A federal appeals court, taking up an issue left open by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, said in a decision last month that tendering funds to a class action plaintiff — not just offering to tender — still does not moot a case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in its July 6 opinion in Mey v. N. Am. Bancard LLC, was forced to take up a question …
WWE scored a partial victory in the brain injury lawsuit brought by Evan Singleton (f.k.a. Adam Mercer), Vito LoGrasso, and others, as the United States District Court of the District of Connecticut granted, in part, the professional wrestling promotion’s Motion for Reconsideration. The move enables WWE to revive its countersuit against four other professional wrestlers who threatened to bring …
A former North Chicago High School science teacher will receive $115,000 as part of a settlement agreed to by North Chicago Community Unit School District 187’s oversight boards. The lawsuit, filed by longtime teacher Susan McGuire in August 2014, was one of three employment lawsuits filed against the district that point, at least in part, to performance reviews administered under the same …
Comedian Bill Cosby on Thursday dropped the remaining counts of a lawsuit he filed against one of the women accusing him of sexual assault, along with several others, claiming they violated the terms of a confidential settlement in another lawsuit. The dismissal comes 10 days after U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno ruled that Cosby could not sue Andrea Constand, her mother, Gianna Constand, …
The School District of Lancaster was slapped with a class-action lawsuit Tuesday over its handling of older refugee students. The U.S. District Court suit claims the district steered students to a disciplinary high school, rather than enroll them at McCaskey High School. Six refugees, ages 17-21, are part of the lawsuit.
State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier today announced that Amgen Inc. has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a class action suit filed on behalf of investors who bought Amgen securities between April 2004 and May 2007. “As lead plaintiff, we have diligently pursued this action for nearly a decade. This settlement will assist institutional and …
NEW YORK An Arab-American family whose business and personal bank accounts were closed in 2014 without explanation can sue JPMorgan Chase for racial discrimination, a federal judge in Detroit has ruled. Filed in February, the lawsuit by Najah Manni, his wife Kathy and their two children says the largest U.S. bank further discriminated against them by terminating a contract with their debt …
Amgen Inc. will pay $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit, the company announced Wednesday. The suit was filed on behalf of shareholders who purchased Amgen stock from April 22, 2004 through May 10, 2007 and sought to recover damages for certain statements made by the Thousand Oaks biotech. Amgen believes the lawsuit has no merit and emphasizes the settlement is not an admission of guilt …
MillerCoors LLC won the dismissal of a proposed class action lawsuit by a self-described beer aficionado who said the brewing giant tricked consumers into paying premium prices for Blue Moon by falsely portraying it as “craft beer.” U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel in San Diego said the plaintiff, Evan Parent, did not show MillerCoors affirmatively misrepresented the origins of Blue Moon, a …
St. Jude Medical Inc has reached a $39.25 million class action settlement with shareholders to resolve claims it downplayed the possible dangers associated with a product used to connect implantable defibrillators to patients’ hearts. The preliminary settlement, disclosed Thursday with the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, requires a judge’s approval. It resolves claims that St. Jude inflated …