Ohio State University has filed a motion to dismiss about a third of the remaining claims of the former students who are suing the school for failing to protect them decades ago from being sexually abused by campus doctor Richard Strauss. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive … Read more
Thirty former Ohio State University football players, including more than a dozen who went on to play in the NFL, signed on to the class action lawsuit brought by other ex-OSU students who say they were sexually abused decades ago by campus doctor Richard Strauss. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to … Read more
A California court holds a pharmaceutical company can be found liable for not innovating quickly enough. Source link
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed divided Monday over whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the maker of the weedkiller Roundup failed to warn people it could cause cancer. The case came before the justices after a tidal wave of litigation that included some multibillion-dollar verdicts against the global agrochemical manufacturer Bayer, which owns … Read more
A few states still allow a spouse to sue a “homewrecker” for breaking the marriage; the case of a former Arizona senator and her bodyguard. Source link
After decades of cancer cases and public outcry, the federal government this week will begin the long-awaited cleanup of a nuclear waste dump in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. The site in Apollo served as a dumping ground for hundreds of 55-gallon drums containing radioactive nuclear waste. Now, after decades of protests, cancer cases and multi-million-dollar class action … Read more
After decades of cancer cases and public outcry, the federal government this week will begin the long-awaited cleanup of a nuclear waste dump in Armstrong County. The site in Apollo was a dumping ground for hundreds of 55-gallon drums containing radioactive nuclear waste. But come this week, a half-billion-dollar project to safely remove it will finally … Read more
The federal government has agreed to officially restore the Pride flag that was removed from the Stonewall National Monument in New York’s Greenwich Village. The move marks a reversal by the Trump administration, which had the flag removed back in February. It comes on the heels of a lawsuit brought by several nonprofit groups against Department of … Read more
A lawsuit threat from a debt collector may seem like a scare tactic, but it is not something to dismiss outright. Getty Images/iStockphoto When debt collection letters start arriving with phrases like “court action pending” or “final notice,” many borrowers assume it’s simply a scare tactic with legal-sounding language designed to pressure payment — and … Read more
Kentucky lawmakers have brushed aside the objections of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear to enact a new law that could protect global agrochemical manufacturer Bayer from state lawsuits alleging it failed to warn customers that a commonly used weedkiller could cause cancer. The veto override Wednesday by Kentucky’s Republican-led General Assembly comes just weeks before the … Read more