UnitedHealth Group is one insurer offering Medicare Advantage plans, which cover about one third of people on Medicare. The Justice Department has joined a California whistleblower’s lawsuit that accuses insurance giant UnitedHealth Group of fraud in its …
The sister of a South Carolina man who was killed by police after a high-speed car chase claims in a lawsuit that three officers shot her unarmed brother 17 times in the back — as he lay on the ground. Waltki Cermoun Williams “did not have a weapon” and was struck in total by 19 of the two dozen shots fired at him during the deadly confrontation on Dec. 10, according to a lawsuit filed in …
An advocacy group is suing the Department of Homeland Security to release details about every time U.S. border officers have searched travelers’ electronic devices over the past five years. According to documents filed Monday, the Knight First Amendment Institute has alleged that recent reporting by NBC News shows that U.S. border officers are acting unconstitutionally, violating both the First …
Up to four agencies are investigating the 2015 pepper spraying of Amber Swink in a seven-point restraint chair by then Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Judith Sealey, court documents confirmed. Now, attorneys defending against Swink’s federal civil lawsuit told a judge they would face an “impossible decision” if Sealey and other Montgomery County Jail leaders give depositions while still …
A San Francisco-based food company proud of its tech-savvy features was recently slapped with a federal class action lawsuit for failing to provide adequate services to customers with visual impairments, according to a report. Eatsa, which features an automated, human-free system that allows customers to select their quinoa dish of choice on their smartphones or in-store iPads before delivering …
The first red flag should’ve been Stan Lee’s involvement with something new. A Santa Monica judge has ruled in favor of a company that was defrauded for $500,000 by a producer who tricked it into investing in a bizarre failed marketing scheme for the National Hockey League. Filmula Entertainment was approached by Aldo LaPietra in 2012, with promises that the NHL’s “Guardian Project”—a Stan Lee- …
Some of the largest pet food suppliers in the country have been overcharging pet owners by charging more for prescription dog food when it doesn’t actually include any medicine, according to a Greenville lawyer who is working on a class-action lawsuit against those pet food manufactures. Lynwood Evans, a lawyer at Ward and Smith P.A.’s Greenville office, is working on the lawsuit along with …
The horrific death of an auto parts worker in Ionia, Michigan in 2015, now the subject of a lawsuit, sheds light on the brutal regime existing among this section of workers, some of the most exploited in the United States. William Holbrook filed a wrongful death …
Lawsuit filed against Heineken over red star Christian Keszthelyi Friday, March 24, 2017, 12:32 A Hungarian association and foundation have filed a lawsuit against Dutch multinational brewer Heineken at the Budapest-Capital Regional Court for using the red star in its logo, according to a press statement sent to the Budapest Business Journal today. The Association of Former Hungarian Political …
A federal lawsuit has been filed against the city of Baton Rouge on behalf of at least seven Baton Rouge residents. The lawsuit filed by attorneys from the Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center in New Orleans claims that arrests during protests were part of a pattern of “racist law enforcement” in the city. The factual grounds for the lawsuit go back to incidents that occurred in the …