Class Claims Bosses Swiped $1 Million in Tips
ALBANY, N.Y. (CN) - A class action claims an upstate New York restaurant and caterer cheated its workers out of more than $1 million in tips. The defendants added a 20 percent "service...
View ArticleCattle Wars
POCATELLO, Idaho - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Forest Service illegally allow cattle grazing in the Little Lost River watershed in Salmon-Challis National Forest, the Western Watershed...
View ArticleTeacher Says He Was Fired for Being GOP
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (CN) - A state lawmaker sued his school district, claiming it fired him from his job as a tenured teacher because he's a Republican. Bryan Spencer sued the Francis Howell...
View ArticleBankruptcy
WILMINGTON, Del. - Encore Home Health Care and affiliates filed for bankruptcy, listing less than $500 million in assets and more than $500 million in liabilities.
View ArticleToby Keith Licensee Doesn't Love Ex-CFO
PHOENIX (CN) - A company with licensing rights for country music star Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill restaurants claims in court that its former CFO stole trade secrets to get a licensing...
View ArticleOil Workers May Halt Work They Deem Unsafe
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Department of the Interior is adopting new rules that give employees authority to stop work on offshore drilling rigs when they witness unsafe conditions, the agency has...
View ArticleToo Real, Producer Tells World Wrestling
PHOENIX (CN) - A producer sued World Wrestling Entertainment and its star "Big Show" (Paul Wight Jr.), claiming the wrestler choked him and hit him in the face during an interview for the WWE...
View ArticleBenefits in Store After Western Union Layoffs
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (CN) - Advance layoff notice given to two Western Union workers did not preclude them from receiving unemployment benefits, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled. Reva Billings...
View ArticleClass Says Private Eye Nailed Kosher Market
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Two class actions claim that a private eye discovered, and videotaped, a kosher butcher delivering non-kosher food to his market. Two class actions and a third, individual...
View ArticleMissouri Lawyers to Get $6M From Volkswagen
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (CN) - Volkswagen must pay $6 million in attorneys' fees after settling claims over allegedly defective window regulators, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled. Darren Berry...
View ArticleH.S. Coach Sues Cowboys Stadium Over Video
DALLAS (CN) - A high school football coach who was upended by a runaway golf cart at the Dallas Cowboys' stadium sued the stadium's operator, claiming a video of it that went viral cause him...
View ArticleCalifornia Has Custodial Limits for Infractions
(CN) - Siding with a man who says his trespassing arrest got him strip-searched, the 9th Circuit explained Wednesday when police can take suspects downtown. The case began in 2000, when San...
View ArticleJesus Has Nothing to Do With It, State Says
RICHLAND, Wash. (CN) - Washington state sued a florist who refused to provide flowers for a gay wedding "because of her personal relationship with Jesus Christ." Sorry, the state of Washington...
View ArticleAntitrust Claims Against Gas Traders Revived
(CN) - The 9th Circuit on Wednesday reinstated state-law antitrust claims against natural gas trader saccused of selling gas at artificially high prices, triggering the California energy crisis of...
View ArticleKeeping Up With Mr. Kardashian
SANTA MONICA (CN) - NBA player Kris Humphries promised but failed to bring other NBA players to a store in exchange for free and discounted clothes, a Beverly Hills clothier claims in a $53,000...
View ArticleJudges Show Unease With Orange Gang Injunction
PASADENA, Calif. (CN) - The 9th Circuit seemed unlikely to revive an injunction that limits contact between suspected members of a gang in Orange County, Calif. California has used civil...
View ArticleLawsuits Can't Recover Sentimental Pet Value
AUSTIN (CN) - A couple whose dog was mistakenly euthanized cannot sue for the sentimental value of their lost pet, the Texas Supreme Court ruled, ending a case closely watched by pet owners and...
View ArticleBin Laden's Media Diet Looms in Manning Case
(CN) - With the trial of Bradley Manning poised to reveal that Osama bin Laden sent emails about Wikileaks, Courthouse News took a fresh look at how public documents from the Abbottabad raid show...
View ArticleChevron Faces New 2nd Circuit Showdown
MANHATTAN (CN) - The 2nd Circuit fast-tracked arguments for May in Chevron's battle against a $19 billion judgment it faces for oil contamination in Ecuador. In 2011, an Ecuadorean court...
View ArticleCongress Frets About How Much It'd CostTo Save Earth From a City-Killer Asteroid
WASHINGTON (CN) - The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology shied away Wednesday from pledging tax money to track down and deflect "city-killer" asteroids, but called for international...
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