A class action lawsuit has reportedly been filed against the Californian health company known as Sutter Health after personal information relating to millions of patients went missing. The lawsuit, which was filed in Sacramento Superior Court by representatives of some of the US citizens affected by the data breach, accuses Sutter Health of negligence in …
The record company Universal is currently suing Grooveshark, an online music streaming service, for copyright infringement. According to the latest estimates, the case could cost Grooveshark up to $17 billion in damages if it loses, so hopefully the company has professional indemnity insurance that is up to the job. In the lawsuit, Universal is claiming …
Actress Eva Longoria, best known for her role on the hit US TV show Desperate Housewives, is reportedly facing a public liability lawsuit after a woman allegedly slipped and injured herself at the Las Vegas restaurant Longoria owns. According to the lawsuit, which has been filed at L.A. County Superior Court, Luiza Boyadijan claims she …
A company which made Power Balance bracelets and claimed that they had “performance-enhancing” qualities for athletes has reportedly been forced to pay $57 million to settle a class action lawsuit from disgruntled customers. Power Balance, a company based in California, has sold more than 3 million of the rubber bracelets, which it claimed were inspired …
Nintendo and EA Games are amongst many other companies named in a new patent infringement lawsuit filed by Impulse Technologies over wireless exercise equipment. The industrial wire and cable company is claiming that it patented a pressure sensitive board, complete with accelerometer accessory, back in 1996. It now argues such as EA Sports Active, Wii …
A lawsuit has been filed after a defective snow globe allegedly caused a fire which completely destroyed a home worth more than $1 million. The Jumbo Snowman snow globe, which was made by Hallmark cards, is believed to have started a blaze which destroyed the northern Michigan home of Florence and Stephen Hajek. The couple …
A construction firm based in Flixborough in North Lincolnshire has been fined a total of £13,000 after a worker sustained serious injuries after drilling through an underground cable. 26-year-old Richard Baisley, from Scunthorpe, had been told to dig two holes for a new sign to be placed outside Kim Barker Construction Ltd, where he worked. …
Premier Foods, the maker of the Loyd Grossman line of cooking sauces, could find itself with a product liability lawsuit on its hands after two people fell ill with botulism after consuming a jar of Loyd Grossman korma sauce. The incident occurred in Scotland, when two children in the same family fell ill after consuming …
The leading retail chain Boots is facing a claim for £100,000 in compensation after a rolling pin fell from its third floor window and fractured the skull of a baby below. Mother Claire Burns, 32 from Fife, says that the incident occurred on a shopping trip to Dundee in 2008. She and her father, Henry …
The US financial services organisation JPMorgan Chase & Co is being sued in a class action lawsuit filed by former customers of Bernard Madoff, who is now in prison for masterminding one of the largest financial frauds in US history. This latest lawsuit comes soon after a similar suit filed by Irving Picard, the trustee …
