A lawsuit that claims Brad Paisley and his “Remind Me” co-writers stole an idea when they wrote and recorded the 2011 hit was decided this week. The artists, songwriters and publishers have defeated a copyright claim from singer and songwriter Amy Bowen. Bowen is known professionally as Lizza Connor.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the cities of Berkeley, Oakland and San Jose which attempted to hold Monsanto Co. accountable for the cost of reducing PCB contamination in the San Francisco Bay. The suit against Monsanto, an agricultural biotech company based in St. Louis, sought to recover the cost of cleaning up PCBs, synthetic organic chemicals whose full …
A Nashville law firm hired to defend the University of Tennessee against claims the university mishandles sexual assault cases — especially those …
A STUDENT who slept with his teacher and was even in the birthing suite when she delivered their child has been awarded £4 million in damages in California. The former high school student was paid the seven-figure in one of the largest single-victim sex abuse settlements by a public agency after telling the court he felt “physically” ill when reflecting on how his former teacher Laura …
The Navajo Nation wants a lawsuit against the Mormon Church over the alleged sexual abuse of four Navajo children heard in tribal court. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the tribe’s attorneys filed a motion Friday asking a federal judge in Salt Lake City to dismiss the suit until after it goes through tribal proceedings. According to the motion, the attorneys argue that …
Now, a Texas man says that his Tesla Model S, while in autopilot mode, sent him off the road, smashing into a guardrail and bloodying his nose. He admits he wasn’t paying full attention – the autopilot had successfully navigated this route before, and he was leaning over to get a cloth out of his glovebox when the collision occurred. “I used Autopilot all the time on that stretch of the …
The bureaucrats in Washington should consider slowing down plans for truck transport of high-level liquid nuclear waste over the Peace Bridge and across Western New York’s highways on its way to a South Carolina processing facility. This process could start as early as September and, as opponents claim, without the proper environmental reviews and public comment. After years of protest, …
A Texas couple is suing footwear maker Crocs and a Waikiki resort after their 2-year-old son’s foot got caught in an escalator while the family visited Hawaii for an oral surgeon convention. The lawsuit says the Crocs shoes were “negligently and improperly designed,” while the Hilton Hawaiian Village was also negligent in maintaining the escalator’s safety. According to the lawsuit, …
The underage daughter of a famed Hamptons winemaker slammed into the young son of a Manhattan perfume purveyor with her golf cart while rolling through her family vineyard, a lawsuit claims. Marc Wolffer, who co-owns the Wolffer Estate Vineyard with his sister, Joey, allegedly let his daughter get behind the wheel of the cart one night last summer, according to court papers Manhattanite Wendy …
In what’s become a familiar story, a Catholic school staff member has been fired for entering into a same-sex marriage — and is fighting back with a lawsuit. Kate Drumgoole was dean of guidance and girls’ basketball coach at Paramus Catholic High School, her alma mater, in New Jersey for several years until she was fired in January, reports New Jersey paper The Record. She had married her …