Lawsuits

Attorneys to File Amended Lawsuit in Fresno Tainted Water Case

At least 40 people have now signed onto a class action lawsuit surrounding lead-tainted water in Northeast Fresno. Fresno Attorney Stuart Chandler has also agreed to join the case. The lawsuit claims that the city’s negligence corroded interior plumbing inside of homes and created health concerns.


World Trade Center Lawsuit Unraveling as Trial Approaches

The increasingly bizarre litigation over the World Trade Center building appeared to quickly unravel Monday (Nov. 7) when neither the man behind the lawsuit nor any lawyers representing his company showed up in court to pursue the case. Two Canal Street Investors’ case against the city of New Orleans challenges the lease of the 33-story building to a Four Seasons hotel development team with …



Lawsuit Challenges Chicago’s ‘Literally Incomprehensible’ Rules for Airbnb Hosts

A group of Chicago property owners are taking the city to court over rules for homesharing that are “literally incomprehensible.” Chicago’s new regulations for short-term rentals, including those made over web services like Airbnb and VRBO, are scheduled to take effect next month. In the lawsuit filed on Nov. 4 in U.S. District Court, a nonprofit group called Keep Chicago …



State Files Consumer Protection Lawsuit Against Nursing Homes

The Woodhaven Care Center in Monroeville promises families that a large, accommodating staff will see to the grooming and medical needs of their loved ones. But when retired steelworker Reggie Hickman’s wife, Catherine, became a resident there after suffering a stroke, he says she just languished in bed. “She never got the proper care that she she should have had, being …


Stamford Commodities Firm Faces Discrimination Lawsuit

A former employee of Stamford-based Gerald Metals filed last week an age and gender discrimination lawsuit against the company, in a case that also represents one of the first to invoke the state’s anti-pay secrecy law.

Filed in U.S. District Court in Connecticut, the lawsuit alleges that the company’s treatment of Roxanne Khazarian , 61, reflected a culture of …


Pennsylvania Sues Grane Nursing Homes Over Staffing Levels

A company with 11 skilled nursing homes in Pennsylvania doesn’t have enough staff to provide basic patient care — and faked it when state Department of Health inspectors were around, the state attorney general said in a consumer protection lawsuit filed Friday. One patient, for example, needed medical cream applied daily but records show it was skipped 19 times one month. The same resident …



Pennsylvania Files Lawsuit Against Nursing Home Chain

The state attorney general’s office has filed a lawsuit that claims a nursing home operator failed to provide basic services to elderly residents at its Harrisburg facility and 10 others in the state. Pittsburgh-based Grane Healthcare, which manages and operates Colonial Park Care Center, is accused of limiting the number of certified nursing assistants on duty, leaving …