News from July 2021
San Jose fights $5M lawsuit from man who ignored police commands, ran over pedestrian and was shot 14 times
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A police department sued for $5 million after shooting a man who ran over a pedestrian while trying to escape authorities is asking a federal judge to throw out the lawsuit.
BP oil spill lawyer agrees to pay $90K to firm she hired to fight suit from upset clients
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A lawyer sued by her BP oil spill clients has agreed to pay the bill she racked up defending herself.
Lawsuit blaming electric meter for hair loss, 'brain fog' fails at Virginia Supreme Court
Lawsuit blaming electric meter for hair loss, 'brain fog' fails at Virginia Supreme Court
Doordash and GrubHub sue San Francisco over anti-negotiation ordinance
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Doordash, Inc. and GrubHub, Inc. filed a federal complaint on July 16 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the City and County of San Francisco for various violations of the U.S. Constitution.
Class action alleges sunscreen causes cancer
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Johanna Dominguez and Sharron Meijer filed a federal class action lawsuit on July 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Johnson & Johnson Consumer, claiming its sunscreen can cause cancer.
Philly DA Krasner sues AG Josh Shapiro's office in Commonwealth Court over proposed $26B opioid settlement
PHILADELPHIA – A proposed $26 billion settlement with opioid distributors and manufacturers which would benefit a group of states including Pennsylvania, has come under fire from Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner – who feels the City’s compensation would be undervalued in the agreement, wants to continue litigating and has filed his own lawsuit seeking to preserve that right.
Court decides whether lumber needed a cancer warning
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A man who claimed he contracted nasal cancer because Georgia-Pacific and Weyerhauser failed to put warning labels on lumber lost his case after a federal appeals court agreed that “state-of- the-art” knowledge at the time didn’t support the conclusion sawdust was carcinogenic.
Hofstra professor alleges male colleagues make more money
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- A professor is suing her employer for allegedly not paying her equally in comparison to her male co-workers.
Beware Utahns: Your neighbor could win civil damages if you flip them off
SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) - A Utah man who placed critical signs in his yard and repeatedly confronted the owner of a mental-health facility in his neighborhood could be liable under the state’s anti-stalking law, the Utah Supreme Court ruled, reversing a lower court that found the man’s behavior wasn’t threatening to a reasonable person and was protected by the First Amendment.
Chuck Verdin Appointed to S.C. Supreme Court CLE Commission
Chuck Verdin Appointed to S.C. Supreme Court CLE Commission.
Scott E. Ludwig Recognized as Fellow of Alabama Law Institute
Scott E. Ludwig Recognized as Fellow of Alabama Law Institute.
New DEA chief's first front in the war on opioids: Biden's border and police reform policies
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -– As President Biden’s new Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram takes on the opioids crisis, some think the president's border and police reform policies make her job harder.
Michigan GOP AG candidate: 'Democrats running as Republicans infiltrated the party'
Matt DePerno announces GOP candidacy for Michigan Attorney General
Settlement proposed in shareholder case against Portland General Electric; Lawyers to seek $1.7M
PORTLAND, Ore. (Legal Newsline) – Class action lawyers say they have scored a $6.75 million settlement on behalf of shareholders of an Oregon power provider that announced a loss of $128 million last August.
Inmates complaining about excessive mace had it coming and were not hurt, St. Louis argues
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – That detainees were not more hurt is proof that their excessive force lawsuit should fail, the City of St. Louis is arguing.
NYCLU sues DOC over facial recognition used on visitors at prisons
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) has filed a lawsuit against the New York State Department of Corrections regarding their use of facial recognition technology.
Third Circuit declines to hear appeal in CFPB v. Navient
SCRANTON, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – Though the federal judge hearing a long-running case against the nation’s largest student loan servicer said it could, the U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that Navient may not appeal a ruling that rejects one of its arguments for judgment.
Apple attempts to invoke another company's arbitration agreement to fight class action
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – The fight over where a proposed class action against Apple belongs isn’t over.
80 companies showed up to an asbestos deposition; Calif. court declares 14-hour limit on questions
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – No matter how many defendants an asbestos plaintiff names, he or she can’t be subjected to more than 14 hours of deposition time.
Cincinnati Reds fight former player's choice of jurisdiction for Workers' Comp claim
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) -- Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds are suing over a Workers' Compensation claim.