The University of Iowa announced on Friday it would pay $6.5 million to settle sexual discrimination lawsuits brought against it by two former employees. Iowa’s longtime senior associate athletic director, Jane Meyer, and her partner, women’s field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum, filed the suits following Griesbaum’s firing in 2014. Both women cited Griesbaum’s controversial termination
An American couple whose young son was shot at a bus stop near Jerusalem over twenty years ago is filing a lawsuit against a U.S.-based organization, American Muslims for Palestine. Stanley and Joyce Boim, whose 17-year old son David was fatally shot by members of Gaza-based Hamas in the West Bank, are suing American Muslims
Anna Maria Giacomi who, while feeding a donkey, ended up losing an arm and a leg. According to Georgia resident Giacomi, two years ago she was feeding a donkey while working on a commercial farm when the animal attacked her. As a result of the attack, she filed a lawsuit against the farm and even plans to sue the hospital where she was treated for medical malpractice.
NFL Cheerleaders have been fighting for fair pay for awhile now, and for one team, their hard work has finally paid off. A class action lawsuit involving 90 former Oakland Raiders cheerleaders and their pursuit of fair pay was settled way back in 2014 for $1.25 million, but now the cheerleaders are finally being able to “collect the money this week.”
Years ago, a group of Native American farmers and ranchers filed a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) “over claims that the USDA discriminated against them in farm loans and loan servicing from 1981 through 1999.” While the particular lawsuit was settled for $760 million, $380 has gone unclaimed. Now, after
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A federal judge approved a $7.5 million class-action settlement against retail giant Wal-Mart, after finding that the company had violated gender discrimination laws by denying spousal benefits to same-sex couples. According to The Boston Globe, the suit was filed on behalf of a New Bedford, MA, woman by the advocacy group GLAD. The Globe notes
The U.S. Supreme Court struck a blow against consumer protections on Monday, ruling that a national collections agency wasn’t in the wrong for pursuing an expired debt. In a split 5-3 decision, the court sided with Midland Funding, which had repeatedly called an Alabama woman regarding $1,879 she’d owed for over a decade. The woman,
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