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California school district to pay $2.25M to settle suit involving teacher who had student's baby
A Southern California school district will pay $2.25 million to settle the latest lawsuit involving a teacher who became pregnant by one of at least two students she was accused of sexually abusing.
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Court Revives Case Against Holyoke Soldiers' Home Leaders
A criminal trial can proceed against two former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home officials accused of negligence that led to the deaths of elderly veteran residents early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Massachusetts’ highest court ruled Thursday. In a 5-2 decision that reversed a lower court’s dismissal of grand jury indictments, the Supreme Judicial Court said prosecutors should have a chance to try their...
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Settlement Reached Between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems
The judge overseeing the defamation lawsuit dismissed the jury just as the trial was to begin.
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Top Mass. Court Hears Arguments Over Holyoke Soldiers' Home Leaders Charges
Massachusetts’ top court heard arguments Wednesday in the attorney general’s office appeal of a ruling dismissing indictments against the top two former leaders at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home. More than 70 people died in the COVID-19 outbreak in the home for veterans at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, one of the deadliest such outbreaks at a U.S. long-term…
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Juul Settles Thousands of Lawsuits for Undisclosed Amount Amid Teen Vaping Concerns
Juul Labs has reached settlements covering more than 5,000 cases brought by about 10,000 plaintiffs over the e-cigarette company’s marketing practices that have been blamed for the teenage vaping crisis.
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Hertz To Pay $168 Million to Settle With Customers Wrongly Accused of Stealing Cars
Due to a glitch in Hertz’s system, the company mistakenly accused customers of stealing rented cars.
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$58M Settlement in Deadly Holyoke Soldiers Home COVID Outbreak Is Approved
A federal judge has approved a nearly $58 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed in response to the deaths of dozens of veterans who contracted COVID-19 at a Massachusetts veterans home. “It was with heavy hearts that we got to the finish line on this case,” Michael Aleo, an attorney for the plaintiffs said Tuesday, the day after the…