Dirt late model driver Scott Bloomquist and four other drivers filed a $16.5-million lawsuit against World Racing Group and subsidiary UMP DIRTcar Racing, Eldora Speedway and track owner Tony Stewart last week, according to a report by Courthouse News Service. The five drivers – Bloomquist, Jimmy Owens, Gregg Satterlee, Brandon Sheppard and Ricky Thornton Jr. – were disqualified after failing a …
A Texas teacher who was slammed to the ground by cops and told blacks have “violent tendencies” has filed a lawsuit against the city of Austin. Dashcam video shows Breaion King, who is black, being shoved to the ground by a white officer during a traffic stop in June 2015. Later, another Austin officer can be heard making the remark after engaging in a discussion with King.
Former Sen. John Edwards has pledged to support hundreds of U.S. sailors, Marines and airmen who say they were sickened by radioactive fallout from the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. U.S. forces participated in relief efforts after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami that battered swaths of northeastern Japan, including the plant. Edwards — the 2004 …
Subaru of America could put new engines in vehicles under an agreement to resolve a class-action lawsuit against the …
More than 200,000 people have registered to receive benefits under a proposed $14.7 billion settlement among Volkswagen AG, federal regulators and consumer class action plaintiffs, according to a court filing. Attorneys representing Volkswagen owners and lessees …
Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP are facing a potential class action lawsuit brought earlier this month by four former employees. The companies engaged in widespread age discrimination during a restructuring of the legacy computer and printer manufacturer, according to their complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California. HP from 2012 to 2015 made a series of discriminatory …
This month Penn joined a familiar list of peer universities — including Duke, Harvard and Yale — in a lawsuit over employee retirement plans. The class action lawsuit claims that University retirement plans have been charging fees that are too high for school employees. All of the schools involved are being accused on the grounds that they all use several providers, as opposed to one, to manage …
Otto, a self-driving trucking startup built by ex-Googlers, darted into the spotlight earlier this month when Uber acquired it for a reported $680 million. So did Clearpath Robotics, a Canadian maker of autonomous robots that includes a division of self-driving warehouse robots named—you guessed it—Otto. Clearpath is now suing Uber’s Otto, the full name of which is Ottomotto, for infringing on …
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lawsuit against a police officer who fatally shot a fleeing suspect can move forward. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision Aug. 22 finding Flint Township police officer Matthew Needham is not entitled to qualified immunity for the July 16, 2014, fatal shooting of Dominique Lewis. Lewis’ family filed the …
Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Spa is facing a lawsuit from a Northern California family after bedbugs at the acclaimed hotel allegedly ruined their 2014 vacation. According to a lawsuit filed by the family in Los Angeles Superior Court, they were bitten by bed bugs during their stay at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Spa. Joseph and Danielle Jones filed on behalf …