$45K Bloomington Settlement Bound By Gag Order

- March 16, 2017

Does a gag order on a settlement about open government sound a bit silly? You wouldn’t be the first to think so, but that’s exactly what happened as a result of a lawsuit filed back in 2015 by Tony Webster. He sued the “city of Bloomington when it didn’t hand over everything he’d asked for related to a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mall of America.” However, it didn’t take long before news of the lawsuit lost steam, and eventually “faded from view,” according to the StarTribune.

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Chesapeake Schools Settle Over Alleged Child Abuse

- March 14, 2017

Last month, Chesapeake Schools settled a lawsuit with a family that accused the school staff at Southeastern Elementary School of abusing their disabled son by regularly restraining him in a “special chair for the sake of convenience.” So how much did the school system pay up? Well, they won’t say.

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Food Safety Lawsuit Against Chipotle Dismissed

- March 11, 2017

Chipotle has been through a lot these last few years. From food safety concerns to accusations that they lied to shareholders, it’s about time they caught a break. Fortunately for the restaurant, that time is now, as a judge recently ruled that “there’s insufficient evidence the burrito chain lied to shareholders” about food safety, resulting in the dismissal of a civil suit filed back in January 2016.

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Mercy Springfield Ordered To Pay $28.9M In Negligence Lawsuit

- March 11, 2017

For failure to diagnose Emilee Williams’ rare health disorder in a timely manner, Mercy Clinic Springfield Communities has been accused of negligence and ordered by a jury to pay $28.9 million to Williams. Because of the medical center’s delay in diagnosing her with Wilson’s disease, Williams claims her disorder became more severe — so severe that she “now must be fed through a tube.”

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Will Student Athletes Win $209M Scholarship Settlement?

- March 10, 2017

A federal judge is considering the approval of a $208.7 million settlement between “student-athletes and the NCAA and major college sports conferences.” The catch is that the judge expects lawyers to do a “better job of letting athletes know about the settlement.” As it stands now, about $6,700 is expected to be awarded to former “Division I football and basketball players who received athletic scholarships at well below the cost of attending school.” Wait, what exactly happened to warrant such a settlement?

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