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News Oct 27, 2016

Broome Weighs Lawsuit Against Opioid Drugmakers

Broome County is considering filing a lawsuit against opioid drugmakers, a move that would make the county one of the first in the nation to try to hold pharmaceutical firms responsible for the costs of addiction. County officials confirmed talks with Manhattan-based attorneys are in progress, as well as the broad outlines of a potential lawsuit. A suit would follow the template of Suffolk County, which in August enlisted Simmons Hanly Conroy, a national law firm that has recovered $5 billion in verdicts and settlements, to sue 15 pharmaceutical companies and individual medical doctors. Simmons Hanly Conroy “envisions commencing …

Lawsuits Oct 21, 2016

PuppyFind Lawsuit Has Ties to Area Breeders

Eric Swafford, Tennessee state director for the Humane Society of the United States, speaks about the possibility of new legislation and a lawsuit with connections to Madison County breeders. Seven people filed a lawsuit last week against PuppyFind.com. …

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News Oct 21, 2016

Lawsuit Filed Against Cabell Clerk Over Online Voting

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Cabell County Clerk Karen Cole for refusing to recognize and permit online voter registration within the county. Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia and the National Voting Rights Project filed the lawsuit on behalf of Marshall University student Allison Mullins in Federal District Court in Huntington. “Clerks …

Lawsuits Oct 21, 2016

Birmingham Man’s Lawsuit Seeks Removal of Amendment 14 From Ballots

A Birmingham man is asking a judge to remove a statewide amendment from the Nov. 8 ballot because he says it could overturn a judge’s ruling that halted Jefferson County’s plan to refinance more than a half-billion dollars in school construction debt and divert much of the $60 million in savings to the county’s general fund and other non-educational projects. Besides the general …

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Settlements Oct 20, 2016

Liberty Mutual to Pay $925K in Accident Forgiveness Ad Lawsuit

Liberty Mutual auto insurance carrier has settled a consumer protection lawsuit that alleged its television commercials advertising an accident-forgiveness program were misleading to Californians, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. The $925,000 settlement, approved Wednesday, will be divided among district attorney’s offices in San Diego, Riverside and Los Angeles …

Lawsuits Oct 20, 2016

Lawsuit: Texas Border County Is Rigging Election for Tax Hike

Two community leaders have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop Texas border officials from pushing for the creation of a new tax jurisdiction on some of the poorest Texans via allegedly questionable election procedures. As Breitbart Texas previously reported, local Democrats have been pushing for the creation of a new taxing district that would collect …

Lawsuits Oct 19, 2016

Sixth Victim of Molestation by Orange Center Elementary School Principal Files Lawsuit

A sixth victim has come forward to sue Orange Center Elementary School over a molestation by the principal and this lawsuit targets the county of Fresno as well. Lance Clement’s crimes are well known now. Several young girls accused him of improper touching and when investigators came to his house to serve a warrant in June 2014, the Orange Center Elementary principal …

News Oct 17, 2016

Cook County Lawsuit Alleges Car Dealer Failed to Inform Now-Deceased Man Car Was Leaking Carbon Monoxide

A Cook County lawsuit alleges a Countryside car dealership failed to inform a customer, who later died in his car, that his vehicle was leaking carbon monoxide when he brought it in for repairs. An administrator of the deceased man’s estate filed a wrongful death claim against Fishacar Ltd. , which operates as Autobarn Volkswagen of Countryside, the Cook County Recorder reported Friday. The …

Legal News Oct 15, 2016

Texas AG Fires Off Brief in Waller Courthouse Gun Carry Lawsuit

The Texas Attorney General has fired off a brief in the litigation over the right to bear arms in the Waller County Courthouse complex. AG Ken Paxton urges that “Both the law and sound public policy against the chilling of protected speech demand dismissal of Waller County’s claim. He also urges that the Waller County court is without jurisdiction to determine the issue.