More people join a class action lawsuit against the City of Amarillo. Four new plaintiffs were added to the suit earlier this month. The lawsuit alleges the city unconstitutionally jails people who can’t afford to pay class “c” misdemeanors.
Autumn’s pet parent believes jerky treats killed the dog and she’s not happy with the class action settlement. “She was not an animal to anybody. I just felt cheated from what they’ve done. ” …
A school bus driver turned away from a job as a SEPTA bus operator because of a drug conviction dating back nearly 20 years filed a federal lawsuit against the transit agency Wednesday. The suit said SEPTA violates federal employment laws by routinely misusing criminal-history information turned up in background checks to eliminate potential employees, even when the offenses happened long ago …
A group of people affected by toxic humidifier sterilizers plan to file a class-action lawsuit next month against the manufacturers, distributors and the government. The group of plaintiffs, the Asian Citizen’s Center for Environment and Health, and Lawyers for a Democratic Society or Minbyun held a news conference on Tuesday in southern Seoul to announce the plan. Minbyun lawyers who will …
A group of people victimized by toxic humidifier sterilizers plan to bring a class-action lawsuit against the products’ manufacturers and distributors to seek unspecified damages, an environment civic group said Thursday. The Seoul-based Asian Citizen’s Center for Environment and Health said it will convene a meeting of the victims and their families on Sunday to…
Here’s something: You can park for free at Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles. That’s right, FREE. The underground garage, which charges up to $16 a day, has been free for about a month — but there’s a little trick to it.
A judge on Wednesday approved a multimillion dollar settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by former Sony Pictures Entertainment employees whose private information was stolen in a massive data breach. The U.S. government blamed the hack on North Korea in an attempt to derail the release of the North Korean-focused comedy “The Interview.” U.S. District Judge R. Gary …
More than 1,000 people detained during the chaotic G20 summit almost six years ago won the right Wednesday to go the class-action route in lawsuits against police and others. In approving the class-action process, Ontario’s top court said various reports on the events to date had made only non-binding recommendations. “The remedies sought by the plaintiffs, which include a declaration that …
The province’s top court said Wednesday that more than 1,000 people who were detained by police in Toronto during the G20 summit in 2010 can sue Toronto Police and others through class action. In its decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal said that class actions are appropriate and would provide strong remedies, agreeing that police cannot sweep people up in the hopes one of them may have done …
Mary Julia Klimenko thought she was prudent 20 years ago when she invested in a long-term care insurance policy, one she believed would help pay for the care she’d need as she aged. Now she wishes she’d banked the money instead. Her monthly premiums have nearly quadrupled over the past two years, and Klimenko, 69, is furious about the choices she’s been given: pay the higher cost, lower her …