The National Football League (NFL) has long been accused of ignoring the damaging effects of brain injuries on its players. Even though they were presented with evidence of the risks of repetitive traumatic brain injuries many years ago, they did not share the information with players, concealed some information and did not take enough steps to prevent further injuries including NFL concussion …
If you were lucky enough to indulge in a Unicorn Frappuccino from Starbucks back in April, congratulations. You consumed the world’s most well-known (and sweetest) unicorn drink on the market. But it’s apparently not the only one according to a new lawsuit by The End Brooklyn, a coffee bar in New York that has sold its own “unicorn” latte since December.
At Valet Auto Body in Sandy, Utah, owner Trace Coccimaglio shows off a red, 2014 Chevrolet Impala that his guys just finished repairing. You’d never know it was recently in a wreck so rough that the entire front end needed to be replaced, including several sections of the bumper’s frame. The owner’s insurance company said they would not pay to repair the car with parts manufactured by …
It was bound to happen: A homeowner has filed suit against online realty giant Zillow, claiming the company’s controversial “Zestimate” tool repeatedly undervalued her house, creating a “tremendous road block” to its sale. The suit, which may be the first of its kind, was filed in Cook County Circuit Court by a Glenview, Ill., real estate lawyer, Barbara Andersen. The suit alleges that despite Zillow’s denial that Zestimates constitute …
A new lawsuit filed in the Twin Peaks incident seeks $1 billion in damages for four plaintiffs who were arrested after the fatal gunfight on May 17, 2015. Beaumont lawyer Brent W. Coon, representing plaintiffs Jim Albert Harris, Bonar Crump, Jr., Juan Carlos Garcia and Drew King, all of the Austin area, filed the lawsuit in Waco’s federal district court on Monday that names …
Fyre Festival wasn’t just a disaster, it was a total fraud that organizers knew for weeks would end in a “post apocalyptic nightmare” — but went ahead in hopes of a big payday, according to the latest legal filing against the creators of the event. An amended lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in California and acquired by Mashable (below), goes so far as to liken Fyre to a “Ponzi scheme.” …
Texas lodged a preemptive lawsuit Monday against local officials considered hostile to the state’s new anti-sanctuary cities law, the first salvo in an expected legal fight over the controversial measure. State Attorney General Ken Paxton said the federal lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, is necessary to protect the law from challenges by liberal …
A small New York City cafe is taking on coffee giant Starbucks in a legal war of the unicorns. The End Brooklyn in a new lawsuit accuses Starbucks of trademark infringement, arguing that the color-changing “Unicorn Frappuccino” recently introduced by the Seattle chain overshadows the smaller company’s health-conscious “Unicorn Latte.” The End started selling the Unicorn Latte in December, and has had a trademark application for the drink name pending since January, the company said in a Brooklyn federal court complaint filed Wednesday. Starbucks launched the Unicorn Frappuccino in April as a limited-run item. The sweet offering quickly …
A group of Arizona school districts and several school groups announced during a press conference at Landmark Elementary School May 1 they have filed a lawsuit against the State of Arizona and the Arizona School Facilities Board over cuts to funding for public school buildings and maintenance. “The case filed this morning in superior court alleges the school finance system is unconstitutional …
Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson is being sued by a civil rights group over his decision to enter into a federal immigration enforcement program, as well as his offer to send Bristol County inmates to build President Donald Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico Border. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice filed suit Thursday in Suffolk Superior Court against …