A federal appeals court denied former employees of EMC Corp. class-action status in their complaint against the company claiming sexual discrimination. This means that the plaintiffs will have to pursue their complaints on an individual basis. The two plaintiffs had each worked in EMC’s Chicago-area sales force from 1999 to…
An appeals court upheld a $3.2 million award to a woman who said she suffered permanent nerve damage after eating sushi. The woman was awarded the judgment from a jury more than two years ago but a judge overturned the award. In the decision the 4th District Court of Appeal…
Texas A&M University has agreed to pay $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit resulting from the 1999 bonfire collapse that killed 12 people and injured 27. The families of four students who died and three who were hurt had sued the university, school officials and construction contractors hired to help…
According to a new lawsuit filed by four former human-resources managers recent layoffs at Dell unfairly targeted women and workers over age 40, and the company discriminates against women in pay and promotions, The four former HR executives at Dell are seeking US$500 million in a class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday…
The Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling will help the widow of an anthrax victim claim that the government was ultimately responsible for her husband’s death. The widow’s husband was a photo editor who was exposed to anthrax when it was mailed to the Boca Raton office of American Media…
The world’s largest company Exxon Corp promised the residents of a Baltimore County neighborhood that the company would “pay money damages to the people who were harmed” by a 26,000-gallon gasoline leak that contaminated the groundwater beneath their homes two years ago. This is a trial in which 309 plaintiffs…
Diana Levine has a big fight coming up. In a drawing made by her daughter, based on Greek mythology there is an illustration of Diana the Huntress, her bow string drawn taut, an arrow ready to fly. But the arm pulling at the bowstring was amputated below the elbow —…
A default judgment was granted to the parents of a freshman pledge who fell to his death two years ago after authorities said he was subjected to hazing. A state district judge has ordered the national and University of Texas chapters of a fraternity to pay $16.2 million. The Sigma…
Wyeth, which set aside more than $21 billion to resolve lawsuits over the fen-phen diet combination, must pay $3 million to a woman who contracted a lung-destroying disease from the drugs. The New Jersey jurors deliberated about two hours before finding that Wyeth’s Pondimin drug was a cause of the…
A $4 million award to the family of a woman misdiagnosed with cancer and then given a lethal dose of painkillers was upheld by the Mississippi Supreme Court. The patient’s daughter brought a wrongful death suit against Hospice Ministries and Dr. William Causey. The hospice settled during the trial for…