The sources told NBC News and NBC station WDIV of Detroit that state Attorney General Bill Schuette will announce criminal charges against two employees of the state Department of Environmental Quality and one who works for the City of Flint. Reuters reported that Attorney Valdemar Washington, who represents the residents in the lawsuit, said they were considering filing an appeal of O’Meara’s…
A class-action lawsuit targeting a company behind a line of cigarettes touted as natural has moved to U.S. District Court in Albuquerque. Three men from California, New York and Florida are suing the maker of American Spirit cigarettes, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co., and its parent company, Reynolds American Inc. The plaintiffs say the cigarette maker’s marketing deliberately tries to mislead…
VANCOUVER — WestJet is rejecting allegations made by a former flight attendant that it fails to provide a harassment-free workplace for its female employees, saying it would not put its reputation at stake by inadequately dealing with complaints. The Calgary-based airline’s response to a civil claim, filed this week in British Columbia Supreme Court, argues against granting class-action status…
A who’s who of area charities – 855 of them – are named as plaintiffs in the $80-million bingo class-action lawsuit against Windsor and Tecumseh. It’s a list of every single group that ever took out a bingo licence over two decades. Some — like the group Friends of Chris Lori, the former bobsled driver who hasn’t competed since the late 1990s — don’t even exist anymore.
A federal judge may have dealt a serious blow to people suing over the Flint water crisis. U.S. District judge John Corbett O’Meara dismissed the class-action suit after finding the claims made by Flint residents couldn’t be resolved in federal court. At issue are claims made by the plaintiffs in the case that their constitutional rights and state law were…
Lawsuit aims to clamp down on ‘gang mentality’ of infamous southern California surfers and ban them from public beaches. A group of surfers are being sued for allegedly harassing outsiders who try and ride the waves at a super desirable southern California surf spot. Stories of confrontation in Lunada Bay, which is…
Kanye West’s permanent exclusive release of his new album “The Life Of Pablo” on music streamer Tidal was an intentional ploy to add subscribers to the service, a new lawsuit alleges. Soon after, the album was released on other big streamers like Spotify and Apple Music. A new lawsuit alleges that Jay Z’s music streaming service Tidal intentionally tricked millions of…
A group of people victimized by toxic humidifier sterilizers plan to bring a class-action lawsuit against the products’ manufacturers and distributors to seek unspecified damages, an environment civic group said Thursday. The Seoul-based Asian Citizen’s Center for Environment and Health said it will convene a meeting of the victims and their families on Sunday to…
One of the largest charities in Windsor is opting out of the multi-million-dollar class-action bingo lawsuits filed against the city. Brentwood Recovery Home’s board of directors has decided not to be part of the suits. Launched by the ALS Society of Essex County and Belle River District Minor Hockey Association, the lawsuits allege Windsor and Tecumseh charged excessive fees for bingo licences.
Long Beach Middle School parents on Thursday filed a $10 million federal lawsuit against the Long Beach school district, alleging physical and sexual abuse of a student with autism by a special education teacher. Attorneys with the Garden City law firm Gerstman Schwartz Malito filed the lawsuit in the Eastern District of U.S. District Court in Central Islip against the district and several…