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A voluntary recall was recently issued by J&J Snack Foods Handheld Corp. Based in Holly Ridge, North Carolina, the company’s recall includes “two lots of Fit & Active Southwest Veggie Stuffed Sandwiches” over concerns that the products may be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes.
Pizza Hut recently agreed to pay $2 million to settle a class action suit that accused the pizza chain of failing to pay their “delivery drivers enough to make the minimum wage requirement in the state of Wisconsin.” The lawsuit itself was filed by Wayne Meetz, a former Pizza Hut delivery driver, back in November 2016.
Earlier this month, three men involved in Aggie football were charged for participating in a “2017 assault that left a Utah State University student with significant injuries.” Now, the victim has filed a civil suit and is seeking damages for his injuries.
If you’re a fan of Red Square Foods, Inc. products, this recall is for you. Earlier this weekend, the Somerset, New Jersey company issued a recall of an “undetermined amount of various frozen meat and poultry ravioli and blintzes products” over concerns that some of the products may be mislabeled or contain undeclared allergens. The recall was announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) which noted that the recalled products “contain eggs, milk, and/or wheat, all known allergens, which are not declared on the product label.”
The Wake County school district recently agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a student’s family for $75,000. According to the lawsuit, the student, Michael Burgess was an 11-year-old student at West Lake Middle School in 2014 when he was “struck by a car while trying to catch a school bus” and “suffered multiple serious injuries.” As a result, the family sued the school district, accusing it of “putting the bus stop in an unsafe location.” However, despite it’s agreement to settle the suit, the Wake County school district made “no admission of responsibility.”
A wrongful death suit was filed against a woman, now deceased, recently settled “without a finding of fault.” The suit was filed against Barbara Lucille Stricklin and named her a person of interest in the shooting death of her husband, John L. Stricklin. The suit itself was filed by Mr. Stricklin’s adult children last November.
A federal lawsuit was recently filed in California by the American Wild Horse Campaign and Animal Legal Defense Fund with the hope that it will “block the US Forest Service from capturing and selling wild horses for slaughter.” Nowadays, there are very few wild horses running free in America’s not so wild West, and this new lawsuit hopes to save the few that remain.
Back in July, a resident of Detroit filed a lawsuit against Perry Funeral Home, Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center, and Harper-Hutzel Hospitals. Inc. over allegations that the defendants “breached contracts by not properly taking possession of, transporting and or storing the deceased remains of infant bodies after requesting a donation for purposes of research.” The suit itself was filed in Wayne County Circuit Court and is in the spotlight in response to recent discoveries inside the Perry Funeral Home.
Earlier this week, a judge in California ruled that Michael Avenatti, lawyer to actress Stormy Daniels, must pay $4.85 million in back pay to an attorney who used to work for his former law firm. The ruling marks the “first time the potential presidential candidate is being held personally liable in the lawsuit over back pay.”
Last week, a class action lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court against a handful of electric scooter companies over allegations of gross negligence “related to injuries sustained by both riders and pedestrians.” The suit itself was filed on behalf of nine plaintiffs who allege in the suit that they “sustained injuries due to the proliferation of electric scooters in their communities.” Bird, Lime, Segway, and Xiaomi are the four scooter companies named as defendants in the suit. It’s important to note that two of the defendants, Bird and Lime, are currently operating in Denver, Colorado without proper permits.