Case Filings Alert™ reports daily on new cases filed in courts around the country, alerting you to significant new cases at the beginning of the litigation process, long before the case is settled or a decision handed down. A wide range of topics are covered, including product liability, intellectual property, antitrust, among others. A number of these cases, particularly the product liability litigation, will develop into mass torts as new cases raising similar issues are filed. Mass torts are covered in our report MDLCases.com, which deals with major multidistrict litigation (MDL) cases. Also see our litigation reports: Social Media Addiction, Copyright-Litigation.com, and Litigation Report 2026. Editor: Robert S. Want (rwant@LegalEditor.com).
March 10, 2026 – Labor & Employment
EEOC Sues Coca-Cola Over Alleged Sex-Based Exclusion From Company Event
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast Inc., alleging the company violated federal law by excluding male employees from a company-sponsored networking trip on the basis of their sex.
The company denied male employees “the same compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment offered and provided to female employees,” in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to the complaint filed in federal court in the District of New Hampshire. Coca-Cola Northeast privately invited female employees to a 2024 trip and networking event at the Mohegan Sun and Casino in Connecticut, the complaint says, but “did not invite male employees to the event.” About 250 female employees attended.
The event included a social reception, team-building exercises, and talks by executives. The EEOC states that the female attendees were excused from work with pay, and the company covered hotel costs and provided food and beverages. The exclusion was intentional, the agency argues, and carried out with “malice or reckless indifference” to male employees’ rights.
March 9, 2026 – Environment
EPA Sued Over Roll Back of Landmark Environmental Protection
A coalition of health and environmental organizations has sued the Trump administration over its decision to reverse the 2009 landmark scientific conclusion — known as the Endangerment Finding — that carbon dioxide pollution endangers human health, a finding that has served as the basis for a wide range of climate regulations.
The EPA’s 2009 Endangerment Finding had been the foundation of the nation’s efforts to combat climate change under the Clean Air Act and has repeatedly been upheld by federal courts, according to the petition filed in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Led by the American Public Health Association, the coalition comprises 17 organizations, including the American Lung Association, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, and Union of Concerned Scientists, among others.
The petition states that the 2009 finding stems from a 2007 Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, which held that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are unambiguously air pollutants under the Clean Air Act and instructed the EPA to determine whether the pollution endangers human health. Plaintiffs argue that the Trump administration’s rationale for the rollback was a rehashing of legal arguments the Supreme Court considered and rejected in the 2007 case.
March 6, 2026 – Constitution
States File Suit Against Trump Administration Over New Tariff Scheme
A coalition of more than 20 states has filed suit in the U.S. Court of International Trade challenging President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, levied after the Supreme Court ruled against previous tariffs — the states arguing that the administration unlawfully imposed the new tariffs under a rarely used trade statute and usurped Congress’s constitutional authority over taxation.
In a complaint filed in the Court of International Trade, the states contend that the Constitution assigns tariff authority to Congress, not the president. The states assert that the administration has “imposed, modified, escalated, and suspended tariffs” by executive order, without legal authority to do so.
According to the lawsuit, Trump imposed a 10% tariff on most imports under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a different statute, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, did not authorize tariffs. In their suit, the states argue that Section 122 allows tariffs only to address “large and serious balance-of-payments deficits” or similar currency crises tied to fixed exchange-rate systems that ended in the 1970s. They say the administration improperly equated the nation’s trade deficit with a balance-of-payments deficit, a distinction the complaint calls fundamental.
March 5, 2026 – Product Liability
Lawsuit Claims Heated Insoles Caught Fire, Resulting in ‘Catastrophic’ Injuries
Plaintiff alleges that a rechargeable heated insole, manufactured by China-based Tajarly, suddenly ignited inside his work boot, causing catastrophic burn injuries and permanent nerve damage.
Heated insoles are battery-powered inserts designed to be placed inside boots or shoes to provide adjustable warmth during cold weather, according to the complaint filed in federal court in the District of Idaho. The products are typically powered by rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and marketed as ideal for skiing, hunting, outdoor labor, and other winter activities.
In his complaint, the plaintiff says that he purchased a pair of Tajarly-heated insoles from Amazon.com in November 2023. After charging the insoles as instructed, he says he wore them to work, where he performed repairs on farm equipment in his shop. Within hours, the complaint states, plaintiff experienced intense burning pain in his right foot. When he looked down, he allegedly saw smoke and flames coming from inside his boot. Plaintiff says he was able to extinguish the flames and remove his boot, but not before suffering severe burns from the heated insole.
March 4, 2026 – Consumer Fraud
Texas AG Sues Wi-Fi Company Over Alleged Links to China
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Wi-Fi giant TP-Link Systems Inc., accusing it of deceiving consumers about its ties to China and misrepresenting the security of its devices.
In 2024, China-based technology company TP-Link split into two separate entities, with the U.S.-based TP-Link Systems Inc. taking over the global operations, while TP-LINK Technologies Co. maintained control of TP-Link’s operations in China, according to the complaint filed in Collin County (Texas) District Court. In the suit, Paxton says that since the split, TP-Link Systems Inc. has represented that its products are produced in Vietnam and don’t have any ties to China, which Paxton says misleads consumers in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. A substantial portion of American homes use TP-Link Wi-Fi routers, the complaint notes.
“Behind TP-Link’s ‘Made in Vietnam’ stickers is a supply chain deeply entrenched in China, where nearly all of TP-Link’s components are sourced before being shipped to Vietnam for mere final assembly,” the suit alleges. “TP-Link has created a web of deception that includes shared manufacturing, research, and Chinese state-sponsored benefits, with the company’s leadership acknowledging accolades and subsidies from the Chinese government.”
March 3, 2026 – Administrative Procedure Act
Trump Administration ‘Erased History and Science’ at National Parks, Lawsuit Argues
A coalition of conservation, history, and science organizations has sued the Trump administration, alleging it has unlawfully removed exhibits and interpretive materials from national parks to comply with an administration executive order aimed at “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.”
Filed in Boston federal court, the lawsuit claims that the Department of the Interior and National Park Service launched a “sustained campaign to erase history and undermine science” at federally managed sites, in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act (APA).
Plaintiffs contend that the administration’s actions violate the APA by failing to comply with congressional mandates that require parks to “reflect current scientific and academic research” and serve “the benefit and inspiration of all the people of the United States.” According to the complaint, officials removed exhibits addressing slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park, climate change impacts at Fort Sumter, and Indigenous history at parks including Acadia. One removed exhibit examined “the paradox between slavery and freedom in the founding of the nation.”
March 2, 2026 – Product Liability
Royal Caribbean Sued Over Surf Simulator Injuries
A Pennsylvania man has sued Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., alleging that he suffered catastrophic injuries after falling while using the cruise line’s FlowRider surfing simulator and then received negligent medical care aboard the ship.
Plaintiff says he was injured in February 2025, while riding the FlowRider on the Adventure of the Seas in navigable waters, fracturing his neck and later suffering multiple strokes. Plaintiff “violently fell, headfirst,” and now has left-side weakness and other lasting complications, according to the complaint filed in Miami federal court.
The lawsuit claims that Royal Caribbean modified the FlowRider to fit onboard by shortening its length, making it “unreasonably dangerous” because riders can be propelled into a back wall at high velocity. The suit also alleges the company failed to provide adequate instruction or warnings, despite knowing that “passenger injuries due to participating in the FlowRider … are occurring at a high rate.”
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