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Museum Sues Ex-Director Over Fake Basquiats

Orlando Museum of Art says damage from fraud scheme may be irreparable

(Newser) - The Orlando Museum of Art has admitted its "99-year legacy was shattered" when it was found to be exhibiting fake paintings attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat. Now it wants justice. In a lawsuit filed Monday, OMA "seeks to hold responsible the people the Museum believes knowingly misrepresented the works'...

Blind Side Couple Says Lawsuit Is a &#39;Shakedown&#39;
Blind Side
Couple
Denies
Allegations
Aug 16, 2023 12:00 AM CDT

Blind Side Couple Denies Allegations

Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy say Michael Oher tried to get $15M from them before filing suit

(Newser) - The Tennessee couple depicted by Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw in the 2009 film The Blind Side are speaking out after the lawsuit filed against them by their supposedly adopted son , former NFL player Michael Oher. Oher now says he found out years down the line that he was never...

Lawsuit Blames Prosciutto for Ankle Fracture
Woman Slips on
Prosciutto, Sues
Aug 15, 2023 4:56 PM CDT

Woman Slips on Prosciutto, Sues

Lawsuit says accident at Eataly Boston caused 'loss of enjoyment of life'

(Newser) - A woman who says she lost her "enjoyment of life" after slipping on a stray slice of prosciutto is suing Eataly Boston. According to New Hampshire resident Alice Cohen's lawsuit, she was shopping at the Italian market last October when she approached an area where free samples were...

Revenge Porn Victim Sought $100M, Got $1.2B

Jury rules for Texas woman whose ex posted intimate pics of her in 'painful' harassment campaign

(Newser) - A Texas jury has awarded $1.2 billion to a woman who said she was a revenge porn victim at the hands of a former beau. The woman's complaint , filed in April of last year in Harris County, accused ex-boyfriend Marquez Jackson of posting "visual intimate material" of...

Gay Canadian Couple Wins Suit Against Italy's Ruling Party

Fratelli d'Italia used photo of two dads in campaign against surrogacy, same-sex parenting

(Newser) - When they welcomed their son Milo with the help of a surrogate mother in 2014, BJ Barone and Frank Nelson took off their shirts to make skin-to-skin contact with the newborn. A photo of the tender moment with the new born went viral, but the two Canadian dads were appalled...

Judge: Don't Like 'Woke' Starbucks? Invest Elsewhere

Ruling dismisses case brought by conservative group who'd sued over chain's diversity initiatives

(Newser) - Starbucks has notched a win against a conservative group that tried to stymie its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. The Messenger reports that on Friday, Chief US District Judge Stanley Bastian dismissed a case against the coffee giant brought last August by the nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research,...

After Settlement Over Henrietta Lacks' Cells, a New Complaint

Family of Black woman whose cells advanced science file another suit, now against Ultragenyx

(Newser) - Just over a week after Henrietta Lacks' descendants settled a lawsuit against a biotech company they accused of unjustly profiting off her cells for generations, the family's attorneys have filed another claim against a different corporation. The new lawsuit, which targets California-based biopharmaceutical company Ultragenyx, was filed Thursday in...

Group Accuses Kellogg of 'Sexualizing' Products

Conservative group is also targeting cereal-maker's diversity programs

(Newser) - A conservative legal group run by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller has taken aim at Target and Kellogg, which it accuses of breaking the law with its diversity programs—and of "sexualizing" its products. In a complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, America First Legal said policies...

Lawsuit Aims to 'Decimate' Hate Group

Black man says he was attacked by Patriot Front members in Boston last year

(Newser) - A Black teacher and musician who says members of a white nationalist hate group punched, kicked, and beat him with metal shields during a march through Boston last year sued the organization on Tuesday. Charles Murrell III, of Boston, was in the area of the Boston Public Library to play...

SD Supreme Court Re-Ups a Thorn in Kevin Costner's Side

Judges rule that sculptor's longtime lawsuit against actor over bronze sculpture can resume

(Newser) - Kevin Costner's divorce has apparently turned contentious , but that's not the only legal issue the Yellowstone star is contending with. For 15 years, a battle has been brewing between Costner, 68, and sculptor Peggy Detmers, who filed a suit against the actor in 2008 regarding a 17-piece bronze...

