Arizona Republic: “A Beverly Hills-based gossip website has been hit with an $11 million judgment for libel and slander after posting false accusations about a northern Kentucky teacher who sidelines as a Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader.” The website is thedirty.com owned by Dirty World Entertainment Recordings, which got its start in Scottsdale, [...]
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Employer has a firm dinner after which some employees to to a near by night club to drink and dance. While dancing, a large male employee fell on a small woman, which caused her to sustain permanent injuries. The employee sued and won a court judgment of $5 million in lost wages [...] PR Newswire reports that a woman and her child who were injured in a car accident caused by a PizzaHut delivery driver won a $10.8 million lawsuit PizzaHut. The 18 year old delivery driver who obtained her drivers license three months before the accident had an epileptic seizure, which caused her to [...] Springfield News Sun: “The family of a man who was hit by a train while jumping off a trestle into a river two years ago is suing the railroad and a local canoe center.” The man was killed after he and friends were canoeing down a river when they came to a [...] Here is an article that proves what I have been saying for years, the limited liability company is the most popular type of entity now being formed in the United States, especially in Arizona. Since 2001, I have formed over 2,400 Arizona LLCs. On the LLC Law Library area of my website [...] Professor Paul L. Caron of the University of Cincinnati College of Law has written an article called “Ten Estate Planning Advantages of Limited Liability Companies.” The abstract says: In the eight years since the Service blessed the Wyoming limited liability company (LLC) statute, there has been an explosion of interest [...] IRS statistics show that the risk of a tax audit is significantly greater if you operate your business as a sole proprietor or through a limited liability company taxed as a sole proprietor. Entities that are taxed as partnerships, C corporations and S corporation (LLCs can potentially be taxed all four ways) [...] This post on the Asset Protection Law Journal discusses a recent Ohio court of appeals case called Dover Phila Heating v. SJS Restaurants that confirmed the general rule of Ohio law that the owners of an Ohio limited liability company are not liable for the debts and obligations of the LLC. The [...] Robert Holloway stepped in it on a visit to Petsmart. In a lawsuit filed against Petsmart for $1 million, Mr. Holloway claims that he was injured when he slipped on poop on the floor. The complaint alleges that Petsmart “negligently allowed animals to enter the premises and deposit feces in such a [...] Nitra Gipson, a 24 year old woman, was falsely arrested by Wal-Mart when she tried to cash money orders. Wal-Mart employees claimed that the money orders were counterfeit. The prosecutor declined to prosecute because the money orders were valid. The incident caused a jury to award Ms. Gipson $8.2 million in actual [...] Yes. It’s true. This case proves that there is no limit to the creativity insanity of tort law when it comes to new ways to sue. This lawsuit is in Canada, but you can be sure that American tort lawyers will be happy that they have another reason to sue. Long-time softball [...] Poughkeepsie Journal: “A jury has decided the school district must pay the parents of a former student at Stissing Mountain Junior-Senior High School $1.25 million due to its ‘indifference’ to the racial harassment he endured for more than three years. The jury found Pine Plains school district officials did not take sufficient [...] Remember what happens when the fox is put in charge of the hen house? It happened in Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel says, “A federal judge has ruled that Johnny Kimble, a longtime supervisor in the state’s Equal Rights Division, was subject to discriminatory behavior at the hands of the division’s [...] The Louisville, Kentucky Courier Journal reports on another police outrage involving pictures taken by a parent and developed by a film processing company. An employee processing the film noticed pictures of Michael Ramage and two nude kids and a picture of Ramage’s genitalia. The ever vigilant do-gooder called the Louisville Crimes Against [...] World of Work: “Earlier this week, a federal judge approved a $2 million consent decree, finally settling an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) suit alleging that the Les Schwab Tire Center violated Title VII by discriminating against women in its 420 stores in California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Click here to [...] Here’s another outrageous lawsuit that drives people nuts. City of Detriot worker Susan McBride cannot stand her co-worker’s perfume so she complaints to management that does not solve the problem. Susan does what every other money hungry red-blooded American would do – she lawyers up and sues the city for violating her [...] Phoenix Business Journal: “LifeLock Inc. has settled a lawsuit brought against it by the Federal Trade Commission and 35 states for $12 million, ending a lingering legal battle about what the company promised in its advertising versus what it could deliver in regards to preventing identity theft.” Phoenix Business Journal: “The state has reached a $150,000 settlement with apartment landlords over their treatment of a disabled tenant . . . . [Arizona Attorney General] Goddard also said the state had reached the $150,000 settlement with National City Neighborhood LLC and its principals over treatment of handicapped tenant. The settlement [...] L.A. Now: “Los Angeles Clippers owner and real estate mogul Donald T. Sterling has agreed to pay a record $2.725 million to settle allegations that he discriminated against African Americans, Hispanics and families with children at scores of apartment buildings he owns in and around Los Angeles.” |
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