Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Most Doctors Sued Sometime in Career
Sep 5 2011 // A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine says that one in 14 doctors faces a malpractice suit every year. Moreover, almost every physician will face a malpractice suit — or more than one — during...
Ex-workers Sue San Diego for Pension Fraud
Sep 2 2011 // A lawsuit filed Friday seeks millions of dollars in damages for more than 300 current and former city workers accusing the city of San Diego of pension fraud. It stems from demands that the workers, including retirees, pay...
Judge Allows Mississippi Suit Challenging Healthcare Law to Continue
Sep 2 2011 // A federal judge will allow a lawsuit filed in Mississippi challenging part of the Obama administration’s health care law to continue. U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett, in a ruling issued Aug. 29, denied the Obama...
Lawsuit Claims Microsoft Tracks Customers Without Consent
Sep 1 2011 // Microsoft allegedly tracks the location of its mobile customers even after users request that tracking software be turned off, according to a new lawsuit. The proposed class action, filed in a Seattle federal court...
Insurance Lawsuits to Follow Irene
Aug 31 2011 // As the water recedes from Hurricane Irene, lawyers are expecting disputes over insurance coverage to pour in. The biggest fights will stem from arguments over property damage and whether it resulted from wind or water,...
AIG Suit Against Bank of America Raises Disclosure Issues
Aug 31 2011 // Top Bank of America Corp. lawyers knew as early as January that American International Group Inc. was prepared to sue the bank for more than $10 billion, seven months before the lawsuit was filed, according to sources...
Pending Patent Reform May Not Bring Much Lawsuit Relief
Aug 29 2011 // U.S. Congress is tantalizingly close to passing patent reform that President Barack Obama has hailed as an economic booster, but the legislation is expected to do little to divert money away from patent litigation and...
California Regulator Wins Case Involving Sale of Life Insurer
Aug 26 2011 // A California state appeals court has upheld a state regulators’ refusal to approve the sale of a California insurance company to a French-owned company. The decision upheld Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’...
Louisiana’s Suit Against Katrina Whistleblowers Dismissed
Aug 26 2011 // A federal judge on Aug. 24 dismissed a lawsuit by the state of Louisiana accusing two self-described whistleblowers of illegally copying and circulating documents containing confidential information about homeowners...
Massachusetts Man Awarded Damages in Suit Over Art Heist
Aug 26 2011 // A U.S. jury has found in favor of the plaintiff in a Massachusetts lawsuit filed in connection with a 1978 art heist. The jury awarded plaintiff Michael Bakwin more than $3.1 million in damages on Tuesday. The artwork was...
U. of South Alabama Sued Over Football Program Firing
Aug 26 2011 // A former employee of the University of South Alabama football program has accused the school in a federal lawsuit of firing him on trumped-up sexual harassment violations. The suit by Barrett Parker names the university...
Costco ‘Slurpee Slip and Fall’ Suit Stays in New York
Aug 26 2011 // A 74-year-old woman who said she was injured after falling in a Costco store in Florida beat back the retailer’s effort to move the case to that state because it was too much trouble to defend itself in New...
Ohio High Court: ‘Start Action’ Rule in Homeowners Policy Not Ambiguous
Aug 25 2011 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that when read in context with other policy language, a provision in a homeowner’s insurance policy requiring that “any action” against the insurer “must be...
Court Reinstates Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against California Cop
Aug 24 2011 // A federal appeals court has reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit against a Madera police officer who authorities say mistakenly pulled out her handgun instead of her Taser before shooting a suspect in her patrol car. This...
Directors of Failed Atlanta Bank Sued, Accused of ‘Lavish’ Spending
Aug 24 2011 // Federal bank regulators have sued 17 former directors and officers of the failed Silverton Bank, accusing them of gross negligence and corporate waste. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has accused the Atlanta bank in...
South Carolina City Pulls Plug on Speed Cameras But Still Faces Lawsuit
Aug 23 2011 // The South Carolina city of Ridgeland still faces a legal battle over its use of speed cameras on Interstate 95, even though the city ended the program months ago. The State newspaper of Columbia, S.C., reported that...
Fired Worker Wins Bias Suit Against Mississippi Casino
Aug 23 2011 // A former Tunica, Mississippi, casino employee said he was fired from his supervisory job because he is Jewish. A federal jury agreed with him. In U.S. District Court in Greenville, a jury awarded Marc Silverberg $578,000...
Insurer Sued for Refusal to Hire North Carolina Man in Drug Program
Aug 23 2011 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a national insurance company, contending the firm violated federal law by refusing to hire a North Carolina man after he disclosed he was participating in a...
North Dakota State University Sues Over Denied Minard Hall Claim
Aug 22 2011 // A state insurance fund has rejected a claim filed by North Dakota State University for the collapse of Minard Hall. The State Fire and Tornado Fund letter of denial obtained by The Forum newspaper says the incident was...
Marsh Executive Sues Spitzer for $60 Million Over Slate Column
Aug 22 2011 // Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has been hit with a $60 million libel lawsuit by a former Marsh & McLennan Cos. executive over a column posted on Slate.com concerning an insurance bid-rigging scandal. William...
