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Wind Insurer Settles Lawsuit with South Texas School District
Nov 3 2014 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has agreed to pay nearly $8 million to settle an unpaid claims lawsuit filed by a South Texas school district, according to district court records in Cameron County. The...
The Pitfalls of Rejecting a Defense Under Texas ‘Same Facts’ Test
Nov 3 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...
First Trial Over ‘Moldy’ Washers Ends with Win for Whirlpool
Oct 31 2014 // Michigan-based Whirlpool Corp has been found not liable by a U.S. jury in the first lawsuit to go to trial accusing the company of selling front-loading washing machines containing a design flaw that made them prone to...
Oregon Lawmakers Told By Oracle Lawsuit is a Waste Of Money
Oct 31 2014 // Oracle Corp. is appealing to Oregon legislative leaders in the legal fight over the failed Cover Oregon health insurance website. In a letter sent last week to Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Tina Kotek,...
Connecticut Family Sues Over School’s Ebola Fears
Oct 30 2014 // The father of a Connecticut third-grader filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday saying his daughter has been unfairly barred from school amid fears she may have been exposed to the Ebola virus while in Africa. Ikeoluwa Opayemi...
Mediation Ordered in Suit Against Texas Guardrail Maker
Oct 30 2014 // A federal judge has ordered mediation between a Texas company and a whistleblower who won a $175 million verdict over a design change in the company’s highway guardrails. Critics say the change made it more likely...
Corps Sued over Cost of Louisiana Wetland Restoration
Oct 30 2014 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should bear the full $2.9 billion cost of restoring wetland damage blamed on poor maintenance of the now-closed Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, Louisiana coastal restoration officials say in...
19 Lawsuits Filed Against NW Indiana Cardiologists
Oct 30 2014 // Nineteen new lawsuits and a complaint with the Indiana Attorney General’s Office have been filed against three northwestern Indiana cardiologists and a hospital, alleging that open-heart surgeries and other...
Judge: Sailors Can Sue California Company Over Fukushima Exposure
Oct 30 2014 // U.S. Navy personnel who were exposed to radiation from Japan’s wrecked Fukushima plant during earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in 2011 can sue the power station’s operator in California, a court...
EEOC Challenges Employee Wellness Penalties in Suit Against Honeywell
Oct 30 2014 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Honeywell International Inc. to stop the company from imposing penalties on employees who refuse to undergo testing under its corporate wellness program. The...
Oklahoma Judge Throws Out Lawsuit over Earthquake, Disposal Wells
Oct 29 2014 // A judge has thrown out a lawsuit over an earthquake that injured a woman, finding that the case should instead be heard by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. In August, Prague resident Sandra Ladra filed a lawsuit...
Washington Mudslide Victims’ Families File Lawsuit
Oct 29 2014 // Ten families of 14 Oso, Wash. mudslide victims are suing the state, county and a forest owner. The Seattle Times reported the lawsuit alleges the disaster was not natural, but the result of a series of actions and...
Minnesota Farmers Awarded $6.3M in Suit Against Utility
Oct 28 2014 // A judge in Minnesota’s Cass County has awarded $6.3 million to a couple whose milk cows were injured or killed by stray voltage on their dairy farm from a Brainerd utility company. KTTC-TV reports the judge awarded...
Lawsuits Commence Against Takata, Auto Makers Over Air Bags
Oct 28 2014 // Takata Corp. and carmakers that install the company’s air bags were sued by U.S. drivers over claims they were duped into buying unsafe vehicles following the recall of almost 8 million cars from 10...
Parents in Nevada Bullying Suicide Sue District
Oct 27 2014 // The parents of a seventh-grader who shot herself dead last December are suing the Las Vegas-area school district, alleging that administrators failed to inform them that their daughter was bullied at her middle...
Tougher State Malpractice Laws May Not Reduce Defensive Medicine
Oct 27 2014 // Changing laws to make it more difficult to sue physicians for medical malpractice may not reduce the amount of “defensive medicine” practiced by physicians, according to a new study. Studying the behavior of...
Technology Firms Having Success Against ‘Patent Trolls’
Oct 27 2014 // For two decades, companies that buy software patents to sue technology giants have been the scourge of Silicon Valley. Reviled as patent trolls, they have attacked everything from Google’s online ads to Apple’s...
Judge Dismisses Mass. AG Coakley’s Federal Housing Lawsuit
Oct 24 2014 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley against the Federal Housing Finance Agency and mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying the court doesn’t have...
Montana Jury Awards $4.3M in Train Crash Lawsuit
Oct 24 2014 // A Cascade County, Mont. jury has awarded $4.3 million in damages to a BNSF Railway employee who was injured in a July 2011 train collision caused by a switching error. The Great Falls Tribune reported conductor Michael...
Michigan AG Says Settlement Reached in Propane Overcharges Suit
Oct 23 2014 // A settlement has been reached between Michigan and a propane supplier over high prices charged to customers trying to heat their homes during the cold and snowy winter months, Attorney General Bill Schuette announced. The...
