A federal judge in Kansas ruled that the Kansas Products Liability Act’s latent disease exception does not apply to toxic emissions, allowing most claims in a class action against a chemical plant to proceed, while dismissing the claims...
Jefferies et al v. Harcros Chemicals Inc. et al
A Topeka police captain who filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the city now alleges it turned around and weaponized internal investigations against her in retaliation.
Cross v. Topeka, Kansas, City of
Judge Kathryn H. Vratil of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas overruled Harcros Chemicals Inc.’s motion to dismiss in a systemic class action alleging that carcinogenic ethylene oxide emissions from a Kansas City, Kansas...
Jefferies v. Harcros Chemicals Inc.
A federal judge overruled an unopposed settlement approval motion because putative collective members had never received notice or a chance to join the suit.
Oakleaf v. Southwest Janitorial Service LLC