A Southwest flight attendant said the airline is directly responsible for COVID-19 death of her husband of 35 years in a $3 million federal lawsuit against the airline. Carol Madden, a 69-year-old cancer survivor who has worked with the airline since 2016, said she unknowingly contracted the coronavirus just days after a mandatory training session … Read more
A Hovis baker is suing his former bosses for £280,000 after claiming a fall at work left him with brain damage. Yacob Adan, 45, is demanding compensation from Premier Foods Plc, the former owner of the iconic bread brand, over the accident in March 2014. He claims he was left unconscious and brain damaged after … Read more
BBC presenter who agreed to be a human crash test dummy for his TV show sues the corporation for £3.7m after it ‘left him with whiplash, brain damage and mental scars’ Jem Stansfield, 46, appeared as part of a crash simulation on his BBC One show Stansfield was strapped into a cart and catapulted into … Read more
The EU is suing AstraZeneca over shortfalls in Covid vaccines which it blames for slowing the continent’s jab roll-out to a crawl. Legal action was launched against the British-Swedish drug-maker on Friday last week, a spokesman for the EU commission said today, adding that all 27 member nations supported it. ‘Terms of the contract have … Read more
Marks & Spencer has taken Aldi to court over a copycat version of its £7 Colin the Caterpillar cake. The grocery giant claimied Aldi was ‘riding on the coat-tails’ of its reputation and launched an intellectual property claim with the High Court this week. M&S has argued the similarity of Aldi’s £4.99 Cuthbert the Caterpillar … Read more
A New York parent who wants to marry their adult biological child is suing to overturn laws banning incest, saying marriage is a matter of ‘individual autonomy’. The parent filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court on April 1 asking a judge to declare incest laws ‘unconstitutional’ and unenforceable so that they can wed their offspring … Read more
Ice Cube is firing back at the headline-grabbing Robinhood after it used the rapper’s likeness and one of his lyrics to promote the company. The financial services company used an image of the 51-year-old rapper/actor from the 2007 film Are We Done Yet? and also paraphrased his ‘Check yo self before you wreck yo self’ … Read more
A senior hospital consultant is suing one of Britain’s biggest private healthcare chains for £2.7million after he was accused of sexually assaulting a nurse by commenting on her ‘lovely biscuits’. Vascular surgeon Simon Payne was suspended and later barred from working at Spire Healthcare over the alleged incident, in which he is said to have … Read more
A senior hospital consultant is suing one of Britain’s biggest private healthcare chains for £2.7million after he was accused of sexually assaulting a nurse by commenting on her ‘lovely biscuits’. Vascular surgeon Simon Payne was suspended and later barred from working at Spire Healthcare over the alleged incident, in which he is said to have … Read more
Italian volleyball club sues player for breach of contract after she became pregnant Lara Lugli, 41, was fired by amateur club Volley Pordenone in March 2019 Requested club pay salary owed for month played before pregnancy discovery However the club refused to pay the salary and then took the case to court By Bhvishya Patel … Read more