| | Have You Voted? | | Find early voting locations in your county, the last day to early vote is November 2. | | Woman's Suit Against Southwest Dimissed | |  | | A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines filed by a New Orleans woman who claims she was told she was "too fat to fly" without purchasing two tickets. The suit was dismissed with prejudice after the woman missed a deadline to respond to Southwest's request to have the suit dismissed. She claimed in her suit that she was discriminated against because of her weight.
Wire Report, The Washington Post 10/31/2012    | | Read Article: The Washington Post | | Woman Files Discrimination Suit Against Deere | | | | An Iowa woman has filed a lawsuit against equipment manufacturer Deere & Co., claiming she was discriminated against at work because she is black. The woman claims in the suit that racial slurs were painted on her work locker and that a doll with black face was hung in a noose from her garage door. The woman has worked at Deere's Ankeny plant since September 2010.
Wire Report, DesMoines Register 10/30/2012 | | Read Article: DesMoines Register | | Suit Over Taser Death Likely Going to Trial | | | | A lawsuit filed against TASER International over the death of a Miami University student in Southwestern Ohio will likely proceed to trial after a motion to dismiss the case was denied. The lawsuit, filed by the student's family, claims TASER "manufactured a dangerous product and failed to warn police of potential dangers." The student was shot in the chest with the Taser by police during a bar fight; he went into cardiac arrest at the scene and died five days later.
Denise G. Callahan , Dayton Daily News 10/31/2012 | | Read Article: Dayton Daily News | | Hurricane Deductible Could Cost Homeowners Thousands | | | | Thanks to a little-known hurricane deductible, homeowners with property damage from Hurricane Sandy could be on the hook for thousands of dollars before their insurance payments kick in. Increasingly, insurers in hurricane-prone states -- including almost all of those in states affected by Sandy -- have been adding hurricane deductibles to their homeowner's insurance policies that go into effect when named storms have sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or more, as measured by the National Weather Service. Unlike regular deductibles that require you to pay a set dollar amount, typically $500 or $1,000, hurricane deductibles often require homeowners to cough up 1% to 5% of their property's value. In places like Florida, the deductible can run as high as 10%.
Les Christie, CNN 11/01/2012 | | Read Article: CNN | | Governors Promote Lower Deductibles for Homeowners | | | | Homeowners’ insurance policies in coastal areas almost always include a provision that the deductible will be higher when damage is caused by a hurricane than a lesser windstorm. The difference can be steep — in the thousands of dollars — because the regular deductible is a flat dollar amount, while the hurricane deductible is connected to the replacement value of the house. J. Robert Hunter of the Consumer Federation of America estimated that 100,000 policy holders could have suffered wind damage and most likely fall under the hurricane deductible ruling. He said he supported the move by the three states but held out the possibility of a challenge from the insurance industry.
MARY WILLIAMS WALSH and SHAILA DEWAN, The New York Times 11/01/2012 | | Read Article: The New York Times | | Suit Filed over Family's Death in Fiery Auto Crash | | | | A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against three truck drivers and their employers over the death of a family from a fiery car accident in western Nebraska this September. The family, riding in two separate cars, was in standstill traffic due to a two-semi collision when they were struck by one of the defendant's truck. The truck crushed the two cars together underneath another semi; the cars caught fire and exploded. The suit accuses the driver who struck the vehicles of staying on the road "far longer than the time allowed for truckers," and accuses his employer of negligence.
Grant Schulte, San Jose Mercury News 10/30/2012 | | Read Article: San Jose Mercury News | | |
