Brianna Smith, Author at Legal Reader

Brianna Smith is a freelance writer and editor in Southwest Michigan. A graduate of Grand Valley State University, Brianna has a passion for politics, social issues, education, science, and more. When she’s not writing, she enjoys the simple life with her husband, daughter, and son.

Menards Files Lawsuit Against ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corp. Over Injury Reports

April 12, 2018

Earlier this week, Menards filed a lawsuit against a Georgia company in response to a number of personal injury claims “tied to moving walkways installed in some of the home improvement chain’s stores.” The lawsuit itself was filed in Eau Claire County Court against ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corp. and accused the company of not living up “to its warranty and other parts of a contract to install the walkways intended to transport people and carts,” resulting in injury reports, as well as “breach of contract, breaking Wisconsin product warranty laws and for failing to assume defense in two pending injury cases.”

Lawsuit Filed in Response to Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak

April 11, 2018

The first lawsuit related to a nationwide salmonella outbreak was filed earlier this week in the U.S. District Court in Denver, Colorado, alleging that a “contaminated product from a shop in Colorado Springs seriously wounded a woman in North Dakota.” According to the lawsuit, the woman, Ashley Lemke, “ordered a kratom tea through the post office from Soap Korner, a company based in Colorado Springs that specializes in the sale of herbal and natural extract products.” She originally ordered the tea in hopes that it would help alleviate her fibromyalgia pain.

Panera Loyalty Reward Card Members Impacted by Latest Data Breach

April 10, 2018

Data breaches have been in the news a lot lately, and now Panera is joining in on the action. Earlier this month, Panera Bread announced that it too had fallen victim to a data breach and acknowledged that sensitive “customer information was vulnerable on its company website for at least eight months.” However, of the company’s many customers, the breach seems to only have impacted records belonging to “customers who had registered for the MyPanera program to order food online,” and compromised personal details such as names, birthdays, email addresses, home addresses, and “the last four digits of user credit card numbers.” In addition, the affected customers’ “Panera loyalty card numbers were also exposed,” which has some worried that scammers might spend customer money on prepaid accounts.

More Than 7 Tons of BBQ Beef Affected by J.T.M. Provisions Co. Recall

April 9, 2018

Who wants BBQ beef with a side of rubber? Doesn’t sound too appetizing, does it? Unfortunately for a couple consumers who purchased pulled barbeque beef from one Ohio-based food company, however, rubber is exactly what they found when they dug into their barbeque beef. The unsavory discovery prompted the company, J.T.M. Provisions Co., to issue of a recall of more than 14,000 pounds, or 7 tons, of their pulled barbequed beef products over concerns that more containers “could be contaminated with rubber.”

Target Settles Hiring Discrimination Lawsuit for $3.7M

April 6, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/04/05/business/ap-us-target-settlement.html

Texas Bar Agrees to Settle Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit for $24K

April 5, 2018

For many women, pregnancy is a time of excitement. From shopping for baby clothes to stocking up on all the necessary baby gear, battling morning sickness, and making it to a never-ending stream of prenatal checkups, pregnant women have a lot on their plate without having to worry about being discriminated against, especially from their employer. Unfortunately for one Rowlett, Texas woman, she endured pregnancy discrimination first hand from her employer, a sports bar called Nick’s Sports Grill.

Did ‘Stranger Things’ Creators Steal Idea for the Hit Show?

April 4, 2018

The Netflix original, ‘Stranger Things,’ quickly became a favorite among fans and recently completed its second season. However, a new lawsuit is alleging that the creators of the show, Matt and Ross Duffer, “stole the idea for the show from a short film by director Charlie Kessler.” The lawsuit itself was filed by Kessler, though the Duffer brothers have so far denied the allegation and their attorney, Alex Kogner, called the lawsuit “completely meritless.”

Were Mouse Guts Really Found in Pacific Foods Soup? One Lawsuit Thinks So.

April 3, 2018

A 72-year-old retired registered nurse got the stomach-churning surprise of a lifetime when she allegedly discovered the partial remains of a dead mouse in a carton of Pacific Foods soup. Unfortunately for the woman, Maesel Dorn, the discovery was made after she had already had a bowl of the soup that she now claims made her “violently ill for two days.” As a result of her ordeal, she filed a $400,000 lawsuit earlier this week, alleging that when she notified Pacific Foods of her findings, the “organic foods company tried to brush off her complaints.”

Latest Data Hack Compromises Card Data of 5M Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor Customers

April 2, 2018

Another data hack has occurred, this time compromising sensitive credit card data of more than five million customers who shopped at Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor. According to Gemini Advisory, the cybersecurity research firm that identified the recent hack, the incident was orchestrated by a “well-known ring of Russian-speaking hackers known as Fin7 or JokerStash.” The research firm also said that the stolen information “appears to have been taken using software that was implanted into the cash register systems at the stores and that siphoned card numbers until last month.”

Settlement Reached Between State Officials and Conservationists Over Latah Creek Pollution

March 30, 2018

A federal lawsuit was recently settled over pollution in the Latah Creek. According to court documents, the settlement came about when “conservationists and the state’s Ecology Department reached an agreement that includes a 10-year plan intended to clean up the frothy brown runoff that spills from Latah Creek into the Spokane River.” The lawsuit itself was filed by the conservationist group, the Spokane Riverkeeper, back in 2015 against the state’s Ecology Department and alleged that “regulators hadn’t done enough to curb soil erosion, high water temperatures and livestock manure that give the creek water its hazel hue.”

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