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Balch & Bingham partners Leo E. Manuel and Matt W. McDade have stepped in to represent seafood restaurant Mary Mahoney’s d/b/a Mary Mahoney’s Old French House and Anthony C. Cvitanovich in a pending civil RICO class action. The court action was filed Aug. 2 in Mississippi Southern District Court by Gill, Ladner & Priest; the Dumas Law Firm; and Abdalla Law. The suit accuses the defendants of conspiring to defraud thousands of consumers by selling them high-priced locally sourced premium fish despite serving cheap frozen foreign fish instead. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Taylor B. McNeel, is 1:24-cv-00241, McCain v. Mary Mahoney's, Inc. et al.
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Jounice Nealy-Brown and Beatriz M. Miranda of Gunster have stepped in to represent Adams Air & Hydraulics in a pending lawsuit alleging employment discrimination under the ADA. The case was filed Aug. 2 in Florida Middle District Court by the Law Office of Keith M. Stern on behalf of an account manager who claims the defendant reduced his role and ultimately terminated him because his disability. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven, is 8:24-cv-01827, Franks v. Adams Air & Hydraulics, Inc.
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Patrick C. Lannen and Cloie Chidiac of Plunkett Cooney have entered appearances for Lodige USA in a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The action, seeking $264,716 for under payment of applicable wages, was filed on Aug. 2 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hubbard Snitchler & Parzianello on behalf of Crystal Employment Services. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith, is 2:24-cv-12021, Crystal Employment Services LLC v. Lodige USA, Inc.
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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.
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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.
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