Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Court Rules Suit Over Student’s Death Can Proceed
May 29 2012 // The Utah Supreme Court has paved the way for a lawsuit over the November 2008 death of a St. George high school student to proceed in federal court. In a 3-2 decision handed down Friday, justices ruled school districts...
Former Drumlummon Mine Foreman Files Lawsuit in Montana
May 29 2012 // The former general foreman of the Drumlummon gold and silver mine northwest of Helena, Mont. says he was fired for enforcing safety standards and has filed a lawsuit against mine owner RX Gold and Silver. The Independent...
Fallout from Dewey Law Firm Collapse Hits Insurers, Other Clients
May 29 2012 // For eight years, hundreds of victims of militant attacks in Israel have pursued litigation against a Jordanian bank they claim provided financial services to Hamas and other militant groups. Now the plaintiffs have a new...
The Next New Thing: Coverage Issues from Fracking Claims
May 25 2012 // Every few years it seems that there are predictions a new type of claim that threatens to engulf carriers. In the 1980s and 1990s it was environmental clean up claims and SuperFund, followed shortly by asbestos, the fear...
Former UCLA Player Nelson Sues SI For $10 Million
May 25 2012 // Former UCLA player Reeves Nelson is suing Sports Illustrated for $10 million, citing defamation, false light and intentional infliction of emotional distress over its recent article about problems in the school’s...
Mom of Massachusetts Man Shot in Harvard Dorm Sues University
May 25 2012 // The mother of a Massachusetts man fatally shot inside a Harvard University dormitory during a drug-related robbery has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Ivy League school. Denise Cosby says in her suit filed in...
Lawsuit Filed Over Skier Death At Colorado Resort
May 24 2012 // The wife of a skier killed in an avalanche at the Winter Park ski resort is suing Intrawest, the ski area’s operator. The Grand County coroner said 28-year-old Christopher Norris of Evergreen died of asphyxiation...
FDIC Sues Big Banks Over Mortgage Securities
May 23 2012 // The government has sued several big banks over toxic mortgage securities they issued that were bought by two small Illinois banks which failed in May 2009. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which seized the two banks...
Mississippi Catholic Groups Sue Over Birth Control Rule
May 23 2012 // Ten Catholic groups in Mississippi are suing the Obama administration over a mandate that most employers provide birth control coverage as part of health insurance plans. Roman Catholic groups across the nation filed 12...
Facebook, Banks Sued Over Pre-IPO Analyst Calls
May 23 2012 // Facebook Inc. and banks including Morgan Stanley were sued by the social networking leader’s shareholders, who claimed the defendants hid Facebook’s weakened growth forecasts ahead of its $16 billion initial...
Saints’ Vilma Sues NFL Commissioner Goodell for Defamation
May 22 2012 // Suspended New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma has filed a defamation lawsuit against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The suit in U.S. District Court in New Orleans claims Goodell has made false statements about...
Denver May Settle Lawsuit Over Police Shooting
May 22 2012 // The Denver City Council is expected to consider paying $40,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a bystander who was injured in a police shooting outside a nightclub in July 2010. The Denver Post reported the council will...
Contractor Sues Retailer Over Remodeling Project
May 22 2012 // An Idaho-based general contractor is suing Fred Meyer Inc. and its parent, Kroger Co., claiming the retail chain improperly dumped the contractor over the renovation of a Fairbanks, Alaska store. The Fairbanks Daily...
Mississippi Pathologist Settles with Innocence Project Over Defamation Claim
May 22 2012 // A forensic pathologist who sued the Innocence Project for defamation has accepted a $100,000 judgment to end the suit. The Clarion-Ledger reported that the Innocence Project said it agreed to the judgment because its...
Arizona Man Files Lawsuit Against LA Fitness
May 21 2012 // A Tempe, Ariz. man has filed a lawsuit against LA Fitness, claiming the fitness club depleted his bank account. Benjamin Calleros told The Arizona Republic on Thursday that LA Fitness staff members used his electronic...
The Next New Thing
May 21 2012 // Coverage Issues from Fracking Claims Every few years there are predictions of a new type of claim that threatens to engulf carriers. In the 1980s and 1990s it was environmental clean up claims and SuperFund, followed...
Gaylord Hotels Suing Government Over 2010 Nashville Floods
May 21 2012 // Gaylord Entertainment Co. has filed a lawsuit accusing the National Weather Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of negligence that heavily damaged its luxury hotel in Nashville and the famous Grand Ole Opry House...
Texas Attorney General Fighting State Farm Non-Renewal Plans
May 21 2012 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is taking issue with one of the nation’s largest homeowners insurer’s plan to non-renew thousands of policies for properties along the Gulf Coast. Abbott said his office is...
Family Sues California Mortuary Over Switched Bodies
May 18 2012 // A family is suing a mortuary over a body switch that resulted in a grandmother being buried in another woman’s clothes in a California cemetery instead of an above-ground crypt in Nicaragua. The lawsuit filed...
Insurance Trades Join Suit Against Oregon’s MVR Fee Increase
May 18 2012 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America have joined a lawsuit filed this week against the Oregon Departments of Administrative Services and...
