Canadians should not expect the federal government to collect any cash from Volkswagen as a penalty for lying about emissions levels. In late June, the United States government announced a US$15.3-billion civil settlement with the German automaker that included US$2.7 billion for the public sector to spend on environmental mitigation efforts. Several diesel-powered VW models had so-called …
Michigan pays $378 million in lawsuit judgments, settlements over decadeMichigan paid more than $41 million, while receiving more than $278 million in lawsuit settlement and judgment payments over a year, a new report by the Senate Fiscal Agency shows. Here are seven things about lawsuit payments and settlements made and received by the state, according to the annual Senate Fiscal Agency’s …
At least 13,000 and possibly as many as 15,000 residents living near the former Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant may be entitled to approximately $12,000 each. It’s part of a class action lawsuit filed 26 years ago against Dow Chemical and Rockwell International. Those entitled to money must have owned property near the former site as of June 7, 1989.
A federal judge has cleared the way for a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit to proceed against the Gates Chili Central School District over a special …
An Ohio lawyer who represents an estimated 3,500 people in a class-action lawsuit against DuPont is urging the state Health Department not to downplay the health risks of a dangerous chemical that contaminated drinking water supplies in eastern Rensselaer County.
San Jose police are facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly singling out gay men in sex stings at a public restroom. The Police Department cited dozens of men at Columbus Park in 2014 and 2015, charging them under Section 647(d) of the California penal code, which prohibits loitering in or around a public restroom for the purpose of engaging in a lewd or lascivious act. But famed gay civil …
A class-action lawsuit accuses the state of discriminating against Minnesotans with disabilities by forcing them to live in segregated group homes. Attorneys with the Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid allege in the lawsuit that the Department of Human Services funnels …
Surfrider Foundation Kaua’i Chapter has been working tirelessly to protect coastal water quality throughout Kaua‘i County. In May 2016, Surfrider along with other local Kaua‘i groups filed a Notice of Intent to sue the state agency Agribusiness Development Corporation (“ADC”) for …
Anthem threw punches back at the U.S. Justice Department’s attempt to block the insurer’s acquisition of Cigna Corp. The response signals Anthem will indeed litigate the case to the end even though many analysts and policy experts say the company is unlikely to win In a newly filed legal response, Anthem’s lawyers argued the deal to buy Cigna is “procompetitive” and specifically would allow …
The YMCA of the Triangle has adopted a new non-discrimination policy as a result of a 2013 lawsuit from a father who said an after-school program declined to accept his son who has Type I diabetes. Bruce Hatcher, whose son was a kindergartner at Underwood GT Magnet Elementary School at the time, said YMCA officials told him that they do not administer shots and …