Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul’s lawsuit against ESPN and reporter Adam Schefter will proceed after a Florida judge declined to dismiss the case, according to a report by The New York Post. Pierre-Paul is suing Schefter and ESPN for publishing an image of his medical records in July of 2015 when Schefter reported Pierre-Paul’s right index finger had been amputated …
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the cities of Berkeley, Oakland and San Jose which attempted to hold Monsanto Co. accountable for the cost of reducing PCB contamination in the San Francisco Bay. The suit against Monsanto, an agricultural biotech company based in St. Louis, sought to recover the cost of cleaning up PCBs, synthetic organic chemicals whose full …
The motion for class certification, which argues that the failure to provide adequate care is a systemic issue affecting all prisoners, was filed last night. It comes as the lawsuit is set to go to trial Nov. 7. The lawsuit describes how the medical and mental health needs of prisoners are routinely ignored in a prison system where dangerous – even life-threatening – conditions are the norm.
An Ohio man will be allowed to sue a web monitoring software maker for breaking US state and federal wiretap laws, the US Court of Appeals has ruled this week. In 2009, Javier Luis forged an online friendship with Catherine Zang, married at the time to her husband, Joseph Zang. Even if later it would be proven that the relationship was platonic, Mr. Zang became suspicious of his wife, which led …
A federal judge has ordered Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to answer written questions posed by a conservative watchdog group about her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. That means she will not have to sit in a lengthy deposition and answer questions from lawyers during the campaign. As NPR’s Carrie Johnson reports for our Newscast unit, “U.S. …
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Friday against two Miami police officers who shot and killed a mentally ill black man last year. The lawsuit, filed by the family of 25-year-old Lavall Hall, contended that the officers needlessly resorted to gunfire when they attempted to subdue Hall, who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. The suit accused the officers of wrongful death and violating …
A state judge has sided with the town in a lawsuit filed by the owner of a commercial garage who claimed his building was destroyed by fire in 2013 because of the Fire Department’s inadequate response. Justice William Stokes in a ruling issued Thursday stated that the town, its volunteer Fire Department and Chief Frank Ross have immunity from the lawsuit filed in February …
The trial would have begun Monday in Sarasota County Circuit Court. A two-page document filed Friday in court says that the plaintiffs, led by the environmental group ManaSota-88, were dropping their claims against the county and the developers. The dismissal is “with prejudice,” meaning the opponents waived their right to file another lawsuit with the same claims, which included arguments that …
After weeks of testimony in the lawsuit against MetLife and its subsidiary, attorneys delivered their closing arguments and handed the case over to the jury for deliberation, rehashing the facts and pleading for justice. Christine Ramirez brought the suit to recover her life savings, which she invested in a real estate investment fund that promised high returns. She learned about …
To date, a common practice when hiring in California, and throughout the nation, has been to have new hires sign an employment contract. And, often times, there’s a little– but mighty– clause in there requiring the use of arbitration to solve any future disputes between employee and employer. What’s more, these agreements sometimes have something called a class-action waiver attached to them, …