San Francisco Man Wrongfully Accused of Fatal Shooting Sues City
San Francisco Man Wrongfully Accused of Fatal Shooting Sues City
Verdicts & Settlements
Dell EMC Agrees to Settle Race, Gender Pay Discrimination Lawsuit for $2.9M
Gender, race, and pay discrimination allegations against Dell EMC were just settled for more than $2.9 after the U.S. Department of Labor accused the computing giant of “allegedly paying female workers in Santa Clara, Pleasanton and North Carolina less than men.”
Principal is Transferred While City Settles Harassment Lawsuits
Principal is Transferred While City Settles Harassment Lawsuits
Seattle Family Settles Lawsuit for $13M After Relatives Killed by Repeat Drunk Driver
A lawsuit related to a couple killed by a drunk driver in Seattle’s Wedgewood neighborhood back in 2013 recently settled for $13 million. The lawsuit itself was filed against the city of Seattle by the couple’s son, Dan Schulte, “whose wife and infant son was also injured in the crash.” Schulte decided to file his lawsuit against the city because he believed the city failed in “supervising people known for driving intoxicated.” The wrongful-death and personal injury lawsuit was settled in time to avoid a jury trial.
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Ends with $700,000 Settlement Agreement
Over two years ago San Diego musician Nicki Lyn Carano was driving when a “giant tree fell o her car in Pacific Beach.” Since her tragic death, her parents spent time filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the city that finally reached a settlement recently for $700,000. In their lawsuit against the city of San Diego, Carano’s parents, Anthony and Carole Ann Carano, alleged “city authorities had ‘actual and/or constructive knowledge’ that there was a defect in the tree that caused their daughter’s death
Six More States File Opioid Abuse Lawsuits Against Purdue Pharma
Six More States File Opioid Abuse Lawsuits Against Purdue Pharma
Michigan State University Will Pay $500 Million to the Victims of Former Physician Larry Nassar
Michigan State University will pay $500 million to the victims of former physician Larry Nassar, who molested hundreds of girls and young women while working as a sports medicine specialist on-campus. According to the New York Times, the settlement will entail the largest amount ever paid in a sex abuse scandal involving an American university.
District Reaches Settlement in Wrestling Coach Case
In October 2016, a jury found the 50-year-old Thomas Joseph Snider guilty of molesting 25 students while he was a boy’s wrestling coach for Torrance High School. The district has now, finally, reached a $31 million settlement with twelve of these students in a negligence lawsuit their families brought against it. Snider committed his crimes
Goodwill Agrees to Pay $850,000, Settling Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
In a recent agreement to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, Goodwill Industries of the East Bay Area “and an affiliate have agreed to pay $850,000 to eight current and former employees,” according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The lawsuit was originally filed by the EEOC against Goodwill and Calidad Industries Inc., after “six female janitors assigned to work the night shift at the federal building in Oakland alleged they faced routine sexual harassment by their direct supervisor.”
California Coffee Retailers Now Required to Serve Their Coffee with Cancer Warnings
If you plan on visiting a California Starbucks shop or other coffee roaster or retailer in the near future, you’ll likely notice something new with your order. According to a recent court ruling from a Los Angeles judge, coffee roasters and retailers “must serve up a cancer warning with coffee sold in California.” The judge, Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle, published the ruling earlier this week after determining that “other coffee sellers did not show that the risk from consuming acrylamide, a possible cancer-causing byproduct created during coffee roasting, was offset by benefits from drinking coffee.”