Lawsuits


Lawsuit: BART’s Filthy, Broken Elevators Violate Civil Rights for People With Disabilities

BART’s filthy, urine-soaked and feces-ridden elevators that are frequently breaking down are just one of the issues that disabilities rights advocates say are violating passengers’ civil rights. Related Articles “We share in their endeavor to ensure accessible public services, and understand as both users and operators of the system the hardships that can occur within and around …


Justice Dept. Says Replacing U.S. Workers May Bring Lawsuit

Critics of the H-1B program have little to celebrate, so far, from President Donald Trump. He promised reforms of the visa program during the campaign, but nothing has happened of consequence — at least until Monday. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a warning to H-1B employers not to use the visa program to discriminate against U.S. workers.


Trial Begins Over Petco Diseased Rat Lawsuit

A trial is underway in San Diego involving a lawsuit against Petco after a boy died from a disease contracted from a pet rat bought at Petco. 10-year-old Aiden Pankey died in 2013 from rat bite fever two weeks after his pet rat bit him. In opening statements, attorneys for the Pankey family said they were sold a diseased rat by Petco that should have …


Seattle Mayor Announces Lawsuit Over Trump Sanctuary Cities Order

Seattle is suing President Donald Trump over his executive order that threatens to withhold federal funds from communities that refuse to cooperate with efforts to find and deport immigrants in the country illegally. Mayor Ed Murray said Wednesday the executive order issued in January punishing “sanctuary cities” is unconstitutional. “This week, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions told …


Big Pharma Played Outsize Role in Woman’s Fentanyl-Related Death, Lawsuit Argues

Sarah Fuller’s doctor asked her to come in to discuss a new prescription for her chronic pain, but a drug company sales rep did most of the talking. “She didn’t say anything about risk,” said David Fuller, who accompanied his 32-year-old daughter to the Cherry Hill medical office. Sarah was given Subsys, a fast-acting opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin.


Port Authority Cops Target Men Who ‘seem Gay’: Lawsuit

Port Authority cops target men who seem gay or androgynous and arrest them on false charges of public masturbation and exposure at the city’s bus terminal, a new class-action lawsuit claims. The cops have been falsely arresting men for years to increase “quality of life” arrest statistics, says the suit, which was filed in federal court in Manhattan on Monday. Cops spy on men who seems “gay or …


Lawsuit: Hackers Stole Customer Data at 1,000 Arby’s Stores

A Connecticut couple says Georgia-based Arby’s restaurants failed to prevent hackers from stealing customer information at hundreds of its stores. In a new federal lawsuit, the couple is seeking class-action status in the case. Jacqueline and Joseph Weiss of Glastonbury, Connecticut, say computer hackers used data-looting malware to penetrate systems at about 1,000 Arby’s restaurants …


High-Stakes Climate Lawsuit Led by Youth Turns Its Attention to Trump

It’s somewhat fitting that President Trump, who has named climate deniers and a former fossil-fuel executive to top cabinet posts, including at the EPA, would end up a defendant in what’s likely the highest-stakes climate lawsuit on the planet. The suit, brought by Our Children’s Trust on behalf of nearly two dozen youth and climate scientist James Hansen, seeks a real and comprehensive climate …


Trump Trying to Use Presidency to Derail Grope Accuser’s Lawsuit

President Trump wants to derail a defamation suit filed by a former contestant on his reality TV show “The Apprentice” by claiming immunity through his job as the nation’s commander-in-chief, according to court papers made public Tuesday. Summer Zervos, who last year accused then-candidate Trump of groping and pressing his privates against her in 2007, sued him three days before his Jan. 20 …