Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Bank of America Wins Dismissal of Suits Over Merrill Lynch
Mar 30 2011 // A Manhattan federal judge dismissed two lawsuits seeking to force Bank of America Corp. to sue former Merrill Lynch & Co. executives and directors over losses in mortgages and other risky debt. The ruling was issued...
Supreme Court Justices Question Major Class Action Against Wal-Mart
Mar 29 2011 // Supreme Court justices sharply questioned Tuesday whether more than a million female employees can join together against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in the largest class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit in history. The justices...
Maine Couple Loses Lawsuit Against Cement Company
Mar 29 2011 // A Maine couple has lost its lawsuit against Dragon Cement claiming the company’s cement plant made their nearby home unsellable. In their lawsuit, Stephen and Kathy Darney of Thomaston claimed Dragon caused a...
Connecticut Lawmakers Approve Local Lawsuit Protection Bill
Mar 28 2011 // A proposal to protect Connecticut cities and towns from lawsuits over injuries on lands owned by municipal authorities has passed a key legislative committee. The Planning and Development Committee voted 19-1 Friday to...
Settlement Reached in New Orleans Hospital Katrina Class Action Lawsuit
Mar 25 2011 // A major New Orleans hospital and the company that owned it have settled a class action lawsuit in the deaths and injuries of patients who were stranded there during and after Hurricane Katrina. The settlement was reached...
Rhode Island Town Not Liable for $4.3M in Damages in Bullying Suit
Mar 25 2011 // A Rhode Island Superior Court judge has ruled that the town of Johnston does not have to pay $4.3 million in damages awarded to a girl who says she was bullied and beaten by a police detective’s daughter and two...
Michigan Court Reinstates Injured Cheerleader’s Lawsuit
Mar 25 2011 // A civil lawsuit accusing a Detroit area youth football league and team of negligence contributing to a cheerleader’s injury has been reinstated by the Michigan Court of Appeals. The Appeals Court reversed a Macomb...
Major Class Action Sex Discrimination Case Goes Before Supreme Court
Mar 25 2011 // The largest class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit ever will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court March 29, pitting Wal-Mart Stores Inc. against female employees who seek billions of dollars. The justices will decide...
Lawsuit Reform Measures Advance in Oklahoma House, Senate
Mar 24 2011 // Oklahoma state lawmakers seem to be serious about reforming the state’s tort environment. Legislation aimed at eliminating joint and several liability, requiring that juries be provided with information on the tax...
Injured Cyclist’s Family Sues Car Driver for $10M
Mar 24 2011 // The family of a comatose cyclist is suing for $10 million the driver of the car that struck him in Maryland. Lawyers in the lawsuit filed Monday allege that 83-year-old Jeanette Marie Walke violated traffic laws on Feb. 26...
Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Sue Businesses
Mar 23 2011 // The Supreme Court made it easier to haul businesses into court, ruling this week that investors can sue them for purposefully withholding damaging information about a product and that employees can sue them for retaliation...
Class Action Suit Over New Orleans Hospital Katrina Deaths Begins
Mar 23 2011 // A last-minute effort to work out a settlement with Tenet Health Systems and Memorial Medical Center in a lawsuit over deaths at the hospital during Hurricane Katrina was unsuccessful. Jury selection for the trial was to...
Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson File Lawsuit Against Former Insurance Broker
Mar 23 2011 // Actor Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, have filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages from their former insurance broker. According to celebrity gossip Web site TMZ, which discovered the lawsuit, Hanks and Wilson...
Company Faces $300M Penalty in Pennsylvania Pollution Suit
Mar 23 2011 // GenOn Northeast Management Co. is liable for fouling the Conemaugh River with metal discharges from a power plant in Indiana County since 2005, a federal magistrate has ruled, opening the door to a maximum civil penalty of...
Bayer Suit Latest to Allege Gender Bias in Employment
Mar 23 2011 // Six former and current employees of a U.S. unit of Bayer AG filed a class-action lawsuit against the company on Monday, alleging gender discrimination in pay, promotions and the treatment of pregnant women and mothers. The...
Insurer Responds to Lawsuit Over Colo. Bomb Threat
Mar 22 2011 // An insurance company is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an Aspen restaurant seeking compensation for business it lost after a bomb threat on New Year’s Eve 2008. There were widespread evacuations in...
Lawsuit: Failing Missouri Schools Should Pay for Transfers
Mar 22 2011 // Missouri lawmakers are trying to prevent an influx of students transferring out of failing schools after the state Supreme Court partially sided with a group of St. Louis parents suing to force unaccredited districts to...
Time Cushion Sought for Medical Malpractice Cases in Nevada
Mar 21 2011 // A Nevada bill giving patients a time cushion to file an expert witness affidavit required for medical malpractice lawsuits was touted by backers on Mar. 17 as an issue of fairness and opposed by medical groups as...
3M Settles Age-Discrimination Suit for Up to $12M
Mar 21 2011 // Minnesota’s 3M Co. has agreed to pay up to $12 million to settle an age-discrimination lawsuit with as many as 7,000 current and former employees. The 2004 lawsuit targeted the company’s performance-review...
Virginia Man Wins $25M in Lawsuit Against Exxon
Mar 21 2011 // A jury awarded a former shipyard employee $25 million Thursday in his lawsuit against Exxon for asbestos-related medical problems. The verdict, which followed a two-week Circuit Court trial, was one of the largest jury...
