Ticketmaster Agrees to Refunds for Hidden Fees
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Ticketmaster customers who made purchases between 1999 and 2011 will receive a $1.50 credit for each ticket purchased, up to 17. The class-action suit was filed in 2003 for secret “processing fees,” which according to the settlement, the company is still allowed to issue, but they must be upfront about it. [...]
Judge OKs $10 Million Verdict in Slip-and-Fall Suit
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The Colorado Supreme Court approved a $10 million verdict to a truck driver who slipped and fell on grease while making a delivery to a Colorado Wal-Mart. The plaintiff suffered serious back injuries in the fall and had to have multiple surgeries. The lawyer for the plaintiff said the verdict is [...]
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
