Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Fracking Lawsuit Allowed to Proceed
Apr 11 2014 // A couple who sued to try to stop shale gas drilling around a state-owned lake in eastern Ohio won an early victory this week as a judge ruled their lawsuit can proceed. The Franklin County judge ruled that the Guernsey...
9 Ex-Players Sue NHL Over Head Injuries
Apr 10 2014 // The National Hockey League was sued by nine former players who claim a culture of “extreme violence” resulted in head injuries and subsequent long-term consequences related to trauma. The NHL has failed to warn...
N.Y. Metro-North Employee Paralyzed in Train Derailment Files $100M Suit
Apr 10 2014 // A Metro-North employee paralyzed in the deadly train derailment in the Bronx has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the railroad. Samuel Rivera’s lawyer told the Daily News that his client has extraordinary medical...
Comedian George Wallace Awarded $1.3M in Vegas lawsuit
Apr 10 2014 // A Nevada jury has awarded $1.3 million in damages to comedian George Wallace for a leg injury he said he suffered while performing at a Las Vegas Strip resort in 2007. The split decision in a civil negligence and personal...
Alabama Riverboat Owners, Sorority Sued Over Student Drowning
Apr 10 2014 // Relatives of a University of Alabama student who drowned after falling from the Bama Belle riverboat during a 2012 sorority party have filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The Tuscaloosa News reported that Tre’ Jones...
Allstate, Merrill Lynch End $167 Million Mortgage Suit
Apr 9 2014 // Allstate Corp. and Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch unit agreed to end a lawsuit by the insurer over $167 million in mortgage-backed securities as the second-largest U.S. lender continues to resolve litigation...
Tesla Sued by Wisconsin ‘Lemon Law King’
Apr 9 2014 // Wisconsin’s self-proclaimed lemon law king filed a lawsuit against direct-order car maker Tesla Motors, accusing the company of selling a defective electric sedan to a Franklin doctor. Tesla is currently fighting new...
Priest Sex Abuse Alleged in Another Hawaii Suit
Apr 9 2014 // Another lawsuit against the Catholic Church in Hawaii claims that a former Bishop sexually abused a boy who went to him to report he had been abused by another priest. Attorneys for the 59-year-old Honolulu man filed the...
Allstate, Bank of America Agree to End Lawsuit Over Mortgages
Apr 8 2014 // Allstate Corp. and Bank of America Corp.’s Countrywide unit have agreed to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from $700 million of toxic mortgage debt, according to a court filing on Tuesday. The parties “have agreed...
Judge Awards Utah Woman $250K In Dog Bite Suit
Apr 8 2014 // A judge has ruled in favor of an Ogden, Utah woman in a lawsuit over a severe dog bite. Second District Judge Mike DiReda found that Sara Loving was owed $250,000 in damages from defendants James and Cindy Davis for...
Court Says FTC Can Sue Hotel Chain Over Data Breaches
Apr 8 2014 // A U.S. court ruled on Monday that the Federal Trade Commission can proceed with a lawsuit against hotel group Wyndham Worldwide Corp. for allegedly failing to safeguard consumers’ personal information. Wyndham had...
Injured Skier Sues Oregon Resort Over ‘Drunken’ Snowboarder
Apr 7 2014 // A skier injured when an allegedly drunken snowboarder collided with her has filed a $900,000 lawsuit against the snowboarder and Skibowl in Oregon. The suit from Maria Magdalena Stanila alleges the Mount Hood ski resort...
Could Washington Landslide Lawsuits Win?
Apr 7 2014 // The warnings could hardly have been clearer. One technical report told of the “potential for a large catastrophic failure” of the 600-foot hillside above a rural neighborhood near Oso, on the Stillaguamish...
Credit Bureau Experian Facing Litigation, State Probes Over Data Breach
Apr 7 2014 // Experian Plc is enmeshed in litigation over its 2012 purchase of the assets of data firm Court Ventures, which is at the center of a breach that exposed some 200 million American Social Security numbers to...
Owners of Leaky Iowa Apartments Win Suit Against Insurer
Apr 7 2014 // An insurance company has been told to pay $12.4 million to the owners of a West Des Moines, Iowa, apartment complex that was plagued with water leaks and mold. Construction of the Westlake apartments began in 2002....
California Toy Company Settles Beastie Boys Suit
Apr 7 2014 // A California toy company has settled its lawsuit against the Beastie Boys over its parody of their song “Girls” in a promotional video that went viral. An agreement to dismiss the claim was filed in late March...
Top 5 Riskiest States for Employee Lawsuits: Hiscox
Apr 7 2014 // Four states – California, Illinois, Alabama and Mississippi – along with the District of Columbia, are the top five riskiest places in the country for employee lawsuits. Businesses in these states and jurisdictions...
Shareholders Sue in 94 Percent of M&As; 75 Percent Settle Before Closing: Cornerstone Research
Apr 7 2014 // Shareholders challenged more than 94 percent of U.S. merger and acquisition deals valued over $100 million in 2013, according to a new M&A report by Cornerstone Research. Deals worth $100 million or more attracted an...
Insurance Can’t Protect Libertarian’s Dream of Unlimited Liability: McArdle
Apr 6 2014 // If you run in libertarian circles, you hear a lot about lawsuits. It’s the obvious recourse for anyone who wants less regulation but can’t bring themselves to insist that, say, chemical companies should be...
Oregon State University Pays $101K Settle Campus Paper Suit
Apr 4 2014 // Oregon State University has paid $1,000 plus $100,000 in legal fees to a former student to settle a lawsuit over the confiscation of distribution boxes for a conservative-leaning student newspaper. The Oregonian reported...
