Laws/Cases |
Lawsuit Seeks Job Back for Woman Who Mistakenly Posted Nude Video |
A former employee of the Webster Parish Convention and Visitors Bureau in Louisiana has filed a lawsuit after she was fired for accidentally posting a nude video to her employee's social media account. The woman, who mistakenly uploaded the video to the bureau's Instagram account, has filed a suit seeking her job back. The woman was placed on administrative leave in December after she live streamed the video which was allegedly intended for her husband. The lawsuit questions the validity of the vote to remove the plaintiff from her job. Sarah Crawford, The Shreveport Times 04/26/2017 |
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Palantir Settles Discrimination Lawsuit for $1.7M |
Palantir has settled a lawsuit alleging that the company discriminates against individuals of Asian descent. Palantir Technologies has agreed to settle the lawsuit which accused it of discriminatory practices in hiring. As part of the settlement, the company will pay nearly $1.7 million in back pay and other compensation to Asian job applicants and offer jobs to eight people whose applications were rejected. The company was charged last fall with discriminatory hiring practices against Asian people by the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Jessica Guyunn, USA Today 04/25/2017 |
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Exxon Ordered to Pay $20M in Air Pollution Suit |
A federal judge in Houston has ordered Exxon Mobil to pay a civil penalty of nearly $20 million for releasing 10 million pounds of pollutants into the air from its Baytown refining and chemical complex over the course of eight years. In a ruling Wednesday, U.S. District Judge David Hittner said evidence showed that the Texas oil company's emissions from 2005 to 2013 put it in violation of the Clean Air Act 16,386 times. In a 101-page decision, Hittner accepted the plaintiffs' argument that Exxon collected more than $14 million in so-called economic benefits by delaying actions that would have curbed the emissions, such as improving plant automation and enhancing emissions monitoring with infrared imaging technology. Collin Eaton, Houston Chronicle 04/27/2017 |
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Widow Ends Wrongful-Death Suit Against NFL, Riddell |
The widow of a defensive tackle who died in 2009 of a brain aneurysm after retiring from the National Football League has resolved a wrongful death suit against the league and helmet maker Riddell Inc., according to documents filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court. Counsel for Pio Sagapoluteleâ??s widow Yvonne, as well as the defendants, the NFL and Riddell, filed a joint stipulation of dismissal with the court on Tuesday, not specifying any terms or reasons for the suitâ??s end Abraham Moussako, Law360 ($) 04/27/2017 |
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Paralyzed Girlâ??s Parents Can Appeal Court Order Capping Hospital Damages |
The parents of a young girl who was paralyzed after a hospital allegedly failed to properly diagnose an injury to her spinal cord can seek an immediate appeal of a court order capping the damages available to her under federal emergency treatment laws. Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana April 12 granted a motion for interlocutory appeal in the case after previously ruling the claims under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act were subject to damages caps present in Louisianaâ??s medical malpractice law. Matthew Loughran, Bloomberg 04/27/2017 |
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Insurance |
Car Crashes Rising AT Fastest Rate In Decades: Insurance Groups |
Traffic accidents are rising at the fastest pace in half a century, according to one insurance group. Since 2014, the number of deadly auto accidents has increased 14 percent, severe accidents by 12.2 percent and pedestrian deaths by 22 percent, Robert Gordon, senior vice president of policy development and research for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, said at a National Transportation Safety Board panel April 26. Brandon Ross, Bloomberg 04/27/2017 |
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