Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oregon Murder-Suicide Lawsuit Blames Chantix Prescriber
Dec 2 2013 // A Eugene, Ore. woman whose husband killed the couple’s son and himself has sued the dentist who prescribed her husband a nicotine-cessation drug and the hospital that determined he was not a danger to himself or...
Oregon Lawsuit: Patients Tested For HIV Without Consent
Dec 2 2013 // Two Oregon residents have sued a health care provider that screened them for HIV without their permission. The Oregonian reported the plaintiffs are asking the judge to approve the suit as a class action, to include the...
Old Republic Insurance Sues Georgia City Over Runway Construction
Dec 2 2013 // An insurance company is suing the City of Macon, claiming that a corporate jet crashed because the city improperly built the runway it landed on. The Telegraph of Macon reported that Old Republic Insurance Co. is suing the...
FEMA Fights Mississippi Suit Against Flood Insurance Hikes
Dec 2 2013 // The federal government is urging a federal court to dismiss a Mississippi lawsuit seeking to halt flood insurance rate hikes until an affordability study is completed. In arguing for the suit dismissal, the Federal...
FEMA: No Extension for Filing Sandy Flood Insurance Suits
Dec 2 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said it cannot extend the deadline for Superstorm Sandy victims who may want to file lawsuits challenging a denial or disallowance of all or part of their federal flood...
Lawsuit: California Student Recruited to Help in Drug Bust
Dec 2 2013 // The mother of a California middle school student has sued the school district, claiming her 14-year-old son was used as bait during an on-campus drug sting. The suit was filed against the Temecula Valley Unified High...
Suncor in Colorado to Pay $1.9 Million to Settle Oil Lawsuit
Dec 2 2013 // Suncor oil refinery operators have agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit by federal and state authorities over a toxic spill that contaminated Sand Creek and the South Platte River. A consent decree filed in U.S....
Jury Awards $100,000 in Oregon Malpractice Suit
Dec 2 2013 // An Oregon gynecologist who removed a patient’s healthy ovary and left a piece of plastic in her body after a 2007 robotic surgery has been ordered to pay more than $100,000. U.S. District Court jurors convicted Dr....
Players Union Tells NFL to Expect More Injury Lawsuits
Dec 1 2013 // The National Football League should expect more injury-related lawsuits from former players, according to the executive director of the players’ union. “Reality will dictate that it’s never really the end...
Black Southern California Firefighter Awarded $1.1M In Bias Suit
Nov 27 2013 // Six years after losing in his first trial, a black Los Angeles firefighter was awarded $1.1 million Monday by a jury that found he suffered discrimination during his nearly three-decade career. After 16 days of...
10 Former Players Sue National Hockey League Over Concussions
Nov 27 2013 // The National Hockey League was sued by former players accusing it of concealing the risk of severe brain injuries three months after the National Football League agreed to pay $765 million to settle similar claims. The NHL...
Florida Woman Sues Network over ‘The Game’ Facebook Page
Nov 26 2013 // A South Florida woman is suing the Black Entertainment Television network in a dispute over a Facebook page she developed to promote the show “The Game.” Attorneys for Stacey Mattocks, who lives in Broward...
Watchdog Sues For Sandia Nuke Safety Records In New Mexico
Nov 25 2013 // A watchdog group has filed a lawsuit seeking the release of nuclear safety records for Sandia National Laboratories. The suit filed Friday in federal court in Albuquerque alleges the National Nuclear Security...
$15 Million Awarded in Illinois Childbirth Death Lawsuit
Nov 25 2013 // Jurors have awarded a $15 million settlement to the husband of a suburban Chicago high school teacher who died while giving birth. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the wrongful death lawsuit accused two doctors and...
FEMA Says No Deadline Extension for Filing Sandy Flood Insurance Suits
Nov 25 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said it cannot extend the deadline for Superstorm Sandy victims who may want to file lawsuits challenging a denial or disallowance of all or part of their federal flood...
Delaware Refinery Owners Win Insurance Lawsuit
Nov 22 2013 // A Delaware judge has ruled for owners of the Delaware City oil refinery in lawsuit over insurance coverage involving the deaths of two workers who suffocated inside a tank. The judge granted summary judgment this week to...
Lance Armstrong Settles $3M Insurance Lawsuit
Nov 22 2013 // A day before he was scheduled to give sworn testimony about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, Lance Armstrong reached a settlement on Nov. 20 with an insurance company that was seeking $3 million in performance...
California Lesbian Teacher Files Discrimination Suit
Nov 21 2013 // A lesbian teacher in California has filed a lawsuit against Hesperia Unified School District that alleges unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation because of her sexual orientation. Lambda Legal filed the...
Lawsuit: California Student Recruited To Help In Drug Bust
Nov 21 2013 // The mother of a California middle school student has sued the school district, claiming her 14-year-old son was used as bait during an on-campus drug sting. The Riverside Press Enterprise reported Wednesday the suit was...
NCAA Sues Video Game Maker Over College Athlete Settlement
Nov 21 2013 // The National Collegiate Athletic Association sued Electronic Arts Inc., saying the video-game maker hasn’t agreed to indemnify the NCAA for legal claims by college athletes and hasn’t maintained insurance to do...
