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Federal Judge Says U.S. Liable for Some Katrina Flooding in Louisiana
May 4 2015 // Ruling in a nearly decade-old lawsuit, a judge in Washington said on May 1 that the federal government is responsible for some of the catastrophic flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina and other storms — flooding...
Amtrak, CSX File Suit Against Truck Company Over North Carolina Train Crash
May 4 2015 // A lawsuit filed Friday by Amtrak and CSX alleges that a trucking company caused a March train derailment that injured 55 people by failing to take safety precautions or warn that the track was blocked. The lawsuit in a...
FedEx Faces Wyoming Suits After Trucks Kill Nearby Drivers
May 4 2015 // Two lawsuits have been filed against FedEx Ground Package Systems claiming the shipping giant substantially contributed to the deaths of Cheyenne, Wyo., residents. The families of two people who died in a head-on collision...
Mississippi AG Sues Over State Farm Katrina Claims
May 4 2015 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. for allegedly shifting hundreds of millions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina wind claims to the state by mislabeling them flood claims. The...
Property Claim Litigation Bill Passed by the Texas Senate
May 1 2015 // The Texas Senate on April 30 passed a bill aimed at stemming the onslaught of property claim litigation that has been occurring with increasing frequency in the state following natural catastrophes. Advocates of Senate...
ACLU of Rhode Island to File Lawsuit on Behalf of Medical Marijuana Users
May 1 2015 // The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island says it is filing a lawsuit against a major Rhode Island employer on behalf of a medical marijuana user. The ACLU says the employer has refused to hire anyone...
2 Lawsuits Over 2013 Arizona Wildfire Dismissed by Judge
May 1 2015 // Two lawsuits filed against Arizona by homeowners whose properties were destroyed by the Yarnell Hill Fire have been dismissed. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge agreed Wednesday with the state’s argument that it...
Georgia Sperm Bank Responds to ‘Baseless’ Donor Misrepresentation Lawsuit
May 1 2015 // A Georgia-based sperm bank said in a court filing this week that a lawsuit accusing it of misrepresenting the medical and social history of a sperm donor is baseless. Xytex Corp. responded to the lawsuit filed in Fulton...
Illinois’ Madison County a Center for Asbestos Lawsuits
Apr 30 2015 // Few of the tourists who drive old Route 66 through this rural Illinois town are aware of its true economic engine: a booming business in asbestos lawsuits that attracts law firms from across the country. Since 2005, those...
Mayweather-Pacquiao Boxing Match Tests Media Copyright
Apr 30 2015 // With the biggest boxing match in years just days away, the fight to keep it off illegal streaming sites is well under way. HBO, Showtime, and the promoters for Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather filed a federal lawsuit on...
Jury Trials OK’d for Medical Lawsuits over BP spill Clean Up
Apr 30 2015 // A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled oil spill cleanup workers who sue BP for medical problems that surface later in life have the right to make their case before a jury. The BP oil spill medical settlement reached in...
Con Ed, NYC Face New Lawsuit Over 2014 Harlem Gas Explosion
Apr 30 2015 // Consolidated Edison Inc and New York City have been hit with a new lawsuit alleging that their carelessness contributed to a 2014 gas explosion in Manhattan’s East Harlem neighborhood that killed eight people and...
Playboy Verdict Leads to Malpractice Suit in California
Apr 30 2015 // Playboy Enterprises Inc. claims Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP committed malpractice by not advising it to settle a retaliatory-firing lawsuit. The case is anything but salacious. Catherine Zulfer initially sued...
Supreme Court: EEOC Must Try Conciliation with Businesses Before Litigation
Apr 30 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday buoyed companies facing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over potential accusations of discrimination. In a unanimous ruling, the justices said courts have the power to...
Farmers Sued by Female Employee Attorney for Alleged Discrimination
Apr 29 2015 // A class-action lawsuit against Farmers Insurance on behalf of female attorney employees was filed on Wednesday in federal court, alleging the insurance giant has discriminatory policies and practices. The suit accuses Los...
Insurance Company Wants Out of Defamation Suit in Delaware
Apr 29 2015 // An insurance company is asking a federal judge in Delaware to declare that it’s not obligated to defend the ex-wife of serial political candidate Richard Korn against his defamation lawsuit. Liberty Mutual argues in...
Construction Lawsuit Liability Bill Defeated In Colorado House
Apr 29 2015 // A long-awaited bill to make it harder to sue Colorado homebuilders for defective construction has failed in the Colorado legislature. The bill was rejected Tuesday by a House committee controlled by Democrats. The measure...
Shareholders Sue Trinity Over Guardrail Safety Disclosure
Apr 29 2015 // Trinity Industries Inc. was sued by shareholders alleging the company failed to disclose it made changes to its guardrail safety system without government review. At least two lawsuits were filed in federal court in Dallas...
Oklahoma Driller to Pay $59K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
Apr 28 2015 // Helmerich & Payne Inc. (H&P), a Tulsa, Okla.-based drilling contractor, will pay a former employee $59,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Patient Death at California Mental Facility Results in Suit
Apr 28 2015 // A California mental health facility is being sued by the family of Kevin Turner, who was found suffocated in his bed last year. The San Luis Obispo Tribune reported the lawsuit against Atascadero State Hospital says Turner...
