Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.S. Supreme Court Says Tennessee Utility Can be Sued for Commercial Activity
May 6 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the Tennessee Valley Authority can be sued over its commercial activity. But it left a lower court to decide whether the case of an Alabama man injured by a power line can proceed. The...
Resolving Insurance Coverage and Claims Disputes: Advocacy
May 6 2019 // In the past two columns, we’ve examined the importance and value of avoiding or preventing claim denials so we don’t have to deal with resolving them, especially with the specter of litigation hovering over us....
Sorry! Laws Protecting Doctors Who Apologize Don’t Lessen Litigation
May 6 2019 // Laws intended to reduce malpractice litigation by protecting doctors who want to apologize don’t work, according to a new Vanderbilt analysis of proprietary insurance data. It turns out people sue for money and an...
Tentative Settlement Reached in Hawaii Brewery Lawsuit
May 3 2019 // The parent company of a Hawaii brewery has agreed on a tentative settlement with the plaintiffs in a lawsuit over allegations that the company’s packaging and advertising misleads customers. West Hawaii Today...
Lawsuit Alleges Connecticut School Failed to Protect Student from Assault
May 3 2019 // A Connecticut school district has been sued by the parents of a 5-year-old boy who say their son was stabbed with a pencil by another student and later sexually assaulted by that same student. The Stamford Advocate reports...
Puerto Rico Oversight Board Sues Banks, Bondholders in Bid to Recoup $1 Billion
May 3 2019 // Puerto Rico’s federally created financial oversight board said on Thursday it sued some owners of potentially invalid bonds of the bankrupt U.S. commonwealth, as well as Wall Street banks and firms that participated...
Suits Filed Against Indiana Auto Dealerships Over Car-Buying Fees
May 3 2019 // Dozens of Indiana auto dealerships face lawsuits that accuse them of charging excessive fees to prepare sales-related documents. At least seven lawsuits, all pursuing class-action status, were filed in April, the...
West Virginia Hospitals Seek Damages from Opioid Companies in New Lawsuit
May 3 2019 // Hospitals in West Virginia have banded together to sue some of the country’s largest opioid companies, saying they flooded Appalachia with powerful painkillers and forced medical centers to deal with the financial...
New Suit Filed in Indiana Against USA Gymnastics Seeks Help for Abused Athletes
May 2 2019 // A new lawsuit filed in Indiana seeks to protect potentially thousands of abused gymnasts who might not have known about a deadline for filing claims against USA Gymnastics in the embattled group’s ongoing...
Tesla Sued over Fatal Crash Allegedly Caused by Autopilot Malfunction
May 2 2019 // Tesla Inc. was sued over a fatal crash on a California highway allegedly caused when the Autopilot system of a 2017 Model X malfunctioned and steered the car into a concrete barrier. The case was filed just two days after...
Sue, Settle, Mediate, Litigate. RIMS Covers the Bases on Dispute Resolution
May 2 2019 // Sue or settle? Mediate or litigate? Attorneys and risk managers on Tuesday tapped into years of experience to suggest strategies that will lead to the right approach for resolution of claim disputes during the Risk and...
BNSF Ordered to Pay $1M More in Montana Wrongful Termination Lawsuit
May 1 2019 // A federal judge has ordered BNSF Railway to pay an additional $1 million after reaffirming a $2.1 million jury award in a Montana man’s wrongful termination lawsuit. The Flathead Beacon reported that Judge Dana...
Boeing Aims to Move Lion Air Crash Lawsuit from Chicago HQ to Indonesia
May 1 2019 // Faced with lawsuits over a plane crash half a world away, Boeing Co. is arguing it shouldn’t have to defend itself in a courtroom a short walk from its corporate headquarters. The world’s largest planemaker has...
Missouri Bill Shielding Businesses from Fines in Lawsuits Advances
May 1 2019 // Missouri lawmakers have advanced a bill to make it harder for courts to fine defendants as punishment for hurting people. The pending measure would raise the standard for what are called punitive damages, which courts use...
Arkansas’ Crain Automotive to Pay $27.1K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
May 1 2019 // Crain Automotive Holdings Inc., headquartered in Sherwood, Arkansas, will pay $27,100 to a former employee as part of the settlement of a federal disability discrimination lawsuit. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
California Man Vows to Proceed with California Clergy Abuse Suit
May 1 2019 // A man who says he was molested by his parish priest decades ago vows to proceed with a lawsuit targeting all Catholic bishops in California after a judge dismissed part of the suit. The so-called “nuisance”...
Nursing Home in Connecticut Sued Over Strangling of 76-Year-Old Patient
May 1 2019 // A Connecticut nursing home is being sued over the strangling death of a 76-year-old patient who police say was killed by her 81-year-old boyfriend in November. The Connecticut Law Tribune reports the lawsuit filed Monday...
A Quick First Look at Florida’s New AOB Bill
May 1 2019 // I have a new hobby. It compliments one of my other hobbies, reading insurance policies. What is it? I’ve started reading legislation. What a thrill to print (yes, print) 16 pages of legislation. The numbered lines,...
Delaware Supreme Court Rejects Untimely Appeal in Air Crash Lawsuit
Apr 30 2019 // Delaware’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal in a lawsuit stemming from a 2012 airplane crash in the Congo that claimed the life of the chief adviser to that country’s president and left his finance minister...
Boeing’s Legal Woes Over Crashes Mount with Negligence Suits by Families
Apr 30 2019 // Boeing Co. was sued Monday by two Canadians who lost 10 family members in the March crash of a 737 Max in Ethiopia, adding to the aircraft manufacturer’s legal woes stemming from two deadly crashes by the jet. Among...
