Employee Fired After Sleepwalking Incident. Loses Disability Discrimination Claim. On Claims Journal - August 10, 2022 An employee fired after she climbed into a colleague’s bed while sleepwalking at a hotel during an out-of-town conference has no disability discrimination claim, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month. Link To Article

ATM Theft Numbers Continue to Climb After Surpassing Historic Highs On Claims Journal - August 9, 2022 The number of automated teller machine thefts in the United States increased another 10 percent in 2021 after surging during the previous year, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Link To Article

Appeals Court Reverses Verdict Against Surgeon in Spinal Implant Kickback Case On Claims Journal - July 28, 2022 A federal appellate court overturned a $5.5 million jury verdict against a Missouri orthopedic surgeon who is accused in a whistleblower lawsuit of taking kickbacks from a spinal implant distributor owned by his fiancee. Link To Article

Buchalter product-liability chair used sexually harassing acronyms, lawsuit alleges On ABA Journal - July 20, 2022 A staff member at Buchalter has filed a lawsuit against the law firm and the chair of its product-liability practice alleging that the partner made sexually inappropriate comments and used acronyms to convey sexually harassing messages. Link To Article

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