Lawsuit

Court Revives Baggage Fee Lawsuit Against American Airlines

A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit seeking the return of baggage fees to passengers whose luggage was delayed or lost on flights with an airline that merged with American Airlines. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday that the lawsuit provided sufficient evidence for its claim that the former US Airways promised to deliver bags when passengers landed.


Federal Judge Dismisses $500,000 Lawsuit Against Jared Kushner

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner scored a huge legal victory when a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing him of deceptive practices and screwing over a New York magazine publisher. Gregg Moramarco, the plaintiff and publisher, filed a federal lawsuit against Jared Kushner along with New …


Cash in on These Three Class Action Lawsuits

(WTVF) — Have you spent money on bagged ice, barbecue grills or weight loss supplements recently? You could be seeing some of that money come back into your pockets. Bagged Ice
A recent settlement in a class action lawsuit against makers of bagged ice could get you some money back.


Orlando Murder Victim’s Parents File New Lawsuit

New details were released in the case of a woman who was allegedly killed by an Orlando apartment building security guard. The new information is outlined in a new lawsuit. WESH 2’s Summer Knowles reports on who Sasha Samsudean’s parents are blaming for her death.


Ag Nuisance Lawsuit Provision Appears Dead in Minnesota Legislature

The Minnesota Pork Producers Association has been supporting the Ag Nuisance Lawsuit provision in the omnibus Ag Policy bill at the Minnesota Legislature. In a nutshell, the Ag Nuisance provision would protect a pork producer from lawsuits if it had been in operation for two years and was in compliance with all its permits. If the operation was expanded by more than 25 percent, the two-year …


Parents of Man Shot and Killed by Officer File Lawsuit, Claim He Never Threatened Them

The parents of the 22-year-old who was shot and killed by an El Paso police officer have filed a lawsuit against the officers involved and the city of El Paso. According to court documents, the lawsuit was filed on Friday and alleges that the shooting death of Erik Emmanuel Salas Sanchez was unjustified and that he was killed in front of his mother, his sister and her infant daughter. Earlier …


Supreme Court Ruling Could Clear Way for Local Governments’ Lawsuit

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week could clear the way for a lawsuit by three metro Atlanta counties alleging that predatory lending practices by mortage lenders cost them hundreds of millions in lost property taxes and higher expenses in blighted neighborhoods. In a mixed ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court said cities can sue banks for alleged predatory lending practices that violate the Fair …


Lawsuit Challenges Fracking Plan for Ohio’s Only National Forest

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Conservation groups today sued the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Bureau of Land Management over plans to permit hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in Ohio’s only national forest, the Wayne. The lawsuit aims to void BLM leases and halt fracking in the national forest. Today’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus, charges that the agencies failed to analyze threats to …


[Opinion] When Storm-Chasing Lawyers Win, Texans Lose

Lawyer-driven hail litigation is the worst lawsuit abuse in Texas today. The Texas Legislature must stop this lawsuit abuse while protecting the right of every Texas consumer to sue their insurance company if it acts unfairly or in bad faith. For the last five years, storm-chasing lawyers have descended upon neighborhoods from the Rio Grande to the Red River, unleashing case …


The $100 Million #FyreFestival Class Action Lawsuit Has Arrived

It’s official. Billy McFarland and Jeffrey “Ja Rule” Atkins have been slapped with a $100 million federal class action lawsuit after their luxury destination music and culture event, the Fyre Festival, was abruptly canceled early Friday morning, leaving hundreds—possibly thousands—of people stranded at airpots in Miami and the Bahamas. What’s worse is that festival passes didn’t come cheap.