A Las Vegas corrections officer has blasted his employer in a federal lawsuit that accuses the Metropolitan Police Department of implementing an “unconstitutionally vague” social media policy. Clark County Detention Center officer John Sabatini was fired last year after the department’s …
Multiple irrigators claim the federal government’s plans for two Klamath-area national wildlife refuges unlawfully restrict farmed acres and agricultural practices. In the final days of the Obama administration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued plans for managing several refuges in the Klamath basin over the next 15 years.
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Healthport Technologies LLC, IOD Inc. and CIOX Health LLC, citing alleged breach of contract, fraud and unjust enrichment from overcharging patients for health records. Leon Kuchenmeister, Cindy A. Hugger-Gravitt, and Beth A. Bretoi filed a complaint on behalf of all those similarly situated on March 20, in the U.S. …
A Ridgecrest man has filed a class-action lawsuit against EGS Financial Care Inc., a debt collector, and a number of its employees, citing alleged violation of telephone harassment statutes. Laurence Clayton, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, filed a complaint on April 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana alleging that the …
A Shickshinny consumer has filed a class action lawsuit against Samsung Electronics America Inc., citing alleged design defect, insufficient measures were taken to prevent injuries, liability, negligence and product liability for issues surrounding its Galaxy Note 7 phone. Kelly Farmer filed a complaint on behalf of all others similarly situated March 30 in the U.S. District …
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Mylan alleging the company violated consumer protection laws and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act by upping the price of the epinephrine auto-injector. Amber Rainey, Christina Kollmeyer and Lisa Vogel filed the lawsuit April 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs claim …
Samsung was handed a rare win this week when a judge decided not to pause its defense of a lawsuit over faulty washing machines. Judge Donald Middlebrooks of the Florida Southern US District Court this week denied a request from Plaintiff Kenneth Menzer that his class-action lawsuit against the Korean electronics giant be put on hold so he can decide whether to hop on board an identical class …
Legal action against the Town of Wheatfield is moving forward. Some Niagara County residents say they’re sick from contamination from Love Canal waste disposed of at the Niagara Sanitation Landfill. The DEC finished remediation of the Love Canal waste at the landfill last year and plans to do more testing this spring.
A Michigan consumer has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing a West Palm Beach company of using an unlawful telemarketing campaign. Richard Frost filed a complaint individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated on March 21 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against National Auto Protection Corp. alleging violation of the Telephone Consumer …
A participant in the Seventy Seven Energy Inc. Retirement & Savings Plan has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the plan and a class of similarly situated participants in the plan against the 401(k) Fiduciary Committee, other plan fiduciaries, as well as Delaware Charter Guarantee & Trust Company d/b/a Principal Trust Company. The lawsuit alleges that Committee Defendants and Principal Trust …