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Florida’s AOB Abuse by the Numbers: ‘Alarming Trend’ Reaches Crisis Point
Feb 9 2017 // Assignment of benefits abuse has escalated over the last five years to the point where it is now a serious disruption to Florida’s insurance market. The abuse, which is especially rampant in South Florida, stems from...
U.S. and New York Accuse Firm of Scamming 9/11 Heroes, NFL Retirees
Feb 9 2017 // A company that advances money to people awaiting settlement payouts was accused by New York and federal regulators of scamming sick responders to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, as well as National Football League retirees...
Cleveland, Ohio Settles Excessive Force Lawsuit for $2.25M
Feb 9 2017 // Attorneys for the family of a mentally ill woman who suffocated while handcuffed by Cleveland, Ohio, police say they’ve settled an excessive force lawsuit with the city for $2.25 million. Tanisha Anderson’s...
Supreme Court Nominee Gorsuch Could Decide Class Action Waiver Cases
Feb 9 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court will not act until at least the fall on a major business dispute on whether companies can head off costly class action lawsuits, meaning President Donald Trump’s nominee to the bench will...
Former Students at California School Sue over Asbestos Fear
Feb 8 2017 // A judge has cleared the way for dozens of former student’s in California’s Central Valley to take their school district to trial over fears that a job-training program exposed them to cancer. Attorney Allen...
Company to Pay $20M to Settle Chicago Red-Light Camera Suit
Feb 8 2017 // A red-light camera company whose former chief executive pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge will pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit with Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Feb. 6. The deal ends a lawsuit the...
Top 10 Employment Discrimination Claims in 2016
Feb 8 2017 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said it resolved 97,443 charges of employment discrimination in fiscal year 2016 and secured more than $482 million for victims of discrimination in private, federal...
Melania Trump’s $150 Million Libel Suit Claims Lost Business Opportunities
Feb 8 2017 // First Lady Melania Trump is suing a British newspaper, saying a defamatory article it later retracted deprived her of the chance to launch a lucrative brand of clothing, shoes, jewelry and perfume. The $150 million suit...
Rhode Island Chiropractic Office Sued for Alleged Insurance Fraud Scheme
Feb 8 2017 // An insurance company is suing a Providence, R.I., chiropractic office, alleging its owner falsified medical records to boost insurance claims and paid kickbacks to personal injury lawyers who referred clients. The...
U.S. Water Damage Class Action Settlement to Cost BMW $478 Million
Feb 8 2017 // German automaker BMW AG has agreed to pay up to $477.7 million to settle a class-action lawsuit covering about 318,000 U.S. luxury car owners who may have suffered water damage harming electrical components in vehicle...
Why the Insurance Industry Supports and Hires Veterans
Feb 8 2017 // Many property/casualty insurance carriers have focused their charitable efforts on veterans, and they’ve done so for a number of good reasons. One important reason for adopting veterans causes was explained by Glenn...
Transgender Veteran Settles California Suit over Being Denied A Haircut
Feb 7 2017 // A Riverside County, Calif. transgender Army veteran has settled a lawsuit against a Rancho Cucamonga barbershop that refused to cut women’s hair. The amount of the settlement was not disclosed. The Press-Enterprise...
Lawyers: Iowa Hospital Sued Over Pain Medication Thefts
Feb 7 2017 // Attorneys for nine patients have filed a lawsuit against Iowa Methodist Medical Center, blaming the hospital for a pharmacy tech’s theft of potent painkillers from hundreds of vials. The lawsuit accuses the hospital...
Government Sued Over ‘Certified’ Used Cars Involved in Recalls
Feb 7 2017 // The Center for Auto Safety and five other groups filed a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday for allowing used cars to be advertised as “certified” or safe despite being the target of...
Group in Oregon City Is Suing Its Carrier over a Fire Payout
Feb 6 2017 // The Eugene Civic Alliance in Oregon has sued its insurance carrier for more than $325,000 after the burning of Civic Stadium. The Register-Guard reported that the nonprofit group wants to build a new complex on the former...
VW Sued by 1st Major German Firm over Diesel Scandal
Feb 6 2017 // Fish distributor Deutsche See is suing Volkswagen for misrepresenting a fleet of vehicles it leased as environmentally friendly, becoming the first major German customer to sue Europe’s biggest carmaker over its...
California Jury Awards $1.25M in School Bathroom Break Suit
Feb 6 2017 // A jury has awarded $1.25 million to a former San Diego, Calif., high schooler who was denied a bathroom break and forced to urinate in a bucket. The girl, then 14, used the bucket in a Patrick Henry High School supply room...
Ex-Head of Baylor Football Operations Sues University
Feb 3 2017 // The former director of football operations at Baylor University has filed a lawsuit arguing he was unfairly named as contributing to the school’s mishandling of student sexual assault complaints. Colin...
College Fraternity in Oregon Accused of Hazing Slapped with $8M Suit
Feb 2 2017 // An $8 million lawsuit against a fraternity at a northwestern Oregon college says a hazing incident resulted in a 20-year-old man losing his right eye. KOIN-TV reports that the lawsuit alleges Kellen Johansen was coerced...
Texas Governor Calls for Legislation to Rein in Hailstorm Litigation
Feb 2 2017 // In his state of the state address, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gave a boost to the insurance industry’s effort to get legislation passed that would place limits on post-hailstorm litigation. Calling lawsuits against...
