News from January 2022
Man ruled to have been on the job when he drowned, dooming family's lawsuit
LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - A young man who drowned in thick weeds while swimming out to retrieve an errant paddleboat was performing a job for his employer and covered by worker’s compensation, a Michigan appeals court ruled, reversing a trial court that allowed his family to sue over his death.
Cold sore cream user sues after Abreva allegedly takes too long to work
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A new class action lawsuit alleges a cold sore treatment doesn't work as quickly as its manufacturer would have customers believe.
Uber engages in bait-and-switch scheme, class action lawsuit claims
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Uber faces a lawsuit that takes aim at its "upfront pricing."
Collector suing Van Gogh Museum for $300M for calling painting fake faces motion to dismiss
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A New York art collector is suing The Van Gogh Museum over its refusal to authenticate a painting he says he would be worth $300 million.
Philadelphia Business and Individual Rights Firms Merge To Form Weir Greenblatt Pierce LLP
Philadelphia Business and Individual Rights Firms Merge To Form Weir Greenblatt Pierce LLP.
'What Makes Trump Tick' author on Trump's school days, political future
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - When Peter Ticktin was a student at the New York Military Academy with Donald Trump, he never dreamed that his schoolmate would one day become the 45th president of the United States.
Two lawsuits, no sanctions for lawyer with electrocution wrongful death client
LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - The estate of an apprentice electrician who was killed on the job shouldn’t have been sanctioned for filing two wrongful death lawsuits against the church where the accident occurred, a Michigan appeals court ruled.
Final approval requested in $6.75M settlement of Portland General shareholder case
PORTLAND, Ore. (Legal Newsline) – The firm Grant & Eisenhofer has asked for final approval of a class action settlement between Portland General Electric and its shareholders.
Judge: Consumers could be misled by vitamin C claims in Vizzy hard seltzers
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The maker of Vizzy hard seltzers have lost their bid to cut off a class action lawsuit that claims drinkers are tricked into thinking they are taking in a substantial amount of vitamin C.
'Compostable' claims on dog poop bags are bogus, lawsuit says
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Years-old Federal Trade Commission advice on dog poop bags has spawned a class action lawsuit against one company.
Lawsuit: Arkansas using fees on out-of-state securities pros to pad its general fund
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - An out-of-state investment adviser is suing Arkansas over the fees it charges him and others working in the securities industry to do business in the state.
ALI's Consumer Contracts Restatement may come up for approval vote this year, despite increasing concerns
PHILADELPHIA – At a virtual meeting this week, the Philadelphia-based American Law Institute is scheduled to continue work on a Restatement meant to give legal clarity to consumer contracts – a project yielding “significant concerns,” according to a member of the legal scholarship organization, especially since it may come up for a final vote at the group’s annual meeting this spring.
CFPB fends off challenge to repeal of ban on high-interest loans
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has tossed a community group’s lawsuit that challenged the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to remove prohibitions on short-term, high-interest loans like payday loans.
Hospital could have to answer for employee's actions that landed her in jail
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – A man who was assaulted and tortured will get a second chance to sue a hospital over his medical information being released to one of his assailants.
Man who saw 'gruesome aftermath' of fire - but not wife's body - can recover emotional damages
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Parsing the fine details of Indiana’s bystander-injury rule, a state appeals court decided that a man who came across the scene of his burning house after a gas explosion can recover for emotional damages even though he never actually saw his wife’s body removed from the fire.
Health care workers sue their employers over vax mandate, say they offered to use and pay for respirator masks
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Health care workers and a women's group are suing New York medical providers over their vaccine mandates, arguing they should be able to continue working.
Parents sue New York for not providing laptops, internet service for remote learning
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Parents without the resources to ensure their children can attend school remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic are suing the State of New York.
Manchin and Sinema refuse to budge on filibuster rules, block voting rights bill
WASHINGTON – Joe Manchin didn’t budge. West Virginia’s Democratic U.S. Senator, along with Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema, refused to allow the Senate to filibuster rules on key voting right legislation Wednesday night.
Kelly goes against fellow Arizona senator to support filibuster changes
WASHINGTON – After essentially being forced to play his hand, U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) says he supports abolishing the filibuster to require a simple majority to try to pass voting rights legislation.
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Campaign contributions didn't require commissioner's recusal, court rules
DENVER (Legal Newsline) - Citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the constitutional boundaries for determining political conflicts of interest, a Colorado court rejected claims a county commissioner should have recused himself from voting on a concrete plant permit because the company’s shareholders contributed several thousand dollars to his campaign.