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Johns Hopkins Health System to Pay $190M to Settle Hidden Camera Lawsuit
Jul 22 2014 // Johns Hopkins Health System will pay $190 million to settle a lawsuit on behalf of at least 8,500 women whose pelvic exams were secretly recorded by a gynecologist who later committed suicide. The Baltimore hospital said...
Insurer Says OK to Settlement in Wrongful Death Suit Against Hawaii Driver
Jul 21 2014 // A $1.1 million settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit involving the death of a 26-year-old pedestrian. The settlement came in a civil lawsuit against Robert Wayne Yount, 83, and the civil case will be...
NFL Players Sue Own Union, Allege Concussion Conspiracy with Owners
Jul 21 2014 // The National Football League Players Association conspired with the league to hide the risks of head injuries sustained on the gridiron, two ex-pros claimed in a lawsuit. Former Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Christian...
University of Connecticut Pays $1.3M to Settle Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit
Jul 21 2014 // The University of Connecticut said it will pay a group of students almost $1.3 million to settle a sex discrimination suit filed last year that led to a hearing in the state legislature. The five current and former female...
Litigation Finance Firm Blames Tenn. Law for Exit
Jul 21 2014 // A litigation funding firm said it is leaving Tennessee as the state now regulates their business of loaning money to consumers bringing lawsuits. Illinois-based Oasis Legal Finance, one of the country’s largest...
California Commissioner Sued by UnitedHealth Over Fine
Jul 21 2014 // UnitedHealth Group has sued California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones to block a $173.6 million fine the insurer incurred for violations during a botched acquisition. The lawsuit was filed in early July in Orange County...
Aim of Nevada Anti-Fracking Suit to Block Drilling
Jul 21 2014 // A rural Nevada group is asking a federal judge to block the sale of oil and gas leases they say will be used for hydraulic fracturing and other development that poses a much greater threat to sage grouse and other wildlife...
Family of Woman Killed in 2012 Crash Sues Hawaii Bar
Jul 21 2014 // The family of a woman who died in a crash with a man suspected of driving while intoxicated is suing a Kaneohe, Hawaii bar claiming the establishment improperly served him alcohol. The crash on June 30, 2012, killed Rene...
Rite Aid Settles California Lawsuit for Nearly $500,000
Jul 21 2014 // Rite Aid will pay nearly a half-million dollars to settle California claims that it didn’t follow consumer protection rules. The settlement, approved in early July in San Diego, also calls for the drugstore chain to...
Number of Med Mal Suits in Pennsylvania Has Steadied
Jul 21 2014 // The number of medical malpractice lawsuits in Pennsylvania has steadied and leveled off over the last 10 years, according to statistics released by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts. The data shows 1,546 med...
Mine Safety Agency Settles with 2 West Virginia Miners’ Widows
Jul 18 2014 // The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit over the deaths of two miners in a 2006 fire at an underground coal mine in West Virginia, according to court documents. Under...
Analysis: NFL Concussion Decision Could Change Liability Policies
Jul 16 2014 // Insurance industry professionals and attorneys are closely following the most recent concussion-based litigations as they proceed through state and federal courts. Just last week in the well-publicized In re National...
Record Settlement Reached in Australia Wildfire Class Action Lawsuit
Jul 16 2014 // Survivors of one of Australia’s deadliest wildfires are to be awarded nearly A$500 million (US$467.5 million) in a class action settlement reached Tuesday, the largest such compensation in the nation’s...
Miami Judge Nixes Ban on Lender Suits Against Fontainebleau Officers
Jul 15 2014 // The Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC bankruptcy trustee may never win court approval for an $83.3 million settlement of lawsuits against former officers, directors and managers. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge A. Jay Cristol in Miami...
Penn. Family Awarded $18M in Bad Faith Suit Against Nationwide
Jul 14 2014 // An insurance company that was tongue-lashed in a decision last month by a Pennsylvania judge is contesting his ruling that it pay $18 million in punitive damages after a long court battle over faulty repairs to a...
Wyoming Sponsor Of Earhart Search Wants Suit To Continue
Jul 14 2014 // A Wyoming man who paid $1 million to sponsor a search for Amelia Earhart’s missing airplane is asking a federal judge not to dismiss his fraud lawsuit against expedition organizers. Tim Mellon maintains that the...
California Commissioner Sued by UnitedHealth Over Fine
Jul 14 2014 // UnitedHealth Group has sued California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones to block a $173.6 million fine the insurer incurred for violations during a botched acquisition. The lawsuit was filed last week in Orange County...
Tracy Morgan Sues Wal-Mart for N.J. Crash That Killed 1
Jul 14 2014 // Former “Saturday Night Live” star Tracy Morgan has sued Wal-Mart over last month’s highway crash involving one of its drivers that left him seriously injured and a fellow comedian dead. The lawsuit, filed...
$1 Billion Highway Guardrail Trial Underway This Week
Jul 14 2014 // Trinity Industries Inc. will have 13 hours this week to fight allegations its highway guardrail systems are a deadly hazard that spear cars on impact, with as much as $1 billion at stake for the company. U.S. District...
Wisconsin City Sues Organizer of Pub Crawl to Recoup Costs
Jul 11 2014 // The city of Oshkosh, Wis., is suing a man who organized a costly pub crawl without a permit. Oshkosh Northwestern Media reports the city filed a small claims lawsuit against Joseph Kubiak for money it spent on police...
