Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. does not have to defend its insured, an Alabama man who abused a 10-year-old girl, leaving the victim with little recourse for winning significant civil damages, a federal appeals court decided last week. The 11th U.S. …
An appeals court says an aviation company was wrong to reject a workers’ compensation claim from a woman who lost her leg on the job. Starr Aviation had said Modesty Colquitt wasn’t entitled to compensation because she wasn’t working when …
Arkansas appeals court judges have reversed and dismissed a drunken-driving conviction, ruling that it resulted from an unconstitutional sobriety checkpoint. The Little Rock Democrat-Gazette reports that Jeremy Whalen was convicted in 2014 after being arrested at an Arkansas State Police …
A Texas appeals court has temporarily blocked an arbitration panel from reviewing $12 million in bonuses paid to Lance Armstrong by a company that wants its money back, stopping efforts to force him to give new sworn testimony about his …
Lawyers for President Barack Obama and plaintiffs representing 26 states presented oral arguments Wednesday in an appeal over the government’s healthcare reform law, a contentious cornerstone of Obama’s presidency. Here are the central arguments presented to the 11th Circuit Court …
A U.S. appeals court in Atlanta will hear a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reforms signed into law by President Barack Obama a year ago. The suit, filed by more than half the states, could reach the …
A U.S. appeals court Tuesday sharply questioned whether the state of Virginia could challenge President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, which requires Americans to buy insurance in a bid to slow healthcare costs. The Obama administration is trying to save …
