It may be spring in Western Pennsylvania, but there’s a new chill in the air in Butler County, where opponents of shale gas drilling and fracking near the Mars School District campus say they feel intimidated by gas leaseholders’ legal efforts to silence them. “Our focus is all about protecting the 3,700 children at the Mars schools, but because of these lawsuits there are already people who …
Facebook is in trouble again. The social network may have violated federal privacy laws by scanning private messages without user consent. A class-action lawsuit has been filed in Northern California District Court, over allegations that the company systematically scans its users’ private messages for links.
Based on the advice of its insurance carrier, the Anderson Housing Authority has hired Indianapolis law firm Barnes & Thornburg to represent it in a federal lawsuit. The Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana and two tenants filed a class-action lawsuit against AHA, citing sexual harassment, racial discrimination and health problems related to conditions that the management failed to …
Attorney General Luther Strange recently hailed a U.S. Supreme Court decision clarifying that persons filing lawsuits must be able to prove actual harm. The ruling serves to place limits on costly class action lawsuits based on technical violations of the law in which persons have suffered no actual damage. On May 16, the Supreme Court ruled 6-2 in favor of the on-line company …
When Jane C. Forrester Winne’s federal student loans were dismissed after she became disabled because of complications from diabetes in 2011, she believed all the money she borrowed between 1980 and 2008 to attend the University of Maine had been accounted for and that she was free and clear of debt. Three years later, Forrester Winne, 64, of Orono began getting letters and …
2,885 views May 22, 2016 2014 BMW i3 REx, Catskill Mountains, New York, Oct 2014 BMW has been hit with a class action lawsuit regarding a potential issue afflicting the extended-range version of the automaker’s i3 electric car. According to the suit, which was filed in a District Court in Los Angeles last week, the extended-range i3, known as the i3 REx, can reduce power to unsafe levels …
Minnesota Judge says concussion lawsuit against NHL can proceed after refusing to dismiss a lawsuit filed by ex-players accusing the National Hockey League to protect them from head injuries while withholding information about the long-term effects of concussions. Six retired players filed the class-action lawsuit with similar claims as the legal action brought against the National Football …
An attorney says the family of a woman who died during a mold outbreak at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has settled their lawsuit with the hospital network. Channel 11’s news exchange partners at TribLIVE reported that James Datillo confirmed the settlement, but not its terms on Friday. UPMC officials didn’t immediately respond to …
Subaru is offering a settlement to drivers of some of its vehicles found to burn excessive amounts of oil. News 12 New Jersey’s Walt Kane breaks it down in this week’s Kane In Your Corner Consumer Alert. Carlos Guerra says he had to add oil to his 2013 Subaru Outback every couple of weeks, and nothing his dealer’s service department did could fix the problem.
Several former college football players filed class-action lawsuits Tuesday against their universities, conferences and the N.C.A.A., claiming negligence over their handling of head injuries. The spate of cases — six were filed Tuesday — marks a new effort by athletes seeking financial relief for what they say are the lasting effects from concussions sustained in their college careers. Among …