Tag: Lawsuits
Prosecutors seek validation of South Carolina abortion ban
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two of the prosecutors named as defendants in a federal lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions have argued...
Civil suit in U.S. over British teen’s death can proceed
<p>FALLS CHURCH. Va. — A federal judge in Virginia has again rejected an American diplomatic couple's efforts to toss out a lawsuit in the...
Exxon Mobil ordered to pay $14.25M penalty in pollution case
HOUSTON — A federal judge ordered Exxon Mobil to pay a $14.25 million civil penalty Tuesday in an 11-year-old lawsuit alleging it violated the...
Settlement reached in Indiana police pursuit, deadly crash
CROWN POINT, Ind. — A $1.2 million settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit filed over a high-speed police chase that ended with...
Activists sue big French retailer over Amazon forest damage
PARIS — Environmental groups and indigenous activists from the Amazon region filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a French court alleging that France-based supermarket chain...
Civil suit in U.S. over British teen’s death can proceed
FALLS CHURCH. Va. — A federal judge in Virginia has again rejected an American diplomatic couple's efforts to toss out a lawsuit in the...
Still divisive, Dr. Luke resurges at Grammys — as Tyson Trax
NEW YORK — With dark clouds looming behind him, controversial music producer and hitmaker Dr. Luke rose to the top of the Billboard charts...
AG sues Texas utility over customers’ sky-high energy bills
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — Texas' attorney general said Monday he's suing electricity provider Griddy for passing along <a href="https://apnews.com/article/texas-high-electric-bills-e8cb3450888464a059e3132b23cb6f5d">massive bills</a> to its customers during last...
Hundreds claim decades of abuse by 150 youth center staffers
CONCORD, N.H. — Abuse allegations against New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center now span six decades, with 150 staffers during that time accused of...
AG sues Texas utility over customers’ sky-high energy bills
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas' attorney general said Monday he's suing electricity provider Griddy for passing along massive bills to its customers during last month's...