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Homeowners Around Minnesota Lake Sue Farmers, Claiming Pollution
Aug 22 2012 // Homeowners who live on the shores of Lake Independence near Minneapolis, Minn., say a dairy farm is to blame for turning the lake into a noxious mix of pollutants. Twenty-one individual homeowners and the Lake Independence...
Lawsuit Says Travel Agencies Conspired With Hotels
Aug 22 2012 // A California lawsuit claims online travel agencies like Travelocity conspired with hotels to fix room prices nationwide. The suit filed Monday in San Francisco federal court claims the Hilton Hotels, Sheraton Hotels &...
Investor Sues Promoter of Failed New Mexico Hospital Project
Aug 21 2012 // A man who says he invested more than $1.5 million in a failed northwestern New Mexico hospital project is suing the project’s promoter for fraud. Michael Atchison’s lawsuit claims promoter Bobby Willis spent...
Macy’s Sues J.C. Penney in N.Y. Over Martha Stewart Deal
Aug 21 2012 // Macy’s Inc. is suing rival retailer J.C. Penney Co., claiming Penney’s bid to sell products by Martha Stewart Living is a breach of an exclusive contract held by Macy’s and could cost it potentially...
Calif. Sues Doctor Over Aggressive Billing Tactics
Aug 20 2012 // The California attorney general’s office is suing a Los Angeles County doctor over her practice of refusing to accept lower insurance company reimbursements and instead billing patients for the full amount. The...
Santa Fe Couple Sue Resort After Fall
Aug 20 2012 // A Santa Fe couple is suing an area resort for injuries they say they received were hurt in a fall down a steep hill after employees abandoned them. Erlinda and Freddie Herrera say in their suit against the Bishop’s...
Pershing County Fires Back At Burning Man Suit
Aug 20 2012 // Pershing County officials are taking exception to claims by Burning Man organizers that a new ordinance that would raise fees is intended to pad the county’s coffers and otherwise infringe on the rights of...
Suit Alleges Missouri Jail Guards Made Inmates Fight
Aug 20 2012 // A lawsuit filed on Aug. 17 alleges that St. Louis, Mo., jailers forced inmates to fight each other for the amusement of guards and bet on the outcomes. At least one attack was captured on camera, according to the suit...
Government Sends Message by ‘Super-Sizing’ Employment Bias Cases
Aug 20 2012 // It started with allegations of hangman’s nooses, graffiti and racist comments targeting a handful of black workers at a trucking company warehouse in Chicago Ridge, Ill. Four years later, the Equal Employment...
Plaintiff Attorneys: The Hard-Market Saviors
Aug 20 2012 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 20, 2012. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
N.J. Court: Man Blaming Cancer on Vaccine Can’t Sue
Aug 17 2012 // A man who claims a polio vaccine he was given as a baby caused his brain tumor cannot revive his lawsuit against several drug manufacturers and distributors, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The court’s 5-1...
Appeals Court Reinstates Nursing Homes Lawsuit
Aug 17 2012 // An appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit claiming the owner of 16 Alameda County nursing homes fails to meet California nurse-staffing standards. A group of patients filed suit claiming Covenant Care nursing homes had...
South Carolina High Court Asked to Hear State Employees’ Benefits Suit
Aug 17 2012 // The leaders of groups representing teachers and state employees asked the state Supreme Court this week to take up its lawsuit against a panel led by Gov. Nikki Haley. The lawsuit challenges the Budget and Control...
Ex-Nebraska Beauty Queen Sues Over Bull Accident
Aug 17 2012 // A former beauty queen in western Nebraska is suing Scotts Bluff County officials over injuries she suffered when a bull charged her at the 2010 county fair. The Scottsbluff Star-Herald reports that Jessica Littlejohn and...
Alterra Balks at Defending NFL in Concussion Suits
Aug 16 2012 // Alterra American Insurance Company is arguing that it is not obligated to defend or indemnify its insured — the National Football League and NFL Properties L.L.C. — against concussion-related lawsuits brought...
3 Lawsuits Filed After Deadly Illinois Megabus Accident
Aug 16 2012 // Three lawsuits have been filed on behalf of passengers injured when a Megabus slammed into a bridge pillar along a southern Illinois freeway. Clifford Law Offices filed a lawsuit Monday in Cook County on behalf of...
Hawaiian Electric To Settle Suit By One-eyed Meter Reader
Aug 16 2012 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Hawaiian Electric Co. will pay $50,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit by an employee who is blind in one eye. The commission filed a complaint on behalf...
US Teen’s Family Sues Tourist, Aloha Jet Ski
Aug 16 2012 // The family of a 16-year-old California girl killed in a Hawaii watercraft crash is suing an Australian tourist charged with third-degree negligent homicide. The lawsuit filed Monday in Circuit Court in Honolulu by Kristen...
Tennessee Discrimination Suit Proceeds Under ‘Cat’s Paw’ Liability Theory
Aug 15 2012 // A Tennessee civil court is allowing a man to pursue a racial discrimination lawsuit after being reprimanded for his role in a questionable workers’ compensation claim filed by another worker. The United States Court...
Judge tosses student injury lawsuit against University of Idaho
Aug 15 2012 // A state judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the University of Idaho by a student who fell from a fraternity house window in 2009. The Lewiston Tribune reported that 2nd District Judge Michael Griffin tossed the...
