Winston & Strawn partners Daniel Blouin, Thomas Weber, Marilyn G. Moran of FordHarrison and John M. ‘Jay’ Brennan of GrayRobinson have entered appearances for United Network for Organ Sharing and Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corp., respectively, in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint, filed on Aug. 2 in Florida Middle District Court by the Ferraro Law Firm and Ellis George LLP on behalf of Cortez Fields, accuses the defendants of using a race-based coefficient to artificially increase the observed kidney function for Black kidney disease patients. According to the suit, Fields was disproportionately affected and suffered a delay in being placed on a kidney transplant waitlist. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Julie S. Sneed, is 6:24-cv-01434, Fields v. United Network for Organ Sharing et al.
Aliette DelPozo Rodz of Shutts & Bowen has entered an appearance for Kroeger in a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The case, filed Aug. 2 in Florida Southern District Court by Zebersky Payne Shaw Lewenz on behalf of Jazwares, accuses Kroger of failing to pay for products in accordance with an executed distribution agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas, is 0:24-cv-61394, Jazwares, LLC v. Kroeger, Inc.
Micah Dawson and Kimberley Dempster of Fisher & Phillips have entered appearances for Yolanda Howe in a pending lawsuit over alleged employment discrimination. The case was filed Aug. 2 in Colorado District Court by Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC and the Civil Rights Litigation Group on behalf of six remote employees of Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners who contend that they were subjected to a hostile work environment and disparate treatment based on race. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathryn A. Starnella, is 1:24-cv-02147, Ehrlich et al v. Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners et al.
CarMax and other defendants have tapped attorneys Adam C. Zamost of Schlichter, Shonack & Keeton to fend off a pending lawsuit for claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The complaint was filed Aug. 2 in California Eastern District Court by Marcus & Zelman on behalf of Kimberly Gomez Badillo and Pedro Vadillo. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff, is 1:24-cv-00891, Badillo et al v. Lightning Recovery, Inc. et al.
Baker & Hostetler partner Bonnie Keane DelGobbo has entered an appearance for Casey's General Stores, an Iowa-based convenience store chain operator, in a pending biometric privacy class action. The case, filed Aug. 2 in Illinois Central District Court by Kahn Swick & Foti and Don Bivens PLLC, accuses the defendants of collecting and storing customers' 'voiceprint' during AI-automated phone calls using SYNQ3's Synq Voice technology in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow, is 4:24-cv-04143, Schmitz et al v. Casey's General Stores, Inc et al.
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