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Law Firms Accused of Fraud in Asbestos Litigation
Jan 21 2015 // U.S. personal injury lawyers allegedly concealed evidence and induced clients to commit perjury to drive up asbestos-related settlements and garner bigger fees, according to lawsuits unsealed on Tuesday in the bankruptcy...
Republican Lawmakers in Missouri Considering Lawsuit Caps Again
Jan 20 2015 // Nearly a decade after Missouri last limited some civil lawsuit awards, Republican lawmakers are organizing to reinstate caps overturned by the state’s highest court. Businesses can now face lawsuits with unlimited...
Boston Taxi Owner Suit Latest Legal Salvo in Rideshare Wars
Jan 20 2015 // Taxi owners accused Boston officials of violating their constitutional rights by permitting Uber Technologies Inc. and other ride-sharing services to operate on city streets. The cabbies, in a lawsuit filed last Friday by...
Supreme Court to Hear Disparate Impact Liability This Week
Jan 20 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court is positioned to wipe out a major category of housing discrimination suits, and civil rights groups are running out of ways to stop it. In arguments Wednesday in Washington, the court will consider...
West Virginia Judge Dismisses Parts Suit Against Body Shop, Liberty Mutual
Jan 16 2015 // A Kanawha County, W. Va., judge has dismissed a lawsuit that accused a St. Albans body shop owner of illegally installing junkyard parts on new vehicles. Former Attorney General Darrell McGraw filed the lawsuit in 2011...
Families of 2 Sandy Hook Shooting Victims Sue Town, School Board
Jan 14 2015 // Families of two of the 20 first-graders killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut are suing the town of Newtown and its board of education, alleging security measures at the school weren’t...
Tennessee Environmental Agency Sues TVA Over Coal Ash at Gallatin Plant
Jan 14 2015 // The Tennessee state agency charged with protecting the environment is suing the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) over its coal-burning power plant in Gallatin. The lawsuit, filed January 7 by the Tennessee Dept. of...
Patent Lawsuits Drop But Tech Firms Still Top Target
Jan 13 2015 // Technology companies like Google Inc. and Apple Inc. remain the biggest targets of patent lawsuits even as the overall litigation totals dropped last year, according to a study released by Unified Patents. The number of...
MetLife to Sue to Overturn Systemically Risky Designation
Jan 13 2015 // MetLife Inc. said it will sue in federal court as part of Chief Executive Officer Steve Kandarian’s effort to overturn a finding that the insurer is systemically important. A complaint will be filed today in...
Mississippi Police Officer Loses Facebook Firing Lawsuit
Jan 13 2015 // A federal appeals court has upheld the firing of a Greenville, Miss., police officer who alleged she was dismissed over comments posted on a social networking site. Former Sgt. Susan Graziosi was fired in 2012 after...
Louisiana Governor Appeals ‘Big Oil’ Suit to State Supreme Court
Jan 12 2015 // The fight over whether oil companies may be sued over damage to Louisiana’s coastal marshes has been appealed to the state’s high court. The Times-Picayune reports Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration asked...
Conservationists’ Lawsuit Challenges North Carolina Fracking Rules Panel
Jan 12 2015 // A lawsuit filed January 5 by conservationists asks that rules on fracking in North Carolina be thrown out, arguing the panel that developed the rules was formed in violation of the state Constitution. Lawyers representing...
Injured Snowboarder Can Sue, Oregon High Court Rules
Jan 12 2015 // The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled a ski resort’s broad liability waiver cannot prevent a paralyzed snowboarder from suing. The justices ruled that the liability waiver was “unconscionable” and contrary...
Top Trends in Employment Practices Liability Claims
Jan 12 2015 // Unpaid internships, illegal background checks, pregnancy and health-related employment discrimination continue to be the top trending employment practices litigation cases, according to industry experts. Claims costs are...
Kansas Judge Tosses Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems Discrimination Lawsuit
Jan 9 2015 // The remaining age-discrimination claims against Boeing Co. and Spirit AeroSystems were tossed out by a federal judge in Kansas on Jan. 7, a major blow to a lawsuit that’s spanned nine years. When Boeing sold its...
No Plans To Sue Colorado Over Marijuana, Utah Governor Says
Jan 8 2015 // Gov. Gary Herbert says Utah has no plans to join two other states in suing Colorado over that state’s legalization of marijuana. The Deseret News reported Herbert said that despite no current plans to sue, Utah is...
Farmers Files Suit Against Multiple N.Y. No-Fault Medical Providers
Jan 8 2015 // Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Group announced that Farmers Insurance Exchange, one of the insurers comprising Farmers Insurance Group, and affiliates have filed a lawsuit in the state Supreme Court of New York...
Kansas Woman Sues Wal-Mart over Injuries from Black Friday Sale
Jan 8 2015 // A southeast Kansas woman who says she was trampled at a Wal-Mart store on Black Friday in 2013 is suing the retail giant, claiming it did not do enough to protect her or make it clear to customers that so-called doorbuster...
Lawsuit Filed Against Texas Senior-Living Complex After Deadly Fire
Jan 8 2015 // More than 20 residents at a senior-living complex where a deadly fire occurred have jointly filed a negligence lawsuit in Bexar County against the management company and its owners. The plaintiffs are seeking at least $1...
Environmental Groups Sue EPA to Force Fracking Chemicals Disclosure
Jan 8 2015 // A coalition of advocacy groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for public access to information on toxic chemicals released by the energy industry through hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and other forms of...
