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Personal Injury

School abuse

NEW ORLEANS — A federal court in New Orleans denied a parish school board’s request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that three suburban school employees used physical violence on a blind, autistic 12-year-old student in separate incidences on the same day. The child’s family’s claims are supported by video and witness testimony. According to the parents, the school board posits that “kicking, hitting, and slamming a child’s head into a table somehow does not constitute battery.”

Horse protection

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A federal court in North Carolina denied a retired businessman’s motion for an injunction against the Department of Agriculture, which seeks to enforce the Horse Protection Act against him for soring his horse, or exposing it to caustic chemicals to produce a more aesthetically desirable gait. He says he did not sore his horse, but he incorrectly argues that because a judicial officer and not the department’s secretary filed the complaint against him, the process is illegitimate.

Forever-chemical butter

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A federal court in New York preserved the false-advertising class action brought against the makers of Kerrygold Irish Butter, which allegedly misled consumers about the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” in the product’s packaging — and which can seep into the food itself. The court says a reasonable consumer would perceive the products as not containing harmful chemicals based on the “Pure Irish Butter” labeling.

Toxic soot settlement

CHICAGO — A federal court in Illinois approved a $12.25 million settlement for residents of Chicago’s La Villita neighborhood, stemming from the April 2020 botched implosion of an abandoned coal stack in the area — which coated the surrounding area with toxic coal soot.

Walmart vs. employee

NEW ORLEANS — A federal court in Louisiana denied Walmart’s request to dismiss, as time-barred, an overnight stocker’s suit for malicious prosecution and defamation. The store had her arrested for twice purchasing multiple packages of newly marked-down meat after her shift ended, a violation of Walmart employment policies. She says her behavior was not criminal because she had relabeled the packages of meat with store-ordered lower prices, and did not alter the labels she was told to put on the products.

Shasta County officers must answer for breaking man’s wrist after falsely arresting him

Jimmy Gettings claims a Shasta County sheriff's deputy broke his wrist with tight handcuffs after he was falsely arrested for selling baby chicks.

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