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3 Settle Injury Lawsuits Over Martha Stewart Chair
Aug 15 2011 // Three people whose fingers were snipped off or injured by Martha Stewart patio chairs have won settlements against her company and Kmart, which sold the furniture, their attorney said Thursday. Des Moines attorney Guy Cook...
Investors’ Suits Against News Corp. Directors Face Long Odds
Aug 15 2011 // News Corp. shareholders angry over the hacking scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate face an uphill fight trying to hold company executives and directors responsible in court. In the nearly six weeks...
Validus Sues Transatlantic; Offers Look at Books
Aug 12 2011 // The three-way bidding war for reinsurer Transatlantic Holdings grew more complicated Thursday as hostile suitor Validus Holdings sued the company, but also offered to open its own books for review. The dual moves were...
Second Court Allows Damages Suit Against Rumsfeld Over Alleged Torture
Aug 11 2011 // A lawsuit accusing former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of personal responsibility for U.S. forces allegedly torturing two American whistleblowers who worked for an Iraqi contracting firm will be allowed to move...
Goldman Faces Damages Suit Over Failed Credit Unions
Aug 11 2011 // The U.S. regulator of credit unions this week sued Goldman Sachs & Co. for more than $491 million in damages over losses incurred by two failed credit unions that purchased mortgage-backed securities underwritten by...
Mississippi Lawsuit Claims ‘The Help’ Movie Used Real Person’s Identity
Aug 11 2011 // Lawyers for Kathryn Stockett want a judge in Mississippi to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses the author of “The Help” of basing a character on a real-life maid who works for Stockett’s brother. The...
State Agencies Not Exempt from Age Bias Claims, Says Mass. Court
Aug 11 2011 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled state agencies aren’t exempt from age discrimination lawsuits, even when the discrimination is the result of a policy that doesn’t explicitly target older workers. The...
Judge Nixes Suit over Pennsylvania Officer’s Crash Death
Aug 11 2011 // A federal judge has dismissed a police widow’s lawsuit against a suburban Philadelphia township over its insurance coverage. Middletown Township Officer Chris Jones was killed by an intoxicated driver during a 2009...
Florida’s FPIC Insurance Settles Shareholder Litigation
Aug 10 2011 // FPIC Insurance Group has agreed to settle a class action shareholder lawsuit clearing the way for its merger with Fountain Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Doctors Co., of California. The Jacksonville,...
$2.1 Million Settlement Reached in Kentucky Military Malpractice Claim
Aug 10 2011 // An Army soldier who filed a lawsuit over the treatment of his wife’s cancer at a military hospital at Fort Campbell, Ky., has reached a settlement with the federal government for $2.15 million. U.S. District Court...
Farmers Settles Medical Reimbursement Class Action Suit
Aug 9 2011 // Farmers Insurance announced late last week that it had agreed to settle a nationwide class action lawsuit regarding the medical bills of persons involved in car accidents. The settlement may affect Farmers policyholders,...
Ex-Staffer Sues NBC, Alleges Harassment Over Heritage
Aug 9 2011 // A former NBC studio technician in New York City says colleagues taunted him about his Native American heritage by displaying a doll in traditional Native American dress and making insulting comparisons. Faruq...
Diabetes Drug Maker Facing Hundreds of Lawsuits
Aug 9 2011 // The maker of the world’s best-selling diabetes drug is facing hundreds of lawsuits and likely a big sales drop as suspicion grows that taking the pill for more than a year raises the risk of bladder cancer. In June,...
New York Hotel Sues Over Ground Zero Construction Noise
Aug 9 2011 // The din of rebuilding the World Trade Center is driving guests away from a prominent hotel overlooking ground zero, and the agency in charge hasn’t listened to requests to quell the noise, the hotel’s owner...
Dad of Girl Electrocuted on Monsanto-Farm in Ill. Files Suit
Aug 8 2011 // The father of a northwestern Illinois girl who was electrocuted while removing tassels from corn filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that hired his daughter. Brian Kendall’s lawsuit against St....
AIG Sues BofA for $10 Billion, Alleges ‘Massive Mortgage Fraud’
Aug 8 2011 // Insurer American International Group (AIG) is suing Bank of America Corp. to recover more than $10 billion of losses from a “massive fraud” on mortgage debt, deepening the morass of litigation faced by the...
Judge Dismisses Dallas National Suit Vs. Florida Insurance Chief
Aug 8 2011 // A federal judge last week threw out a lawsuit against Florida’s insurance commissioner even though the official had opposed dismissing the case. Commissioner Kevin McCarty argued that keeping the litigation alive...
Judge Allows Army Veteran to Sue Rumsfeld for Damages Over Torture
Aug 5 2011 // A judge is allowing an Army veteran who says he was imprisoned unjustly and tortured by the U.S. military in Iraq to sue former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld personally for damages. The veteran’s identity is...
Virginia University Settles Student Lawsuit Over Rape
Aug 5 2011 // A lawsuit filed against the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia by a former student who was raped on campus has been settled. Assistant Attorney General John Gilbody told the state Division of Risk...
Judge Tosses Suit Challenging FEMA Flood Mapping in Illinois
Aug 4 2011 // A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit three southwestern Illinois counties filed to block the U.S. government from declaring the region’s levees functionally useless. U.S. District Judge J. Phil Gilbert called the...
