POTTSVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Schuylkill County will pay $1.7 million as part of a settlement in a sexual harassment and assault lawsuit against a former commissioner. The lawsuit was filed in 2021 claiming Commissioner George F. Halcovage Jr. sexually harassed and assaulted four county workers. The settlement unanimously approved by the current board of []
Philips Respironics has reached a $1.1 billion settlement over claims that people who used their CPAP and other breathing devices were harmed by noxious gases and flecks of foam that lodged in their airways, sometimes for years.
The family of a Jackson man who died after an interaction with police officers will receive nearly $18,000 in a wrongful death settlement.
A convenience store chain where President Joe Biden stopped for snacks this week while campaigning in Pennsylvania has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants. Sheetz Inc., which operates more than 700 stores in six states, discriminated against Black, Native American and multiracial job seekers […]
BALTIMORE, Md. (WTAJ) -- Convenience store, restaurant and gas station chain Sheetz, headquartered in Altoona, Pa., is being accused of discriminating against people of color during their hiring process. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal agency, accused Sheetz of violating federal law by denying employment to a class of job applicants because of []
British actor Hugh Grant has settled a lawsuit against the publisher of Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspaper, The Sun, over claims journalists used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house, he said on Wednesday. Grant, alongside King Charles' son Prince Harry, was suing News Group Newspapers (NGN) for
High court action will claim US owner allowed access to app users’ private information in breach of UK lawGrindr faces the prospect of legal action by hundreds of users who will allege that the dating app shared highly sensitive personal information, including in some cases their HIV status, with advertising companies.The law firm Austen Hays is to file a claim on Monday in London’s high court alleging that the US owner of the app breached British data protection laws. Continue reading
President Trump's visit to a New York City bodega after his court appearance earlier this week was a viral sensation. The scene was vibrant, with supporters chanting for Trump and demonstrating tremendous enthusiasm in a traditionally Democratic stronghold. Joe Biden attempted to emulate Trump's visit by making a quick stop at a Pittsburgh Sheetz gas station and convenience store on Wednesday, and it didn’t go as his campaign had hoped.
The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants.
St Louis officer Jatonya Muldrow claimed she was transferred to undesirable new job because of her sexThe US supreme court on Wednesday gave a boost to a St Louis police officer who sued after claiming she was transferred to an undesirable new job because of her sex, in a case testing the scope of federal workplace protections.The 9-0 ruling by the justices threw out a decision by a lower court to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the officer, Jatonya Muldrow, and directed it to reconsider the...
Smartmatic sued OAN in 2021, saying it was a victim of OAN’s ‘disinformation’ that its equipment flipped the election for BidenThe voting equipment company Smartmatic has agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit with the far-right One America News Network (OAN) over lies broadcast on the network about the 2020 election.Erik Connolly, a lawyer for Smartmatic, confirmed the case had been settled, but said the details were confidential. Attorneys for Smartmatic and OAN notified a federal judge in...
A jury awarded a former California State Parks employee nearly $2.3 million after a trial laid bare claims that the agency and a former boss discriminated against him for his Mexican heritage and retaliated when he spoke up while employed in the department's Malibu region. "It could lay a foundation for other people behind me to have a fair shake," plaintiff Angel Alba said Monday. He qualified his optimism, though, adding, "There's still no room for Mexican American people in leadership here in...