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American Apparel Settles California Worker Death Suit For $1M
Sep 11 2014 // American Apparel will pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of an employee in a knitting machine accident. The Orange County district attorney’s office announced the settlement Tuesday. The worker’s...
Lawsuit Filed Against Home Depot Over Data Breach
Sep 10 2014 // Home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc. has been sued over data breach by a customer, saying the company failed to properly safeguard customer data from hackers, a lawsuit filed in a Chicago federal court showed on...
Judge Denies Class Action for Employees Suing Florida’s Darden Restaurant
Sep 8 2014 // A U.S. judge has ruled that food servers and bartenders employed by Darden Restaurants Inc., which owns chains including Olive Garden, the Capital Grille and LongHorn Steakhouse, cannot sue the company as a group for...
The Impact of Prior Work Exclusions and Sunset Provisions in CGL Policies
Sep 8 2014 // The commercial general liability (CGL) occurrence form policy is like a row of briefcases each filled with $1 million. Inscribed on the front of each briefcase is a year representing a specific annual policy period. Each...
Louisiana AG Files Suit Against State Farm over Auto Repair Practices
Sep 8 2014 // Alleging “a culture of unsafe business practices” in its handling of vehicle repairs, Louisiana’s attorney general has filed suit against insurance giant State Farm. Attorney General Buddy...
Helicopter Crash Lawsuit Against Florida Hotel Mogul Dismissed
Sep 3 2014 // A $100 million lawsuit against a Florida billionaire over a fatal 2012 helicopter crash in the Bahamas has been dismissed. The wrongful death lawsuit filed against real estate mogul Jeffrey Soffer by the widow of attorney...
Actress Heigl Drops Her $6M Lawsuit Against Duane Reade in New York
Aug 28 2014 // Actress Katherine Heigl and Duane Reade have come to an agreement in a lawsuit accusing the New York pharmacy of improperly posting to its social media accounts a paparazzi photograph of her leaving one of its stores. A...
Third-Party Bad Faith Claims Add $800M to Florida Auto Insurance Costs: IRC
Aug 28 2014 // Florida’s third-party bad-faith lawsuit environment may have resulted in more than $800 million in additional auto liability claim payments in 2013. The industry-supported Insurance Research Council (IRC) in a new...
Soccer Moms, Players Sue FIFA Over Concussions
Aug 28 2014 // FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, was sued by soccer moms and players who claim the organization failed to adopt effective guidelines for dealing with concussions as more evidence links brain injuries to...
North Carolina Fraternity Hazing Lawsuit Dismissed
Aug 27 2014 // A lawsuit stemming from the death of a former High Point University student has been dismissed against all remaining plaintiffs. The High Point Enterprise reported the case was dismissed last week against Michael Qubein,...
U.S. Loses Bid to Dismiss $25B Lawsuit Over AIG Bailout
Aug 27 2014 // A federal judge has rejected the United States’ bid to dismiss a more than $25 billion lawsuit filed by Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group Inc., over the...
Michigan Businessmen Sue Enbridge over 2010 Oil Spill
Aug 25 2014 // A trial is underway in a lawsuit brought by two men who say a 2010 Michigan oil spill destroyed their business. Charles Blakeman Jr. of Bellevue and Robert Patterson of Mason say they were prevented from guiding disabled...
Businesses Irked by Alabama Court’s Generic Drug Label Ruling
Aug 25 2014 // Business isn’t buying the Alabama Supreme Court’s attempt to limit the fallout from its decision saying brand-name drugmakers can be held liable for warnings on generic medication produced by other companies. A...
Michigan Renters to Split $500K Settlement in Harassment Suit
Aug 22 2014 // At least 13 women will share a more than $500,000 settlement after a federal lawsuit said a Grand Rapids, Mich., apartment manager sexually harassed tenants. A judge approved the settlement with the entities that own and...
Judge Rebukes Whistleblower’s $265B Claim Against BP Over Gulf Safety
Aug 22 2014 // BP Plc won’t face a $256 billion lawsuit brought by a whistleblower who claimed the company’s Atlantis oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico was unsafe. Kenneth Abbott, a former BP contractor, and Food...
Los Angeles to Settle Police-Death Suit for $5 Million
Aug 21 2014 // The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to pay $5 million to the family of an unarmed, disabled man who was killed by police in a shooting captured on live television. The council voted 12-2 in closed session to...
Maine Woman Sues GM, Claims Burn From Heated Car Seat
Aug 19 2014 // A Maine woman who says she suffered a third-degree burn from a heated seat in Chevrolet Suburban has sued General Motors. Emma Verrill says in her suit filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine, that GM failed to...
Louisiana AG Files Suit Against State Farm Over Auto Repair Practices
Aug 19 2014 // Alleging “a culture of unsafe business practices” in its handling of vehicle repairs, Louisiana’s attorney general has filed suit against insurance giant State Farm. Attorney General Buddy...
Husband of Tennessee UPS Pilot Sues Honeywell Over Fatal Crash
Aug 19 2014 // The husband of a Tennessee pilot killed when a UPS cargo jet crashed in Alabama has filed suit against the company that made warning equipment used in the aircraft. Bret Tucker Fanning is seeking $2 million in his federal...
San Diego Comic-Con Files Trademark Suit Against Utah Convention
Aug 18 2014 // Organizers of the biggest comic-book convention in the nation sued their counterparts in Salt Lake City over the event’s name, saying it confuses fans into thinking the two are affiliated. San Diego Comic-Con’s...
