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California Tops ‘Judicial Hellhole’ List
Jan 13 2014 // California isn’t just a warm place to live, which is often the case even in winter, but it turns out the state is considered a “judicial hellhole.” The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its annual...
Oregon Gay Bullying Lawsuit Settled for $5,000
Jan 13 2014 // The Eugene School District has paid $5,000 to settle an Oregon lawsuit that accused it of failing to stop students at a middle school from bullying and harassing a boy they perceived as gay. The suit was filed in federal...
Construction’s Growing Role in Renewable Energy
Jan 13 2014 // California isn’t just a warm place to live, which is often the case even in winter, but it turns out the state is considered a “judicial hellhole.” The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its annual...
10 Things to Know About Employment Practices Liability Insurance
Jan 13 2014 // The employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) line has been showing the largest price hikes in U.S. commercial insurance. The EPL line’s year-over-year price increases spiked into double digits during the 2013...
Iowa-Based Insurance Company Sues Google over Copyrighted Photo
Jan 9 2014 // A Des Moines, Iowa, insurance company is suing Google, demanding it remove a copyrighted photo from a private blog that mocks corporate headshots. ARAG North America and Ann Dieleman, a senior vice president and chief...
Family Sues Alaska Bar After Woman’s Death
Jan 9 2014 // The family of an Anchorage, Alaska woman who was killed in a traffic collision has filed a lawsuit against the bar where authorities say the driver charged in the death acknowledged drinking heavily before the crash. The...
Excessive Force Claimed in Suit Against Omaha, Nebraska Police
Jan 8 2014 // A lawsuit alleging excessive force and other rights violations has been filed against Omaha, Neb., police over an incident that led to the firing of four officers. The ACLU of Nebraska said the lawsuit was filed in U.S....
West Virginia University Sued by Fired Whistleblower
Jan 8 2014 // West Virginia University is being sued by a former auditor who claims he was fired for complaining about wrongdoing at the school. R. Michael Kennedy-Chuey’s federal lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for wrongful...
Widow Drops $100M Wrongful Death Suit Against Florida Hotel Magnate
Jan 8 2014 // A $100 million lawsuit filed against a Florida billionaire over a 2012 helicopter crash in the Bahamas that killed a prominent tax attorney has been withdrawn. The widow of attorney Lance Valdez filed the wrongful death...
Hawaii Dentist Negligence Alleged in Lawsuit
Jan 7 2014 // The parents of a 3-year-old girl who suffered massive brain damage have filed a lawsuit against a Kailua, Hawaii dentist, alleging negligence and dangerous conduct in sedating the child. Ashley and Evan Boyle filed the...
Montana Ski Resort Target of Family’s Wrongful Death Suit
Jan 6 2014 // The German family of a 16-year-old exchange student who died while skiing at Montana’s Whitefish Mountain Resort in 2010 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the resort. The family of Niclas Waschle filed the...
Blackberry Sues Startup Founded By Ryan Seacrest
Jan 6 2014 // Troubled smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. is accusing a company backed by “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest of being a rip-off artist. The allegations emerged in a patent infringement lawsuit filed Friday in a...
Deputy Assault Lawsuit Settled By Washington County
Jan 3 2014 // Yakima County, Wash. has settled a lawsuit stemming from an assault by an on-duty sheriff’s deputy against his estranged wife. The Yakima Herald reported the woman has reached a $250,000 settlement with the...
Montana Hospital Sues Over ACA Records System
Jan 3 2014 // A southwestern Montana hospital has filed a lawsuit against a Texas company saying it didn’t follow through with a contract to install a $441,000 health records system required under the federal Affordable Care...
Montana Condo Accessibility Suit Settled
Dec 31 2013 // A developer and construction company have agreed to make changes to a Bozeman, Mont. condominium following a federal lawsuit about handicap accessibility. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports in a story on Sunday that...
Louisiana Judge Ends Katrina Flooding Lawsuits Against Feds
Dec 30 2013 // Dozens of lawsuits seeking damages from the federal government for Hurricane Katrina-related levee failures and flooding in the New Orleans area are over. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. has dismissed the cases. The...
Insurer Sued in New York for Canceling, Reissuing Flood Policies After Claim
Dec 27 2013 // Fidelity National Property & Casualty Insurance Co. was recently sued in a New York court over flood insurance policies. The suit alleges the insurer retroactively canceled flood policies for Dayton Towers...
Minnesota Plant Sued By Parents Over Hot Manhole Cover
Dec 27 2013 // A Georgia couple is suing Duluth’s steam plant after they say their 2-year-old son received second-degree burns from a hot manhole cover. Megan and Troy Brown, from Canton, Ga., are seeking more than $50,000 from the...
Texas Family Settles Lawsuit From 100-Vehicle Crash
Dec 27 2013 // The family of the suburban Houston couple killed on Thanksgiving Day last year in a 100-vehicle pileup on a foggy stretch of Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas has settled a lawsuit it had filed. The Beaumont Enterprise...
California Servers Awarded $5.7M In Age Discrimination Suit
Dec 27 2013 // A jury has awarded nearly $5.7 million to four servers who alleged they were fired from a Los Angeles restaurant because of their ages. City News Service reported Superior Court jurors last week awarded damages to the...
