Santander Consumer Reaches $550M Settlement with State AGs
Category: Civil Plaintiff | May 20, 2020
Santander Consumer USA will pay $65 million to states and forgive hundreds of millions more in consumer debt as part of a settlement with a group of attorneys general over practices in its subprime auto lending business. The attorneys general, … Continue reading
Lawsuit Accuses Juul of Targeting Children With Marketing
Category: Civil Plaintiff | May 5, 2020
Anne Arundel and Howard counties sued e-cigarette maker Juul Labs and affiliated companies, joining a growing onslaught against the billion-dollar company over claims that it marketed its products to children. They joined Garrett County in filing separate but identical federal lawsuits … Continue reading
Johnson & Johnsons Settles $3.9M Pelvic Mesh Lawsuit
Category: Civil Plaintiff | May 5, 2020
West Virginia has reached a $3.9 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit over the company’s marketing of a surgical mesh used to treat pelvic conditions in women, state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Monday. Morrisey filed a … Continue reading
$130.4M Settlement To Help Combat Smoking In Indiana
Category: Civil Plaintiff | April 27, 2020
Indiana has secured $130.4 million from tobacco product manufacturers this year under the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, Attorney General Curtis Hill announced today. “Our office works diligently to enforce the terms of this settlement,” Attorney General Hill said. “Our efforts … Continue reading
Cure Boredom with Courtroom Video Coverage by CVN
Category: Blog | April 21, 2020
Tired of Netflix and itching to get back into court? Let the country’s top attorneys help. CVN’s curated collection of trial videos highlights some of the nation’s best lawyers in critical moments of their biggest trials. With a … Continue reading
UCLA Professor Sues Seyfarth Claiming $24M Malpractice
Category: Civil Plaintiff | April 21, 2020
A UCLA linguistics professor is suing Big Law’s Seyfarth Shaw and one of its former partners over their investigation of her discrimination and harassment complaints against her former employer, California State University at Fullerton. The professor, Natalie Operstein, seeks $24 million in … Continue reading
$1M Settlement in Wrongful Death Lawsuit For UConn Student Run Over by Fire Vehicle
Category: Civil Plaintiff | April 21, 2020
The parents of a UConn student who was run over and killed by a campus fire department truck in 2016 have settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the state and other defendants for about $1 million, according to a probate … Continue reading
$4M Verdict Over Doctor’s Failed Attempts to Insert Catheter
Category: Civil Plaintiff | April 14, 2020
West Palm Beach attorneys William D. Zoeller and Michael V. Baxter of Schuler Halvorson Weisser Zoeller Overbeck obtained a $4 million jury verdict for the family of a 72-year-old man who died after his doctor tried to insert a catheter 14 times—for … Continue reading
Canadian Couple Receives $9M Jury Verdict Over Bike Wreck
Category: Civil Plaintiff | April 13, 2020
A jury has awarded greater than $9 million in damages to a person and girl from Vancouver, British Columbia, who had been struck by an 18-wheeler truck whereas using their bikes alongside Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge in … Continue reading
Rochester Settles Sex Harassment Case for $9.4M
Category: Civil Plaintiff | March 30, 2020
The University of Rochester settled a long-running legal case over alleged sexual harassment within its brain and cognitive sciences program for $9.4 million, parties announced Friday. In a joint statement, Rochester thanked the nine former students and professors who sued it in 2017, alleging misconduct by … Continue reading