Mom: Southwest Accused Me of Trafficking My Own Daughter

Mary MacCarthy, who's white, says she and her biracial 10-year-old child were racially profiled

(Newser) - A single mom has sued Southwest, accusing the airline of racial discrimination after a flight attendant suspected she may have been trafficking a child—her own daughter. NBC News reports that Mary MacCarthy, who's white, was traveling with her then-10-year-old daughter, Moira, who's Black, in October 2021 from...

Facial Recognition Fails: Pregnant Woman Wrongly Arrested

Porcha Woodruff sues city of Detroit, says facial-recognition technology led to that false arrest

(Newser) - When a very pregnant Porcha Woodruff was approached by cops earlier this year and told she was being arrested, the 32-year-old aesthetician and nursing school student from Detroit initially thought they were kidding. It was no joke, however, and now she's suing the city, alleging a false arrest based...

Workers Who Called Prayer Meetings 'Cultlike' to Get $50K

2 ex-employees settle in religious discrimination suit against North Carolina home-repair company

(Newser) - A North Carolina home-repair business fired two employees after they refused to continue participating in the company's mandatory prayer sessions—and now, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the firm will pay out $50,000 over the incident. Per a Wednesday EEOC release , the settlement with Aurora Pro Services...

Trump Sues CNN for $475M
Judge Tosses Trump's CNN Suit
updated
Jul 29, 2023 4:30 PM CDT

Judge Tosses Trump's CNN Suit

$475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN, Ruling calls 'Big Lie' usage repugnant but not defamatory

(Newser) - Donald Trump's lawsuit arguing that CNN likened the former president to Adolf Hitler in its coverage of false 2020 election fraud claims has come to an end. The defamation suit said that on-air use of the term "Big Lie" harmed Trump. US District Judge Raag Singhal dismissed the...

Court: No Suit Over Woman Mistakenly Declared Dead

Panel says family of Timesha Beauchamp, who did eventually die, can't file complaint against EMTs

(Newser) - The family of a Michigan woman who was erroneously declared dead in 2020, then declared dead for real eight weeks later, tried to sue the city of Southfield and four first responders whose bad judgment, they say, contributed to Timesha Beauchamp's demise from a brain injury. Her family says...

Black Filmmaker Reported Burglary, Got Tased: Lawsuit

Damien Smith alleges false arrest, violation of civil rights in lawsuit against LAPD

(Newser) - Actor-director Damien Smith was making a documentary about police brutality when he says he unwittingly became a victim. Smith says he returned to his Hollywood apartment in October 2021 to find a man walking out of his bedroom carrying his grandfather's watch and other belongings. As the man charged,...

Teen Suspended for Mocking Principal Sues

Tennessee student says free speech rights were violated after Instagram posts made fun of school

(Newser) - It's not unusual for students to poke fun of teachers or administrators, but one high school principal who suspended a teen for doing so is now on the receiving end of a First Amendment lawsuit. The Washington Post reports on the complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court...

Suit: SBF Had Eye on Buying Money-Laundering Haven

FTX founder wanted to scoop up island nation of Nauru, build bunker for the apocalypse, per suit

(Newser) - Sam Bankman-Fried likely had a lot of plans for the billions of dollars once in his digital wallet, but one that hasn't been talked about yet was his idea to scoop up an island nation, build a bunker for himself and other elites in his movement, and ride...

Trump Organization Settles Cohen&#39;s Suit Over Legal Bills
Trump's Company, Cohen Settle
Jul 21, 2023 2:45 PM CDT

Trump's Company, Cohen Settle

Lawsuit over legal bills could have put former president's son on the stand

(Newser) - Donald Trump's company and his former longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen have settled a lawsuit over Cohen's claims that he was unfairly stuck with big legal bills after becoming entangled in investigations into the former president. Lawyers for the two sides disclosed the settlement during a video...

Family Awarded $800K in Chicken McNugget Burn Suit

McDonald's, franchisee had already been found liable

(Newser) - A Broward County jury on Wednesday awarded the family of a girl who was burned by a Chicken McNugget from her McDonald's Happy Meal $800,000, CNN reports. That covers pain and suffering, disfigurement, mental anguish, inconvenience, and loss of capacity for enjoyment of life, with half of the...

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