Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawyers, Firms Line Up as MF Global Crumbles
Nov 14 2011 // Just days after the collapse of MF Global, a healthcare plaintiffs’ lawyer registered the domain mfglobal-lawsuit.com — a sign of the legal business the brokerage’s failure is expected to...
IMDb Strikes Back at Actress Suing Over Age Disclosure
Nov 14 2011 // The Internet Movie Database is fighting back against the anonymous actress who sued the service last month for revealing her age, The Hollywood Reporter trade industry journal is reporting. Amazon.com, which owns iMDb,...
Feds: Amtrak to Pay $171,000 in Philadelphia Worker’s Bias Suit
Nov 14 2011 // Federal officials say Amtrak has agreed to pay $171,000 and take other actions to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit on behalf of a worker who said she had more responsibilities but less pay than her male...
Parents of Montana Shooting Victim Sue Shooter’s Father
Nov 10 2011 // The parents of a 10-year-old boy who was shot and killed by another boy in March have filed a lawsuit against the shooter’s father and the apartment complex where the shooting occurred. The Great Falls Tribune...
Another Suit Filed in Reno Air Race Tragedy
Nov 10 2011 // Another lawsuit has been filed in the Sept. 16 Reno Air Race crash that killed 11 people, including the pilot, and insured nearly 70 other spectators, the Reno Gazette Journal is reporting . The second suit was filed on...
Life Insurer Sues Bank of America Over Mortgages
Nov 10 2011 // Bank of America Corp. and its Countrywide Financial unit were on Wednesday hit with a new lawsuit alleging fraud in the sale of residential mortgage debt to a New York mutual life insurance company. National Integrity Life...
Wells Fargo Agrees to Settle Derivative Suits with Municipalities
Nov 9 2011 // Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to settle class-action lawsuits filed by various municipalities alleging bid-rigging by Wachovia’s municipal derivatives group, according to a securities filing Tuesday. Wells Fargo,...
Listeria Lawsuits Could Target Grocers, Auditor
Nov 8 2011 // An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe blamed for the deaths of 29 people could be costly for grocery stores, a distributor and an auditing lab. Whole or pre-cut Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupe from Colorado-based Jensen Farms...
Halliburton Sued Over Pollution at Oklahoma Missile Casing Site
Nov 7 2011 // Halliburton Co. faces lawsuits over groundwater pollution near a now-closed facility in Oklahoma that cleaned missile casings for the U.S. Defense Department during the Cold War, the company said Friday. Halliburton, which...
Millions Awarded in Louisiana Oil Lawsuit
Nov 7 2011 // A Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana judge has awarded more than $11 million to a Houma family stemming from a dispute over unpaid oil royalties. The Courier reports attorney Michael St. Martin and his wife, Virginia, filed a...
California AG Sues Water Bottle Companies over Biodegradability
Nov 7 2011 // Attorney General Kamala D. Harris filed a “greenwashing” lawsuit recently against three companies alleged to have made false and misleading claims by marketing plastic water bottles as “100 percent...
Insurer Sues Manufacturer Over Collapsed Pool at South Dakota Aquatic Center
Nov 7 2011 // An insurance company is suing the maker of a portable pool to try to recoup money paid out as a result of a collapsed pool at the Mitchell Aquatic Center in Mitchell, S.D. Nautilus Insurance Co. filed an amended lawsuit...
Women Launch New Legal Salvo Against Wal-Mart
Nov 7 2011 // Women pursuing discrimination claims against Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. filed a reformulated lawsuit against the retailer, their first since a massive nationwide class action collapsed earlier this year. The...
First Suit Filed in Reno Air Race Tragedy
Nov 2 2011 // The family of a spectator killed in the Reno Air Race crash in September has filed a lawsuit claiming the crash was “the predictable result of a reckless drive for speed by a risk taking pilot and crew, coupled with...
Lawsuit Cap Prompts Oklahoma Courthouse Rush
Nov 2 2011 // Courthouse officials across Oklahoma have reported a surge in civil cases being filed ahead of a law that took effect Nov. 1 that caps the amount of damages plaintiffs in bodily injury lawsuits can collect for pain and...
AXA Rosenberg Settles Coding Lawsuit for $65 Million
Nov 2 2011 // Money manager AXA Rosenberg and co-founder Barr Rosenberg agreed to pay $65 million to settle a lawsuit by investors who said they lost money after a computer coding glitch impeded the firm’s ability to manage...
Most of $19.9 Billion Madoff vs JPMorgan Case Tossed
Nov 2 2011 // A federal judge threw out most of a $19.9 billion lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co and a $2 billion case against UBS AG by the trustee seeking money for victims of epic swindler Bernard Madoff’s fraud. The...
U.S. Sues Allied Home Mortgage for Lending Fraud
Nov 1 2011 // The U.S. Department of Justice sued Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corp and two top executives over fraudulent lending practices that have cost the government more than $834 million of insurance claims. In a complaint filed...
Occupy Nashville Protesters Sue Governor Over Curfew
Nov 1 2011 // Occupy Nashville protesters are suing Gov. Bill Haslam over a new curfew on the grounds around the Capitol that has been used to dislodge their camp and arrest demonstrators. The lawsuit claims the curfew was created...
New York AG’s Securities Fraud Lawsuit Against Charles Schwab Tossed
Nov 1 2011 // A lawsuit against Charles Schwab Corp. over auction-rate securities that was filed by former New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo was thrown out by a state court judge. The 2009 lawsuit accused the San Francisco-based...
