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Third Lawsuit Filed Over Montana Crude Oil Spill
Jul 11 2013 // A third lawsuit has been filed by property owners alleging damages from an Exxon Mobil Corp. oil spill that dumped an estimated 63,000 gallons of crude into the Yellowstone River. The suit alleges company personnel ignored...
North Carolina May Shield Firms from Obesity Lawsuits
Jul 11 2013 // North Carolina companies that manufacture, advertise or distribute food could soon have additional legal protections from lawsuits by people claiming their products led to their obesity. The House voted 99-16 this week in...
Deadly Quebec Train Crash Creates Fertile Ground for Lawsuits
Jul 11 2013 // As investigators try to piece together how a parked oil freight train broke free and demolished the heart of a small Quebec town last weekend, a barrage of litigation could soon be hitting everyone from the U.S. rail...
Class Status Denied in Cowboy Stadium Super Bowl Seating Lawsuit
Jul 11 2013 // A judge in Texas has denied class-action status in a lawsuit filed by ticket-holders who were displaced when seats weren’t properly installed for the 2011 Super Bowl in Texas. The ruling issued by U.S. District Judge...
Texas Judge Allows Insurer’s Lawsuit Against Armstrong to Proceed
Jul 10 2013 // A Texas judge has refused Lance Armstrong’s request to dismiss an insurance company’s lawsuit seeking $3 million in bonuses it paid him from 1999 to 2001. Nebraska-based Acceptance Insurance Holdings sued...
Pennsylvania Law Banning Gay Marriage Faces Court Challenge
Jul 10 2013 // The American Civil Liberties Union said it filed the first known legal challenge Tuesday seeking to overturn a state law effectively banning same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania, the only northeastern state that doesn’t...
Alabama Woman Sues Over Police Search Damage to Home
Jul 10 2013 // The owner of a Montgomery home that was badly damaged during the search for a shooting suspect is suing to make the city and the federal government pay for thousands of dollars in repairs. WSFA-TV reported that Yakemi Ward...
Judge Rules North Carolina Town Can Sue Failed Dam Contractors
Jul 10 2013 // A North Carolina judge says the town of Hope Mills can sue companies that built a dam that failed. The Fayetteville Observer reported that Superior Court Judge Erwin Spainhour said that the companies can be sued for breach...
Ex-Bengals Cheerleader Libel Suit Retrial Underway in Kentucky
Jul 10 2013 // A former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader who is suing a gossip website for alleged defamation wiped tears from her eyes Monday as she testified that she was mocked and humiliated by website posts that she says were false...
Will Bernanke Testify in Greenberg’s Bailout Lawsuit?
Jul 10 2013 // U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke shouldn’t be compelled to testify in Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s lawsuit over the government’s bailout of American International Group Inc., the...
Vermont Waste Facility Sues Insurer to Recover Payouts
Jul 9 2013 // The Chittenden Solid Waste District that inadvertently sold compost contaminated with herbicides last year is suing its insurance carrier to help recover at least part of the more than $520,000 it has had to pay out. In...
Missouri Grocer Seeks Dismissal of Security Breach Suits
Jul 9 2013 // The suburban St. Louis, Mo.-based supermarket chain Schnuck Markets Inc. wants a federal court to dismiss two lawsuits related to a security breach of customer credit and debit cards. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports...
Asiana Could Save Millions Under Provision Limiting Passenger Suits in U.S.
Jul 9 2013 // Asiana Airlines Inc. could avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements by employing a tactic under international law to bar Chinese and South Korean passengers from suing in victim-friendly U.S....
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...
