Attorneys say they’ve reached a settlement agreement in a federal lawsuit challenging Delaware’s practice of collecting abandoned property. In court papers filed Friday, attorneys for the state and for packaging company Temple-Inland Inc., a subsidiary of Memphis-based International Paper, said they had reached a voluntary settlement agreement and asked the judge to dismiss Temple-Inland’s …
A federal judge ruled Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging the town of Fortville’s procedure for disputing unpaid water bills that class members’ constitutional rights to procedural due process trump the state’s public policy of enforcing contracts. Bobbi Kilburn-Winnie and Michelle Allen-Gregory had their water service disconnected after not paying their bills on time. They allege that the …
Comedian Bill Cosby on Thursday dropped the remaining counts of a lawsuit he filed against one of the women accusing him of sexual assault, along with several others, claiming they violated the terms of a confidential settlement in another lawsuit. The dismissal comes 10 days after U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno ruled that Cosby could not sue Andrea Constand, her mother, Gianna Constand, …
The YMCA of the Triangle has adopted a new non-discrimination policy as a result of a 2013 lawsuit from a father who said an after-school program declined to accept his son who has Type I diabetes. Bruce Hatcher, whose son was a kindergartner at Underwood GT Magnet Elementary School at the time, said YMCA officials told him that they do not administer shots and …
Deb Price has filed a class-action lawsuit against Sprouts Farmer’s Market over identity theft. But the 59-year-old Aurora woman might never see a courtroom because of what she and many Americans sign without realizing it. Price signed an arbitration agreement when she was first hired that stipulates all work-related disputes be handled by an arbitrator that Sprouts helps select.
Plaintiff Tells Why She Sued Microsoft After Windows 10 Upgrade Microsoft has lost a California lawsuit charging that an unauthorized Windows 10 upgrade disrupted a business, and the plaintiff today explained her case. The lawsuit was brought by Teri Goldstein, CEO and owner of TG Travel Group LLC, based in Sausalito, Calif. Goldstein was awarded $10,000 after an unexpected Windows 10 upgrade …
The San Francisco-based men’s club for the rich and powerful that hosts the annual Bohemian Grove encampment at Monte Rio will pay $7 million to settle a class-action lawsuit from seasonal workers alleging unfair labor practices. Terms of the agreement involving 664 current and former valets employed from May 2011 to December 2014 received provisional approval Wednesday from Sonoma County …
The state’s lawsuit against the federal government, regarding the dumping of plutonium at the Savannah River Site, was heard in federal court Thursday. In that suit, South Carolina asked for $100 million in penalties from the federal government and the removal of the nuclear …
Producers of Broken City defrauded investors out of millions, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in L.A. County Superior Court. Nemesis Finance is suing Randall Emmett/George Furla Productions and both men as individuals for breach of contract, fraud and violation of the RICO Act. The producers aren’t strangers to legal hot water; they’ve recently been sued over Heist and Motor City and are …
The class plaintiffs, the government and VW filed a proposed settlement agreement in court yesterday. I wanted to provide you with a copy of the proposed settlement agreement which is linked below. What follows is a quick overview of the settlement.