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eHarmony Agrees to $1.28M Settlement, Ending Consumer Protection Lawsuit

Brianna Smith - January 9, 2018

eHarmony, a popular dating website, was recently hit with a lawsuit that resulted in the popular dating website agreeing to a $1.28 million settlement. The consumer-protection lawsuit was filed by “four California counties, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Napa, and Shasta, along with the city of Santa Monica over its automatic-charging practices.” In addition to the $1.28, the company will also “pay $1 million in separate restitution to customers who were unknowingly enrolled into a subscription to the website between March 10, 2012, and Dec. 16, 2016.”

Lawsuit Filed Against Iowa County After Wrongful Arrest and Two Month Jail Stay

Brianna Smith - January 8, 2018

Earlier this week a lawsuit was filed against an Iowa county and prosecutor after an Arizona man “was arrested, transported cross-country and jailed for a robbery that he didn’t commit.” According to the lawsuit, the man, Joseph McBride, ended up spending “two months in custody after “authorities arrested him at his Phoenix apartment on Aug. 24.” McBride wasn’t the only one charged for the Jan. 1 home invasion “in his former hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa though.” In fact, he was one of three who was arrested, “even though he had proof he was 1,500 miles (2415 kilometers) away and investigators never spoke with him before his arrest.”

Southwest Airlines Agrees to $15M Settlement, Ending Price Collusion Lawsuit

Brianna Smith - January 6, 2018

A class-action lawsuit against Southwest Airline just came to a close, thanks to a federal judge approving a $15 million settlement. The lawsuit itself stemmed from accusations that Southwest, “along with three other airlines, conspired to limit the number of seats available to customers and keep ticket prices high.” According to the lawsuit the “conspiracy began in 2009,” and since then, “the cost of airfare with Southwest, American, Delta and United — which plaintiffs claimed collectively controls about 80 percent of domestic passenger seats — rose substantially compared to those of other domestic air carriers, despite stagnant or decreasing demand and declines in the cost of jet fuel.” As a result of the pricing conspiracy, the lawsuit accused Southwest and the other airlines of violating federal antitrust laws and said, “Passengers have been injured by paying higher airfares and facing reduced flight choices.”

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Fairbanks Police Department and Others After Death of 21-Year-Old Woman

Brianna Smith - January 5, 2018

The Fairbanks Police Department, Alaska Department of Corrections, and Kodiak Jack’s are facing a wrongful death lawsuit after the death of 21-year-old Michaela Kitelinger. The lawsuit itself was filed by Kitelinger’s parents, who claim the three defendants “share blame for their daughter’s death that occurred back on January 1, 2017.” But what happened?

Slender Man Suspect Institutionalized for Mental Illness

Sara E. Teller - January 5, 2018

Wisconsin teen, Anissa Weier, now 16, was sentenced to 25 years in a mental institution for the near-death stabbing of her friend, Payton Leutner, when both girls were 12. The incident was meant to appease the “Slender Man”. The “Slender Man” is a fictional entity created for a 2009 Photoshop contest on Something Awful, an

St. Paul Agrees to $33k Lawsuit Settlement with T.V. Anchor

Brianna Smith - January 4, 2018

Earlier this week, the St. Paul city council agreed to a $33,000 settlement to end a federal lawsuit filed by local T.V. Anchor Alix Kendall. Kendall, of Fox 9 Morning News, filed the lawsuit against St. Paul and “nearly 200 cities, counties, and other agencies throughout Minnesota back in 2014.” Why? Well, according to Kendall, her “driver’s license information was accessed more than 3,800 times during a 10-year period,” and none of those searches were “for any legitimate law enforcement purpose.” The recent settlement comes even after “courts dismissed most of the instances, saying they were past the statute of limitations.”

Is Monsanto To Blame After Students, Teachers Poisoned?

Brianna Smith - January 4, 2018

A lawsuit was filed against Monsanto and local officials after families and teachers allege they were “sickened at a school outside of Seattle.” According to the lawsuit, which was filed earlier this week in King County Superior Court, local officials and Monsanto “allowed the school site to grow toxic with the use of the now-banned industrial chemicals known as PCBs.” As a result, many parents claim “their children’s health deteriorated while they attended Sky Valley Education Center, an alternative K-12 school in Monroe, Washington.”

Idaho Inmate Sues Corizon Health, Says He Had to Swallow Razor to Get Medical Attention

Ryan J. Farrick - January 4, 2018

An Idaho inmate is suing Corizon Health, claiming prison officials ignored an infection so long that his leg had to be amputated. Gary L. Merchant, 65, said in a lawsuit filed last week that his pleas for help were ignored. Only after taking desperate measure and swallowing a razor blade did medical staff take him

Judge Calls Elephant Personhood Case “Frivolous”

Sara E. Teller - January 4, 2018

Judge Calls Elephant Personhood Case “Frivolous”

Judge Lets Fiat Chrysler Age Discrimination Lawsuit Continue

Ryan J. Farrick - January 4, 2018

A judge ruled shortly before Christmas Day that an age discrimination lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles would be allowed to continue. An opinion issued on December 18th tossed aside FCA’s move to dismiss the suit. Attorneys for the company had hoped to force the four plaintiffs into arbitration, only to be denied by Judge Laurie

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