News from July 2022

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Still uncertainty in lawsuit over whether AutoZone offered cashier a stool

By John O'Brien |
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A former AutoZone employee will get a second chance to hammer her ex-employer with her lawsuit brought under California’s Private Attorney General Act, as she claims she was never offered a seat while working at the register.
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Property owner sued after man kills woman while filming rap video

By John O'Brien |
TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Tampa Electric Company is blamed for the bizarre shooting death of a 23-year-old woman who was filming a rap video on its property.
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Legal malpractice case alleges at least $1 million in damages

By John O'Brien |
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A business owner unhappy with his lawyers is suing them in San Francisco, claiming they charged too much for shoddy work.

Littler Adds Employee Benefits Attorney Eric Field as Shareholder in Washington, D.C.

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Littler Adds Employee Benefits Attorney Eric Field as Shareholder in Washington, D.C.
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PPT demands investigation of Interior Secretary Haaland's financial reporting

By Juliette Fairley |
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A federal watchdog has filed a complaint accusing Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Debra Haaland of having potentially violated reporting requirements on a financial disclosure report.
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Class action over head trauma against NCAA provides lesson for deposing high-ranking executives

By John O'Brien |
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – A new ruling from the Indiana Supreme Court gives trial judges a lesson on when high-ranking executives can be forced into depositions.

Woman raped in barn can't sue after collecting Workers' Comp

By Daniel Fisher |
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who was raped by a young man at a home for troubled youth can’t sue the organization because she already collected money through the workers’ compensation system, a Kentucky appeals court ruled.
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Competition is on to see who leads securities class action against Okta

By John O'Brien |
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Law firms are battling to lead a securities class action against cybersecurity company Okta, which saw a drop in the value of its stock after an incident with hackers.
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Troutman Pepper Grows National Real Estate Practice with Addition of Partner Anna Altizer Dix

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Troutman Pepper Grows National Real Estate Practice with Addition of Partner Anna Altizer Dix.
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COVID causes mistrial in Georgia opioid lawsuit against distributors

By John Sammon |
Just three days after it started, a trial in Georgia accusing three distributors of oversupplying prescription opioid pills and recklessly causing public harm was shut down because of an outbreak of the COVID virus in the courtroom.
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Lawsuit over snarky remark on death certificate of 15-year-old girl can proceed

By Daniel Fisher |
GEORGIA (Legal Newsline) - A man who checked into a hospital and considered suicide after reading a callous remark on his daughter’s death certificate can sue the records company for intentional infliction of emotional distress, a Georgia appeals court ruled, in a decision that sharply divided the judges on whether the case presented a valid claim.
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Kroger to face class action over copays, prices it gives insurance companies

By John O'Brien |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – Kroger has failed to convince an Ohio federal judge to throw out a class action lawsuit brought by a woman who did not enroll in its savings club but still wanted savings.
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Lawsuit filed over 4% fee at Sherwin-Williams

By John O'Brien |
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - Sherwin-Williams faces a class action lawsuit that alleges the prices it displays in its stores aren't accurate.
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Amazon faces Prop 65 suit over somebody else's product

By John O'Brien |
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Amazon faces a lawsuit brought under California's notorious Prop 65 over materials in food storage containers.
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Lack of evidence dooms once-$325 million verdict in NYCAL talc/asbestos case

By Daniel Fisher |
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A New York appeals court reversed a $325 million jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson, ruling that even if plaintiff Donna Olson used talcum powder containing asbestos – a claim J&J denies – her expert witnesses failed to prove she was exposed to enough fibers to cause mesothelioma.
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Troutman Pepper Launches Podcast with Technology Association of Georgia ‘TAG Infrastructure Talks’

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Troutman Pepper Launches Podcast with Technology Association of Georgia ‘TAG Infrastructure Talks’.
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Guns are a-blazin' in this legal shootout!

By The West Virginia Record |
If you’re looking for a good old-fashioned shootout (hopefully one that doesn’t include more guns), stay tuned here. We’ll keep covering this modern-day gunfight at the W.V. Corral as best we can.
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Gun-toting judge's attorneys seek to silence lawyer

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON – Attorneys representing the circuit judge who pointed a gun at an attorney during an oil and gas royalties hearing have sent a letter to the attorney demanding she stop “publishing false statements” about him.
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Former DEA investigator calls opioid distributor anti-diversion programs 'fatally flawed' in Georgia trial

By John Sammon |
BRUNSWICK, GA (Legal Newsline) - Former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigator James Rafalski told a courtroom in Georgia that the in-house anti-drug diversion programs of opioid distributors were “fatally flawed” in that they failed to report suspicious orders.
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Impax to pay $145M to settle Opana drug market manipulation claims from pharmacies, other direct purchasers

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The lawsuit accused Impax Labs of agreeing with drugmaker Endo Pharmaceuticals to delay the entry of its Opana generic equivalent. The deal came quickly after a jury found in favor of Endo on the antitrust claims

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