News from November 2020
Folgers moves to dismiss class action over how many cups are in a can
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – One of the lawsuits alleging Folgers lies about how many cups of coffee are in a can is “demonstrably wrong,” attorneys for the company are claiming.
Class action lawyers fight to keep Clorox case alive
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Clorox fails to specify how much sodium hypochlorite is in its Splash-Less gel product that is too weak to disinfect, lawyers pushing a class action are claiming.
Kroger: Class action plaintiff can't impose liability for her own confusion
PORTLAND, Ore. (Legal Newsline) – If she wanted to know if “Just Fruit” jam was made of just fruit, she should have read the label, Kroger says in defending itself from a proposed class action lawsuit.
CNN asks federal judge to toss Dershowitz's defamation lawsuit
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – CNN has asked a federal judge to throw out the $300 million defamation lawsuit of attorney Alan Dershowitz, who says the channel misrepresented his statements during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
Lawyers seek millions in fees for long-running 'whistleblower' case that fizzled
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers who spent more than a decade pursuing a whistleblower case that was almost entirely obliterated by a judge’s ruling earlier this year are now chasing after the real payoff: Tens of millions of dollars in fees for a lawsuit that has yielded their clients $192,000.
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Ky. Supreme Court finds no value in preemption argument in case over J&J catheter
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – The Kentucky Supreme Court will let a lawsuit proceed against Johnson & Johnson over a catheter – despite preliminary approval for use by the federal Food and Drug Administration.
Fla. appeals court makes new trial tougher for fired surgeon who threatened to turn whistleblower
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – What was once a $2.85 million verdict for the member of a heart-lung transplant surgery team at Florida Hospital is in jeopardy, as an appeals court has ordered a new trial under a more stringent liability standard.
La. lawyer settles lawsuit over $154K in allegedly unpaid bill with Occidental
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana lawyer has settled claims his longtime client – a popular target of lawsuits in the state – failed to pay its final bill.
D.C. cops lose challenge to post-George Floyd discipline law
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The District of Columbia has fended off a lawsuit that challenged new rules for cops in the wake of anti-police protests over the deaths of George Floyd and others.
Repeal of payday loan rule the issue of lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A community group is challenging the recent repeal of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that prohibited short-term loans at high interest rates like payday and auto-title loans
Wisconsin has history of ignoring voter fraud, report suggests
Election officials in the remaining unresolved states are urging voters to be patient as they ensure that each vote is counted.
Somerset County holds first Adult Recovery Court graduation
National Recovery Month, observed every September, aims to educate Americans about the benefits of substance use treatment and mental health services.
Driver could be liable for striking, killing man jaywalking across seven-lane highway
LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – A driver and his employer will face a lawsuit after he ran over and killed a pedestrian who was attempting to cross a seven-lane highway but not using a crosswalk.
Live Nation can be sued over concertgoer's drug overdose
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Concert promoter Live Nation can be sued by the parents of a young woman who died after overdosing on drugs during its “Hard Fest” electronic music festival, a California appeals court ruled, rejecting Live Nation’s argument it had no duty to protect the woman from the consequences of ingesting illegal substances.
Steve Wynn gets second chance to pursue defamation lawsuit over sexual assault allegations
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) – Citing a sexual assault complaint that was not pursued by authorities in its reporting has The Associated Press fighting a defamation lawsuit by hotel magnate Steve Wynn.
Federal judge stays out of fight over Michigan's latest social distancing orders
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – Though it has been allowed to reopen, a Christian school in Michigan has been rebuffed in its challenge of social distancing orders imposed after the state Supreme Court had struck down earlier mandates.
Arbitration clause doesn't protect Lyft from California's private attorney general law
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Lyft can’t prevent drivers who use its app from suing under a California labor law that deputizes employees as private attorneys general, an appeals court ruled, opening the ride-hailing service to lawsuits that otherwise would be barred by agreements requiring individual arbitration.
Alabama SC justice says it's time to overturn Roe v. Wade
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The father of an aborted fetus has lost his wrongful death lawsuit, while one of the Alabama Supreme Court justices took the opportunity to make known his opinion of the pro-choice Roe v. Wade ruling.
Reporting employee's guilty plea on FINRA form costs Allstate $4.3M in defamation lawsuit
SAN DIEGO (Leal Newsline) - A California appeals court ordered Allstate to pay some $4.3 million, including $2.6 million in punitive damages, to a top-performing salesman who was fired after he pled guilty to disorderly conduct related to a loud dispute with his girlfriend.