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Angie’s List Agrees to Pay $1.4 Settlement From Class Action Lawsuit

Angie’s List has agreed to pay $1.4 million in settlement from a class action lawsuit that was filed last year, and a look at where Indiana’s community college system ranks. The original complaint accuses Angie’s List of manipulating search results and reviews. The person who led the lawsuit said it wasn’t bad until she left a bad review for …


F Bar Houston Hit With Million Dollar Wrongful Death Lawsuit

A popular LGBTQ+ nightclub in Montrose has been sued by the family of a man that was fatally shot outside the club last year. According to the lawsuit filled with the Harris County District Clerks office, the victim, 22 year-old Juan Carlo Ramirez and a ‘friend’ were leaving F Bar, when Ramirez was shot and carjacked on March 12, 2015. Legal documents allege that nightclub owner Irwin Palchick, …



St. Louis City Settles Municipal Court Fees Suit for $750K

The City of St. Louis must refund $750,400 to the 21,000 people who paid “warrant recall fees” in the past seven years. On July 19, St. Louis Circuit Court Judge David Dowd gave final approval on a class-action lawsuit settlement with the city – which also deemed that St. Louis can never charge these fees again. In St. Louis, if you missed a court date regarding a warrant fee, the court would …


One Year After Maryville Train Derailment, Lawsuits Keep Moving Forward

Friday marks one year since a train carrying a flammable liquid derailed in Blount County, catching fire and forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. After the derailment and evacuations, lawsuits started to be filed, some on behalf of residents and first responders. There are two lawsuits in federal court.



Rejected Bus Driver Sues SEPTA Over Background Checks

A school bus driver turned away from a job as a SEPTA bus operator because of a drug conviction dating back nearly 20 years filed a federal lawsuit against the transit agency Wednesday. The suit said SEPTA violates federal employment laws by routinely misusing criminal-history information turned up in background checks to eliminate potential employees, even when the offenses happened long ago …


Cancer and Rashes Causing Concern for Members of Northwest Angle 33B in Ontario

Cara McKenna APTN National News ANGLE INLET – Members in an isolated Ontario First Nation are asking questions about whether contaminated water could be causing everything from a recent emergency room trip to what they say is unusually high rates of bowel and stomach cancer. The chief of Northwest Angle 33B First Nation declared a state of emergency in mid-February after radioactive particles …