Lawsuit: Developers Built Lakeland Homes on Radioactive Land
Some of Lakeland’s nicest homes may be sitting on contaminated soil. A new class action lawsuit says that the level of radioactivity in some areas of The Grassland, Oakbridge and the …
Lawsuits
Lakeland Homeowner Has Special Reason to File Lawsuit Over Possibly Contaminated Land
We’re hearing directly from the homeowner at the center of a federal lawsuit that claims thousands of Lakeland homes are sitting on a toxic time bomb. Jeff Jerue claims the developer didn’t bring in enough dirt to keep dangerous radiation from posing a threat. “They built these houses in kind of a cancer incubator here,” said Jurue.
Lawsuit Accuses Monsanto of Manipulating Research to Hide Roundup Dangers
Yolanda Mendoza makes the most of time spent with her children after battling stage 4 non-Hodgkins lymphoma for more than a year. “I have nerve damage, I don’t feel the tips of my fingers, my jaw, its still, I still can’t feel it,” she said. Mendoza …
Plaintiffs in U.S. Lawsuit Say Monsanto Ghostwrote Roundup Studies
Employees of Monsanto Co ghostwrote scientific reports that U.S. regulators relied on to determine that a chemical in its Roundup weed killer does not cause cancer, farmers and others suing the company claimed in court filings. The documents, which were made public on Tuesday, are part of a mass litigation in federal court in San Francisco claiming Monsanto failed to warn that exposure to …
Family of 19-Year-Old Shot by Police Announces Lawsuit and Releases Video
The family of 19-year-old Henry Bennett III who was shot and killed by a officer last year, has filed a federal lawsuit against the Palm Beach Sheriffs Office. The suit was filed Tuesday, followed by the release of dashcam footage allegedly showing the Deputy and Bennett III the night of the shooting. Dashcam video of Henry Bennett shooting by PBSO deputy in Belle Glade in 2016. …
Lawsuit: Forced to Have Sex With 1,000 Men, Girl Now Suing the Motel That She Says Let It Happen
Lawyers in Pennsylvania say their client was sexually exploited at a motel for years, alleging the teen girl was a victim of human trafficking who was forced to have sex with more than 1,000 men. The teen’s lawyers are using Pennsylvania’s human trafficking law to sue the motel where they say their client was sexually exploited, marking the first civil suit under the law since it was enacted in …
Federal Lawsuit Alleges AdvoCare a Pyramid Scheme
Two former AdvoCare salespeople have filed a class-action lawsuit against the nutritional products company and some of its top earners, claiming that AdvoCare is little more than a pyramid scheme that survives by primarily taking money from the hundreds of thousands of people who sell its products. The Dallas Morning News reported that plaintiffs Lisa …
Lawsuit Alleges “Dangerous” Consumer Fraud by Drinkable Sunscreen
In a consumer fraud lawsuit filed Tuesday in Polk County District Court, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller alleged that the makers of “drinkable sunscreen” failed to prove their product provides the advertised protection against cancer-causing ultraviolet (UV) rays. The suit against Osmosis LLC and Harmonized Water LLC, and owner Benjamin Taylor Johnson, MD, of Evergreen, Colorado, alleges the …
‘We’re Done Waiting:’ NYC Sues Verizon Over Fiber-Optic Coverage
New York City is suing Verizon, saying the phone giant broke its 2008 promise to make its FiOS cable service available to all city residents. The city says Verizon missed a 2014 deadline to extend wire by every home or apartment building in the city — in technical parlance, “passing” the home. The city also argues that Verizon hasn’t installed service for thousands …
Court Allows Lawsuit Against Quicken Over Questionable Loans to Proceed
A judge on Thursday ruled that a lawsuit over questionable loan practices filed by the federal government against Quicken loans can proceed. The federal government claims, among other things, that Quicken Loans Inc. intentionally altered information or overlooked problems with loan applications in order to issue hundreds of thousands of government-backed mortgages. If loans met a …