By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Hershey is facing a renewed, larger lawsuit claiming it misled consumers about the amount of artistic detail they would find on several Reese’s peanut butter candies after opening the packaging. In a proposed class action on Friday, four Reese’s consumers in southern Florida said they were “very disappointed” that the […]
May 17—The federal lawsuit brought by former Westover City Council member Ralph Mullins against the city and its representatives has been settled for $3, 000. This is after seven of the nine claims listed in the suit were dismissed by U.S. District Judge Thomas Kleeh in recent weeks. Thomas Buck, the Bailey & Wyant attorney […]
New surveillance footage has emerged that appears to show Sean “Diddy” Combs violently attacking Casandra Ventura, the singer known as Cassie, who last year settled a lawsuit in which she accused him of rape and abuse. The video, which was obtained by CNN, appears to show Combs with a towel around his waist chasing after […]
The Carroll school board voted Wednesday to authorize a lawsuit challenging the Biden Administration’s “redefinition of sex in Title IX.” The nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom of Scottsdale, Arizona, will represent the district pro bono. The Biden Administration announced proposed changes in April. They would broaden protections for LGBTQ and pregnant students. The 7-0 vote was […]
A teacher at Bloom Trail High School in Chicago Heights is accused in a lawsuit of grooming then sexually assaulting a student who attended the school in the early 2000s. The teacher has been placed on administrative leave while an investigation is underway, according to the school. The lawsuit, filed May 9 in Cook County […]
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge has ruled in favor of a Republican candidate challenging the results in a 2022 judicial race and ordered that a new election be held in the nation’s third-most populous county, a Democratic stronghold that’s been beset by GOP efforts to dictate how ballots are cast. A losing GOP candidate […]
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected Tesla’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk’s electric car company of misleading owners into believing that their vehicles could soon have self-driving capabilities. The proposed nationwide class action accused Tesla and Musk of having since 2016 falsely advertised Autopilot and other self-driving […]
A South Carolina preschool teacher abused two 4-year-old children in class, including a girl who parents say was smacked and repeatedly hit with a plastic pointer, a new lawsuit says. The girl’s parents and the boy’s mother didn’t learn of the physical attacks on their children until May 1, more than a month after the […]
South African model Genevieve Morton did not take kindly to the use of her name and likeness in bait-and-switch advertisements for adult content. In court documents obtained by The Blast, the 37-year-old sued PornHub and its content partners like SPYIRL.COM. Morton claimed her non-consensual involvement in their marketing scheme caused her several damages, including “psychological distress.” Genevieve Morton Files Complaint Against PornHub […]
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – The family of Jeffrey Parker, a man killed by an on duty Huntsville police officer at his home in 2018, is still pursuing a wrongful death claim. Former Huntsville Police Officer William Ben Darby is being sued by Parker’s family for wrongful death and excessive force claims. The family is also […]
DENVER — The Black former police chief of a small Colorado town says he was the victim of racial discrimination and fired after officers and city leaders worked to force him out even though he was cleared of wrongdoing by an independent investigator, according to a federal lawsuit. Hal Edwards, who sued the city of Leadville, […]
May 14—He sued his ex to keep his identity private. But now it appears that lawsuit is backfiring against Maine’s anonymous Mega Millions winner. In November, the man who won $1.35 billion after buying a lottery ticket from a gas station in Lebanon filed a complaint in U.S. District Court against the mother of his […]