Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Cell Phone Cancer Report Comes As Supreme Court Weighs Lawsuits
Jun 2 2011 // The U.S. Supreme Court is considering the fate of litigation against cell phone makers over safety risks, just as the industry comes under more scrutiny in the wake of a health report from the World Health Organization. A...
Countrywide’s Mozilo Asks to Dismiss Allstate Lawsuit
Jun 1 2011 // Angelo Mozilo, the former Countrywide Financial Corp. chief executive, urged a federal judge to throw out Allstate Corp.’s lawsuit seeking to hold him responsible for losses on toxic mortgage debt it bought. The...
New York City Settles Inmate Death Lawsuit
May 31 2011 // New York City has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed a man died in jail when his alcohol withdrawal went untreated. The New York Times says the settlement was announced in Manhattan federal court...
$10M Awarded to Girl in Philly Drug Lawsuit
May 31 2011 // A Philadelphia jury has awarded $10 million to a 13-year-old girl after deciding that she suffered a life-threatening drug reaction a decade ago. Attorney Eric Roberson told The Philadelphia Inquirer that Brianna Maya of...
Alabama Lawmakers Advance Bills Curbing Lawsuits
May 31 2011 // The Alabama Legislature has taken another step toward erasing the state’s one-time reputation for juries returning big cash lawsuit verdicts. The Alabama House gave final approval last week to three bills aimed at...
Insurance Company Says Tennessee Gay Couple Burned Own Home
May 31 2011 // The company that insured a lesbian couple’s home claims the women set a fire that destroyed it. Carole Ann Stutte and Jean Stutte of Vonore filed a lawsuit in February, claiming a former neighbor was responsible for...
Suit Filed in Boy’s Fatal Fall After Lakers Game
May 26 2011 // A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the family of a 2-year-old boy who plunged to his death from a skybox after a Los Angeles Lakers game in November, alleging there are unsafe conditions at Staples Center that must be...
U.S. Bias Suit Against Bayer Widens
May 26 2011 // Bayer AG has been hit with a wider U.S. lawsuit, accusing Germany’s largest drugmaker of discriminating against women in pay, promotions and pregnancy leave and fostering a hostile work environment. As it did when...
Tennessee Approves Caps on Lawsuit Damages
May 25 2011 // Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam is praising lawmakers for giving final approval to a plan to cap non-economic and economic damages stemming from lawsuits. The Tennessee General Assembly approved HB 2008 that places a cap of...
Pennsylvania Malpractice Suits Drop for 6th Straight Year
May 24 2011 // The number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed against doctors and hospitals in Pennsylvania dropped last year for the sixth year in a row. A total of 1,491 malpractice lawsuits were filed in 2010, according to a report...
Massachusetts Court Allows Workers’ Suit Against Contractor
May 24 2011 // A worker who was injured and the estate of another who died at a Massachusetts construction site can sue the contractor who oversaw the job — despite the fact the contractor’s insurer has already paid them...
Colo. Court: Insurer Can’t Be Sued By Another Insurer for Failing to Cancel Policy
May 20 2011 // A Colorado Court of Appeal has ruled that an insurer cannot file suit against another insurer for its failure to cancel a policy. According to court documents in First Comp Insurance v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of...
Why Companies Try to Herd Shareholder Lawsuits to Delaware
May 20 2011 // When International Coal Group Inc. announced plans this month to sell itself, investor lawsuits challenging the deal were quickly filed in state courts in Delaware and West Virginia as well as in federal court. If...
Group Study: Largest Hedge Funds Buy More, Pay Less for Lawsuit Protection
May 19 2011 // Large hedge funds with over $10 billion in assets under management (AUM) typically purchase $40 million or more in professional liability insurance coverage, nearly 200% more than medium funds between $1 billion and $3...
Prison Case Tests Liability of Private Workers Doing Government Work
May 19 2011 // The Supreme Court this week agreed to hear a case on the liability of employees of private companies that operate state and federal prisons, a case defense lawyers worry could open the floodgates for suits against other...
Son’s Suicide Prompts Connecticut Father to Sue Town
May 19 2011 // The father of a Montville, Connecticut high school sophomore who killed himself has filed a notice that he intends to sue the town and the school district for negligence, alleging his son was driven to suicide by...
Suit Says USAA Unfairly Denied Car Crash Claims
May 18 2011 // A Salem, Ore., attorney has filed a lawsuit accusing USAA Insurance Co, which represents military members and their families, of fraudulently denying claims after car crashes. The Salem Statesman Journal reports the suit,...
Judge Dismisses Shareholder Suit vs Citigroup Execs Over Mortgages
May 18 2011 // Citigroup Inc. officials, including Chief Executive Vikram Pandit, won the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit accusing them of turning a blind eye to the increased mortgage risks the bank was assuming in 2007. U.S....
Starbucks Sued for Firing Dwarf from Barista Job
May 18 2011 // The U.S. government is suing Starbucks, saying the coffee company fired a barista in El Paso, Texas because she is a dwarf. When the employee asked for a stool or small stepladder to perform her job, Starbucks denied the...
Tennessee Bill to Limit Lawsuit Damages Moves Ahead
May 17 2011 // Gov. Bill Haslam’s proposal to limit lawsuit damages in Tennessee has passed the Senate last week despite passionate arguments from opponents that the measure would unfairly target victims. The legislation carried by...
