A class action against the Queensland government over a “racist” police response to an infamous death in custody, and resulting riots on Palm Island, could cost almost $40 million, lawyers claim. A Federal Court decision in December found police were racist in responding to Cameron “Mulrunji” Doomadgee’s death and the unrest that followed, paving the way for further action. Riot ringleader Lex …
Four consumers have filed a class action lawsuit against drone manufacturers, alleging fraud and negligent misrepresentation. Allan Black, Christopher Jones, Roger Watts and Robert Matos Rivera filed a complaint, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, March 27 in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Shenzen …
New York’s subway system is one of the most robust in the world. It provides nearly 1.8 billion rides every year, giving the city the highest rate of public transportation usage out of any metropolitan area in the United States. But for hundreds of thousands of disabled New Yorkers, commuting through a vast majority of the city’s subway stations is simply impossible.
Calling the New York City subway system “the least accessible in the country,” disability advocates announced that they filed two class action lawsuits against the MTA for “excluding people with disabilities.” One lawsuit against the agency, filed in state court, claims a huge majority of the system’s stations are inaccessible to people who can’t use stairs. The other, filed in federal court, …
Netgear is facing a class action lawsuit centered on allegations that a DOCSIS 3.0 modem model from the vendor suffers from a “serious defect” that results in high spikes in network latency and degraded internet connections. Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe said it filed the suit April 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The suit is focused on …
Here we go go again. Lawsuits over allegedly deceptive food labels have become commonplace—a tried-and-true tactic for some plaintiffs’ attorneys to earn an easy buck. By claiming that the labels were intentionally misleading in some way, these lawyers and the purportedly confused clients they represent, seek to leverage the specter of a class action to force quick settlements. Unfortunately, this tactic often works. In fact, …
Thousands of workers who invested their retirement savings in JPMorgan’s stable value funds got approval to sue the company as a certified class (In re JPMorgan Stable Value Fund ERISA Litig., S.D.N.Y., No. 1:12-cv-02548-VSB, order unsealed 4/17/17 ). The lawsuit accuses JPMorgan Chase & Co. of mismanaging its stable value funds—which are meant to be conservative, low-risk options that protect …
Tesla owners today filed a class-action lawsuit against the automaker for knowingly selling nearly 50,000 cars with nonfunctional Enhanced Autopilot AP2.0 software that still has not met Tesla’s promises, including inoperative Standard Safety Features on affected models sold in Q4 2016 and Q1 2017, according to Hagens Berman.
A former Fort Bragg soldier filed a class-action lawsuit Monday alleging that the Army has failed to consider the effects of post-traumatic stress syndrome on veterans who received less-than-honorable discharges. Stephen Kennedy, a former 82nd Airborne Division soldier who now lives in Fairfield, Connecticut, alleges in the lawsuit that Army discharge review boards have consistently failed to …
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 …