The government authority that oversees ambulance service in Pinellas County has agreed to pay $163,800 to settle its part of a lawsuit that claims it took kickbacks. The federal whistle-blower lawsuit alleges Pinellas County’s Emergency Medical Services Authority received improper payments from the Paramedics Plus, the parent company of Sunstar Paramedics, in return …
Uncertainty now surrounds two upscale subdivisions in Lakeland following the filing of a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of people who own property or live in the Oakbridge and Grasslands subdivisions in Lakeland. Grasslands is a premier golf community with upscale housing.
A class-action lawsuit alleging an Illinois lottery company defrauded players and businesses has moved from St. Clair County courts to federal court. The lawsuit, filed in February in St. Clair County, accuses Northstar Lottery Group of manipulating the number of winning tickets available for purchase and discontinuing scratch-off games before large payouts, depriving customers from jackpots. …
The Cabell County Commission on Thursday filed a lawsuit against drug firms in an effort to recoup money lost due to the substance abuse epidemic in the area. The lawsuit was filed in federal court against drug wholesalers AmerisourceBergen Drug Co., Cardinal Health Inc., McKesson Corp. and H.D. Smith Wholesale Drug Co. Also named in the suit are CVS, Rite Aid, Wal-Mart, Kroger and …
The parents of a teen who died while in custody of several Harris County deputies are filing a lawsuit against them, alleging they used unreasonable deadly force at the end of a chase involving their son. According to a lawsuit filed in February 2017, several Harris County Sheriff’s deputies used a Taser to subdue 18 …
A lawsuit alleging Cerner Corp. improperly failed to pay hundreds of employees overtime wages has been certified as a class action. Jackson County Circuit Judge W. Brent Powell issued the ruling Tuesday, finding that common issues predominated over individual ones and there were enough would-be class members to warrant class certification. The suit was filed in 2015 by Laura Scott and alleges …
Talks in the $10 million lawsuit between HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley and Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield have made “significant progress,” Ulster County Executive Mike Hein said Monday. “I firmly believe there has been significant progress, but progress alone is not enough. There needs to be a resolution of this in a timely fashion,” Hein said.
Settlement talks are apparently under way in a lawsuit filed against San Juan County over Navajo voters’ access to the ballot. In a court filing obtained by FOX 13 on Saturday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah disclosed that it was entering into settlement talks with San Juan County. It asked a …
A civil rights committee and two law firms filed a lawsuit Monday seeking voting rights for Black residents in North Carolina, reports USA Today. From USA Today: In a bid to create a better chance for black residents of rural areas to get elected to local office, a team of civil rights and private lawyers has filed what one prominent civil rights organization calls the first major voting rights …
The terms of a settlement between Mechel Bluestone Inc. and miners who allege they were laid off unlawfully from a Wyoming County mine in 2013 have been reached. Before the class action settlement is finalized, federal Judge Irene Berger, Southern District Court, must approve the agreement. If she approves the settlement, 64 miners laid off at the Double-Bonus Mine No.