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Alabama Woman Injured by Car Crash Inside Dollar General Sues Store
Apr 12 2016 // An Alabama woman is suing Dollar General saying she was injured when a car crashed inside one of its stores. News outlets report that 53-year-old Deborah Renae Gilliam filed a civil lawsuit April 4 in Tuscaloosa County...
Catholic Church in Hartford Battles Insurer Over Priest Sex Abuse Claim Payments
Apr 11 2016 // The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford has taken its dispute with an insurance company to trial, seeking reimbursement of more than $1 million in payments made to settle sexual misconduct cases involving priests and...
Tribune Shareholder Suit Against Chicago Insurance Broker OK’d to Proceed
Apr 8 2016 // Finding an exclusion in a directors and officers (D&O) policy to be “ambiguous,” an Illinois appeals court has allowed to go forward a lawsuit filed against a large Chicago insurance brokerage by two former...
California Uber Drivers Seeking $1B Bounty Claim as Trial Draws Near
Apr 8 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. drivers suing to be treated like employees are trying to add $1 billion in penalties under California’s unique “bounty hunter” statute as they prepare for trial in June. About...
Anheuser Busch: This Beer Drinkers’ Class Action’s For You
Apr 8 2016 // Anheuser Busch Inbev SA has been sued by a U.S. beer drinker who claimed he was duped into believing its Leffe brand beer was brewed in a Belgian abbey, rather than mass produced in an automated factory that also makes...
Montana Man Sued for Wrongful Death after Shooting Home Intruder
Apr 6 2016 // Representatives of a man shot and killed after he broke into a Helena, Mont. home have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the shooter. The Independent Record reported that the suit filed on behalf of the estate of...
Nevada Donor Network Sued by Family with Claims of Fraud
Apr 5 2016 // Three sisters have filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Donor Network claiming the nonprofit was misleading when a representative convinced them to allow tissue to be harvested from their mother. Kristine Fagone and her...
Family of Man Killed by South Carolina Officer Settles Suit for $2.15M
Apr 5 2016 // The family of a 19-year-old man who was fatally shot by a South Carolina police officer last year has settled its wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Seneca for $2.15 million. The settlement, nearly 10 times higher...
Supreme Court Quashes Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo Bids to Upend Class Action Judgments
Apr 4 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s bid to throw out a more than $150 million class action judgment over the retailers’ treatment of workers in Pennsylvania. The justices declined...
Utah Judge Limits Suit over Drunken Attack at Ski Resort’s Oktoberfest
Apr 4 2016 // A Utah judge in late-March tossed out part of a lawsuit filed by a family who says they were beaten by drunken revelers at a ski resort’s Oktoberfest celebration because the event has turned into a booze-fueled Rocky...
Florida’s Failure to Pass AOB Reforms Will Impact State Insurance Market
Apr 4 2016 // Following the 2016 Florida Legislative Session’s failure to pass essential assignment of benefit (AOB) reforms, the insurance industry and Citizens Property Insurance Corp. are working in tandem with the Florida...
Kentucky Sues Volkswagen Over Diesel Emissions Cheating
Apr 4 2016 // Kentucky has filed suit against Volkswagen AG and its luxury units claiming the German automaker’s diesel emissions cheating scheme violated the state’s Consumer Protection Act. “Volkswagen must be held...
Violent Weather Pummels Texas in March; Regulators Call for Data on Claims, Lawsuits
Apr 4 2016 // Hail-packing thunderstorms pummeled North Texas twice in March causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to automobiles and property. Meanwhile, the Texas Department of Insurance is intent on gathering data on...
Oregon PGE Sues Backers of Construction Bond for $180M over Shoddy Work
Mar 31 2016 // A Portland, Ore.-based electricity provider that fired the contractor building its natural gas plant in Boardman is suing the backers of a bond guaranteeing construction. The East Oregonian reported Portland General...
Class Action Settlements Topped $3 Billion in 2015: Cornerstone Research
Mar 31 2016 // There were 80 securities class action settlements approved in 2015, the highest number since 2010, and total settlement dollars rose to more than $3 billion, according to research by Cornerstone Research. The report,...
GM Wins Second ‘Bellwether’ Ignition Switch Trial
Mar 31 2016 // General Motors Co. won its second straight trial against drivers who blamed car wrecks on faulty ignition switches, boosting the company’s outlook for resolving hundreds of similar cases on more favorable terms. The...
DOL Sues U.S. Steel Corp. Over Injury Reporting Practices
Mar 30 2016 // The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that it has sued U.S. Steel Corp. for allegedly retaliating against two employees who violated the company’s immediate reporting policy for workplace injuries. The...
Utah Woman Files Suit Against Polygamy Reality TV Show for Trespassing
Mar 28 2016 // A Utah woman who is part of a polygamous group alleges that makers of a reality TV show barged into her house without permission and pressured her daughter into being in a series about people leaving polygamy. Susan Nelson...
Washington Man’s Suit Claims Medical Device Caused Brain Damage
Mar 28 2016 // A Washington man is suing a California company, claiming its medical device used to treat aneurysms malfunctioned and caused him to suffer brain damage. The Penumbra Coil 400 was used to treat an aneurysm Dennis Montgomery...
Tennessee Doctors Sued for Operating Pill Mill, Defrauding Government
Mar 28 2016 // The United States government and the state of Tennessee have sued a Lenoir City chiropractor and a Manchester doctor, accusing them both of fraud and operating pill mills. Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s office in...
