


Family of Patagonia Man Killed by Officers File Wrongful Death Lawsuit

PATAGONIA – Family members of a Patagonia man that was shot and killed by police officers filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Monday. Brent Bowdon was killed in July 2018 during an encounter with Lake Havasu City Police Officers. Officers said Bowdon approached them with one hand behind his back and refused to listen to their commands. In the lawsuit, Bowdon’s wife said she repeatedly told …