Class action lawsuits against municipalities are becoming more common, particularly those over water and sewer billing. Litigation attorney Soni Mithani, a Principal at Miller Canfield in Ann Arbor, took time to educate officials about these types of suits at the Michigan Municipal …
Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and others agreed to a $2.5 million settlement to end their part of a lawsuit brought over Rhode Island’s disastrous $75 million deal with 38 Studios, his failed video game company. If approved by the judge overseeing the lawsuit, the agreement filed Monday with four 38 Studios officials brings an …
A former Pizza Hut franchisee is hoping to force the fast-food giant back to court to compensate franchisees for losing fistfuls of dough selling unprofitable pizzas. Pizza Hut was Adam Gordon’s life. He started washing dishes and making dough for the family restaurant at 14, he was a shift manager at 17, an assistant manager at 18 and a store manager at 20.
The Supreme Court was asked to settle disputes over the legality of contract terms that bar employees from filing class action lawsuits, in petitions filed by opposing parties. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), accounting conglomerate Ernst & Young, and medical software company Epic Systems have all asked Justices to rule on the issue, …
A liberal group that has filed suit to change the way Alabama judges are elected isn’t likely to get very far, according to a constitutional law expert in the state. The lawsuit – filed by the NAACP Alabama chapter and four black voters – alleges the state of Alabama violates the Voting Rights Act by discriminating against African Americans. John Eidsmoe, senior counsel for the Foundation for …
A federal judge in Eugene, Oregon, is considering arguments about whether a lawsuit brought by a group of children and a leading climate scientist can go forward. The plaintiffs’ lawsuit alleges that the federal government has known for more than 50 years that carbon pollution causes climate change, but it has failed to implement plans to phase out greenhouse gas emissions. …
A federal judge has dismissed the civil rights lawsuit filed against the Mississippi Department of Human Services by a Hancock County woman whose two children may have been sexually abused while in state custody. The plaintiff, Alexandria Faye, filed the suit last year in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. Faye said her two children, then 1 and 2 years old, were sexually abused and contracted …
A federal appeals court Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against three Round Rock police officers involved in a 2014 traffic stop that left a Florence man paralyzed, ruling that excessive force was not used despite the severity of the driver’s injuries. William Slade Sullivan, described by the court as heavily intoxicated, morbidly obese and handicapped, was severely injured while being forcibly …
The man who created the TED conference is embroiled in a multimillion-dollar legal dispute over the sale of a TED spinoff. Richard Saul Wurman is an architect and graphic designer who founded TED in 1984 to focus on technology, entertainment and design. He created TEDMED in 1995 to focus on health and medicine, and has since sold them both.
A hair relaxer marketed by top notch celebrities from Cynthia Bailey to first lady Michelle Obama is the target of a new U.S. class-action lawsuit amid allegations that the product actually causes hair loss. The L’Oreal product, which promises “fuller, silkier hair” causes “disturbing and distressing injuries including hair loss and breakage as well as scalp irritation, blisters and burns,” …