Former Ore. Prison Watchdog Files Retaliation Lawsuit
Oregon’s former prisons watchdog has filed a $3 million suit against the state Department of Corrections and its director, saying he was fired in retaliation for raising ethical concerns. As …
Lawsuits
U.S. Judge Refuses to Kill Lawsuit Against School District Over Teacher-Student Sex Abuse
A federal judge has refused to free Dover Area School District from a lawsuit filed by a former female student who for years was sexually abused by her music teacher. That teacher, Matthew Puterbaugh, is also a defendant in the U.S. Middle District Court suit. He is serving a sentence of 15 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography, plus a 5- to 10-year state prison term for …
Lawsuit: Bar Overserved Motorcyclist, Led to Friend’s Death
A Columbia bar has been accused of serving so much alcohol to one of its underage patrons that he became extremely intoxicated and crashed his motorcycle, killing a 19-year-old woman who was riding with him. The State of Columbia reported Saturday that the father of crash victim Caitlin Clark has filed a lawsuit against the Tin Roof bar. The …
Google vs Oracle: US Jury to Hear $9 Billion Lawsuit
Oracle alleges that Google violated its copyright when it put pieces of the crucial Java technology into the Android operating system, which now ships on 80 per cent of smartphones sold. Google’s defense hinges on “fair use,” the idea that it was legally allowed to use Java as …
Report: Domino’s Accused of Underpaying Workers in Lawsuit Filed in New York
A lawsuit filed Monday by the New York state attorney general alleges three Domino’s franchisees underpaid workers based on payroll reports, according to a story by the Associated Press. “We’ve uncovered rampant wage violations at Domino’s franchise stores, and intensive involvement by Domino’s headquarters that caused many of these violations,” Attorney General Eric …
Energizer Lawsuit Over Duracell’s Pink Bunny Can Keep Going
Duracell has failed in its effort to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it violated Energizer Holdings Inc’s trademark rights by using a pink bunny on battery packages that closely resembled the sunglass-clad, drum-beating Energizer Bunny. In a decision last week, U.S. …
DNR Wins Lawsuit Over Rail Expansion Process in La Crosse
A circuit court judge ruled in favor of the state Department of Natural Resources in a lawsuit over the expansion of railroads in La Crosse. Citizens activists filed the lawsuit in March 2015 claiming DNR officials didn’t fully evaluate the environmental impacts of adding a second railroad track through the La Crosse River marsh. But La Crosse Circuit Judge Scott Horne found that DNR officials …
State AG Files Lawsuit Against Johnson & Johnson for Surgical Mesh
Updated: May 24, 2016 – 10:52 AM State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has announced a consumer protection lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson regarding its marketing of a surgical mesh used to treat pelvic floor conditions in women. The AG’s office says a result, thousands of Washington women face urinary and defecatory dysfunction, loss of sexual function, chronic inflammation, chronic pain and …
Former Biggest Loser Contestants Plan to Sue the Show for Alleged Abuse
Suzanne Mendonca, a former contestant on The Biggest Loser, is spearheading a class-action lawsuit against the show, saying producers withheld water from contestants, forced them to overexercise, and “discarded them when the cameras stopped rolling,” TMZ reports. Mendonca, who appeared on Season 2 of the weight-loss reality show, and other disgruntled former contestants recently spoke to the …
STAAR Testing Lawsuit
Parents from around Texas including one from the Orangefield School District have filed a lawsuit in Austin looking to throw out the results of this year’s STAAR test scores. The lawsuit claims the test is too long and has caused harm to thousands of students, teachers, and schools in the state of Texas. Jennifer Rumsey has been a teacher in the Orangefield School District for over 17 years and …