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MTA Metro-North Railroad Faces More Than 30 Lawsuits After 2013 Accident
Two years after a disastrous train derailment in Bridgeport, Connecticut injured more than 70 passengers, several victims have filed lawsuits against the railroad. The Hartford Courant reports that more than 32 lawsuits have been filed against the MTA Metro-North Railroad since the accident. State laws mandate that personal injury lawsuits must be filed within two years of…
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Legionnaires’ Victim Files the First Claim against Co-Op City for Negligence
Back in November 2014, several residents living in Co-Op City (located in the Bronx, NY) started developing symptoms of a potentially-fatal disease called Legionnaires’ disease; by January 2015, the NBC New York reported that 12 cases of the disease had been diagnosed, and that the city’s Health Department believed at least 75% of those cases…
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Supreme Court Appears to Sympathize With Woman Rejected for Abercrombie Job Due to Headscarf
A much-watched case regarding religious and employment discrimination made its way before the Supreme Court Feb. 25, with most commentators saying the court appears to be sympathizing with the would-be employee in question, Samantha Elauf. In 2008, when she was 17, Elauf applied for a job at clothing retailer Abercrombie and Fitch, and says that…
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Woman Sues U.S. House of Representatives to the Tune of $200K — Over a Dog Bite
Government officials aren’t always popular, but one West Virginia woman certainly has a bone to pick with the U.S. House of Representatives. She has recently filed a lawsuit and is suing the House for $200,000. Her reason? She was bitten on her index finger by a dog in one of their offices. Two years ago.…