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Florida Lawmakers Reject Bad-Faith Reform Bill
Jan 27 2012 // Business groups in Florida saw their efforts to reform the state’s bad-faith law end suddenly for the year after a legislative committee voted by a one vote margin to kill a bill that would have placed additional...
Oklahoma Company Sued Over Accident That Hurt Teens
Jan 27 2012 // The parents of two teenagers who were severely injured in a grain elevator accident in Oklahoma have filed negligence lawsuits against the business where the boys worked. Cherie Gannon, Lee Zander and Rhonda Zander filed...
Costa Cruises Offers Settlements to Passengers
Jan 27 2012 // Costa Cruises has offered to pay 11,000 euros ($14,500) in compensation to each of the more than 3,000 passengers aboard the ship that capsized near the island of Giglio two weeks ago, Italian consumer groups said on...
Muslim Guard Gets $465,000 in California Harassment Suit
Jan 26 2012 // A San Francisco, Calif. jury has awarded $465,000 to a Muslim security guard who says his co-workers and supervisors called him a terrorist and an al-Qaida member. The San Francisco Chronicle reported jurors added $400,000...
Climate Change Lawsuit in Court in Oregon
Jan 25 2012 // A Lane County Circuit Court judge is deciding whether to allow a lawsuit brought by two girls against Gov. John Kitzhaber, accusing him of failing to protect the state’s resources against climate change. Judge...
Another Lawsuit Filed Over ’09 Boat Wreck That Killed 5
Jan 25 2012 // The owner of a boat that slammed into a barge at night off the Louisiana coast, killing all five oilfield workers on it, has sued its insurance companies in federal court. Tarpon Rental Inc. says Chartis Specialty...
Lawsuit Seeks Information on Michigan Auto Injury Claims
Jan 25 2012 // A coalition fighting proposed changes to Michigan’s auto insurance laws filed a lawsuit seeking claims information from an association that handles medical bills for seriously injured accident victims. The suit filed...
Loreley Financing Sues Citigroup Over $1 Billion Investments
Jan 25 2012 // Citigroup Inc. was sued for fraud by Loreley Financing over nearly $1 billion worth of collateralized debt obligations purchased in 2006 and 2007. Citigroup is accused of defrauding Loreley into purchasing...
Chevron Appeals $18 Billion Judgment Ruling in Ecuador Lawsuit
Jan 23 2012 // Chevron Corp has filed an appeal with Ecuador’s National Court of Justice to review a judgment that the U.S. oil company pay $18 billion in damages for polluting the Amazon jungle. Chevron was ordered by an...
Southern Indiana Jury Awards Woman $1.5 Million in Medical Suit
Jan 23 2012 // A southern Indiana jury has awarded $1.5 million to a woman who alleged that a doctor’s decision not to perform surgery left her with a debilitating disorder. Michelle Wells Fischer’ lawsuit alleged Dr. William...
Judge Allows Suit Alleging GE Misled Investors
Jan 23 2012 // A federal judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit accusing General Electric Co and its chief executive of misleading investors about the conglomerate’s financial health and exposure to risky debt during the 2008...
Court: Workers’ Comp Bars Iraq Convoy Drivers’ Suit Against KBR, Halliburton
Jan 23 2012 // A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit brought against KBR Inc. and Halliburton Co. by the families of two convoy drivers killed in a 2004 insurgent attack in Iraq. The U.S. Court of Appeal for the 5th Circuit,...
Iowa Work Comp Commissioner Lawsuit
Jan 23 2012 // Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey filed a lawsuit accusing Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad of discrimination because the governor cut his salary by more than $30,000 after Godfrey declined to resign. He...
Opponents of Arizona Law Seek Class-Action Status
Jan 23 2012 // A judge set an April 9 hearing for considering a request by opponents of Arizona’s 2010 immigration enforcement law to grant class-action status in their lawsuit that seeks to declare the law unconstitutional. The...
N.J. Court Rules for Allstate in Agency Lawsuits
Jan 23 2012 // Allstate said the Superior Court of New Jersey has entered judgment in favor of Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company, a unit of Allstate Insurance Company, and dismissed claims in the franchise lawsuits filed against...
New Global Risks Create Need for Expanded Directors & Officers Liability Program
Jan 23 2012 // The risk of lawsuits against senior executives has long been a major concern for businesses in the United States. But in the last few years it has become a much more serious global exposure as well. The international legal...
Insurer Sues Google in Alabama
Jan 23 2012 // An insurer is hoping to use an Alabama state law governing deceptive trade practices to stop Google from prominently displaying negative websites about the company. American Income Life Insurance Co. has filed suit in the...
Johnson & Johnson Settles Texas Lawsuit for $158M
Jan 20 2012 // A lawsuit in which Texas accused Johnson & Johnson of plundering the state Medicaid program by overstating the safety of an expensive anti-psychotic drug and improperly influencing officials and doctors to push the...
Virginia Mom of Boy Left on Bus Sues School Officials for $500K
Jan 20 2012 // Richmond school officials are being sued by the mother of a 4-year-old autistic boy who was left on a bus. Nyheim Butler’s lawsuit accuses Richmond Public Schools, the district’s transportation director, a...
Lawsuit Filed Over 2008 Outbreak at Six Flags New York Water Park
Jan 20 2012 // Some of the more than 600 people who fell ill while visiting an upstate New York indoor water park are part of a class-action lawsuit filed against the business. The Post-Star of Glens Falls reports that the lawsuit was...
