New York’s attorney general is pursuing another lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp, alleging the oil company has misled investors about how climate change regulation could affect business. The New York Times reports the suit, filed in the state Supreme Court, seeks undisclosed damages and a court-ordered review of Exxon Mobil’s representations. Attorney General Barbara Underwood
On Wednesday, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection chief Mick Mulvaney levied a $200,000 penalty against a payday lender for harassing borrowers. While the punishment may seem a fitting penalty, Reuters reports that the $200,000 fine falls far short of the $3,000,000 Mulvaney’s predecessor was seeking. The settlement ended a CFPB investigation into Cash Express LLC, which
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.”
DNA Collected from Stamp Leads to Felony Charge
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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.
Among the things in life that really rely on personal preference as well as practicality, is certainly the choice of the car that you are going to drive during a long-distance family trip.
Southfield, Michigan-based Maddin, Hauser, Roth & Heller, P.C., is pleased to announce that President and CEO Steven D. Sallen has been selected for inclusion in the Top Attorneys of North America 2018-2019 edition of The Who’s Who Directories.
Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company and creator of the award-winning Legal Analytics® platform, announced the release of its first annual Insurance Litigation Report, which encompasses data on more than 93,000 insurance cases pending in federal court since 2009 – the third-largest case set on the Legal Analytics platform.
Southfield, Michigan-based Maddin, Hauser, Roth & Heller, P.C., is pleased to announce that R.J. Cronkhite has been elected to the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.