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Bills Aimed at Property Claims Litigation Expected in Texas Legislative Session
Feb 11 2015 // Texas lawmakers are expected to file legislation this year aimed at stemming the tide of property claims litigation in the wake of catastrophic weather events, such as hailstorms. Proponents of such legislation would like...
Class Action Lawsuits Bill Advanced in Oregon House
Feb 11 2015 // The state House has approved a measure changing the way Oregon handles class-action lawsuits. Two Republicans joined all Democrats present in approving the measure 35-22 on Monday. The Republicans were Julie Parrish of...
Kentucky Lawmaker Added to Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for Firing Worker
Feb 10 2015 // A high-ranking Democrat in the Kentucky House of Representatives has been added to an ongoing sexual harassment lawsuit in Franklin County. Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate added state Rep. Johnny Bell of...
ACLU Settles Lawsuit Over R.I.’s Uninsured Motorists Database
Feb 9 2015 // The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has settled a lawsuit with the state Division of Motor Vehicles over how it’s putting in place a database designed to identify uninsured drivers. The ACLU says the...
Builders Association Files Suit over Minnesota’s Residential Sprinkler Law
Feb 9 2015 // The Builders Association of the Twin Cities is suing the state of Minnesota over a new sprinkler mandate. The law requires a sprinkler system for all new homes that are 4,500 square feet or larger. The Builders Association...
Chubb Sued for $60M by Owners of Ohio Mansion Gutted by Fire
Feb 9 2015 // The owners of a $4 million suburban Ohio mansion that burned to the ground last year are suing their insurance company for almost $60 million, saying it didn’t honor their claims. Court documents show homeowners...
Oregon Man Sues Walmart over Gas Can Explosion
Feb 9 2015 // A Coos County, Ore., man badly burned when he poured gasoline on a fire is suing Walmart, claiming the gas can he bought there was defective. Daniel Rowlett is seeking $13 million. He says Walmart sold him a plastic can...
Legislation Addressing Property Claims Litigation Likely to Crop Up in Texas
Feb 9 2015 // By the end of 2008, the Texas residual market for insuring seacoast properties for wind and hail figured it had enough resources available to pay claims for both Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Dolly that hit the Texas coast...
$17M Lawsuit For Bridge Collapse Filed by Washington
Feb 6 2015 // A lawsuit filed this week by the Washington State Department of Transportation is seeking at least $17 million to recover costs related to the 2013 Skagit River bridge collapse. The lawsuit, filed in Skagit County Superior...
California Consumer Sues Anthem Over Data Breach
Feb 6 2015 // Anthem Inc. faces what may be the first of many consumer lawsuits a day after disclosing that hackers obtained data on tens of millions of current and former customers and employees. A California woman on Thursday accused...
Mississippi House Rejects Bill Limiting Attorney General’s Power to Sue
Feb 6 2015 // Mississippi House members are rejecting new restrictions against Attorney General Jim Hood’s ability to file lawsuits or hire outside lawyers. The House voted 66-49 Wednesday to reject a House Bill 1201, which would...
Lawsuit: Acupuncture Treatment Punctured California Woman’s Lung
Feb 5 2015 // A San Diego, Calif. woman is suing a chiropractor she claims collapsed her lung during an unlicensed acupuncture treatment. Jamie Del Fierro says she was injured about a year ago during a treatment for tension headaches at...
GM Facing 104 Lawsuits Plus Class Action Tied to Car Defects
Feb 5 2015 // General Motors Co., which has come under media, congressional and courtroom scrutiny over fatalities caused by flawed ignition switches, is defending 104 death and injury lawsuits brought by those who blame accidents on...
Wal-Mart Driver in Morgan Crash Can’t Halt Civil Suit
Feb 4 2015 // The Wal-Mart Stores Inc. driver whose truck crashed into a van carrying actor-comedian Tracy Morgan lost a legal bid to halt a lawsuit against the company while criminal charges are pending against him. Kevin Roper, who is...
Attorneys, Insurers Facing Off over Hail Litigation in Texas
Feb 4 2015 // The vestiges of twin hailstorms that ravaged the south Texas coast in 2012 are now blowing through the halls of the Capitol in Austin. Two of the state’s most-powerful lobbies, the insurance industry and trial...
Allstate Settles Mortgage Fraud Suit with Morgan Stanley
Feb 4 2015 // Allstate Insurance Co. agreed to settle a 2011 lawsuit accusing Morgan Stanley of fraud over more than $100 million worth of mortgage-backed securities in which the insurer invested. The largest publicly traded U.S. home...
Securities Class Actions Held Steady in 2014
Feb 4 2015 // Deals often beget securities class actions. Yet, despite the active mergers-and-acquisitions market in 2014, the number of new federal securities class actions barely budged from the level in 2013. Last year, 170...
Lawsuit Against Union Pacific over Texas Veterans Parade Crash Begins
Jan 30 2015 // A freight train that slammed into a parade float two years ago, killing four veterans and injuring 16 other people, came within 39 inches of missing the trailer, attorneys for both sides told a West Texas jury. A Midland...
Greenberg Calls New York Fraud Suit Waste of Time, Money
Jan 30 2015 // Ex-American International Group Inc. Chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg said New York’s pursuit of him through a decade-old fraud suit is a waste of taxpayer money, as the two sides prepare for a trial...
Chubb Sued for $60M by Owners of Ohio Mansion Destroyed by Fire
Jan 29 2015 // The owners of a southwest Ohio mansion that burned to the ground last year are suing their insurance company for almost $60 million for allegedly not honoring their claims. Court documents show homeowners Jeffrey and Maria...
