Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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St. Paul Fire & Marine Sues Denver Broncos
Jun 20 2011 // St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance has filed a lawsuit against the Denver Broncos and nine of its former players, saying its policies only covered claims in New Mexico for a “class of employee that did not include...
Don’t Let Clients Count on Luck When It Comes to Personal Umbrella Purchases
Jun 20 2011 // By the time you finish reading this sentence, two new law suits will be filed in U.S. courts. We live in an extremely litigious society. There is no other way to put it. The United States has more lawyers per capita than...
Is Paternity Fraud a Grounds for Lawsuit?
Jun 20 2011 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could decide whether a man has legal grounds to sue for being duped into supporting a child that turns out to be fathered by someone else. Legal experts believe it...
Loophole in Missouri Law Puts Employers at Risk for Occupational Disease Lawsuits
Jun 20 2011 // Employee Lawsuits Are Expected to Increase Missouri employers, including small- and mid-sized companies, should be aware of a loophole in Missouri law putting companies at risk for lawsuits filed by current and former...
‘Loser Pay’ Comes to Texas
Jun 20 2011 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed legislation into law commonly referred to as the “Loser Pay Rule.” Immediately, the national press jumped on this new statute as an example of a major step forward in tort...
New Jersey Court: Drunk Driver Can Sue Bar that Served Him
Jun 20 2011 // New Jersey’s Supreme Court has ruled that a convicted drunken driver has the right to sue the bar that served him. The court’s 5-2 ruling last month stems from a 2006 motorcycle crash in which Frederick Voss...
Lawsuit Filed by Family of Drowned Utah Boy
Jun 16 2011 // The family of a Utah boy who drowned after he fell from a pipe spanning a Salt Lake City canal in 2009 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and the state. KTVX says attorneys for 8-year-old Trejon...
Houston Jury Finds for Insurer in $22M Hail Damage Lawsuit
Jun 15 2011 // A jury in Houston, Texas, has found in favor of a property insurer in a lawsuit brought by a townhouse homeowners association over roof hail damage to 22 buildings. Summer Hill Village Community Association sued Colony...
Suit Challenges Tennessee’s Law Against Broadening Anti-Discrimination Rules
Jun 15 2011 // Tennessee cities and counties that want to make it tougher to discriminate against gays and lesbians face a stumbling block under a new state law, and now some Nashville city councilmembers and others are suing to...
Ex-Utah Football Star Sues Medical Tech Company
Jun 14 2011 // A former University of Utah football star has sued a medical technology company, saying a postsurgical device implanted into his shoulder to relieve pain caused permanent damage to the joint. Jason Kaufusi’s lawsuit...
Pennsylvania Hospital Sued over Exhumation
Jun 14 2011 // A woman is suing a northwestern Pennsylvania hospital, saying she was subjected to emotional distress because the facility didn’t order an autopsy of her daughter, forcing the body to be exhumed 43 days later. Kelli...
Supreme Court Defines Primary Liability in Mutual Fund Prospectus Case
Jun 13 2011 // Janus Capital Group Inc. and a subsidiary cannot be held liable in a lawsuit by shareholders over allegedly false statements in prospectuses for several Janus mutual funds, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday. By a 5-4...
Private Antitrust Lawsuits Decline in U.S.
Jun 13 2011 // Price-fixing lawsuits against the air-cargo industry have produced steady cash flow for U.S. plaintiff lawyers and their clients, with total settlements topping $367 million last week after British Airways announced an...
Judge Hands Toyota Owners Setback in U.S. Lawsuit Over Losses
Jun 10 2011 // A federal judge said Toyota owners outside California who seek to recover losses in their vehicles’ value resulting from unintended acceleration cannot pursue their claims under that state’s...
Massachusetts Family Sues Following Boy’s Escalator Death
Jun 10 2011 // The family of a 4-year-old Massachusetts boy who died after falling from a mall escalator has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Mark DiBona of Dudley died March 12 after falling from a second-floor escalator in a Sears store...
St. Paul Fire & Marine Sues Denver Broncos
Jun 10 2011 // St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance has filed a lawsuit against the Denver Broncos and nine of its former players, saying its policies only covered claims in New Mexico for a “class of employee that did not include...
Skype Sued in U.S. by Luxembourg Firm Alleging Patent Infringement
Jun 10 2011 // Internet video phone company Skype Inc. was sued in U.S. federal court Thursday for infringing the patents of a Luxembourg company, which has filed similar lawsuits against Skype in Europe. The lawsuit in the District of...
Judge Signals $32 Million Settlement in Wells Fargo Bias Suit
Jun 9 2011 // A federal judge signaled that she would approve a settlement calling for Wells Fargo & Co. to pay $32 million to about 1,200 female brokers who claimed they were paid less than men and denied promotions because of...
Tennesseean Sues, Says Police Mistook Medical Condition for Drunkenness
Jun 8 2011 // A Lenoir City, Tenn., man has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Loudon County sheriff after he said he was mistakenly arrested when deputies mistook his cerebral palsy symptoms for drunkenness. According to...
U.S. Court in Georgia to Hear States’ Healthcare Law Challenge Today
Jun 8 2011 // A U.S. appeals court in Atlanta will hear a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reforms signed into law by President Barack Obama a year ago. The suit, filed by more than half the states,...
