News from November 2021
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Pan Am Railways sued over former employee's cancer
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Wayne A. Terry, Sr. filed a complaint on September 16 in the Suffolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts against Pan Am Railways f/k/a Boston & Maine Railroad and Springfield Terminal Railway Company for negligence.
School district can use plaintiff's history of sex abuse by others to reduce its own liability
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A woman who sued a Los Angeles school district over sexual abuse she suffered from her fourth-grade teacher can be required to provide evidence about subsequent abuse she suffered as a teenager, a California appeals court ruled.
Littler’s Bradley Strawn Appointed as Regional Office Managing Shareholder in Nashville
Littler’s Bradley Strawn Appointed as Regional Office Managing Shareholder in Nashville.
Josh Blades Named to 2021-2022 Alabama Leadership Initiative Class
Josh Blades Named to 2021-2022 Alabama Leadership Initiative Class.
"Flood Proof"
"Flood Proof".
Florida Chief Justice updates court COVID protocols, mandates in-person hearings
Chief Justice Charles T. Canady has amended an existing order regarding health and safety protocols in Florida state courts. The updated order, reflecting current public health conditions, allows for the voluntary use of face coverings in courthouses. It also mandates that Baker Act and Marchman Act hearings be conducted in person.
Louisiana Native Americans can fight closure of elementary school
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana Native American tribe can proceed with one of the six arguments it made in court following the closure of a school in Terrebonne Parish.
Group in the business of suing coffee sellers wants new judge to preserve its cases
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A group that achieves its advocacy results by suing California businesses is asking the new judge hearing a key case to rule in its favor and preserve dozens of other lawsuits.
Lawsuit says tanker driver fell in pit of sawdust while dumping waste at landfill
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Donald Stephens filed a lawsuit on September 27 in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County against Waste Management of Arkansas and affiliated companies.
United Healthcare against Fremont Emergency Services alleges insurance short-paying
LAS VEGAS (Legal Newsline) - Day one of a three-week trial saw attorneys for Fremont Emergency Services of Las Vegas accuse United Healthcare Insurance of deliberately under-paying medical emergency room claims, to save money and maximize profits.s.
Golf course not at fault for crazy cart wreck that broke man's arm
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A Kentucky golf course isn’t liable for an accident that occurred after a golfer swerved to avoid an overturned cart and rolled his own vehicle on top of himself, an appeals court ruled.
Civil suit filed over alleged Uber rape in Boston
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - A Massachusetts woman has filed a lawsuit in Suffolk County Superior Court against Uber Technologies that alleges driver Michael Squadrito raped her while she was intoxicated and in his car.
Lawsuit blames Airbnb for broken neck after fall down stairs
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - A Texas woman is suing Airbnb and the Arkansas rental property she stayed for allegedly falling and sustaining a broken neck.
Manchin's stance on filibuster vitally important, legal expert says
CHARLESTON – Now that the compromise voting rights legislation championed by Sen. Joe Manchin has been defeated, one election law expert says Manchin’s stance on the filibuster becomes even more important.
California judge rejects public nuisance arguments in opioid lawsuit
SANTA ANA - A California judge eviscerated legal arguments that opioid manufacturers caused a public nuisance by selling their products, dismissing a vanguard lawsuit by Santa Clara County and other municipal plaintiffs because they failed to provide any evidence the companies caused doctors to write medically inappropriate prescriptions.
Nevada jury selection made in reimbursement dispute pitting Freemont Emergency Services v. United Health Insurance
Defense attorneys for United Healthcare Insurance the country’s largest health insurance company appeared to have their work cut out for them in a lawsuit launched by Fremont Emergency Services.
42 pitchers of beer, a car urinated on, a fight and a lawsuit
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - A man who was beat up in the parking lot after patrons celebrated their friend’s 21st birthday with 42 pitchers of beer can sue the bar under Iowa’s dram-shop law, an appeals court ruled.
One pharmacy settles, others want claims booted in key opioid trial
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Giant Eagle settled multiple opioid lawsuits against it as fellow defendants in a closely watched trial testing novel public-nuisance theories filed motions to dismiss, arguing the plaintiffs failed to prove their case.
In fight for UCLA records showing academics 'going after climate denialism,' Enron's interest in green industry revealed
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A government watchdog group has filed a trial brief and declarations in Los Angeles Superior Court to investigate the involvement of law faculty from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the climate litigation industry.
Lawsuit says owners of pastry business had a problem with Spanish language
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Xenia Hernandez filed a complaint on September 7 in Suffolk County Superior Court against Modern Pastry for discrimination.