The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a $9 million judgment awarded to a man injured by an allegedly defective vitamin container could still be the responsibility of a Chinese company that sold the product in the containers.

Justice Thomas Kilbride, in the panel of the Illinois Supreme Court, issued a 30-page ruling on Oct. 18, affirming the Illinois 1st District Appellate Court decision in the lawsuit filed by Martin Cassidy against China Vitamins LLC.

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Attorneys representing a small group of migrants traveling on foot toward the United States in search of asylum sued President Donald Trump Thursday night, claiming his promise to stop the caravan with military force is a violation of the U.S. Constitution.

The plaintiffs, led by Maria Doris Pineda, are Honduran nationals who have not yet made it to the U.S.-Mexico border. 

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(CN) – A California man sued the founder of home security company Ring in state court Friday, alleging that Jamie Siminoff, whose company was featured on the TV show “Shark Tank,” bilked him out of $300 million.

Russell Stephens, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, said he was an early adviser to Siminoff and invested more than $100,000 into the company in exchange for stock after Siminoff failed to secure an investor on the popular TV show in 2013.

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A San Diego jury sided against the author of the bestselling pH Miracle books this week, ordering him to pay $105 million to a cancer patient who said the author held himself out as a doctor and counseled her to forego traditional medical treatment.

The large award — more than double what the woman had sought — comes roughly 16 months after a criminal case ended with the author, Robert Oldham Young, going to jail for a few months for practicing medicine without a license.

Young — who on Friday called the judgment “a fraud” — has written several books, including the bestselling “The pH Miracle: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health.” First published in 2002, his flagship book has been translated into several languages.

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Bayer AG’s chief executive said this week the company might consider settling lawsuits over Monsanto’s glyphosate-containing weed-killers depending on how high court costs rise, but stressed it remained focused on defending the combined company against claims they cause cancer. Bayer …

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Most forms of litigation funding were historically banned in common law jurisdictions, under the torts of “maintenance” and “champerty.” These torts are now more narrowly enforced in many jurisdictions, creating an opportunity for carefully drawn litigation funding arrangements. As a result, the sector of litigation finance has grown dramatically, and especially in the past two decades where it has become a global industry worth billions.

The need for third-party funding is rooted in the increasing size and complexity of litigation. As contingency fee agreements become less sustainable for law firms, and as proceedings take longer to resolve, clients with legitimate claims are often faced with an immediate need for resources to support their suits. An influx of capital from a litigation finance provider can make the difference and allow a party to continue to pursue its case.

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A jury has awarded more than $3.5 million to a former Catholic school teacher who said the Archdiocese of Los Angeles fired her for being pregnant and unwed.

City News Service reports Wednesday that jurors deliberated for less than a day before finding in favor of Kourtney Liggins, an ex-science teacher at LA's Transfiguration School.

Her lawsuit alleged wrongful termination and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

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The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled a court abused its discretion when it capped attorneys' fees in a breach of contract dispute between two companies over the cleanup of a spill at a Boise gas station in 2014.

H2O appealed to the district court regarding the amount of fees awarded, stating, as of the ruling, that "magistrate court abused its discretion by limiting the award of attorney’s fees to the amount in controversy," the ruling states.

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