A woman who worked as Multnomah County’s wellness manager is suing her former employer on allegations she was fired after she raised questions about fiscal mismanagement. Tanya Barham’s lawsuit seeks $600,000 on claims of gender discrimination and whistleblower retaliation, among others, arguing Barham suffered anxiety, pain and distress over losing her job. According to the suit, Barham and …
Jerry Heller might have passed away, but the defamation lawsuit he filed over Straight Outta Compton‘s alleged inaccuracies will continue, his lawyer Mickey Shapiro tells TMZ. Shapiro is adamant about Jerry‘s estate continuing with the $110 million dollar case to clear his name and recently claimed that this lawsuit is what killed him. “We can still prove the defamation and …
That was a quickie of a lawsuit! Eliot Spitzer has pulled out of a fraud and extortion case against an alleged Russian hooker who accused him of choking her at the Plaza Hotel — less than two months after filing the suit. “Eliot Spitzer, by and through his attorneys, hereby discontinues the above-entitled action without prejudice and without costs to either party as against the other,” the …
Arrested for dubious reasons and taken to a Kentucky juvenile detention center more than an hour from her home, McMillen, 16, was left to die on January 10 as several staff members at Lincoln Village Regional Juvenile Detention Center failed to perform basic duties to ensure the unresponsive teenager was safe, a federal lawsuit filed by her family on August 31 against the Kentucky Department of …
A local lawyer who told people they could legally grow marijuana despite a federal law saying the opposite now faces a lawsuit accusing him of profiting off crimes. Ian Christensen’s law firm told couples like the Yandells that if they medically needed marijuana, he could get them a doctor’s certificate that would protect them from arrest, according to Scott and Marsha Yandell’s lawsuit. After …
Nearly 10,000 people who work at Chipotle are accusing the company of owing them some serious cash. CNNMoney reports that a class action lawsuit accuses the fast-food chain of wage theft, making them work extra hours without pay. The case, Turner v. Chipotle, is named after Leah Turner, a former manager in Colorado who says she was forced to work without pay and to tell her employees they had …
A Metro employee is suing the agency for at least $200,000 after she says a supervisor repeatedly asked her for hugs and her bosses eventually retaliated against her for reporting the sexual harassment. The lawsuit filed in federal court accuses Metro supervisors of ignoring the unwanted advances, even though another assistant superintendent in the bus division told the Upper …
Former employees of Rep. Tammy Duckworth who filed a workplace retaliation lawsuit against the Illinois Democrat are rejecting a settlement offer. Their decision means the case will likely go to trial — scheduled to begin on Aug. 15, about three months before election day. According to the Chicago Daily Herald, which first reported the news, the former employees, Denise Goins and …
Lebanon County will file to be a lead plaintiff in a class action suit against a Brazilian steel manufacturer accused of attempting to defraud its government of more than $400 million in taxes.
On Tuesday, the family of Nohemi Gonzalez, a woman killed in terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015, sued the three tech giants in federal court for unspecified damages. In a 39-page civil complaint, the family’s attorneys argue that the defendants provide “material support to ISIS”—as the companies make …