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Judge Dismisses Suit Against Bank of America For Not Disclosing AIG Claims
Nov 4 2013 // Bank of America Corp. has won the dismissal of an unusual lawsuit in which shareholders accused it of concealing a $10 billion fraud case brought by American International Group Inc. In a decision made public on Monday,...
Insurer For Montana City Settles Lawsuit With Family
Nov 4 2013 // The insurance company for the city of Billings has agreed to settle a lawsuit stemming from the death of a 41-year-old man at Rose Park pool. The Billings Gazette reported that the agreement approved on Tuesday by District...
Arkansas Judge OKs Class-Action Status in Marlboro Lights Suit
Nov 4 2013 // A judge in Arkansas has granted class-action status to a lawsuit that claims Philip Morris USA deliberately exaggerated the safety of its Marlboro Lights cigarettes. Attorneys for Philip Morris had argued that any lawsuits...
Court Says Oklahoma Tribe Immune from Dramshop Liability Lawsuit
Nov 4 2013 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court, reversing a previous ruling, says a family injured in a 2006 auto accident cannot sue the Peoria Tribe or its Buffalo Run Casino, where the other driver in the crash had been drinking. The...
Utah Man Who Topples Rock Faces Questions Over Lawsuit
Nov 4 2013 // A Utah Boy Scout leader whose toppling of an ancient rock formation in a state park was captured in a viral online video is facing questions over a personal injury lawsuit he filed a month before the incident. Glenn Taylor...
Wyoming Outdoor Leadership School Sued Over 2011 Death
Nov 1 2013 // The mother of a 20-year-old Minnesota man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Lander, Wyo.-based National Outdoor Leadership School. The lawsuit filed by Elizabeth Brenner, of Minnetonka, Minn., in federal court...
9 with Cancer Sue DuPont Over West Virginia Plant Chemical
Nov 1 2013 // Nine Ohio and West Virginia residents who have cancer and other diseases have filed federal lawsuits this month against chemical giant DuPont Co. The lawsuits accuse the Wilmington, Del.-based company of knowingly...
Oregon Mother Seeks $7.6M In Meatball Choking Death Lawsuit
Oct 31 2013 // The mother of a young Oregon girl who died after choking on a meatball at her preschool is seeking $7.6 million in a lawsuit against the suburban Portland school and its owner. The Oregonian reported that the lawsuit filed...
Court Says Oklahoma Tribe Immune from Dramshop Liability Lawsuit
Oct 29 2013 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court, reversing a previous ruling, says a family injured in a 2006 auto accident cannot sue the Peoria Tribe or its Buffalo Run Casino, where the other driver in the crash had been drinking. The...
Justice Department Wielding FIRREA in Financial Fraud Cases
Oct 29 2013 // The U.S. Department of Justice appeared to have struck gold last week with the law it wielded against one of the nation’s largest banks over conduct that fueled the financial crisis. To convince a jury that Bank of...
Idaho Lawsuit Is Latest Claim Against Remington
Oct 28 2013 // Remington Arms Co., maker of one of America’s most-popular hunting rifles, is in court again, this time with an Idaho lawsuit filed by a man who says he was shot through the foot by a defective weapon. Loren Korpi,...
Parents Awarded $3.75M In Colorado Wrongful Death Suit
Oct 28 2013 // An Arapahoe County jury has awarded $3.75 million in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a 12-year-old boy who drowned in the shallow end of a Centennial country club pool. The Denver Post reported Bill...
Family Members Sue Over Fatal California Limo Fire
Oct 28 2013 // Family members of the victims of a fatal Bay Area limousine fire in California have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against six different companies. The San Francisco Chronicle reported the lawsuit claims the companies were...
Alabama Couple Sues Kentucky Motel Owners for $5M Over Illness
Oct 28 2013 // An Alabama woman has filed suit seeking $5 million from the owners of a Kentucky motel where she says she was infected with Legionnaire’s disease. Vera Ann Johnson and husband John Allen Johnson of Wedowee filed suit...
Schumer: Sandy Victims Need More Time to Challenge NFIP Payout Amounts in Court
Oct 25 2013 // Two U.S. senators representing New York State, Sen. Charles Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, this week called on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to extend the statute of limitations for Sandy victims seeking...
Settlement Nears in Lawsuit over Missouri Grocery Store Breach
Oct 25 2013 // A suburban St. Louis, Mo., grocery store chain has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a computer system breach that compromised the credit and debit cards of about 2.4 million customers. In a preliminary...
California Woman Sues McDonald’s Over Coffee Burns
Oct 25 2013 // A Fresno County woman who says she suffered second-degree burns when she spilled hot coffee on her lap at the drive-up window of a McDonald’s has filed suit against the fast-food chain. The Fresno Bee reported...
Arkansas Judge OKs Class-Action Status in Marlboro Lights Suit
Oct 24 2013 // A judge in Arkansas has granted class-action status to a lawsuit that claims Philip Morris USA deliberately exaggerated the safety of its Marlboro Lights cigarettes. Attorneys for Philip Morris had argued that any lawsuits...
Bill to Curb ‘Patent Trolls’ Introduced in Congress
Oct 24 2013 // A U.S. congressman, who has led the charge against frivolous patent infringement lawsuits, introduced a bill on Wednesday to curb the behavior of so-called “patent trolls” but faced criticism that some of the...
Suit Disputes Oregon’s Claim in Malpractice Award
Oct 23 2013 // A former Eugene woman is trying to keep the state of Oregon from claiming more than $200,000 from a medical malpractice settlement she received after suffering a stroke at age 27 that left her with only limited use of her...
