When Michelle Nemphos’ daughter’s adult teeth started erupting, she was dismayed to see very bright white spots on her teeth. And Nemphos was surprised because she had been careful to ensure her daughter had almost exclusively fluoridated water from the time she was an infant…
Amici brief in constitutional challenge to a Utah statute that criminalizes core whistleblowing activity in the farmed animal agricultural industry—in particular, slaughterhouses, meat processing plants, and factory farms. The law at issue—enacted by the state of Utah in 2012—makes it a crime to “interfere” with any…
Car buyers who are misled about an inflated fee on paper work signed two contracts, one with an arbitration clause and a second contract without an arbitration clause. Given the language of the documents, under normal rules of Florida contract law, the parties have not…
This was a case alleging that an employee at a car dealership was misclassified under the state’s wage and hour laws, so that he would not receive overtime. The trial court ordered that the employee had to arbitrate his claims. The case was appealed to…
Public Justice joined an amici brief to the California Supreme Court arguing that a group of newspaper delivery workers who claimed they were misclassified as independent contractors should be allowed to pursue litigation against their alleged employer as a class action. The brief was authored…
At issue in this case is whether an ERISA plan can start the clock ticking on a beneficiary’s federal cause of action challenging her denial of disability benefits before the suit could be brought in court (due to administrative exhaustion requirements), thereby permitting the plan…
This case involves a Class Action Fairness Act question of first impression: when can toxic tort cases limited to locations within a single state can be removed to federal court? Abraham was brought in Virgin Islands court by over 450 residents of the island of…
In this class action resulting in a $15 million judgment for banking officers who claimed they were misclassified as exempt employees, Public Justice joined in an amici brief to the California Supreme Court arguing that defendants do not have a due process right to litigate…
Public Justice and Public Citizen filed an amici brief urging the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to affirm a trial court’s decision not to compel arbitration claims brought by a putative class of largely immigrant and non-English-speaking janitorial workers who allegedly suffered egregious wage violations under…
This case presents the issue of whether design-defect claims against generic drug manufacturers are preempted by federal law. A New Hampshire jury awarded plaintiff Karen Bartlett more than $21 million in compensatory after she suffered catastrophic injuries caused by Mutual’s generic drug, sulindac. Mutual argues…
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