At least 40 people have now signed onto a class action lawsuit surrounding lead-tainted water in Northeast Fresno. Fresno Attorney Stuart Chandler has also agreed to join the case. The lawsuit claims that the city’s negligence corroded interior plumbing inside of homes and created health concerns.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier, of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, has sided with the findings of a court-appointed fee committee and awarded $555.2 million to the 107 law firms handling the multi-district litigation (MDL) suit against BP for its role in the Deepwater Horizon tragedy. The committee, whose creation both parties agreed to, …
More than a dozen state attorneys general last week asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a 2013 class action settlement reached over a fitness club company’s gym membership contracts and fees, arguing the agreement could put consumers nationwide at risk. The settlement agreement in Gascho v. Global Fitness Holdings LLC was approved by the U.S. Court of Appeals …
A federal judge has ordered that attorneys representing private individuals and companies who entered into economic and medical claims settlements with BP stemming from the Deepwater Horizon disaster are entitled to be paid $555.2 million to cover their legal fees and remaining court costs. The award equals about 4.3 percent of the estimated $13 billion that BP is expected to pay under the …
The possibility of death always confronts skydiving thrill-seekers. Even with the most extreme degrees of caution — having top-notch equipment, ensuring for good weather — jumping out of a plane carries a certain level of risk. The Labor Department’s fiduciary rule is similar, in that the specter of litigation lurks no matter the compliance caution taken by brokerages and other financial …
A 16-year-old girl said she was sexually harassed by two managers at the Chipotle restaurant on Eldridge Parkway in the Energy Corridor in west Houston for four months in 2013. This week, a jury awarded her and her attorneys a multimillion-dollar judgment. The now-16-year-old told KPRC 2, “It was definitely hard.
Attorneys working for the Democratic National Committee are hoping a federal judge will throw out a lawsuit filed by a bunch of Bernie Sanders supporters who believe they got duped by the DNC. ‘The DNC was biased in favor of one candidate – Hillary Clinton – from the beginning and throughout the process,” the plaintiffs wrote in their original lawsuit. The complaint, which was filed in federal …
PNC Bank has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit brought by victims of William Apostelos’ alleged Ponzi scheme. The class action lawsuit filed by Dr. Rafael M. Cruz, Dr. Gloria Cruz and Dr. Rafael F. Cruz in Dayton’s U.S. District Court seeks at least $30 million in damages. The suit alleges that PNC Bank missed red flags that Apostelos used his accounts in a suspicious manner.
Attorneys for former Baylor University student Jasmin Hernandez have removed former football coach Art Briles and former athletics director Ian McCaw as defendants in a lawsuit filed against them and the university, as the attorneys prepare to file a separate but related suit against Briles and McCaw as individuals. Briles’ attorneys filed a motion to expedite dismissal of Briles from the …
Attorneys filed a civil lawsuit Friday against the City of Oakland in connection with the police sexual misconduct scandal. Jasmine Abuslin, the woman at the center of the scandal, returned to the Bay Area Thursday with civil rights attorneys Pamela Price and Charles Bonner. She is asking for $66 million, documents said.