A group of homeowners is suing a home improvement businesses, alleging a distribution of substandard windows and failure to deliver quality products as advertised. On Oct. 17, a class action complaint was filed in U.S. District Count for the District of Minnesota against Ohio-based Simonton Building Products LLC, previously known as Simonton Building Products …
The family of a man shot and killed by Austin Police officers last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against three police officers and Chief Art Acevedo. 25-year-old Richard Munroe called 9-1-1 on July 5, 2015 saying he was distraught. Munroe would not give his address, but the 9-1-1 operator stayed on the line with him until Officers John Nelson, Stephen Johnson and Matt Murphy arrived.
Minnesota Judge says concussion lawsuit against NHL can proceed after refusing to dismiss a lawsuit filed by ex-players accusing the National Hockey League to protect them from head injuries while withholding information about the long-term effects of concussions. Six retired players filed the class-action lawsuit with similar claims as the legal action brought against the National Football …
The way milk is priced at the federal level ultimately affects shoppers in the stores. But it’s a complicated process that includes a minimum price set by the feds and a market premium above that set by groups like the Dairy Farmers of America. Those in the industry say, often, both the consumer and the producer get a raw deal.
In a 2002 class-action lawsuit against companies that built wealth off slaves, the court demanded that the plaintiffs prove they were descendant from former slaves. The plaintiffs used genetic testing to prove their relationship to different nation groups in Africa. Alondra Nelson, dean of social science at Columbia University, explored the cultural and political meaning of DNA testing in her latest book The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation after the Genome, published earlier this year.