New York City Bicyclists Seek to File Class Action Suit for Over-Ticketing
Bicyclists in the Big Apple are tired of getting tickets from the police, so they have decided to go to court to try to stop it. Their frustration stems from the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) increased ticketing of bicyclists for running red lights, running stop signs, riding on sidewalks, not wearing helmets and hanging […]
Connecticut Jury Awards $58 Million to Victims in Medical Malpractice Case
Last week, a Connecticut jury awarded $58 million to the plaintiffs in a medical malpractice case against a gynecologist. The award marks the highest medical malpractice award in Connecticut’s history. The plaintiffs’ attorneys successfully convinced the jury that the doctor breached the standard of care by failing to start a caesarian section delivery in time. […]
California Man Sues Video Game Maker for Seizure and Injuries
Earlier this month, a former Navy pilot in California filed a lawsuit claiming that the PlayStation 3 game, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, is defective and dangerous because of its fast blinking strobe lights. The plaintiff alleges that in March 2010, the game’s graphical effects caused him to suffer a grand mal seizure. He says […]
Woman Finds Metal Objects in Her Bag of Potato Chips
An Illinois woman filed suit last week for more than $50,000 after she ate potato chips allegedly containing metallic objects similar to pins and needles. Doctors had to surgically remove the objects from her stomach and esophagus. The lawsuit names Frito Lay as a defendant and the alleged objects were in their Ruffles brand potato […]
Truck-Bicycle Collision on Sanibel Causeway Kills Bicyclist
A truck-bicycle collision earlier this month on the Sanibel Causeway killed a 46-year-old woman, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). At approximately 11:00 a.m., the victim and her husband were riding their bikes on the causeway. A truck swerved and struck the woman, causing her to fall over the guardrail and into the water. […]
Former Bloggers Sue Thomson Reuters Findlaw
A former writer is petitioning a California court for class action status in a lawsuit against Thomson Reuters Findlaw (TRF) and the staffing company Adecco. The plaintiff and 50 other writers seek back pay and attorney’s fees from alleged conduct at TRF’s Sunnyvale, California office. Specifically, the plaintiffs claim insufficient overtime pay and lack of […]
Tobacco Industry Lawyers Argue that Damages in Smoker’s Death are Excessive
Last week, attorneys for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. challenged a $15.75 million jury award in a case of a man who died from lung cancer in 1995. An R.J. Reynolds lawyer argued to the First District Court of Appeal that the compensatory and punitive damages awarded to the man’s widow were excessive. It is one […]
Florida Pharmacist Sued for Mishandling Prescription
A 64-year-old woman filed suit against a pharmacist and his store in Winter Park, Florida, claiming the pharmacist gave her the wrong prescription for her rheumatoid arthritis. The pharmaceutical litigation names The Medicine Shoppe and its owner Mehrdad Hairi as defendants. Mr. Hairi is also a pharmacist. The woman alleges that in May 2009, she […]
Insurance Company Tries to Sue Its Own Insured to Recover Settlement Pay-Out
Is it bad faith for an insurance company to sue its insured in an attempt to recover what it paid out in a settlement on behalf of the insured? Attorneys for the insured think so in one particular federal court case, which the insurance company is now backing away from without comment. In November 2008, […]
FBI Hopes Criminal Profiling Will Catch More White-Collar Criminals
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is now using behavioral profiling in hopes of targeting white-collar criminals. Agents from the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) are analyzing securities fraud cases to get into the minds of white-collar criminals in the same way as serial killers and violent criminals. Infamous cases such as Bernie Madoff and Hassan Nemazee, […]
