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Lawsuits May 22, 2016

Indy Law Firm to Represent AHA in Westvale Lawsuit

Based on the advice of its insurance carrier, the Anderson Housing Authority has hired Indianapolis law firm Barnes & Thornburg to represent it in a federal lawsuit. The Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana and two tenants filed a class-action lawsuit against AHA, citing sexual harassment, racial discrimination and health problems related to conditions that the management failed to …

News May 7, 2016

Lawsuit: 100 MPH Crash Was Snapchat’s Fault

A Georgia family is suing popular social-media app Snapchat, saying a feature on the app contributed to a crash by encouraging a teen driver to use it while driving faster than 100 miles per hour. Wentworth Maynard was pulling onto Tara Boulevard in Clayton County in September when he was rear-ended by 18-year-old Christal McGee. McGee and her three passengers suffered various injuries, but …