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Insurers Sue for Losses from Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse
Aug 15 2013 // Two years after the deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse, new legal disputes are cropping up and victims are still working to recover. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. and subsidiary AGCS Marine, which insured...
Gun Ranges In Washington County Protected From Lawsuits
Aug 15 2013 // You can’t move near a shooting range in Pierce County, Wash. and then start complaining about the noise. The county council approved an ordinance Tuesday that protects gun ranges from lawsuits based on noise or...
BP Asks Judge to Deny Investors’ Class-Action Spill Suit Bid
Aug 15 2013 // BP Plc asked a federal judge to deny U.S. investors the right to pursue a class action, or group, lawsuit claiming the company misled them before and after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The investors, led by the New...
Judge Throws Out Race-Based Claims in Paula Deen Lawsuit
Aug 15 2013 // A federal judge this week threw out race discrimination claims by a former Savannah restaurant manager whose lawsuit against Paula Deen has already cost the celebrity cook a valuable chunk of her culinary empire. Lisa...
U.S. Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Oklahoma Healthcare Reform Lawsuit
Aug 14 2013 // A federal judge has denied most of the federal government’s motion to dismiss Oklahoma’s legal challenge to implementation of the new federal healthcare law. In a 27-page decision, U.S. District Judge Ronald...
Oklahoma Governor Calls Special Session on Lawsuit Reform
Aug 13 2013 // Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has called for a special session of the Oklahoma Legislature, to begin Sept. 3 for work on lawsuit reform. Gov. Mary Fallin’s executive order calls on lawmakers to re-institute...
Ogden Hospital Loses Lawsuit Over Racism Complaint
Aug 13 2013 // A federal jury has found Ogden Regional Medical Center guilty of retaliating against an employee who was fired following a racism complaint. Records show that a U.S. District Court jury in Salt Lake City decided Aug. 2...
Ruling Allows Hawaii Dam Break Lawsuits Against Insurers To Advance
Aug 12 2013 // A state appeals court ruling has cleared the way for stalled lawsuits involving a deadly 2006 Kauai dam breach to move forward. The state Intermediate Court of Appeals sent the case back to circuit court, vacating the...
Railroads Win Class Certification Appeal in Shippers’ Price Fixing Case
Aug 12 2013 // The four largest U.S. railroad companies won their bid to reverse a ruling that turned a price- fixing lawsuit against them by shippers into a group lawsuit with potential damages of at least $10 billion. A three-judge...
Fashion Blogger Sues Bet Over Attire Clash, Discrimination in California
Aug 9 2013 // A transgendered style correspondent who says BET made him tone down his feminine look on the network’s pre-awards show last month has filed a lawsuit against the network’s parent company for discrimination,...
Parents Of Woman Crushed By Tree In California Sue PG&E
Aug 9 2013 // The parents of a camp counselor crushed to death by a falling tree near Yosemite National Park are suing Pacific Gas & Electric and the camp’s arborist. The San Francisco Chronicle reported the family of...
Remington Asks Judge To Dismiss Montana Lawsuit Over Rifle
Aug 8 2013 // Gun manufacturer Remington has asked a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit by Montanans who bought a type of rifle that can reportedly misfire without the trigger being pulled. Allen Bowker and Eric...
Suit: Philadelphia Contractor Had Invalid Insurance
Aug 8 2013 // An insurer says a contractor being sued by people injured in a Philadelphia building collapse that killed six others had an invalid insurance policy. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Berkley Assurance Co. of Iowa...
AIG, Former Executives Sued by Nuveen Investment Funds, UCalif Regents
Aug 8 2013 // Twenty-five Nuveen Investments Inc. funds sued American International Group Inc., claiming the company committed securities fraud in the months leading up to the U.S. financial crisis in 2008. Also named as defendants in a...
State Sues Indiana Bell for Suspending Injured Workers
Aug 8 2013 // The state has filed a lawsuit against AT&T’s Indiana operating unit, alleging it has a policy of suspending workers who report work-related injuries. The Indianapolis Business Journal reported the state...
New York City Prep School Sues AIG Insurers Over Denial of Abuse Coverage
Aug 7 2013 // New York City prep school Horace Mann sued units of American International Group Inc. saying they refused to defend and indemnify the school for damages stemming from sex-abuse claims by former students against...
Doctors’ Fear of Lawsuits Trumps State Malpractice Tort Reforms
Aug 7 2013 // Medicare patients receive more diagnostic tests and emergency department referrals when treated by physicians who worry more about malpractice liability, regardless of whether states have adopted common malpractice tort...
Washington Nationals Sue Crime Insurer Over Player’s Lie About Age
Aug 7 2013 // Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals sued an insurance company for $1 million for declining to provide crime insurance coverage for an alleged fraud scheme involving a team executive linked to the signing of...
California City Sues Chevron Over Refinery Fire
Aug 6 2013 // Richmond is suing Chevron for damages from a massive fire that shut down the energy giant’s refinery at the San Francisco Bay area city last year. A lawsuit filed in Contra Costa County Superior Court alleges the...
Southern California Mall Sued For Alleged Discrimination
Aug 6 2013 // A Southern California mall is being sued by a man who claims security officers racially profiled him and other black men. The Torrance Daily Breeze reported Cortes Rex claims that guards at the South Bay Galleria in...
