Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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27 Energy Companies Sued by Quake-Weary Oklahomans
Nov 21 2016 // Residents of a town hit by Oklahoma’s strongest earthquake have filed a class-action lawsuit against dozens of energy companies, accusing them of triggering destructive temblors by injecting wastewater from oil and...
In Oklahoma, Pawnee Nation Files Suit to Void Drilling Permits
Nov 21 2016 // The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma has filed a lawsuit against the federal government to void drilling permits for oil and natural gas wells on tribal land that the tribe alleges cause earthquakes in northern Oklahoma. The...
Supreme Court Justices Question State Farm Appeal of Katrina Jury Verdict
Nov 21 2016 // The Supreme Court appeared unlikely to throw out a jury verdict against State Farm that found the insurance company defrauded the U.S. government when it assessed damage caused by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf of Mexico...
Trump Settles University Fraud Claims for $25 Million, Avoids Trial
Nov 20 2016 // President-elect Donald Trump agreed to pay $25 million to settle claims that his defunct Trump University cheated more than 6,000 students with false promises of teaching them his real estate secrets. The accord, announced...
West Virginia Regulator Sues Alpha Natural on Fraud Allegations
Nov 18 2016 // West Virginia’s environmental regulator sued Alpha Natural Resources Inc’s former management on allegations of fraud on Wednesday, saying top executives should be held accountable for an unusual $100 million...
Alaska Jury Deadlocked in Family’s Lawsuit Against Tobacco Company
Nov 18 2016 // After more than three weeks, a Bethel Superior Court jury cannot decide whether or not a tobacco company misled an Alaska man about the harmful effects of smoking. KYUK-AM reported jury foreman Robert Sundown says jurors...
Plaintiffs Strike Out with Suit Seeking More Baseball Stadium Safety Netting
Nov 18 2016 // A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to require the 30 Major League Baseball teams to extend netting at stadiums farther down the first- and third-base lines to protect fans from injuries caused by foul balls and...
ANZ’s Life Unit Attracts Interest from Suitors in Japan & Hong Kong: Sources
Nov 18 2016 // Australia and New Zealand Banking Group’s sale of its life insurance and wealth business, which has been valued at $3.33 billion by the bank, is attracting interest from Japan’s Meiji Yasuda and Hong Kong-based...
Ex-Assistant Principal in Virginia Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Nov 18 2016 // A former elementary school assistant principal in Richmond has accused the school’s principal of sexual harassment in a $5.3 million federal lawsuit. Local news organizations report that Fernando Lightfoot filed the...
BHSI Adds EPLI Coverage to Executive First Product Suite
Nov 18 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has added employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) to its Executive First suite of policies. This new policy provides coverage for companies facing harassment,...
Insurer to Pay $1.9M to Settle West Des Moines Discrimination Lawsuit
Nov 17 2016 // The city of West Des Moines, Iowa, has agreed to pay nearly $2 million to a police officer who sued, saying the department’s former police chief discriminated against her because she’s a woman. The city...
2 Men File Sex Abuse Lawsuits against Boy Scouts In Oregon
Nov 17 2016 // Two Oregon men have filed sexual abuse lawsuits against the Boy Scouts of America. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that the lawsuits were filed on Tuesday. They allege the plaintiffs were sexually abused by former scout...
18 Passengers File Suit Over American Airlines Plane that Caught Fire
Nov 16 2016 // A lawsuit has been filed by 18 passengers who were aboard an American Airlines aircraft that caught fire last month on the tarmac of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport after an engine failed. The lawsuit...
Arkansas McDonald’s to Pay $103K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
Nov 16 2016 // A McDonald’s restaurant owned and operated by Mathews Management Co. and Peach Orchard Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., will pay $103,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by...
A New Hampshire Prep School Faces Trial Over Boy’s Dismissal After Having Sex
Nov 16 2016 // A New Hampshire prep school criticized for how it’s handled sexual assault cases faces trial on a lawsuit brought by a former student’s mother who alleges the school wrongfully withdrew her 15-year-old son...
Sandy Hook Families Ask Connecticut Top Court to Hear Suit
Nov 16 2016 // The families of some of the 26 children and educators killed at a Connecticut elementary school in 2012 asked the state’s top court on Tuesday to overturn a lower court’s dismissal of their lawsuit against the...
How SEC Scrutiny of Unicorns Could Affect Private Company D&O Insurance
Nov 15 2016 // Underwriters of directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance should keep an eye on the increased scrutiny of “unicorn” technology firms by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for...
Exxon Adds New York to Suit in Bid to Stop Climate Change Probe
Nov 14 2016 // Exxon Mobil Corp. sued New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to stop his investigation into what the company knew about climate change. The oil giant on Thursday revised a lawsuit it filed in June against...
Suburban Chicago School District Settles Hazing Lawsuit for $1M
Nov 10 2016 // Five former students of a suburban Chicago high school will receive $1 million to settle a lawsuit filed in connection with hazing allegations. Officials of Maine Township High School District 207 say they and...
Pennsylvania Files Consumer Protection Lawsuit Against Nursing Home Company
Nov 9 2016 // A company with 11 skilled nursing homes in Pennsylvania doesn’t have enough staff to provide basic patient care – and faked it when state Department of Health inspectors were around, the state attorney general...
