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Nike kicks class action over 'Sustainability' products
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against Nike that argued its "Sustainability" products are not as environmentally friendly as the company would have shoppers believe.
Seventh Circuit keeps wrongful murder conviction case alive, finds key info possibly omitted
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - A lack of exculpatory information on a probable cause affidavit could be seen as the reason a man had to spent more than 10 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Kroger attacks gouda class action and the lawyer who brought it
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - "Copycat" and "frivolous" are some of the terms used by Kroger as it asks a federal judge to throw out a class action lawsuit over smoked gouda.
Nike wants class action over what's in its clothing tossed
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - Nike is hoping a federal judge will throw out a class action lawsuit against it, just like a colleague did with a similar case.
Last of wrongful death lawsuit over suicide at juvenile center settled
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - A mother who tried unsuccessfully to sue a Missouri court after her son hanged himself at a juvenile justice center has settled her lawsuit against the remaining defendant.
Class action targets materials in Nike's 'Sustainability' products
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - A class action plaintiff says Nike's "Sustainability" products are not as an environmentally friendly as the company would have shoppers believe.
Judge: H&M never promised 'environmentally friendly' clothes
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - H&M has defeated a class action lawsuit that alleged its "Conscious Choice" sustainable clothing line is not made from environmentally friendly materials.
Postal Service defeats white employee's racism, retaliation lawsuit
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Postal Service has won judgment in a lawsuit brought against it by a white employee who sued over his Black co-workers' use of the "N" word.
Family gets $900K wrongful death settlement after man hangs self in Missouri jail
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - A Missouri county will pay $900,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a man who committed suicide in its jail.
H&M defends 'Conscious Choice' line of 'sustainable' clothing
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - It didn't take long for H&M to file a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit that alleges its "Conscious Choice" sustainable clothing line is not made from environmentally friendly materials.
Postal Service goes for win in white man's hostile work environment case
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Postal Service is hoping to defeat a lawsuit brought by a white employee who sued over his Black co-workers' use of the "N" word.
Company that sold pool fails to win dismissal of lawsuit over 2-year-old's death
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – The seller of an above-ground pool will face wrongful death allegations, as a St. Louis federal judge has rejected the company’s motion to dismiss.
St. Louis opposes class action request in too-much-mace lawsuit
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – St. Louis is trying to keep a lawsuit alleging its prison guards use too much mace on inmates from becoming a class action.
All will be tried at the same time in too-much-mace lawsuit in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – Defendants in a lawsuit accusing them of using too much mace on detainees at St. Louis’ City Justice Center have lost their effort to have any trial split into separate proceedings.
Officer who arrested murder suspect says he's not to blame for conviction
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – A law enforcement officer whose investigation led to Donald Nash spending 12 years in jail for a murder Nash says he didn’t do is asking a federal judge to throw out the civil lawsuit against him.
Frat avoids liability after pledge gets wasted, slashes Creighton student's throat
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – A fraternity won’t be liable after a Creighton University student pledging it drank and smoked marijuana to the point of bizarre behavior, then slashed the throat of a female whose dorm room he mistakenly entered.
Mother can't blame Missouri court system for son's suicide
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – Government defendants can’t be sued over the suicide of a teenager at an alternative juvenile center in Missouri.
College basketball player sues Hilton, says flying table crushed his dreams
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - An airborne table at a Las Vegas pool ruined a young man's basketball career, a new lawsuit says.
Mom suing over denial of coverage for son's sex reassignment surgery faces motion to dismiss
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – A St. Louis hospital is fighting back against discrimination claims filed by an employee who complains her health plan won’t cover transition-related medical services for her son.
Lawsuit clears hurdle in case of man wrongly convicted of murder of girlfriend
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – A man found to have been wrongly convicted of killing his girlfriend who spent 12 years in jail can not only sue one of the Missouri State Highway Patrollers who investigated the crime, he can also seek punitive damages.