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Colorado Resort Files Trademark Suit Over Salt Lake Ski Marketing
Oct 20 2014 // A Salt Lake City, Utah tourism group is defending its new marketing campaign, saying the Ski City slogan doesn’t violate a Colorado ski resort’s Ski Town trademark. Visit Salt Lake says in a statement that the...
Idaho Fitness Company Sued by State
Oct 20 2014 // Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has filed a lawsuit against a southwest Idaho fitness company. Wasden contends in the lawsuit filed in Ada County District Court that Body Renew Fitness & Tanning and owner Dakota...
Penn. Dept. of Transportation Target of Civil Suit in Fatal Crash
Oct 17 2014 // Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is defending itself from a civil suit alleging it is partly at fault for a car crash that killed a 15-year-old girl in northeastern Pennsylvania. The Citizens’...
The Pitfalls of Rejecting a Defense Under Texas ‘Same Facts’ Test
Oct 17 2014 // Texas law recognizes that an insurer’s reservation of rights can create a potential conflict of interest. Northern County Mut. Ins. Co. v. Davalos, 140 S.W.3d 685 (Tex. 2004). Although there is a potential for...
Bus Passengers File Suit over Crash Near Indianapolis
Oct 17 2014 // Four people who were on board a double-decker passenger bus that crashed near Indianapolis, Ind., are suing the bus company. The Chicago residents filed the lawsuit Oct. 15 in a Cook County, Ill., court, claiming...
Existing Protocols for Ebola Questioned
Oct 17 2014 // As Thomas Eric Duncan’s health deteriorated, nurses Amber Joy Vinson and Nina Pham were at the Ebola patient’s side. They wore protective gear including face shields, hazardous materials suits and protective...
Homeowners Sue Golf Course For Negligence in California Fire
Oct 17 2014 // A group of homeowners has sued a golf course owner for negligence, stemming from a wildfire that destroyed eight houses, two businesses and an apartment complex near San Diego. The lawsuit filed last week in San Diego...
Mississippi Businessmen Seek $7.9M from Texas Lawyers for BP Claim Referrals
Oct 17 2014 // Three Mississippi businessmen argue in a federal lawsuit that Texas attorneys owe them $7.9 million for steering to them thousands of people seeking to resolve claims against BP from the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Gulf Coast...
Delivery Fees at Heart of Suit by LA Times Against OC Register
Oct 16 2014 // The Los Angeles Times filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Orange County Register over what the Times says is breach of contract and failure to pay more than $2 million in delivery fees. The lawsuit alleges that the...
Wind Insurer Settles Lawsuit with South Texas School District
Oct 16 2014 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has agreed to pay nearly $8 million to settle an unpaid claims lawsuit filed by a southern school district, according to state district court records in Cameron County. The...
Anchorage In Ridesharing Lawsuit Has Judge’s Backing
Oct 15 2014 // A state court judge says ridesharing company Uber cannot offer transportation for hire in Alaska’s largest city unless it complies with a local ordinance. Superior Court Judge Michael Corey issued an order Monday...
Insurer Group Honors 3 Tennessee Lawmakers for Litigation Funding Law
Oct 15 2014 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies presented its State Legislator of the Year Award to three Tennessee state legislators. Reps. Curtis Johnson and Charles Sargent and Sen. Jack Johnson were recognized...
Trinity Industries Facing Another Liability Trial Over Guardrails
Oct 14 2014 // Trinity Industries Inc. is set to defend itself a second time at trial against $1 billion in claims that its highway guardrail systems lock up and puncture cars on impact — sometimes with fatal consequences. Joshua...
Judge Recuses Himself from Discrimination Suit Against Iowa Governor
Oct 13 2014 // The judge overseeing a gay former state official’s discrimination lawsuit against Gov. Terry Branstad and several aides is recusing himself. Chief Judge Arthur Gamble says in a court order that he feels a conflict of...
More Plaintiffs in Hepatitis C Lawsuit Against North Dakota Nursing Home
Oct 13 2014 // Two more confirmed cases of hepatitis C have been tied to a Minot, N.D., nursing home that’s the subject of a federal lawsuit. The new cases bring the total associated with ManorCare to 47 and add to the list of...
Judge Rules for Boeing in Wichita, Kansas, Whistleblower Lawsuit
Oct 10 2014 // Three former workers at the Boeing plant in Wichita, Kan., who filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the aircraft maker and one of its suppliers failed to show Boeing defrauded the U.S. government in a $1.6 billion...
Cold Onion Rings Sparked Attack at New Mexico Burger King, Suit Says
Oct 10 2014 // A New Mexico man is suing Burger King after he says a manager attacked him for complaining about cold onion rings. KRQE-TV reported the lawsuit filed in state district court says Robert Deyapp was assaulted in June 2013...
Colorado Resort Files Trademark Suit Over Salt Lake Ski Marketing
Oct 10 2014 // A Salt Lake City, Utah tourism group is defending its new marketing campaign, saying the Ski City slogan doesn’t violate a Colorado ski resort’s Ski Town trademark. Visit Salt Lake says in a statement that the...
New Jersey Transit Sues Insurers Over Sandy Losses, Seeks $300M
Oct 8 2014 // New Jersey Transit, the nation’s third-largest bus, rail and light rail transportation provider, is suing several excess insurers to recoup additional $300 million for Superstorm Sandy losses. NJ Transit says its...
Speed-Trap Tipoff Tickets in Delaware Lead to ACLU Lawsuit
Oct 8 2014 // A town police department in Smyrna, Delaware, is facing a lawsuit over its ticket-writing policies after the Delaware American Civil Liberties Union said police wrongly ticketed a driver who flashed his headlights to warn...
