Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Family’s Lawsuit Against Charlotte Airport, US Airways Dismissed
Mar 8 2013 // A North Carolina judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Charlotte, its airport and an airline by the family of a teen who apparently fell to his death from the wheel well of a jet approaching Boston. Superior Court...
St. Louis Company Wins Suit over Bowl-Shaped Chip
Mar 7 2013 // A Texas jury has sided with a St. Louis company in its fight with snack giant Frito-Lay over the right to produce bowl-shaped tortilla chips. Plano, Texas-based Frito-Lay sued St. Louis-based Ralcorp Holdings and its...
Indiana Nursing Home Patient’s Family Sues over Death
Mar 7 2013 // Relatives of an 88-year-old Indiana woman who died after being attacked by another nursing home resident say the home’s owners lied about her injuries. Betty Riley’s family filed a complaint with the Indiana...
Nursing Home Giant Guilty in California Wrongful Death Suit
Mar 7 2013 // A Sacramento Superior Court jury has returned verdicts of wrongful death and elder abuse against the nation’s largest assisted living company. The Sacramento Bee reported the trial now enters the punitive-damages...
Penn State Sues PMA Insurance Over Alleged Breach of Contract
Mar 6 2013 // Pennsylvania State University on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association Insurance Company (PMA), alleging that the insurer failed to honor obligations owed to the school under...
Colorado Theater Victims Say Lawsuit Should Be Heard
Mar 6 2013 // Two witnesses to the July mass shooting inside an Aurora movie theater are arguing their lawsuit against the theater owner should not be thrown out. Chichi Spruel and Derick Spruel say they were with two people when the...
Trial for BP Shareholders’ Suit Over Gulf Spill Claims Set for 2014
Mar 5 2013 // A U.S. civil trial has been set for Aug. 25, 2014, regarding accusations that BP Plc committed fraud by misleading shareholders before and after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill about its ability to respond to the...
Idaho Woman Sues Costco Over Life Insurance Money
Mar 5 2013 // A woman has filed a lawsuit against a northern Idaho Costco contending that the company should pay out the life insurance policy of her brother, a former Costco employee who died two years after being fired. The Idaho...
This Class Action Lawsuit’s for You, Budweiser
Mar 5 2013 // The maker of Budweiser is using splashy newspaper ads to poke fun at a lawsuit that alleges its beer is watered down. In full-page ads in 10 U.S. newspapers on Sunday, including The New York Times and Los Angeles Times,...
Facebook CEO, Directors Face New Lawsuit Over Last Year’s Troubled IPO
Mar 5 2013 // A Facebook Inc. shareholder filed a lawsuit over the largest social networking company’s botched initial public offering and is seeking to hold Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, directors and officers responsible for...
Ex-Officer Wins $750,000 in Suit Against Oregon City
Mar 4 2013 // A federal jury has awarded a former sergeant $750,000 in a lawsuit over his departure from the Roseburg police force. The Roseburg News-Review reported that Gregrey Fetsch argued the city didn’t give him a chance to...
Firms Saw Rise in Lawsuits, Regulatory Investigations in 2012: Survey
Mar 4 2013 // Companies in the United States and United Kingdom dealt with more litigation last year, while regulatory investigations reached a five-year high, according to a report. Litigation rebounded to 2010 levels in 2012, after a...
Suits Against Army Corps Over Nashville Floods Dismissed
Mar 4 2013 // A federal judge has dismissed a pair of lawsuits claiming the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was responsible for flood damage in 2010 to the Grand Ole Opry, Gibson Guitar and other Nashville-area businesses. The companies...
Florida’s Citizens Sued for Denying Mitigation Discounts
Mar 4 2013 // A lawsuit seeking class action status filed against the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. alleges the company purposefully deprived customers of windstorm mitigation discounts through an arbitrary reinspection...
Judge Allows Travel Insurance Lawsuit to Proceed in Aruba Missing Tourist Case
Mar 3 2013 // A federal judge has refused to dismiss a suit filed by an insurer against a Maryland man jailed over the suspected death of his traveling companion in Aruba. An American Express subsidiary is suing Gary Giordano of...
California County Sued Over Prison Suicide Attempt
Mar 1 2013 // Parents of a convicted robber who was left brain-damaged after an alleged prison suicide attempt are suing Riverside County and the state. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported the suit claims Christopher Godair is a...
Transgender Woman Sues California Baptist University For Expulsion
Mar 1 2013 // A transgender woman is suing California Baptist University for expelling her after she revealed on MTV’s “True Life” that she is biologically male. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported 25-year-old...
Missouri House Endorses Tougher Worker Discrimination Lawsuits
Mar 1 2013 // Workers suing for discrimination could have a tougher time proving their case in court under legislation endorsed by the Missouri House. The House gave first-round approval to a bill that would require people to prove...
Alabama Woman Sues Wal-Mart, Alleges Moldy Mr. Goodbar
Mar 1 2013 // A Huntsville, Alabama woman says in a new lawsuit that she became ill after eating a moldy Mr. Goodbar candy bar that she claims was nine months beyond its expiration date. Al.com reported that Terrica Brown is suing...
Lawsuits by Fans Injured at NASCAR Race Face Obstacles
Mar 1 2013 // The attorney for three NASCAR fans injured last weekend during a race the day before the Daytona 500 says they are exploring a possible lawsuit, but some experts say they could face tough obstacles in winning damages. Matt...
