Hotel Company Settles Suit with Fired Employee
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A man with autism who was fired from his San Diego hotel job three years ago will be paid $125,000 under a court settlement stemming from a lawsuit that alleged employment discrimination.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit in 2008 against hotel operator and developer Tarsadia Hotels, which was doing [...]
Second Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Fatal Salon Shooting
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A second California family has filed a lawsuit against a Huntington Beach man who allegedly entered a Seal Beach hair salon last month and fatally shot eight people. The suit, the second one to be filed, accuses the man of “negligence, carelessness, recklessness, wantonness and unlawfulness.” The man has been charged [...]
Lawsuit Claims Teacher Abused Student, Officials Covered It Up
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The school superintendent of Bell County, Kentucky, failed to notify authorities, as required by law, about an alleged sexual assault of a third-grader by a teacher, a federal lawsuit claims.
Superintendent George Thompson also helped remove documents that could have been used in a legal case against former teacher Travis Phipps, the [...]
Train Derailment Suit Settled for $22.5 Million
An Illinois man has been awarded $22.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of his wife in a train derailment accident in 2009. The lawsuit accused the Canadian National Railway Company of negligence in the “operation, maintenance and supervision of the train” as well as the maintenance of the track. The derailed train [...]
Micha Star Liberty Nominated to Board of Directors for ACBA
Micha Star Liberty is honored to have been nominated to the Board of Directors of the Alameda County Bar Association (ACBA), for the term beginning January 1, 2012.
Protestors Arrested in New York File Lawsuit
Protesters who were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge last week have filed a lawsuit against the city of New York, claiming police lured them into a trap and arrested them. The suit claims officers directed the protesters onto the bridge’s roadway and then announced that anyone on the roadway would be arrested. That announcement, the [...]
Interns File Suit Against Movie Production Company
A lawsuit has been filed against Fox Searchlight Pictures, claiming the company violated federal laws by failing to pay dozens of interns who worked on the move “The Black Swan.” According to the lawsuit, the interns were forced to complete “menial tasks” that should have been done by paid employees, and did not receive “the [...]
Micha Star Liberty Publishes Article: “Wal-Mart: Everyday low prices, everyday discrimination”
Micha Star Liberty recently published an article in Plaintiff Magazine analyzing the recent Supreme Court decision of Dukes v. Wal-Mart entitled “Wal-Mart: Everyday low prices, everyday discrimination” in which she concludes that the pro-corporate ruling will prove to be a detriment to workers.
You may view the entire article at:
http://www.plaintiffmagazine.com/Sept11/Liberty_Wal-Mart-Everyday-low-prices_everyday-discrimination_Plaintiff-magazine.pdf
No Class Action for Now in Costco Gender Bias Case
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Costco Wholesale Corp won a court decision that blocks women who accused the company of gender bias from suing as a group, but the court left open the possibility that the case could regain class-action status.
The case involved about 600 current and former female Costco workers who said the largest U.S. [...]
Nail Salon Employees File Suit Against Employer
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SAN MATEO, CA — Immigrant workers at a chain of nail salons in the South Bay and on the Peninsula were forced to pay for accidentally broken bottles of nail polish and had to turn over a portion of their tips to managers, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
The workers at [...]
