Charles White is escorted into the Carbon County Courthouse on June 21, 2010, where he was sentenced to life at the Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs for two counts of deliberate homicide and aggravated kidnapping. White is one of four psychiatric patients who are named in a lawsuit against the state alleging extreme psychological and emotional harm while under the state’s care. Four …
A former Iowa State University student is suing the school for allegedly mishandling the response to her sexual assault by another student in 2014, saying its insensitive approach and bureaucratic errors further traumatized her. The 21-year-old woman alleges in the lawsuit filed last week that university officials “actively discouraged” her from formally reporting the assault, then took months …
Fifteen Bethpage residents filed a $500 million class-action lawsuit this week against Northrop Grumman, claiming the defense contractor’s manufacturing operations exposed them to toxic chemicals in air, drinking water and soil. The residents allege that Northrop Grumman did not properly warn the community about contamination generated on a parcel of more than 600 acres in Bethpage, …
September 15, 2016 19:01 ET | Source: Pomerantz LLP NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against LifeVantage Corporation (“LifeVantage” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:LFVN) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in United States District Court, District of Utah, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons …
It may not come as a surprise to breakfast consumers that Honey Nut Cheerios — whose box features a gleeful cartoon bee dangling a honey dipper over a bowl like a magic wand — is sugary. A lawsuit filed in federal court in California against General Mills alleges, however, that consumers have been duped into thinking the company’s best-selling cereal brand is health food. The complaint, which …
Chipotle’s latest debacle has arrived in the form of a racial discrimination lawsuit. A former employee in California filed suit against the downtrodden burrito chain on Tuesday, claiming she was fired after complaining about preferential treatment given to other employees, MyNewsLA reports. According to the suit, Sheqweshu Clark began working at a Chipotle in El Segundo in June 2012 and “was …
A 19-year-old woman who was hospitalized with E.Coli after eating at Chipotle in 2015 has sued the chain for free food coupons … so she could eat more Chipotle. Bill Marler, the woman’s lawyer, said he’s been handling class action lawsuits like this for 20 years and this request surprised him (which, isn’t surprising). “I have never seen people willing to go back to a restaurant under those …
Their client allegedly suffered severe second and third-degree burns after his new Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge exploded in his pocket. The S7 Edge is not part of the recent Galaxy recall. Bergen County, New Jersey (PRWEB) September 14, 2016 Morgan & Morgan’s ClassAction.com has announced that the firm has filed a product liability lawsuit (case number: BER-L-6537-16; Superior Court of New Jersey, …
The Burma Superstar restaurants attorney released a statement Wednesday about three employees suing the chain for unfair wages. The attorney for the restaurants located in Alameda, San Francisco and Oakland says they have always “The owners value their team as an extension of their family, and strive to treat everyone with the utmost respect, providing good wages and …
L.A. Department of Water and Power officials announced more than a year ago that they would refund tens of millions of dollars to Angelenos who were overbilled because of a faulty computer system. But customers are still waiting and it will be 2017 before they see any money. Under a $44-million proposed class-action settlement announced in August 2015, customers were to receive a refund or …