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Georgia Student Sues Fraternity Over ‘Foam Party’ Injury
Jul 18 2011 // A University of Georgia student who was injured at a fraternity’s “foam party” has filed a lawsuit seeking medical expenses. Leah Carole Mock said in the lawsuit filed in Athens-Clarke County Superior...
Virginia Judge Nixes Part of $1 Billion Fly Ash Lawsuit
Jul 18 2011 // A group of Chesapeake residents plans to refile a $1 billion lawsuit against Dominion Virginia Power after a judge dismissed claims that fly ash used to build a golf course harmed their health and property. The lawsuit was...
Judge Tosses Racketeering Claims vs. BP Over Oil Spill
Jul 18 2011 // BP Plc won two legal victories Friday, as a federal judge threw out racketeering claims made by the lead plaintiffs suing over last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and also set aside a lawsuit by partner Anadarko...
Post-Loss Assignments of Claims Under Insurance Policies
Jul 18 2011 // In the settlement of lawsuits involving insured claims, it is not uncommon that one condition of the settlement is that the defendant assign his or her claims under all applicable insurance policies to the party that filed...
TWIA Legislation Includes Pre-Event Bonds; Allows for Double Damages in Lawsuits
Jul 18 2011 // In the final hours of the 2011 Special Session the Texas Legislature worked out a compromise on reforms to the state’s insurance provider of last resort for wind and hail for properties along the Texas coast. The...
Utah Parents Sue Police, City Over Son’s Shooting Death
Jul 15 2011 // A West Valley City, Utah couple is suing police, claiming officers used excessive force in the 2010 shooting death of their son. Etta and Frank Chief filed the civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City this...
Fourth Abuse Suit Filed Against Washington Diocese
Jul 15 2011 // An Oregon man has filed suit in federal court against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yakima, Wash., alleging he was abused as a teen by a former Catholic deacon who later became an Episcopal priest in Mexico. The lawsuit...
Domino’s Sued After Texas Deliveryman’s Death
Jul 15 2011 // Domino’s is being sued by the widow of a Texas employee who died a year after being robbed and beaten with a baseball bat by teens who lured the deliveryman to a vacant house. The lawsuit alleges the company was...
Dad Files Suit in Pennsylvania Van Death
Jul 14 2011 // The father of a severely autistic man who died after being left alone in a hot van last year is suing a suburban Philadelphia care facility. The Philadelphia Daily News reports William Nevins filed a federal lawsuit last...
Michigan Woman Sues Man After Facebook Romance Fails
Jul 14 2011 // A suburban Detroit woman is suing a Washington state man for more than $8,000 in damages after a failed Facebook romance. Fifty-year-old Cheryl Gray of Livonia filed the civil lawsuit in May against 35-year-old Wylie Iwan...
Shareholders Sue Murdoch’s News Corp.
Jul 14 2011 // A group of News Corp. shareholders have sued the media conglomerate over a phone-hacking scandal at its now-closed News of the World tabloid in London. The lawsuit accuses News Corp. of large-scale governance failures...
Florida Woman Sues Bank for Declaring She Was Dead
Jul 13 2011 // A Florida woman says she’s having numerous financial troubles because of a bank error that caused Chase Bank USA to declare her dead last November. Wrenella Pierre has filed a lawsuit and Chase officials said Monday...
Pennsylvania Homeowners Sue Gas Driller over Water Well
Jul 13 2011 // A western Pennsylvania couple has sued a natural gas driller claiming its activities contaminated their water well. The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat reports that Chester and Edith Slesinger are suing T&F Exploration LP...
Employment Class Actions Survive Despite Wal-Mart Ruling
Jul 13 2011 // The end of the road for a class-action discrimination lawsuit brought by female employees of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has not spelled doom for employment lawsuits facing other big U.S. companies. A landmark U.S. Supreme Court...
Mississippi Sues BP Gulf Oil Claims Fund
Jul 13 2011 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed a lawsuit Tuesday to force Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of BP’s $20 billion fund for Gulf Coast oil spill compensation, to release documents it says it needs to ensure...
Florida Student Given Alcohol by Teacher Sues School Board
Jul 12 2011 // A central Florida high school student is suing the school board, claiming officials should have intervened before his teacher gave him alcohol and then let him drive home drunk. Nineteen year-old Dylan Ferguson said his...
Liberty Mutual Sues Goldman Over Freddie Mac Investment Losses
Jul 8 2011 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and several of its subsidiaries have sued investment banker Goldman, Sachs & Co. for “making materially misleading statements and omissions” in a preferred stock...
California Court Expands Policyholders’ Right to Sue Insurers
Jul 7 2011 // An uptick in consumer protection lawsuits against California insurance companies is widely expected in the wake of a state appellate decision allowing a policyholder to sue The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies over...
Feds Intervene in Lawsuit over FEMA Contract
Jul 7 2011 // The Justice Department has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit that accuses a New Orleans, La., construction company of submitting forged records so it could cash in on a $28 million federal contract for work on...
North Carolina Football Player Sues UNC, NCAA Over Ineligibility
Jul 7 2011 // A former North Carolina football player has filed a lawsuit against the school and the NCAA, seeking reinstatement after being declared permanently ineligible for academic misconduct. Defensive end Michael McAdoo is also...
