Yubanet.com reports that a class action has been filed to force FEMA to live up to its obligations: A prominent New York law firm, a Washington-based civil rights legal organization, and a California not-for-profit legal organization, together with a Louisiana Law Professor today filed a class-action suit in the United States District Court for the…
Category Archives: Discrimination
Public defenders benefit in Grant County, WA
Ken Armstrong of the Seattle Times reports that Grant County has settled its defense lawsuit: Grant County has settled a class-action lawsuit accusing it of providing inadequate public defense — agreeing to do everything from capping the number of cases public defenders can handle to ensuring they don’t suffer financially for pursuing a case vigorously….
Oregon hospital settles over uninsured patients
A hospital in Oregon settled its class action lawsuit last week: PORTLAND, Ore. – A settlement was reached Tuesday in a closely watched class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of uninsured patients who claim a major nonprofit hospital system overcharged them. The complaint alleges that Providence Hospital System contradicted its stated mission of providing universal access…
Wal-Mart class action in Missouri
KCTV.com is reporting that a Missouri Judge has certified a lawsuit against Wal-Mart as a class action: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit accusing Wal-Mart of underpaying workers at its Missouri stores is certified as a class-action suit. Jackson County Circuit Judge Sandra Midkiff did not set a trial date. The class includes up…
Google accused of copyright infringement
Google announced its library initiative late last year. The initiative involves scanning and indexing books from the New York public library and university libraries at Harvard, Stanford, Oxford and Michigan. Sounds great, right? Well, not for the copyright-holding authors… NEW YORK – An organization of more than 8,000 authors accused Google Inc. Tuesday of “massive…
$75 million pollution settlement in Jacksonville, FL
The Austin Business Journal is reporting that an Austin attorney has helped people in Florida win a $75 million settlement in a toxic-ash case. Here’s the article: Austin attorney Tommy Jacks says he helped settle a toxic-ash lawsuit against the city of Jacksonville, Fla., for $75 million. Jacks — whose Jacks Law Firm and two…
Boy sues after being cut from HS b-ball team
The Ark Valley News is reporting that the parents of a boy who was cut from his high school basketball team are suing the local school district: A Valley Center family has filed a lawsuit against U.S.D. 262, alleging discrimination based on race in the high school basketball program. Teresa Garvey, whose son Joe is…
Green-card delays are unjustified and, now, illegal
Bob Egelko, Staff Writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, is reporting that Green-card delays have been deemed illegal: Immigration officials have illegally delayed issuing green cards to thousands of newly recognized legal U.S. residents, hampering their ability to work and travel, a San Francisco federal judge ruled in a nationwide class- action suit. U.S. District…
Class Action Against Pfizer Is Dimissed
Anthony Lin of the New York Law Journal (via Law.com) is reporting that claims against Pfizer have been dismissed. Here’s the gist of the article: A federal judge in Manhattan has dismissed for a second time class action claims against drug maker Pfizer Inc. by Nigerian families who claim the company put their children in…
Feds seek new judge in Indian trust case
…And it’s no wonder–check out Judge Lamberth’s opinion of the Interior Department: U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth has presided over the case, which challenges Interior’s oversight of Indian trust funds. But last week, Justice Department lawyers filed a motion with an appeals court for reassignment to a different judge, citing inappropriate vitriol in the judge’s…