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Woman Sues Oregon Hospital over Undiagnosed Heart Condition
Mar 3 2016 // A Bend, Ore. woman who suffered a heart attack at 46 is accusing two Bend Memorial Clinic of failing to recognize her heart problem. The Bulletin reported that Shelley Harding and her husband, Brent Harding, are seeking...
Louisiana Flood Board Appeals Dismissal of Suit Against Oil Companies
Mar 2 2016 // A lawyer for a flood protection agency tried on Feb. 29 to revive a closely-watched lawsuit alleging oil and natural gas companies are responsible for destroying Louisiana’s coast, telling an appeals court that a...
Cabbies in Louisiana Parish Sue UberX Drivers
Mar 2 2016 // Taxi drivers in Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish have filed a lawsuit claiming UberX drivers are picking up fares illegally in the parish. It’s the latest in a series of legal challenges to Uber’s operations...
The Effect of Justice Scalia’s Death on Supreme Court Class Action Rulings
Mar 2 2016 // Dow Chemical Co.’s agreement to pay $835 million to settle a price-fixing dispute provides evidence that Justice Antonin Scalia’s death is a blow to businesses that have had success recently in challenging...
TV Host Erin Andrews Testifies in $75M Civil Suit Over Illegal Hotel Videos
Mar 2 2016 // Sportscaster and TV host Erin Andrews took the witness stand in Nashville this week in her $75 million civil lawsuit, breaking down repeatedly and telling jurors of the devastation she continues to feel after a man...
Class Action Filed Against Royal Caribbean Over Storm-Tossed Cruise
Mar 1 2016 // A passenger from a cruise ship that was battered by a major storm in the Atlantic Ocean filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Royal Caribbean in Miami federal court, his lawyer said Thursday. The lawsuit filed by...
Cal Fire Files Lawsuit Against Utility For Cost of Powerhouse Fire
Feb 29 2016 // A state agency is suing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to recover the more than $4 million cost in fighting a wildfire sparked by power lines three years ago. The California Department of Forestry and Fire...
The MOST Basic CGL Coverage Concept
Feb 29 2016 // Begin at the beginning – with the insuring agreement! Coverage can never be any broader. This is the most basic CGL coverage concept. Before applying the policy’s exclusions, exceptions or conditions to a loss,...
Presidential Hopeful Trump Vows to Make It Easier to Sue Media
Feb 28 2016 // Donald Trump said Friday he will weaken First Amendment protections for reporters as president, making it easier for him to sue them. The celebrity businessman turned Republican presidential front-runner said he wants to...
St. Louis Police Sargeant Prevails in Discrimination Suit; City to Pay $800K
Feb 26 2016 // A St. Louis police sergeant who won a racial discrimination case over a police academy promotion will be paid the $620,000 he won in a federal lawsuit, plus $172,000 in attorney’s fees. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
Editor Sues Montana Newspaper Over Wrongful Discharge Claim
Feb 26 2016 // The former editor of the Missoulian has sued the publisher of the Montana newspaper and its owner, Lee Enterprises Inc., claiming wrongful discharge. Sherry Devlin’s lawsuit says she was demoted in April; her pay was...
Gun Maker Seeks Dismissal of Newtown Shooting Lawsuit
Feb 24 2016 // Lawyers for a gun maker and families of some Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims squared off in a Connecticut courtroom Monday over whether a federal law prevents the families’ wrongful death lawsuit...
Attorney: U. of Oklahoma Settles Suit over Painting Stolen by Nazis
Feb 24 2016 // An attorney for a French woman who sued the University of Oklahoma over a painting that the Nazis stole from her family says a settlement has been reached and that the university will return the painting to her. New York...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Washington Nursing Home
Feb 24 2016 // A nursing home in Marysville, Wash has again been accused of giving a patient inadequate care that resulted in death. The Daily Herald reported an Edmonds lawyer has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Marysville...
$50M Suit Challenges Florida’s Suspension of Driver’s Licenses in DUI Cases
Feb 24 2016 // A federal lawsuit is challenging the way driver’s licenses are automatically taken away from drunken-driving suspects in Florida. The class-action lawsuit filed Feb. 17 in federal court in Orlando says the current...
Lawsuit Filed Over Death of Former Jackson, Mississippi Mayor
Feb 24 2016 // A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against St. Dominic Hospital and two doctors who treated the late Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba (SHOW’-kway Lu-MOOM’-bah). The Clarion-Ledger reports at 9 a.m. on Feb. 25,...
North Carolina Judge Dismisses Academic ‘Sham’ Lawsuit by UNC Athletes
Feb 23 2016 // A North Carolina judge dismissed a lawsuit Friday in which two former University of North Carolina athletes alleged the school failed to provide them and other athletes a quality education by directing them toward sham...
Louisiana Court Rules Flood Board Can Hire Outside Lawyers for Oil Suit
Feb 22 2016 // A south Louisiana flood board has won a legal round in its fight against oil and gas companies over coastal wetland damage. A state appeal court ruled last week that the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East...
Oklahoma Files Suit Against Directors, Officers of Failed Insurer, Red Rock
Feb 22 2016 // Oklahoma insurance regulators have filed suit against two New York financiers who took control of a failed Oklahoma insurance company, saying the pair and others infused it with allegedly worthless assets and used it as a...
Iowa Court Ruling Could Make Defense Attorney Malpractice Suits Easier
Feb 22 2016 // The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a man who pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for sex but later had the conviction overturned can sue his defense attorney for legal malpractice without being required to prove...
