Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge Denies Wells Fargo Attempt to Block Financial Crisis Suit
Feb 13 2013 // A federal judge on Tuesday denied Wells Fargo’s attempt to beat back a financial-crisis lawsuit by arguing it conflicted with an earlier settlement. District Judge Rosemary Collyer in Washington, who is supervising...
Court Rejects Appeal of Wasilla Homicide Lawsuit
Feb 12 2013 // The children of a woman killed by her husband at the home of a friend can’t collect damages from the homeowner because she engaged in a kiss and provocative dancing, Alaska Supreme Court ruled. The homeowner, who was...
Inmate Lawsuits Cost California $200M
Feb 12 2013 // Gov. Jerry Brown has begun aggressively challenging federal court oversight of California’s prison system by highlighting what he says is a costly conflict of interest: The private law firms representing inmates and...
Top 5 New Enhancements in Nonprofit Liability Coverage
Feb 11 2013 // Some people hold the misconception that directors, trustees and officers of nonprofit organizations do not have a meaningful exposure to personal liability. The reality is quite the opposite. The standards of conduct and...
Dallas-Based Prize Insurer Sues Lance Armstrong for $12M
Feb 8 2013 // A Dallas-based firm that specializes in insuring promotions and prizes has filed suit against Lance Armstrong seeking to recoup millions in prize money awarded to the former professional cyclist for winning the Tour de...
ACLU Settles Bias Lawsuit Filed By Southern California Latino Students
Feb 8 2013 // A suburban Los Angeles County school district and police department have agreed to revise policies to settle a racial profiling lawsuit filed by a group of Latino students who said they were rounded up at school and...
U.S., States Weigh Suing Moody’s Over Mortgage Ratings
Feb 8 2013 // The U.S. Justice Department and multiple states are discussing also suing Moody’s Corp. for defrauding investors, according to people familiar with the matter, but any such move will likely wait until a similar...
West Virginia Court Rules Negligent Mine Inspectors Can Be Sued
Feb 7 2013 // Private and federal mine safety inspectors can be held liable and sued when a negligent inspection results in the wrongful death of a coal miner, the state Supreme Court ruled in handing a victory to the widows of two men...
Settlement In Hawaii School Sex Abuse Lawsuit
Feb 6 2013 // The state of Hawaii has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a sex assault lawsuit at the Hawaii Center for the Deaf and the Blind. Hawaii News Now reported the settlement means the Kapahulu school will remain open. Attorney...
Washington City, University Sued Over Student Kayaking Death
Feb 6 2013 // The mother of a Gonzaga University student who died on a kayaking trip sponsored by the city of Spokane is suing the university and the city. The lawsuit was filed by Susan Gormley, the mother of 18-year-old Christopher...
Chubb to Provide Loss Prevention Guide for Directors Dealing with M&A Litigation
Feb 6 2013 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has created a new loss prevention guide aimed at assisting directors and officers in preparing for litigation if their firm engages in a merger or acquisition. “Merger and...
Government Suit Against S&P Could Embolden Other Investors to Sue
Feb 6 2013 // Lawyers for Standard and Poor’s, responding to a U.S. government probe, have tried for months to show it did nothing wrong in rating exotic securities in the run-up to the financial crisis. In one meeting, the...
U.S. Hits S&P with $5 Billion Fraud Lawsuit Over Mortgage Securities Ratings
Feb 5 2013 // The U.S. government is seeking $5 billion in its civil lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s, accusing the ratings service of defrauding investors, in one of the most ambitious cases yet from the Justice Department...
Family Sues Company Over Minnesota Office Attack
Feb 5 2013 // The family of a man who was among six people gunned down at his Minneapolis, Minn., office last year is suing the company, claiming it botched the firing of the employee who carried out the attack and should have known...
California Attorney General Sues BP and ARCO over Gas Stations
Feb 5 2013 // California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has filed a civil lawsuit against BP West Coast Products, BP Products North America Inc. and Atlantic Richfield Company for allegedly violating state laws governing hazardous...
S&P Expects Government Lawsuit Over Its Pre-Crisis Credit Ratings
Feb 4 2013 // Standard & Poor’s said it expects to be the target of a U.S. Department of Justice civil lawsuit over its mortgage bond ratings, the first federal enforcement action against a credit rating agency over alleged...
Meningitis Victim’s Widow Sues Tennessee Clinic, Challenges Awards Cap
Feb 4 2013 // The husband of a Nashville woman who died in last year’s fungal meningitis outbreak after receiving injections has sued the clinic that gave the shots. The Tennessean reported attorneys for Wayne Reed filed the...
Melaleuca CEO Sues Mother Jones for Defamation in Idaho
Feb 1 2013 // Eastern Idaho businessman Frank VanderSloot is suing Mother Jones magazine because he contends he was defamed by an article that depicted him as a “gay-basher.” VanderSloot, the CEO of direct marketing company...
Settlement OK’d Over Louisiana Citizens Katrina, Rita Claims
Feb 1 2013 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has finalized a $20 million settlement related to claims handled after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, wrapping up one of two remaining storm-related settlements that have weighed...
Kentucky Coal Company Sues Worker Who Filed Safety Complaints
Feb 1 2013 // The federal agency that oversees mine safety claims a western Kentucky coal company broke the law by filing a lawsuit against a former worker who complained about unsafe working conditions. Using a federal law designed to...
