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Wrongful death suit filed against Tex McIver, key witness in shooting

As a local attorney begins a life sentence in prison for murdering his wife, he's now also facing a wrongful death lawsuit. But the suit doesn’t just name Tex McIver. It also names the key witness in the car when it happened – Dani Jo Carter.McIver was sentenced to life in prison with the ...

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $4.69 bn damages in talc cancer case

WASHINGTON: US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson was Thursday ordered to pay out $4.69 billion in damages in a lawsuit representing 22 women and their families who alleged a talc sold by the company contained asbestos and caused them to suffer cancer. It is the latest twist in a matter ...

NYU Becomes Latest School To Beat ERISA Class Action

New York University defeated an Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action on Tuesday when a federal judge rejected workers' claims that the school's two employee retirement plans were mismanaged to the tune of $358 million in losses. U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest's opinion ...

NFL Concussion Settlement Pays Out Over $502M In Claims

The special master overseeing the National Football League’s concussion settlement on Monday said that more than half a billion dollars in claims have been awarded in the past year and a half, exceeding what the NFL originally estimated it would pay out over 10 years. According to a report ...

Six women sue USC for  Alleged Sexual Misconduct by Campus Gynecologist

Six women filed civil lawsuits Monday alleging that a longtime gynecologist at the University of Southern California sexually victimized them under the pretext of medical care and that USC failed to address complaints from clinic staff about the doctor's behavior. One woman alleged Dr. George ...

Pedestrian hit by vehicle dies. $4.5M. Los Angeles County.

Summary Pedestrian struck by company vehicle in a crosswalk. The Case Case Name: Tran v. TNT USA, INC. Court and Case Number: Los Angeles Superior Court / BC645566 Date of Verdict or Judgment: Friday, August 31, 2018 Date Action was Filed: Wednesday, January 04, ...

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