Former Athlete is Awarded $4 Million in Negligence Case
Former Athlete is Awarded $4 Million in Negligence Case
Verdicts & Settlements
Chiquita Settles with Families of Loved Ones Killed by FARC
Chiquita Settles with Families of Loved Ones Killed by FARC
Purdue’s Bid to Reverse Ruling Regarding OxyContin Litigation Rejected
Purdue’s Bid to Reverse Ruling Regarding OxyContin Litigation Rejected
Le Cordon Bleu Agrees to Settlement for Former Students, Ending Decade-Long Lawsuit
A decade-long class-action lawsuit between the “now-defunct Le Cordon Bleu culinary school” and 2,200 former students is finally coming to an end. Recently the school’s parent company, Career Education Corporation, announced that it will be paying “44 percent of its students’ tuition or loan amounts,” among other concessions. But why was the lawsuit filed against the culinary school and Career Education Corporation in the first place?
$25M Trump University Settlement Approved by Federal Court
The lawsuit against President Donald Trump regarding Trump University is finally at an end. Earlier this week a $25 million settlement was approved in federal court, ending litigation that first began when “two federal class-action fraud lawsuits and a parallel state court action” were brought forward by Eric Schneiderman, the New York Attorney General. The lawsuits “accused Trump U. of deceiving students by falsely claiming that Trump knew the instructors and that the school was an accredited university.” Instead of being an accredited university, Trump University was a for-profit training program for those interested in learning all of Trump’s “secrets to creating a real estate empire” while charging students up to $35,000 to attend. Additionally, students claimed they were “cheated out of tuition through high-pressure sales tactics and misleading claims about what they would learn.”
Yacht Rape Victim Awarded Nearly $71 Million In Damages
Yacht Rape Victim Awarded Nearly $71 Million In Damages
District Settles Fourth Lawsuit Over Students Sexually Abused
District Settles Fourth Lawsuit Over Students Sexually Abused
Lawsuit Surrounding Fatal Carjacking Settles for $12M
A four-year civil lawsuit against The Mall at Short Hills was settled for $12 million earlier this week. The lawsuit itself was filed by the wife of a man “killed during a carjacking at The Mall at Short Hills.” Back in September the wife, Jamie Schare Friedland, made a “formal offer to settle the lawsuit,” and it seems the mall finally agreed, but what happened?
Lawsuits Against Jim Carrey Over Death of Girlfriend Dropped
Earlier this week Jim Carrey was cleared of the lawsuits against him in relation to the “apparent suicide of his former girlfriend Cathriona White.” According to a representative for Carrey, the suits were “dismissed on Jan. 25” thanks in large part to a motion filed by his attorney, Raymond Boucher, in which he asked the court to “compel Mark Burton to provide White’s STD test results. Through discovery, Boucher came to the conclusion that a 2011 document showing White had clean test results prior to meeting Carrey was a forgery.” But who is Mark Burton? Why were the lawsuits filed against Carrey in the first place?
Haven Hospice Announces Shutdown of Affiliate Hit With $5m Fine
Hardly a month after its affiliate was hit by a $5 million federal fine, Haven Hospice announced its subsidiary, VNA and Hospice of the Florida Keys, will shut down by February’s end. “Haven knowingly submitted false claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs for medically unnecessary hospice care for certain patients who had lengths of