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| Pregnant Woman Recorded in Health Club Shower Files Suit |  | A Colorado woman has filed a lawsuit alleging that a video was taken of her while she was showering at a health club while she was pregnant. The 22-year-old woman filed a lawsuit in 4th Judicial District Court in Colorado Springs on Friday alleging that Life Time Fitness in Colorado Springs failed to report an incident in which one of its employees admitted to video recording the woman in the shower. The incident took place between midnight and 2 a.m. on Dec. 27 after the plaintiff took a swim in the health club pool. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff's husband caught the Life Time employee as he was video recording the woman through a gap at the bottom of the shower. The lawsuit alleges that Life Time failed to contact the police after the incident occurred.
Lance Benzel, Colorado Springs Gazette 03/21/2016    | | Read Article: Colorado Springs Gazette |
| U.S. Top Court Rules Against Tyson Foods in Class Action | | The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a loss to Tyson Foods Inc (TSN.N) over the company's challenge to an almost $5.8 million class action judgment in a case won by workers at an Iowa pork-processing facility who contend they were underpaid. The court, in a 6-2 ruling, upheld an appeals court ruling in favor of the workers. It was one of three closely watched class action cases to come before the court during its current term, with business interests urging the justices to rein in such litigation.
LAWRENCE HURLEY, Reuters 03/22/2016 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Jenner & Block $3M Fee Award Appeal Could Change Arbitration Law | | | A former patent client is taking its $3 million attorney fee fight against Jenner & Block to the TX Supreme Court by arguing it's against public policy for the Chicago-based firm to collect after it allegedly walked away from the contingent fee case without just cause. "We believe that it's against public policy for lawyers to collect a contingency fee after they've walked away without just cause based on results that other lawyers achieved," said the attorney who represents the firm's former client in Parallel Networks v. Jenner & Block. But because Jenner & Block won its fee award through binding arbitration, the case presents the high court with an even bigger issue to resolve than just the attorney fee dispute if it accepts the case for review: whether or not Texas courts can vacate an arbitration award when the arbitrator allegedly violates the state's public policy, the attorney said.
John Council, Texas Lawyer 03/22/2016
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| $1M Settlement Reached in E. Coli Daycare Death Lawsuit | | A lawsuit filed by the family of a toddler who died of E. coli has settled its lawsuit against the child's daycare facility. The family recently settled the wrongful-death lawsuit against The Learning Vine in Greenwood for $1 million. Last May, the 2-year-old child died of hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS, a potentially fatal complication of E. coli. Evidence indicated that the child had contracted the illness from a teacher who had been sick with E. coli. The lawsuit alleged that the directors of the daycare facility "took no action, ignoring state regulations requiring exclusion of the teacher and notification of the parents."
Liv Osby, Greenville News 03/21/2016 | | Read Article: Greenville News |
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