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Penn State’s Sex Scandal Bill Tops $50 Million Before Civil Suits
Oct 14 2013 // Penn State has spent more than $50 million on fines, legal bills and other costs linked to a sex abuse scandal that has roiled the university for nearly two years, according to the school’s website. That figure does...
Oregon Man Injured In Dunes ATV Ride Files Suit
Oct 11 2013 // A man injured during an all-terrain vehicle ride in the Oregon dunes has sued a Eugene company, alleging it dug up a trail and did not warn riders of a sudden drop. Joseph Catania of Alturas, Calif., seeks $426,000 from...
Montana Bar Sued Over DUI Death
Oct 11 2013 // The estate of a Montana woman who died in a drunken driving crash is suing an East Helena bar, alleging bartenders continued to serve alcohol to the already-intoxicated driver in the hours before the crash. The Independent...
Feds Seek Stay in Lawsuit over Exxon Arkansas Oil Spill
Oct 11 2013 // Federal prosecutors in Arkansas asked a judge to stay proceedings in their lawsuit against ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. because of the federal government shutdown. The U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Chris...
Judge Temporarily Halts New York AG Suit Against Greenberg
Oct 11 2013 // Former American International Group (AIG) Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg on Thursday won a short reprieve from New York’s case accusing him of orchestrating sham transactions at AIG. State...
AIG Sued by Small Businesses Over Workers’ Compensation Reporting
Oct 10 2013 // Class action lawsuits in federal courts on both coasts have been initiated on behalf of small businesses in California, New York and New Jersey against American International Group (AIG) over workers’ compensation...
Pennsylvania Borough Insurer Pays $225K to Stunned Cuffed Man
Oct 9 2013 // A western Pennsylvania man who claimed a police officer used a stun gun on him while he was handcuffed was paid $225,000 by a borough’s insurance carrier to settle a lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in July on behalf...
Suit Over Doctor Abuse Goes to Trial in Oregon
Oct 8 2013 // A trial has begun in The Dalles, Ore. in lawsuits brought by three victims of an anesthesiologist who sedated patients and colleagues and then sexually abused them. Three women are asking for $6 million each in suits...
Idaho Parents Sue Football Helmet Company
Oct 8 2013 // The family of a northern Idaho teenager who suffered a traumatic brain injury during a football game is suing the school district and the maker of the football helmet. The Bonner County Daily Bee reported that Robert Clark...
Supreme Court Shows Interest in Medical Device Liability Laws
Oct 8 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court expressed interest in Medtronic Inc.’s appeal in a lawsuit by a man who was rendered a paraplegic after surgeons implanted a system that infuses pain medication into the spine. The justices...
Toyota Must Face Trial in Federal Sudden-Acceleration Case
Oct 8 2013 // Toyota Motor Corp. must go to trial in federal court over a lawsuit blaming a Camry driver’s accident and injuries on design defects in the car that caused it to accelerate suddenly. U.S. District Judge James Selna...
Montana Residents Suing Over Petroleum Pollution
Oct 7 2013 // Nearly 50 Cut Bank residents have filed a lawsuit alleging their properties have been polluted by petroleum from a crude oil transportation and storage facility on the eastern edge of the city. The Great Falls Tribune...
Synthetic Marijuana Death Prompts Lawsuit Against Colorado Store
Oct 7 2013 // The death of a 19-year-old who died after smoking synthetic marijuana has prompted a wrongful death suit against a Colorado Springs convenience store. Stephane Colbert alleges that her son, Nicholas A. Colbert, died in...
Allstate Wins Major Medical Fraud Lawsuit in Nevada
Oct 7 2013 // Allstate Insurance Co. received a judgment of more than $7 million following a Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations investigation nearly 10 years in the making. It is the company’s first medical fraud...
Civil Court Cases Face Possible Delays Due to Government Shutdown
Oct 4 2013 // U.S. Justice Department lawyers from New York to San Francisco are asking judges to delay civil cases as the government partially shuts down, and in Manhattan already won a halt to litigation except one trial. The Justice...
Oregon Man Hurt in Community Service Sues County
Oct 3 2013 // A man who suffered an eye injury clearing trails as part of court-ordered community service has sued Polk County, Ore. saying it failed to provide proper tools and safety equipment. The Salem Statesman Journal reported the...
Insurer, Cargo Firm Sue FAA Over Payments for Military Crash in Afghanistan
Oct 3 2013 // National Air Cargo Group Inc. and its insurer sued the U.S. for breach of contract, saying the government failed to provide reimbursement of as much as $45 million for the crash of a Boeing 747-400 on a military mission in...
Supeme Court to Hear Patent Suits Fee Award Cases
Oct 2 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two appeals that would make it easier for targets of patent suits to collect attorneys’ fees, agreeing to consider steps that some companies say would deter groundless litigation. The...
Judge Again Refuses to Exit New York AG’s Suit Against Greenberg
Oct 1 2013 // Former AIG Inc. Chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg lost a second bid to have a judge remove himself from an eight-year-old lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general’s office. Greenberg in July asked...
Fired SDG&E Worker Withdraws Racially-Tinged Suit in California
Oct 1 2013 // A former utility worker has withdrawn a lawsuit that claimed San Diego Gas & Electric fired him after he complained that co-workers tied a noose to the back of his truck, used the N-word and posted racist photos in a...
