Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Lawsuit Charges Room at New York’s Waldorf had Bedbugs
Nov 8 2010 // A Michigan couple has filed a lawsuit claiming their room at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel was infested with bedbugs. Christine and David Drabicki charged in the lawsuit filed Thursday that they unwittingly...
Judge Dismisses ‘Mommy Track’ Lawsuit Against Goldman Sachs
Nov 5 2010 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc. no longer faces a bias lawsuit by a former vice president who said the Wall Street bank put her on a “mommy track” and fired her while she was on maternity leave. Judge Robert Patterson...
Family of Mississippi Inmate Who Died Sues Town, Private Prison Firm
Nov 5 2010 // The family of an inmate who died in prison is suing the town of Walnut Grove and a private corrections company, claiming Dennis Earl Holmes was denied adequate medical care before dying of what the plaintiffs believe was...
Starbucks Defeats New York Woman’s Tea Burn Lawsuit
Nov 3 2010 // A Manhattan woman has failed to persuade a U.S. appeals court that Starbucks Corp should be held liable for severe burns she suffered after spilling tea served in a double cup. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld...
Texas High Court: Successor Liability Law not Retroactive
Nov 3 2010 // The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that a state law limiting corporations’ “successor liability” for personal injury claims from asbestos exposure violates the state constitution when applied to a common...
New York Woman Sues Waldorf Astoria over Bedbugs
Nov 1 2010 // A Long Island woman claims her one night at the Waldorf Astoria hotel has cost her $13,000 because her room was infested with bedbugs that came home with her. Susanne Igneri filed a lawsuit against the upscale Manhattan...
New York Man Sues Bumble Bee Tuna Alleging Mercury Poisoning
Nov 1 2010 // A suburban New York City man has filed a lawsuit that claims he got mercury poisoning from eating 10 cans of tuna a week. Lee Porrazzo, of White Plains, filed the suit against Bumble Bee Foods. He’s asking for...
Judge Schedules Motions in State Farm Whistleblower Suit in MIssissippi
Oct 29 2010 // A federal whistleblower lawsuit filed against State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. will not go to trial Dec. 1 as scheduled. Instead, U.S. District Court Judge L.T. Senter Jr. has decided to hold a status conference on the...
Ex-Marsh Executives, Convictions Tossed, Sue for Bonuses
Oct 28 2010 // Two former Marsh & McLennan Cos. executives, whose criminal convictions in an insurance bid-rigging scheme were thrown out, sued their former employer, accusing it of depriving them of stock bonuses and severance. In a...
Massachusetts Town Settles Discrimination Suit for $1M
Oct 28 2010 // The town of Framingham has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by a social services agency that wanted to open a home for recovering drug addicts in town. The South Middlesex Opportunity...
Mississippi Executive Wins $103 Million in Lawsuit Against Lawyer
Oct 28 2010 // A Mississippi businessman has been awarded $103 million in a lawsuit against the Chicago-based law firm that he accused of defrauding his oil and gas business. Lavon Evans Jr. filed the lawsuit in Jones County Circuit...
Lawsuit Targets Florida’s Citizens Over No-Bid Contracts
Oct 25 2010 // Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is facing a class action lawsuit alleging that it improperly awarded dozens of no-bid contracts worth more than $49 million. The lawsuit filed in Tallahassee seeks...
New York AG Sues FedEx Over Independent Contractor Classifications
Oct 25 2010 // New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is suing Federal Express’ ground package delivery unit, alleging its classification of drivers as independent contractors illegally deprives them of legal protections workers...
Workers Injured in Pennsylvania Coke Blast Sue U.S. Steel
Oct 22 2010 // Three men burned in a July explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works have sued claiming the steelmaker’s managers directed them to repair a “live” gas line even after an alarm went off warning...
Group Sues BP for Harm to Endangered Gulf Wildlife
Oct 21 2010 // U.S. environmental groups filed a suit Wednesday against British-based oil giant BP Plc saying the world’s worst offshore spill inflicted “ongoing unlawful” harm on endangered wildlife in the Gulf of...
San Bruno Gas Explosion Victims Begin Filing Lawsuits
Oct 20 2010 // Victims of a deadly gas line explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 37 homes in San Bruno, Calif., in September have begun filing lawsuits against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Among the plaintiffs is Susan...
New York Man Sues Bumble Bee Tuna Alleging Mercury Poisoning
Oct 20 2010 // A suburban New York City man has filed a lawsuit that claims he got mercury poisoning from eating 10 cans of tuna a week. Lee Porrazzo, of White Plains, filed the suit against Bumble Bee Foods. He’s asking for...
New Orleans Jury Awards $650K in Katrina Jail Lawsuit
Oct 19 2010 // A federal jury has awarded more than $650,000 to two Ohio tourists who were arrested in New Orleans, La., on public drunkenness charges two days before Hurricane Katrina and jailed for more than a month in the...
Connecticut High School Ex-Sprinter Settles $325K Suit Against Town
Oct 18 2010 // A former student at East Lyme High School in Connecticut who needed emergency brain surgery after crashing into a cement wall during indoor track practice has settled a lawsuit against the town for $325,000. Nicholas...
Tort Reform Takes Back Seat in Alabama’s Race for Governor
Oct 18 2010 // Huge jury verdicts, once potent political issues in a state known as “tort hell,” are getting little mention in this year’s race for Alabama governor. Dr. Robert Bentley, the Republican nominee, has...
