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Woman Sues Couple, Aspen Skiing Co. Over Dog Bite
Apr 19 2012 // An Aspen woman is suing Aspen Skiing Co. and a New York couple after she was bitten by a dog at the base of Aspen Mountain in Colorado in September. Beth Fischer filed her lawsuit Monday in Pitkin County District Court....
After 21 Years in Prison, Freed Inmate Sues San Francisco
Apr 19 2012 // A man who served 21 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned is suing San Francisco. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that 44-year-old Maurice Caldwell filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against...
Marijuana Club Files $3M Suit Against SoCal City
Apr 19 2012 // A medical marijuana club is suing a Riverside County city for $3 million, claiming police are harassing its members. The North County Times said the director of the Greenhouse Cannabis Club filed the suit Tuesday. It...
Twitter to Limit Use of Patents in Lawsuits
Apr 18 2012 // Twitter said on Tuesday that it would structure its patents so they could not be used for offensive litigation purposes without permission from the people who developed them. Twitter said the move would give inventors more...
Risk Managers, Senior Executives Don’t See Eye-to-Eye on Risk Management
Apr 18 2012 // Although risk managers are taking on more strategic roles in their organizations, a disconnect still exists in many organizations between how risk managers and senior leaders view the role of risk management, according to...
Maine Woman Awarded $1.9M in Malpractice Suit
Apr 17 2012 // A Maine woman who sued a doctor for malpractice because she said he overprescribed her methadone has been awarded $1.9 million by a jury Charlene Whalen of Corinth sued Dr. Steven Weisberger, alleging the dosage of the...
Harassment Class-Action Suit Against Iowa Trucking Company Backfires
Apr 16 2012 // They were learning to become truck drivers but wound up in a nightmare. In detailed accounts to a federal agency, dozens of female employees of an Iowa-based trucking company, one of the largest in the nation, told of...
Washington Mutual Sues Its D&O Insurers
Apr 16 2012 // Washington Mutual Inc. recently filed a lawsuit against a dozen insurance companies that had provided directors’ and officers’ coverage. The troubled bank holding company that just completed its Chapter 11...
Arbitron to Pay $400,000 in Lawsuit over Ratings
Apr 16 2012 // Radio audience ratings company Arbitron Inc. says it is paying $400,000 to settle a case in California in which it was accused of under-representing black and Hispanic listeners in its surveys in the state’s largest...
Oregon Company Sues Columbia Sportswear
Apr 16 2012 // A Eugene, Ore., company has sued Columbia Sportswear, accusing the larger company of stealing Innovative Sports’ technology and using it to make a successful line of heated clothing. The Register-Guard reported the...
UC, FBI Reach Settlement in Berkeley Raid Suit
Apr 13 2012 // The FBI and University of California have agreed to pay $100,000 and destroy computer files to settle a lawsuit stemming from a raid on the offices of two groups in Berkeley. Long Haul Inc. and East Bay Prisoner Support...
West Virginia Permits Access to Driver’s Insurance Information Before Lawsuit
Apr 13 2012 // Individuals in West Virginia involved in a traffic accident will soon be able to access the other driver’s insurance coverage before filing a lawsuit under a new disclosure law. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed into law...
MF Global Trustee May Sue Company Employees
Apr 13 2012 // The trustee liquidating MF Global’s broker-dealer said he may bring civil lawsuits against some of the company’s employees in connection with a massive shortfall in customer funds created in the days leading up...
Workers’ Class Action Against Brinker Can Proceed, In Part
Apr 12 2012 // Part of a class-action lawsuit against Brinker International Inc. can proceed, the California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, in a closely watched case about employee meal and rest breaks at the company’s...
Central Valley Calif. Grape Grower Sued By Workers
Apr 12 2012 // A Hispanic advocacy group is suing a Central Valley grape grower to recover wages for Latino employees it claims were forced to work extra hours without pay. The Mexican American Legal Defense Fund filed the class-action...
N.Y. Court Ruling May Open Door for More Asbestos Suits Against Pfizer
Apr 11 2012 // A New York federal appellate court ruling yesterday could allow more asbestos liability suits to proceed against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. The appellate court’s decision affirms the previous ruling last year from...
Settlement Reached In Idaho Nuclear Project Lawsuit
Apr 11 2012 // The head of a company seeking to build a nuclear power plant in Idaho has agreed to pay $450,000 to resolve a lawsuit with a group of angry shareholders. Shareholders of Alternate Energy Holdings Inc. sued company...
Mont. Woman Awarded $34M in Insurance Lawsuit
Apr 11 2012 // A 90-year-old woman residing in an assisted-living facility in Billings has won a $34.2 million judgment against her Omaha, Neb.-based insurance company for suspending payments for her dementia care. Arlene Hull and her...
Reebok, Nike Settle Suit Over Tebow Apparel Sales
Apr 10 2012 // Reebok International Ltd. agreed to settle a lawsuit by rival Nike Inc. and will stop selling New York Jets football apparel with the name of the team’s popular new quarterback, Tim Tebow. According to settlement...
Fired Montana Blue Cross Official Files Lawsuit
Apr 10 2012 // A former chief marketing officer for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana who says she was fired for reporting illegal actions by the company that had the potential to lead to higher insurance premiums has filed a lawsuit...
