A Bala man is spearheading an attempt to garner support for a class-action lawsuit against the Ontario government over damages caused to Muskoka properties in last spring’s flooding. Martin Ford is inviting Muskoka Lake residents to an Aug. 21 meeting at the Port Carling Community Centre at 10 a.m. He had sent an email to property owners on Lake Muskoka, Lake Rosseau, and Lake …
Kansas is currently being sued by two former rowers who say they were raped by the same football player. The player was investigated and expelled, but in their lawsuits both women say the university still violated Title IX in many ways. They claim that they suffered retaliation from the rowing coaches after reporting what happened; that Kansas ignored a history of sexual assault reports from …
School district sues WiscNet over alleged overcharges 8/15/2016 A school district is suing the nonprofit Internet provider WiscNet for allegedly overcharging for services and violating a Department of Administration contract. WiscNet, which provides Internet to most school districts and libraries, faced a major blow in 2013 after lawmakers required the UW System end its contract with WiscNet. …
Kroger Co. has been listed as a defendant in a recent class action lawsuit filed on behalf of customers who became ill with listeria following the ingestion of vegetables grown by Pictsweet Co. and processed by CRF Frozen Foods. Listeria monocytogenes grown on Listeria Selective Agar | James.folsom According to the complaint, with the bacteria present in the …
Former City of Spokane employee Nancy Goodspeed filed a $1 million lawsuit against the City late Monday afternoon, claiming her rights were violated when she took time off for surgery only to return and find her job filled by someone else. Goodspeed, the former community affairs coordinator …
Accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers squared off Tuesday in court with lawyers for a defunct mortgage company’s creditors and investors over a $5.5 billion lawsuit, which claimed the Big Four firm failed through years of audits to uncover massive fraud at a failed Alabama bank. The estimated $21 billion fraud at Colonial Bank of Montgomery, Alabama, was orchestrated by top executives at the …
A California Indian tribe may be immune from a Family and Medical Leave Act lawsuit by a fired employee even though it acted to move the lawsuit to federal court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled (Bodi v. Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, 2016 BL 255421, 9th Cir., No. 14-16121, 8/8/16 ). With the decision, two federal appeals courts now have …
Things just get worse and worse for Fox News and Gretchen Carlson ever since she made her accusations of sexual harassment against former boss Roger Ailes. Carlson was recently fired from Fox News, and according to Politico accused Ailes of “sexually-charged comments ranging from lewd innuendo, ogling and remarks about Ms. Carlson’s body to demands for sex as a way for her to improve her job …
The result is a “diminution in value” of all the units in the building at 301 Mission St., said the lead law firm in the case, Foreman and Brasso of San Francisco. The lawsuit was filed eight days after we revealed that the Millennium Tower has sunk 16 inches and has tilted at the base by at least two inches. A geotechnical engnineer hired by the condo tower’s homeowners association …
A class action lawsuit was filed last week against Puna Geothermal Venture over its gas release two years ago during Tropical Storm Iselle. Six plaintiffs — George Douvris, Stephanie Douvris, Michael Hale, Cheryl Carocci, Hillary Wilt and Christina Bryan — filed the lawsuit Friday in Hilo Circuit Court on behalf of themselves and other lower Puna residents impacted by the release, that included …