No one s particularly surprised to discover a big corporation or entity is lying to the public.
Actually, we kind of expect it.
But Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is blowing past that kind of defeatism by filing suit last summer against Big Oil, charging they knew in the 60s about climate change, deliberately lied to Minnesotans about it, and made about $775 billion dollars in the process.
The fossil fuel companies had hoped to move their case to federal court, asserting that it was a suit about climate change and most appropriately tried there.
But a federal judge disagreed and ruled the case will remain in Minnesota s courts and face the state s tough comsumer protection laws - and it s request for the full $775 billion in reparations. U.S. District Court Judge John R. Tunheim wrote that the Court declines Defendants invitation to interpret this well-pleaded consumer protection action as a wholesale attack on all features of global fossil fuel extraction, produ
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Day Care s Assault Coverage Suit Proceeds To Jury Trial
Law360 (April 1, 2021, 10:17 PM EDT) RSUI Indemnity Co. can rely on an exclusion for sex abuse or molestation to avoid having to pay part of a $6 million jury verdict against a Minnesota day care facility where one child assaulted another, a federal judge ruled Thursday, but said the excess insurer must face trial to determine the scope of its exclusion policy.
U.S. District Chief Judge John R. Tunheim granted partial summary judgment to RSUI in its coverage fight against Kids Quest Grand Casino Mille Lacs, finding that the exclusion may apply. He said the jury s verdict didn t determine if the assault that took place at.
ExxonMobil Corp. and other fossil fuel companies accused of deceiving the Minnesota public about the dangers of their products and impact of climate change for decades must fight those accusations in state court, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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Two crossed lines that form an X . It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Police advance on demonstrators who are protesting the killing of George Floyd on May 30, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Linda Tirado was covering a protest when she she shot by police with a less-lethal munition.
The incident left her blind in one eye. She s suing police and the city of Minneapolis.
In an interview, she discussed a recent court victory and her hope for justice.
The arc of history may ultimately bend toward justice, but Linda Tirado says she isn t waiting around for the passage of time.