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Preliminary Settlement Reached in Class Action Between Roxana Residents, Shell Oil

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois recently issued a preliminary order of approval for the settlement of a class action lawsuit between residents of Roxana and Shell Oil Co. This is indicative that the parties have agreed to, at the very least, the basic terms of a settlement. The order, issued Aug. 2 in response to the plaintiff’s unopposed motion for …



Lawsuit: Abusive Staff Called Group Home the ‘Bronx Zoo’

Three families on Monday sued staff at a New York City group home, alleging they punched, kicked and spit on disabled residents and that state authorities knew about the abuse and did nothing for weeks. Staff at the Union Avenue IRA referred to the facility as the “Bronx zoo” and also denied residents food and botched their medical care, the federal lawsuit said. The suit, filed in Manhattan, …