Lawyers’ large cut of the $626-million settlement is justified by the years of difficult, good work on the case, a judge said Friday. Critics argue that’s too much, and that more of the money should go directly to Flint residents.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has declared that a lawsuit brought by the City of Philadelphia against several pharmaceutical distributors and retailers for their role in allegedly creating and exacerbating the opioid epidemic in Philadelphia, will be remanded to state court for lack of federal jurisdiction.
An Illinois district court ordered candy buyers to refile their lawsuit accusing Kilwins Quality Confections Inc. of cheating customers by exaggerating the amount of sweets in its packages, saying their complaint failed to show they suffered $5 million in damages.
A woman is seeking $5 million from Kellogg’s in a class-action lawsuit over the alleged lack of strawberries in the company's frosted strawberry-flavored Pop-Tarts.