Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Missouri Sues Feds over Crop Insurance Report Extension
Jul 20 2015 // Missouri officials are pushing for an extension to file paperwork needed for farmers to receive crop insurance, coverage the governor and attorney general say is necessary amid heavy rainfall and flooding. Attorney General...
$3.7M Award for California Rite Aid Manager in Robbery Injury Suit
Jul 20 2015 // A jury has awarded $3.7 million to the former manager of a Los Angeles Rite Aid store, who claimed supervisors harassed him after he hurt himself trying to stop a robbery. City News Service says the ruling came last week...
Judge in California Says Uber Must Face Taxi Suit over Safety Claims
Jul 20 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over its claims to being safer than taxis. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco on Friday allowed the case to proceed, finding that the app-based ridesharing...
Judge Finds Injuries ‘Part of Soccer’ in Dismissing Concussion Lawsuits
Jul 20 2015 // A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit by soccer players and parents seeking to force FIFA and other governing bodies to change the sport’s rules to limit the risk of concussions and other head injuries, especially for...
Nevada School District to Settle Insurance Broker Suit for $1.65M
Jul 20 2015 // The Clark County School District in Nevada says it will pay a former insurance broker $1.65 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the public agency ended the broker’s contract prematurely. Business Benefits Inc....
Washington Worker’s Family Sues Over Fatal Boeing 777 Air Bag
Jul 20 2015 // The family of a Washington man who was fatally injured while he was working on a seat belt air bag replacement that inflated explosively is suing Boeing Co. and a supplier. The lawsuit filed in July in King County Superior...
California Insurance Guarantee Association in Whistleblowing Suit
Jul 20 2015 // Danny Ly, the former controller for the California Insurance Guarantee Association, has filed a lawsuit against the association that charges it fired him after he blew the whistle about alleged financial irregularities,...
Tennessee Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Health Care Liability Lawsuit
Jul 20 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has determined that, in health care liability lawsuits, the obligation to disclose the number of violations of the certificate of good faith requirement does not compel any disclosure if there...
Nationwide to Pay West Virginia $5.75M in Farm Bureau Discount Suit
Jul 20 2015 // West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has reached a $5.75 million settlement with Nationwide Insurance regarding a discount on certain insurance products for the state’s Farm Bureau members. Former Attorney...
Corzine, Others Settle MF Global Investor Lawsuit for $64.5M
Jul 20 2015 // Jon Corzine and other former MF Global Holdings Ltd officials have reached a $64.5 million settlement of litigation brought by investors seeking to hold them liable for the now-defunct futures brokerage’s 2011...
Amtrak Settles With Primary Insurers in Sandy Lawsuit
Jul 20 2015 // Amtrak recently reached a settlement with its primary insurers in a lawsuit in which the railroad operator sought to recoup additional proceeds for Superstorm Sandy losses from its insurers, according to court documents....
Arizona Supreme Court Ruling May Expose Agents to Lawsuits
Jul 17 2015 // An Arizona Supreme Court ruling may expose agents who write auto policies to malpractice lawsuits if they are accused of failing to inform their customers about uninsured and underinsured motorists coverage – even with a...
California Judge Rules Apple Workers Can Sue as a Class Over Searches
Jul 17 2015 // For California workers seeking to be paid for time spent getting bags searched after their shifts end, state law may provide the remedy that federal law doesn’t. On Thursday, a judge in San Francisco said that Apple...
Judge Blocks Access to Government Witnesses in GM Lost Value Suit
Jul 17 2015 // General Motors Co. customers suing over faulty ignition switches lost their bid for access to witnesses interviewed by the government in a probe of the automaker, a U.S. judge said. The customers, who are demanding as much...
Dog Owners Sue Nestle Purina Over Dog Treats They Say Lack Bacon
Jul 17 2015 // Nestle Purina Petcare Co.’s Beggin’ dog treats may fool dogs into thinking they are mostly made of real bacon, but a federal lawsuit claims that humans may be misled too. The proposed class action by Paul...
Amtrak Settles With Primary Insurers in Sandy Lawsuit
Jul 16 2015 // Amtrak recently reached a settlement with its primary insurers in a lawsuit in which the railroad operator sought to recoup additional proceeds for Superstorm Sandy losses from its insurers, according to court documents....
Missouri School District Settles Bullying Lawsuit for $300K
Jul 16 2015 // A federal lawsuit filed by the parents of a 14-year-old southwest Missouri boy who killed himself after being bullied at school has been settled for $300,000. The Joplin Globe reports the Carl Junction School District and...
California Judge Rejects Lawsuit Claiming Google Privacy Violations
Jul 16 2015 // Google Inc. users were blocked from suing over alleged privacy violations by a judge who said they failed to show any of their information had been disclosed. It was the fourth time U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal...
Uber to Settle Lawsuit Over California Girl’s Crosswalk Death
Jul 16 2015 // Uber is settling lawsuit with the family of a 6-year-old girl who died when a company driver hit her with his SUV. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the company is paying the family an undisclosed settlement for the 2013...
Residents, South Dakota City Settle Suit Over Sewer Backups
Jul 15 2015 // Spearfish, S.D., residents who sued the city over sewer backups have settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money. Members of eight households in a five-block area in late 2013 filed a lawsuit that was scheduled...
