Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Detroit Files Lawsuit Against 1 of Its Insurers
Jul 8 2013 // Detroit has filed a lawsuit against an insurance company the city says is improperly withholding $11 million a month in casino payments and taxes. According to The Detroit News, the suit against Syncora Guarantee Inc. was...
Drilling Health Lawsuit Revived In Colorado
Jul 8 2013 // A judge has ruled that a western Colorado family can proceed with a lawsuit claiming oil and gas drilling activities contaminated their drinking water and air and forced them from their home. Bill and Beth Strudley filed...
Couple Files Lawsuit Against County In Idaho
Jul 8 2013 // A northern Idaho couple has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Kootenai County. The Coeur d’Alene Press reported that the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Coeur d’Alene contends Kathy Pagano...
Lawsuit Filed Over Utah Boy’s Falling Tombstone Death
Jul 8 2013 // The parents of a Lehi boy who was killed after a tombstone fell on him last year are suing the cemetery’s association. According to a lawsuit filed in Utah’s Third District Court, 4-year-old Carson Dean Cheney...
New Jersey Utility Sues 11 Insurers Over Sandy Storm Coverage
Jul 8 2013 // Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., the largest provider of gas and electric service in New Jersey, sued 11 insurers, including American International Group Inc., over losses from Hurricane Sandy. PSE&G, which...
2 New York Utilities Sued for 120 Sandy-Burned Homes
Jul 7 2013 // About 120 home owners from the tight-knit enclave of Breezy Point in Queens, New York, that was devastated by fires during Superstorm Sandy are suing two utility companies for negligence. A lawsuit filed on July 2 in state...
China-Style Eldercare: Kids Can Be Sued For Not Visiting Parents
Jul 3 2013 // What are elderly parents to do when their children no longer bother to visit? In China, there’s a new answer: sue the kids. That’s what 77-year-old “Granny Chu,” of Wuxi, China, did in April. On...
Trial Attorneys Challenge Florida’s Medical Malpractice Law
Jul 2 2013 // Florida trial attorneys filed five lawsuits against health care providers challenging a state law that imposes new restrictions on medical malpractice claims. The attorneys allege that the law allows medical malpractice...
San Francisco Bay Area Car Rental Startup Faces Lawsuit
Jul 1 2013 // Out of a tiny, green shack on a parking lot in an industrial area south of San Francisco International Airport, three teenagers are trying to change the airport car rental business. To do it, all they need are your cars,...
Court Dismisses Class Action Status in Google Digital Books Case for Now
Jul 1 2013 // A federal appeals court on Monday said a lawsuit against Google Inc.’s effort to create the world’s largest digital books library should not have been allowed to proceed as a class action. The 2nd U.S. Circuit...
San Francisco Paper Sues Rival Over Low Ad Rates
Jun 28 2013 // The San Francisco Examiner has filed a lawsuit alleging that the city’s dominant daily newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, has slashed advertising prices to stifle competition. The suit claims Chronicle owner The...
Mom Sues Monster Over Teen’s Death in California
Jun 27 2013 // The mother of a teenager who died from cardiac arrhythmia last year is blaming his death on Corona, Calif.-based Monster Beverage Corp., alleging in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that his death was caused by habitually drinking...
Greenberg’s $25B Suit Against Government Over AIG Bailout Can Proceed
Jun 27 2013 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg can continue his $25 billion lawsuit against the U.S. over losses from the bailout of his former company, American International Group Inc., without making claims on behalf of the...
Making the Most of Mediation
Jun 27 2013 // More litigation is resolved by mediation than by jury trials. Because of this, it is very important that insurance professionals understand the mediation process and learn how to make it effective. William Moye, an...
Oregon Sued Over Foster Abuse In Salem Home
Jun 26 2013 // Lawyers for 11 young children who reportedly suffered sexual abuse at a Salem, Ore., foster home have filed nearly $23 million in lawsuits against the state’s Department of Human Services. The lawsuits represent one...
4 Men Sue Boy Scouts, LDS Church in Idaho
Jun 26 2013 // Four men are suing the Mormon church and Boy Scouts of America in federal court, saying they were sexually abused while attending scouting functions in Idaho. Attorneys Gilion Dumas, Andrew Chasan and Timothy Walton filed...
Colleges Could Face Lawsuits Following Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling
Jun 26 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action may force universities to re-examine their admissions policies and face waves of litigation about race- based admission. In a 7-1 ruling yesterday, the justices...
EPLI in Southern California Playing ‘Hard’ to Get
Jun 25 2013 // Employment practices in California is a known and growing concern for insurers, agents and employers, and that concern has some carriers ramping up rates dramatically or quietly pulling back from the area, say those...
Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg Must Face N.Y. Suit, Appeals Court Says
Jun 25 2013 // Former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Maurice “Hank” Greenberg must face a fraud lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general, the state’s highest court ruled. The state can...
Supreme Court Extends Ban on Suits Against Generic Drugs
Jun 25 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court reinforced its bar on lawsuits by patients against generic-drug makers, overturning a $21 million award to a woman who suffered debilitating injuries after taking a generic painkiller. The justices,...
