Lawsuits

Va. Lawsuit Challenges State’s Right to Take Driver’s Licenses for Unpaid Tickets

Robert Taylor insists he’s a good guy, but says the state of Virginia has treated him like a bad one ever since he got buried under a pile of unpaid traffic tickets, fees and fines. The 28-year-old Richmond man spends weekends in jail, can’t hold a job and does not know how he will ever pay off the nearly $5,000 he owes the state. “I’m not a criminal in any sense of the word,” Robert Taylor …


IHeartMedia Files Another Lawsuit Against Bondholders

San Antonio-based iHeartMedia Inc. is taking its bondholders back to court, seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages over a previous legal dispute that the radio and billboard giant said delayed plans to refinance its debt and cost it real money. IHeartMedia won a Bexar County state district court lawsuit in May against the same group of bondholders, which was threatening to force the company into technical default …



In Answer to DOJ Lawsuit, Anthem Argues Cigna Deal Would Boost ACA Exchanges

Anthem threw punches back at the U.S. Justice Department’s attempt to block the insurer’s acquisition of Cigna Corp. The response signals Anthem will indeed litigate the case to the end even though many analysts and policy experts say the company is unlikely to win In a newly filed legal response, Anthem’s lawyers argued the deal to buy Cigna is “procompetitive” and specifically would allow …



Fired Recycling Plant Contractor Files Federal Lawsuit Against Ann Arbor

The private company that operated Ann Arbor’s recycling plant for the last several years is suing the city. Resource Recovery Systems LLC and FCR LLC, commonly known as ReCommunity, filed a complaint in federal court on Wednesday, July 27, claiming the city wrongfully terminated its contract. The company claims the city breached its contract, broke promises and unjustly enriched …


Charlottesville Man Files Lawsuit Against City Council

A Charlottesville man is filing a federal lawsuit challenging City Council’s rules for speakers at council meetings. Joseph Draego voiced his concerns over the influx of Muslim refugees during a public Charlottesville City Council meeting on July 20. Draego said many Muslims are “real good people,” but later stated, “the Muslims, monstrous maniacs that they are, read their holy book and then …


Lawsuit Claims Bradley County Sheriff’s Office Tried to Cover Up Needless Killing by Deputy

Bradley County Sheriff Deputy Tiffany Oakley Bradley County Sheriff Deputy Tiffany Oakley Photo by Contributed Photo /Times Free Press. The family of a 23-year-old man shot to death last year by a Bradley County, Tenn., deputy has filed a $3 million lawsuit saying he was needlessly killed and charging the sheriff’s office covered up what really happened. When the shooting happened on July 28, …


Lawsuit Alleges Overbilling by Some at UPMC

Neurosurgeon J. William Bookwalter was examining a colleague’s patient who had back troubles when he made an unusual discovery: The operation that his colleague billed Medicare for was far more extensive than the one actually done, according to allegations contained in a lawsuit. A review of two more back operations performed by UPMC neurosurgeon Ghassan Bejjani on another patient yielded the …


Family of Mentally Disabled Man Killed by Long Beach Police Files Federal Lawsuit

The family of a mentally disabled man who was shot and killed by Long Beach police last year filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the city. The lawsuit contends Long Beach officers violated Mharloun Saycon’s civil rights by using excessive force and wrongfully killing him. The suit identifies Vuong Nguyen as the officer who shot and killed the 39-year-old.