By MARIANNE HOLLAND Hoosier Environmental Council ELKHART — People in a working-class Elkhart community, who endured 11 years of hazardous fires, constant dust, acrid smoke, and obnoxious odors from the dangerous practices of an industrial waste processor, VIM Recycling, have been awarded $50,568,750 in a class action lawsuit. “This judgment puts into perspective the enormous …read more.

NEW PARIS — This month a year ago, a New Paris mother dropped her 19-month-old son off to daycare, unaware it would be the last time she saw him alive. Today, nearly a year after his death, the family is seeking justice through the filing of a wrongful death lawsuit against the woman charged to …read more.

ELKHART — Concord Community Schools in Elkhart might soon be facing a lawsuit for a nativity scene in their annual Christmas concert, depicting the birth of Jesus Christ.

PHILADELPHIA – A hip replacement patient is suing an orthopedic device manufacturer and its parent corporations claiming liability for an alleged 2014 surgical product failure. Anthony Kinard of York sued DePuy Orthopedics Inc. of Warsaw; Depuy Inc. of Delaware; Johnson & Johnson International of Delaware; and Johnson & Johnson of Brunswick, N.J.; in the U.S. …read more.

Attempts by Dr. Rex Parent, owner of Oakwood Resorts LLC, and his counsel to settle the lawsuit from nine neighbors have failed. The neighbors, who live across Conklin Bay from Oakwood, filed a lawsuit May 27 seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction regarding band noise coming from Oakwood. Parent contacted The Mail-Journal Tuesday night, June …read more.

Yesterday, in a letter to Attorney General Greg Zoeller, Governor Mike Pence directed that the State of Indiana join 16 states in a lawsuit seeking to have President Obama’s executive order that unilaterally changed American immigration laws without input from Congress ruled unconstitutional. Governor Pence issued the following statement regarding Indiana’s participation in the lawsuit: …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS—The state of Indiana today joined 11 other states in a lawsuit against the carbon dioxide regulations the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed.  The lawsuit charges that the EPA does not have the legal authority to regulate existing sources of air pollution. “The EPA’s recent action regulating carbon dioxide emissions shows a complete disregard …read more.

Zimmer has found itself in yet another lawsuit regarding a faulty product. A number of lawsuits, such as one filed last November, have been brought against the company over its NexGen knee replacement system. Now the orthopedic device company is being sued by a Fort Wayne woman over its Trilogy AB hip replacement system. According …read more.

Duffy’s Pub & Grub in Syracuse is facing a lawsuit following a battery that occurred there in 2012. According to documents filed with Kosciusko courts, on July 8, 2012, Christina Golden was a patron at Duffy’s Pub & Grub. Another patron, Jonathon Heckaman, one of the defendants in the lawsuit, allegedly began taunting and harassing …read more.

A Chicago man has brought a lawsuit against the town of Winona Lake, the Winona Lake Police Department and WLPD Police Chief Paul D. Schmitt for alleged violations of his civil rights. According to official court documents filed with Kosciusko Superior Court 1, on May 17, 2013, the plaintiff, Abram R. Galvin, and several friends …read more.

An Indianapolis judge has ruled against the Bureau of Motor Vehicles in a class action lawsuit that will have more than 4.5 million Indiana drivers collecting refunds. According to The Indianapolis Star, the BMV overcharged Hoosiers on fees ranging from $3.50 to $15, totaling $30 million. Under the ruling, the BMV is providing those refunds …read more.