A lawsuit claiming local public defenders are overworked and not properly representing offenders is likely headed to the state supreme court. The lawsuit filed in 2015 was dismissed by a Shelby County judge, and that decision recently was upheld by the Indiana Court of Appeals. But one of the attorneys …
After the recent announcement that Cascade County District Court Judge John Kutzman approved the $24 million settlement for 1,000 amphibole asbestos victims in the area, claimants from that settlement and past settlements have voiced how little comfort the money gives them. …
Plaintiffs’ lawyers often describe their mission as fighting for the little guy. Sometimes that means protecting the little guy’s rights to larger servings of fast food. In the wake of the national class-action battle over the size of Subway “Footlong” sandwiches, another fast food giant is facing a consumer claim about its portion sizes.
A class-action lawsuit against Samsung alleges that some of its top-loading washing machines are dramatically falling apart. A statement from Samsung did little to soothe concerned consumers, saying, “we are in active discussions with the CPSC to address potential safety issues related to certain top-load washing machines manufactured between March 2011 and April 2016.” In case you concerned: …
The Latest on the settlement in a lawsuit filed by the family of a black man fatally shot in 2010 after two off-duty Little Rock police officers entered his home without a warrant (all times local): 4 p.m. An attorney for the family of a black man fatally shot by Little Rock police in 2010 says the roughly $1.5 million settlement in the family’s lawsuit marks the largest settlement in the …
Little Rock settled a lawsuit Friday with relatives of a 67-year-old black man who was killed after a struggle with two white, off-duty police officers who entered his home without a warrant in 2010, marking what the family’s attorney said was a record settlement of about $1.5 million. The lawsuit was filed after the death of Eugene Ellison, whose children include a Little Rock police …
On April 1, a class-action complaint was filed by Dr. Henry Vazquez against Anheuser-Busch Companies in United States District Court, Southern District of Florida. The suit alleges that the company’s Leffe beer hasn’t been brewed by monks since the days of Marie Antoinette. The 51-page court document states: In reality, Leffe Beer has not been brewed at the Abbey of Leffe since the Abbey was …
During his nearly two-decade run as CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, Mike Jeffries peddled what he described as an aspirational, all-American lifestyle. In reality, Abercrombie’s idea of what its ideal customer looked like was extremely narrow. “Jeffries was particularly interested in his brand representing a very specific kind of person,” said Heather Arnet, the head of the Women and Girls Foundation.