Dec 23, 2024

T-Mobile Accused of Selling Used Phones as New in Lawsuit

NEW YORK — New York City is suing T-Mobile for what it calls “abusive sales tactics” at Metro by T-Mobile stores, the wireless carrier’s prepaid phone brand. The city’s lawsuit says dozens of stores sold used phones to customers as new, charged fake taxes and unexpected fees and offered financing for phones that resulted in higher-than-expected prices. RELATED: T-Mobile-Sprint merger approved …


Texas Supreme Court Will Take Up Cameron Redus Lawsuit Again

Nearly six years after Cameron Redus was fatally shot by a University of Incarnate Word police officer, the wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family remains tied up in the court system. A spokesperson of the Redus family confirmed that the Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in December over whether UIW should be granted immunity from the lawsuit, a disputed point that has kept the …


Hospital Giant Sutter Health Faces Legal Reckoning Over Medical Pricing

If the case is successful, he predicted, healthcare prices could drop significantly in Northern California. Those higher prices trickle down to consumers in the form of higher premiums. Altogether, the plaintiffs allege, such tactics are anti-competitive and have allowed Sutter to drive up the cost of care in Northern California. “All the other hospitals want to emulate [Sutter] to get those …


Parent Files Class-Action Suit After Data Breach Exposes Nearly 1 Million Schoolchildren’s Personal Information

— A mother filed a federal class-action lawsuit on her daughter’s behalf Thursday, after nearly a million students nationwide had their personal information exposed in a data breach by a company used to track student academic progress. The woman, identified as Kylie S., was seeking class-action status in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago against Pearson Clinical Assessment. …


Texas School District Faces Lawsuit After Staffers Fill in Black Student’s Hair With a Sharpie: ‘That’s Assault’

Screenshot: Click2HoustonIf ever there was a perfect justification for throwing hands, it’s the discovery that staffers at your 7th grader’s middle school filled in his fade with a Sharpie. Thankfully, however, cooler heads prevailed, and instead of snatching the soul out of the offending party’s chests, a federal civil rights lawsuit was filed instead. From Yahoo:A federal civil rights lawsuit …


Third Circuit Holds That Statute of Limitations Was Not Extended for Class Action Lawsuit

Tuesday, August 20, 2019In 2005 and 2006, Christopher Blake and James Orkis took out mortgages from JP Morgan to buy homes. Blake and Orkis further argued that the statute of limitations had also been extended by a 2011 lawsuit filed over the same conduct in a California federal court, Samp v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. The Third Circuit again disagreed and held that a pending class action …


Status Hearing Set for Civil Lawsuit Against Jussie Smollett

A federal judge hearing the city of Chicago’s lawsuit against Jussie Smollett says she’ll rule on the actor’s request to toss the suit in October. Interested in Jussie Smollett? Add Jussie Smollett as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Jussie Smollett news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Add InterestThe 10-minute status hearing Tuesday was the first since the civil case was moved …


CLASS ACTION UPDATE for LB, GTT and VAL: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Reminds Investors of Class Actions on Behalf of Shareholders

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / August 22, 2019 / Levi & Korsinsky, LLP announces that class action lawsuits have commenced on behalf of shareholders of the following publicly-traded companies. You have until the lead plaintiff deadlines to request that the court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn’t require that you serve as a lead plaintiff. Levi & Korsinsky …


Former IT Administrators Seeking Thousands of LSU Emails in Lawsuit

Attorney Drew Blanchfield with Kehogh Cox is representing LSU in the suit. But in late June, he filed a response to the suit on behalf of LSU. It denies the allegations and says the plaintiffs have failed to state a claim against the university, Alexander and Layzell. Bankston says he would have thought the university would try to settle the case by now, rather than move forward with trial …


Lawsuit: Virginia Inmate’s Fatal Injuries Were Ignored

The mother of a Virginia inmate who died in jail is suing officials, saying her son’s urgent medical needs were ignored and led to his 2017 death. FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — The mother of a Virginia inmate who died in jail is suing officials, saying her son’s urgent medical needs were ignored and contributed to his 2017 death. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports Victoria Sisson filed a lawsuit …