Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Lawsuit Accuses Calif. Company of Sex Harassment
Oct 1 2012 // Federal officials have filed a lawsuit against a California electric company alleging it allowed discrimination and sexual harassment of female employees. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against...
Supreme Court to Hear Employer Liability, Class Certification in New Term
Oct 1 2012 // The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review close to 40 cases in its new term that begins on Monday, roughly half the number the court is expected to hear this year. Below are some of the more prominent cases that the...
Mississippi Ending 11-Year Old Insurance Fraud Case Involving Frankel
Oct 1 2012 // Mississippi officials are dropping the remnants of an 11-year-old lawsuit after collecting as much money as they think they can get in reparations for insurance fraud by a convicted financier who claimed Vatican...
Alteris Acquires Sonoma Risk, Contract Litigation Insurance Program
Oct 1 2012 // Alteris Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. has acquired Sonoma Risk Insurance Agency, a litigation products provider and the first agency in the U.S. providing contract litigation...
‘Innocence of Muslims’ Actress Files Bigger Federal Lawsuit
Sep 26 2012 // An actress in the controversial film “Innocence of Muslims,” which touched off riots in the Middle East, has filed a lawsuit in federal court after last week failing to get a California state court judge to...
Louisiana City Parish Pays Settlement in Junked Vehicle Lawsuit
Sep 26 2012 // Lafayette Consolidated Government has paid $70,000 to a man who challenged the constitutionality of the city-parish’s junked vehicle ordinance in a 2007 lawsuit. That’s according to the settlement...
Lawsuit Filed In Death of Colorado Man Over 911 Call
Sep 26 2012 // The family of a Colorado man who was killed after being sent back to the scene of a road rage incident has filed a lawsuit. Police say a Denver 911 operator received a call in April from passengers in a vehicle reporting...
Court Certifies Gender Bias Class Action Against Costco
Sep 26 2012 // A U.S. judge has certified a class action lawsuit against Costco Wholesale Corp. over allegations of gender discrimination in the store’s promotion practices. Three women plaintiffs say Costco’s promotion...
Planned USD Student Center Upgrade Sparks Copyright Lawsuit
Sep 25 2012 // A Massachusetts architectural firm has sued a competitor in South Dakota, accusing it of using the firm’s copyrighted designs in a planned upgrade to the University of South Dakota’s student center. Charles...
EEOC Sues Colorado Company for Axing Employee with Bipolar Disorder
Sep 24 2012 // Dillon Cos., which does business in Colorado as King Soopers Inc., a large retail food company, refused to accommodate and unlawfully fired a receptionist at its company headquarters because of her bipolar condition,...
Bank Files Foreclosure Suit Against Arkansas Lieutenant Governor
Sep 24 2012 // A bank is suing to foreclose on the Springdale, Ark., home of Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, who says he didn’t realize how far behind he was on the payments. Darr won the lieutenant governor’s post in 2010. He is a...
New York Inmates Sue for Dental Floss and $500 Million
Sep 24 2012 // Some jail inmates are trying to put a $500 million bite on a suburban New York county in a lawsuit demanding access to dental floss. Eleven inmates in the Westchester County jail in Valhalla say in a federal civil rights...
Delaware Court Allows Blockbuster $305 Million Attorneys’ Fee
Sep 24 2012 // Two law firms were poised on Friday to collect a blockbuster $305 million in legal fees for their work on a lawsuit, after Delaware’s Supreme Court declined to consider a challenge to the payout. The fee award to law...
Retrial Ordered in Florida Condo Association Suit Against QBE Insurance
Sep 24 2012 // A federal appellate court has reversed a $7.2 million judgment and ordered a new trial in a Florida hurricane insurance case. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeal issued the ruling in Atlanta based on a May opinion by the...
Calif. Lawsuit Claims Discrimination by In-N-Out Chain
Sep 24 2012 // A lawsuit filed on behalf of two black men in Oakland, Calif. claims In-N-Out Burger didn’t hire them because of their race and age. The suit filed in Alameda County Superior Court asks a judge to order the...
3 States Join Lawsuit Challenging Dodd-Frank Law
Sep 23 2012 // Three U.S. states have joined a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law that overhauled U.S. financial oversight and created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The attorneys general...
Ex-Maine Cheerleader Sues School for Injury Suffered During Practice
Sep 21 2012 // A former Poland Regional High School cheerleader has sued her coach and the school district for head injuries she says she received during practice. Olivia Doyer of Mechanic Falls and her parents, Douglas and Roxanne...
Oklahoma Joins Suit Challenging Dodd-Frank Financial Overhaul
Sep 21 2012 // The State of Oklahoma has joined a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Dodd-Frank, a financial overhaul designed to “fix” the financial crisis, the state’s attorney general announced. The lawsuit...
Coloradoan Wins $7 Million In Popcorn Lung Lawsuit
Sep 21 2012 // A suburban Denver man who was diagnosed with “popcorn lung,” possibly from inhaling the artificial butter smell of the microwave popcorn he regularly ate, has won a $7.2 million verdict against various food...
Civil Lawsuit Filed in Tulsa Skyscraper Death
Sep 21 2012 // An Oklahoma woman accused of pushing her husband to his death from their high-rise apartment has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the building’s owner. Amber Hilberling, 20, filed the lawsuit against University...
