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Lawsuits Nov 29, 2016

Plaintiff in Federal Lawsuit Against Maplewood Speaks Out

One of the plaintiffs involved in a lawsuit against the City of Maplewood is finally speaking out. The man, who wished to remain anonymous, said he was arrested for not paying several tickets and for not showing up to his court date. “I stayed two days and my bond was lowered to $200, and I’ve just been threatened with this, or threatened with that. Pay, pay, pay,” he said. Other plaintiffs have claimed the same thing happened to them. ArchCity Defenders, a non-profit legal group that is leading the lawsuit, said …

Settlements Nov 29, 2016

Walmart Truckers Land $55 Million Settlement for Non-Driving Time Pay

Walmart Transportation has been ordered by a federal jury to pay 850 current and former truck drivers a total of $55 million in back pay, stemming from a 2015 ruling that the retail giant’s private fleet did not comply with California minimum wage laws. Notably, the fleet did not pay drivers for federally stipulated 10-hour off-duty periods, accounting for $44.7 …

News Nov 28, 2016

The Game Loses Sexual Assault Lawsuit, Ordered to Pay $7 Million to Priscilla Rainey

The Game has lost the sexual assault lawsuit filed against him by Priscilla Rainey , who alleged the rapper forcibly touched her genitals while she was a contestant on his 2015 reality dating show, “She’s Got Game.” The rapper will have to pay $7.13 million to his accuser. An Illinois jury found The Game liable for damages earlier this week after spending four days deliberating on the case. As …

News Nov 10, 2016

Justice Department: Virginia May Be Punishing Poor by Suspending Driver’s Licenses

The Justice Department filed a brief Monday supporting a class-action lawsuit that claims Virginia suspends poor people’s driver’s licenses in an “unconstitutional scheme,” court documents show. In July, the class-action lawsuit, Stinnie et al. v. Holcomb , was filed in U.S. District Court in Western Virginia against the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, claiming 940,000 people …

Settlements Nov 1, 2016

MyPillow Maker to Pay $1M in False Advertising Settlement

A pillow manufacturer that claimed its products could help people with fibromyalgia, restless leg syndrome and sleep apnea has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a false advertising lawsuit filed by Alameda County and eight other California counties. Claims in advertising and testimonials by the …

News Nov 1, 2016

Class-Action Suit Accuses Florissant of Operating Debtors Prison

Police, jailers and court officials in the city of Florissant routinely hold people in jail for an inability to pay fines, often arbitrarily and indefinitely in a jail with deplorable conditions, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Monday. The lawsuit was filed by the nonprofit law group ArchCity Defenders on behalf of five St. Louis-area residents. ArchCity Defenders has filed lawsuits …

Settlements Nov 1, 2016

McDonald’s Settles Lawsuit With California Franchise Workers

McDonald’s has agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it was liable for labor law violations by a California franchisee, marking what lawyers said was the first time the company has settled legal claims by a group of U.S. workers at one of its franchises. In a filing in U.S. district court in San Francisco on Friday, lawyers representing about 800 employees at five restaurants …

Providence Health & Services

Settlements Oct 27, 2016

Providence to Pay $351 Million in Pension Settlement With Workers

Providence Health & Services has agreed to pay $351.9 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its employee-pension plan. Two nurses filed the lawsuit in November 2014 against the Renton-based health-care system, which operates hospitals and health-care facilities in five Western states. They argued the health-care group failed to fully fund their workers’ retirement plan, depriving 73,000 …

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News Oct 19, 2016

Wage-Fixing Scheme Will Cost DreamWorks $50M

Hollywood heavyweight DreamWorks said it’s willing to pay $50 million to settle claims that it colluded with other studios to fix the wages of animators. DreamWorks filed a motion for a preliminary settlement in Federal Court on Monday, agreeing to pay a class of animation workers the largest sum to date in a case that implicates nearly all of the studios that create …