Lawsuits

Lawsuit Claims Voter Intimidation, Interference by Jefferson Co. Election Commissioner

“No relationship whatsoever,” said Johnson. “I just met Mr. Johnson.” Soffer shouldn’t have been a poll watcher to begin with, the lawsuit claims, citing a conflict of interest and violation of state statute that prevents an election commissioner from serving as a poll worker. “I have here on the podium, a copy of a form filed by the Jefferson County Election Commissioner and the Republican …


US Justice Department Shows Interest in NAACP Lawsuit Challenging NC Voter Roll Purges

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a statement of interest in the NAACP lawsuit challenging elections boards in three North Carolina counties where voters complain they were inaccurately purged from voter rolls. The NAACP went to federal court in Winston-Salem on Wednesday seeking intervention from U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs. In their lawsuit filed Monday, the NAACP and voters from …


Chesterfield County Registrar Accused of Concealing Voting Records in Lawsuit

A federal lawsuit has been filed against Chesterfield County registrar Larry Haake, for allegedly refusing to disclose election records. The Public Interest Legal Foundation claims those records show foreigners improperly registered to vote in Virginia. The group is also suing Susan Reed, the registrar in the City of Manassas, for the same reason.


Class Action on Cameras

Chicago’s red-light camera program is an example of how government can fail miserably. Chicago city officials installed their red-light camera program to pick the pockets of local motorists, not enhance traffic safety. So it seems apropos that a Cook County judge this week gave her approval to a class-action lawsuit covering up to 1.5 million motorists that attacks the manner in which this …


Royal Caribbean Didn’t Try to Save Man Who Died After Falling Overboard on Cruise

The husband of a man who died after falling overboard on a Royal Caribbean cruise is now suing, claiming the company didn’t make any efforts to save him or to retrieve his body. According to a complaint filed in Miami Federal Court this week, reported by Courthouse News , the couple was subjected to homophobic taunts from employees almost immediately after boarding Oasis of the Seas on Oct. 31, …


Delivery Drivers Sue Trucking Firms, Amazon as Joint Employers, Say Broke Law by Not Paying OT

A pair of former delivery drivers has filed a class action lawsuit against the trucking company that employed them and against Internet behemoth Amazon, the merchant whose cargo they were delivering and who they allege acted as their “joint employer,” saying the companies wrongly didn’t pay overtime, making them earn less than what state and federal law requires. In the lawsuit filed Nov. 1 in …


KC Man’s Injury Prompts Lawsuit Against Crossfit

Crossfit, a fitness craze taking the nation and the Kansas City metropolitan area by storm, was the subject of a lawsuit from a Kansas City man. Millions of people around the world come to gyms like Sky’s Limit Crossfit in Kansas City. But Jonas Barrish said a split-second movement during a workout changed the rest of his life.


Alleging Cronyism and Corruption, Developers File $50M Lawsuit Against Springfield Over RMV Project

Investors in an ill-fated development for a new Registry of Motor Vehicles building have filed a $50 million lawsuit in federal court, alleging the city plunged the project into an abyss of evasive and corrupt tactics to stall it into failure. Martone Place LLC and HDC Four LLC filed the complaint against the city, Deputy Director of Planning Philip Dromey, Director of Public …


Cognizant Faces Two More Class Action Lawsuits in US

An earlier lawsuit filed by Rosen Law Firm alleged that Cognizant lacked effective internal controls over financial reporting, and that as a result of the improper payments related to 12 facilities made in India, the company’s statements about its business, operations and prospects were materially false and misleading and lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the …


San Francisco Sues Millennium Tower Developers, Claiming Buyers Were Duped

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera Thursday filed suit against the developer of the Millennium Tower, alleging that the company knew that the luxury high-rise was sinking more than expected before it began selling units but failed to disclose the information to buyers. Herrera said the developer Mission Street Development LLC, an affiliate of Millennium …