Former LG Employee Sues LG, Samsung Over Alleged Hiring Deal
A former sales manager for LG Electronics in California filed a suit against LG and Samsung Electronics over an alleged hiring deal between the two companies.
Lawsuits
Local Academic Dean Joins Growing List of Lawsuits After ITT Tech Shutdown
A former academic administrator at the ITT Technical Institute in Springfield has joined the growing number of former employees and students filing suit after the abrupt shutdown last week of the national for-profit college. Ruby Blackwell was an academic dean at the Springfield school, located inside White Oaks Mall. St. Louis attorney Brandon Wise, who is representing Blackwell, said Monday …
Lawsuit Challenges Same-Day Voter Registration Law
A federal lawsuit could cause some problems for people looking to take advantage of the state’s new election day voter registration rules. The new rules require counties and major cities to offer same-day …
Tennessee School Officials Knew of Athlete Abuse
A lawsuit by a Tennessee high school basketball player who was raped and assaulted by teammates claims school officials knew athletes were being abused but did nothing. The victim, identified only as John Doe, was a freshman at Ooltewah High School in December when he was held down by two older players while a third forced a pool cue into his rectum, tearing his bladder. Last week, one of the …
Mastercard Sued for $19 Billion in Britain’s Biggest Damages Claim
Andrew MacAskill| LONDON LONDON Some 46 million people in Britain could potentially benefit from a legal case brought against Mastercard (MA.N) demanding 14 billion pounds ($19 billion) in damages for allegedly charging excessive fees, according to court documents filed in London. The case brought by a former chief financial services ombudsman alleges the payments company charged unlawfully …
Sandy Hook School Gun Lawsuit Continues –
The plaintiffs and the defendants in the ongoing Sandy Hook Elementary School gun lawsuit continue to pursue their respective, but divergent, legal goals in the state Superior Court case. The plaintiffs want to obtain detailed information from the defendants about the marketing of the semiautomatic rifle that a gunman used to kill 20 first graders and six educators at the school in …
Lawsuit Accuses Two Buchanan HS Athletes of Sexual Assault
A civil lawsuit is accusing two current student athletes at Buchanan High School in Clovis of sexual assault. It’s a case Eyewitness news has been following for a couple of weeks now, after discovering the lawsuit against the two students and their parents. The 16 year old girl who reported the assault last summer is from out of town.
Federal Lawsuit by Pot Petitioners Seeks to Halt Michigan Ballot Printing
A federal lawsuit aims to get enough votes counted to place the issue of recreational marijuana use on the November 2016 ballot. File photo Two people who signed and circulated petitions for Michigan’s recreational marijuana vote have filed a federal lawsuit meant to stop the printing of November ballots until the signatures are counted. They argue Michigan voters should decide marijuana …
9/11 Anniversary: How a White Plains Attorney Won $1B 9/11 Lawsuit
David Worby’s story begins two years after hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center towers. As tales of 9/11 heroism turned into Ground Zero medical mysteries, the White Plains lawyer started an odyssey of court battles, media frenzy and funerals. At the time, cancers and rare diseases mounted among firefighters, police and others who spent months cleaning up Ground Zero, but authorities still disagreed with Worby’s theory that working at the site made them sick. “Our people were wearing, at best, hospital masks of paper, so tens of thousands of people are sick as a result of the way this was handled,” Worby said during a recent interview. “It’s tragic, and it’s sad that more people are sick and dying from this than died on that actual date.” Since 9/11, the ranks of …
Erie Schools Leader Supports Lawsuit Seeking Funding Reform
The lawsuit asks the judiciary to fix the state’s “inequitable” education funding system. The court will hear oral arguments in the case Tuesday in Philadelphia. Badams and a small contingent from Erie plan to be in the courtroom or in an overflow area provided for the public.