'Bountygate' Leader Greg Williams Named in Suit | | NFL defensive assistant Greg Williams, the man allegedly at the head of the bounty scandal, has been named in a lawsuit filed by a former player who says he career was ended because of dirty tactics. The plaintiff, former New York Giant Barrett Green, says that he suffered a career-ending knee injury as a result of a cheap shot by one of Williams' players, a cheap shot the suit says was encouraged by Williams. The lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages. Jim Wyatt, Tennessean 07/08/2013 | Read Article: Tennessean | NFL, Former Players Ordered to Mediation in Concussion Lawsuit | | The NFL and thousands of former football players who have sued the league for allegedly hiding the dangers of brain injury while profiting from the sport's violence have been ordered to try to resolve the case in mediation. U.S. District Judge Anita Brody in Philadelphia federal court, who is overseeing the litigation, on Monday ordered both sides to meet with mediator Layn Phillips, a retired federal judge, in an effort to settle the dispute. Reuters, Yahoo News 07/09/2013 | Read Article: Yahoo News | First Federal Claim Over Transvaginal Mesh Going to Trial | | The first case of about 20,000 lawsuits filed over transvaginal mesh products, which are used to treat stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse, is set for trial. The cases are pending in multidistrict litigation before U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin in Charleston, W.Va. Goodwin will oversee the trial, which is scheduled to begin on Monday. Amanda Bronstad , The National Law Journal - $$ Subscription Required 07/09/2013 | Read Article: The National Law Journal - $$ Subscription Required($) | Students Allege Abuse at NY Jewish School | | Nineteen former students of Yeshiva University High School for Boys in New York have filed suit against the school, claiming two rabbis sexually abused them in the 1970s and 1980s. The plaintiffs claimed they were sodomized and abused by the rabbis on multiple occasions while students at the school starting as early as 1969. The suit says school officials "brushed off complaints about the two rabbis for years, and after they left the school, the university did not notify their future employers about the complaints." Al Baker, The New York Times 07/08/2013 | Read Article: The New York Times | Obese Man's Employee Discrimination Suit Denied | | The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that a 540-pound man was not discriminated against when he was fired from his job as a blackjack dealer at a local casino. The court ruled that state's Human Rights Act "doesn't give specific protection" for people who are obese and that the casino provided the appropriate accommodations under the law. The man was fired after continually refusing to tuck his shirt in, a violation of the casino's uniform policy. Cheryl Caswell, Charleston Daily Mail 07/09/2013 | Read Article: Charleston Daily Mail | Crave Brothers Cheese Recalled from Whole Foods | | Whole Foods Market Inc. has issued a recall of its Crave Brothers Les Freres cheese after the product was linked to a bacterial outbreak that resulted in at least one death. Public health officials say the cheese, which was sold in 30 states, may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Last month, an elderly person in Minnesota was hospitalized and died from an illness linked to the cheese. Staff Report, USA Today 07/05/2013 | Read Article: USA Today | Asiana Seen Saving Millions With Tactic to Bar U.S. Suits | | Asiana Airlines Inc. could avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements by employing a tactic under international law to bar Chinese and South Korean passengers from suing in victim-friendly U.S. courts over the crash of Flight 214. With the possibility of hundreds of claims against the South Korean airline, litigators said the carrier will be looking for ways to minimize the expense of the July 6 disaster, which killed two 16-year-old Chinese girls and injured 181 other passengers when a 777 jet tried to land at San Francisco International Airport. Asiana may argue that most if not all of the Chinese and South Korean passengers’ ultimate destination was their home countries, since they probably held round-trip tickets, and that’s where they should file their claims. Win or lose on where claims are heard, it will probably be Asiana’s insurers that eventually pay the bill for claims, air-crash litigators said. Erik Larson, Bloomberg 07/09/2013 | Read Article: Bloomberg | KC Diocese Settles Priest Sex Abuse Suit | | The Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit with the parents of a boy who killed himself after allegedly being abused by a Kansas City priest. The settlement is the largest ever for the diocese in a single abuse case. Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star 07/09/2013 | Read Article: Kansas City Star | | |