Exeter Hospital has filed another lawsuit in hopes of getting others to pay for settlements it reached after a traveling medical technician infected patients with hepatitis C. David Kwiatkowski is serving 39 years in prison for stealing painkillers and replacing them with saline-filled syringes tainted with his blood. Despite being fired numerous times over drug allegations, he …
Illinois resident Yvonne Averhart was one of many who filed a class action lawsuit against SuperValu Inc. last month, alleging that the company represents that its grated Parmesan cheese product is composed of 100 percent cheese when it actually consists of a mixture of cheese and non-cheese filler substance derived from wood …
The list of people suing the city over new camping policies is growing. In a motion filed today, a group of organizations that believe Mayor Charlie Hales’ lenient stance on camping is illegal say they’ve found three new plaintiffs to sign onto a lawsuit filed last month. They are the Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association (ORLA), the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties …
On Friday, movie studios, the rating board, and prominent theater owners asked a federal judge in California to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that’d make all films with smoking R rated unless tobacco is shown as dangerous. That complaint, filed in February, sought an injunction, claiming children are more likely to smoke after watching any offending films. Defendants are the Motional Picture …
He waited 11 days, but on April 12, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a budget resolution agreed to by the state Senate and Assembly that includes a fix for registration and decal fees for heavy-duty trucks. New York’s Supreme Court ruled on Feb. 1 that the fees were unconstitutional for out-of-state trucks after the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association …
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It was one of those dreams-come-true moments that lotteries love to promote when “Lucky Larry” Dawson smiled as he claimed a $9 million jackpot, surrounded by his kids and grandkids. Five years later, the Iowa man has become the first plaintiff in litigation that threatens to cost state lotteries millions of dollars following an insider jackpot-rigging scandal. A Des …