April 25, 2013
A lawsuit alleging a Rapid City credit union and an insurance company improperly raised the rates for insurance that makes loan payments if borrowers become disabled should be handled as a class action, a lawyer for those borrowers told the …
April 19, 2013
A company that promotes Lap-Band weight-loss surgery has agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a false-advertising lawsuit in Southern California, with some of the money going to billboards warning the public about the risks of weight-loss surgery. The Los …
April 17, 2013
The Army Corps of Engineers built a “tragically flawed” levee system for New Orleans – but isn’t liable for claims that excavation work by a government contractor weakened a floodwall and caused it to breach in two places during Hurricane …
March 25, 2013
State officials stalled a decision on whether Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort should borrow $100 million to help close an anticipated budget gap. The Bond Commission, which includes lawmakers and statewide elected officials, didn’t take any action on the …
February 28, 2013
Two former guests of a Southern California hotel where a 21-year-old woman’s corpse was found floating in a rooftop water tank have sued. A lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court against the proprietors of Los Angeles’ Cecil …
February 6, 2013
The state of Hawaii has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a sex assault lawsuit at the Hawaii Center for the Deaf and the Blind. Hawaii News Now reported the settlement means the Kapahulu school will remain open. Attorney Michael …
January 14, 2013
When it comes to complex employment-related legal disputes, 2012 will be considered a landmark year, according to a new report on employment class action litigation. Many of the key rulings of 2012 in class action cases hinged on the U.S. …
September 3, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider the constitutionality of a legal tactic that can make it harder for companies to defend against class-action lawsuits, in a case it will review in the term that starts on Oct. …
August 6, 2012
A small East Texas town and the county where it’s situated will implement procedures aimed at stopping racial profiling to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses former officials of shaking down innocent motorists for cash, according to documents filed …
July 24, 2012
Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has paid a $104 million judgment in a case involving more than 18,500 policyholders who sued over slow adjustment of claims after hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck in 2005. Plaintiffs’ attorney Fred Herman said …