Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lead Paint Firms Must Cover Own Costs in Rhode Island Suit
May 27 2010 // Three companies that sold lead-based paint and were sued by the state in a landmark case cannot recover money they spent defending themselves in the lawsuit, a judge has ruled. Rhode Island in February 2006 won a jury...
Class Status Granted in Connecticut Volleyball Lawsuit
May 26 2010 // A federal judge has granted class action status to a lawsuit filed by members of Quinnipiac University’s volleyball team alleging gender discrimination in the school’s athletic programs. Judge Stefan...
Trade Groups Sue New York over Pay Rules
May 26 2010 // Two trade groups for New York insurance agents are suing the state’s insurance regulator over new rules that will force them to reveal to clients how much they are paid for a particular transaction. The Independent...
Arkansas Supreme Court: Class Action Suit Against Insurer Can Proceed
May 26 2010 // The Arkansas Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court order certifying class action status in a case involving an insurer’s depreciation practices in property claims against “actual cash value” homeowners...
Florida Case Could Hold Private Firms, Insurers Liable for Foster Kids’ Injuries
May 26 2010 // A few months after a 10-year-old child was placed with eight other children in a Tampa foster home overseen by a single mom, a 13-year-old boy sneaked into his room and raped him in 2005. But Hillsborough Kids Inc., a...
Shareholders Sue BP, Allege Safety Failure Created Liability Exposure
May 25 2010 // Shareholders have sued the board of BP Plc for failing to monitor safety and exposing the company to potentially enormous liability related to the Deepwater spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, according to court...
Michigan Employee Sues Hooters, Claims Weight Bias
May 25 2010 // A former Hooters employee in a Detroit suburb has sued the restaurant chain, alleging she was unable to keep her job after being told to lose weight. Cassandra Smith alleges that Hooters put her on 30-day “weight...
Trucking Firm Suing New Hampshire in Crash That Killed Boy
May 24 2010 // A trial is underway in New Hampshire in a lawsuit brought against the state Department of Transportation by a Canadian trucking company involved a February 2007 crash that killed a 6-year-old boy. Fidele Tremblay claims...
Judge Nixes Union Lawsuit Over Massey Mine Probe Interviews
May 24 2010 // A judge in West Virginia has dismissed a lawsuit over the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration’s plan to privately interview witnesses to the nation’s worst coal mining disaster in 40 years. U.S....
Iowa Supreme Court Rules Property Owners Can Sue State Over Floods
May 24 2010 // Residents and businesses in a northeast Iowa town can sue the state for flood damage caused by a highway project, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled last Friday. The court overturned district court and appeals court decisions...
BP Shareholder Sues, Alleging Mismanagement of Oil Spill
May 21 2010 // A BP Plc shareholder in Alaska Thursday sued the corporation’s chairman and board members, alleging the officials’ mismanagement led to the disastrous Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and spill and have devalued...
Louisiana Coastal Parishes Sue BP Over Oil Spill
May 20 2010 // Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, District Attorney Joe Waitz has filed suit against oil giant BP, seeking money for wildlife killed or hurt by the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The lawsuit, filed May 17, is among...
Judge Dismisses Ore. Workplace Meetings Lawsuit
May 19 2010 // A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to the new Oregon workplace meetings law which prohibits employers from firing workers who refuse to attend meetings to discuss politics, religion or union organizing. U.S....
Lawsuits Seek to Curb Deep Wells in Gulf of Mexico
May 19 2010 // Environmentalists seeking to curb oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico have filed federal lawsuits to shut down a major BP platform and close a government loophole for new oil and gas exploration. The lawsuits, filed in...
Transocean Punished for Legal Tactics in Old Spill
May 18 2010 // A U.S. judge has taken the unusual step of sanctioning a unit of Transocean Ltd, owner of the rig in the Gulf of Mexico spill, for “vexatious” tactics in fighting liability from a decades-old oil well spill in...
Maryland County Wants Camera Lawsuit Dismissed
May 18 2010 // Montgomery County, Maryland is trying to get rid of a lawsuit charging that the way it operates its speed camera program is illegal. The lawsuit says the county is breaking Maryland law by paying a contractor by the...
Injured Passenger Can Sue Airline for Negligence in State Court
May 17 2010 // A disabled passenger who fell and injured himself while exiting a commuter plane in Philadelphia can sue the airline in state court, a federal court has ruled. The suit — which a lower court tossed, ruling that...
Lawsuits Against Coal Firms Claim Mining Worsened Kentucky Floods
May 17 2010 // A lawsuit filed against two coal companies that blames mining and poor reclamation for worsening flooding around an eastern Kentucky creek has grown to include 72 plaintiffs. The suit, plus a second lawsuit with 15...
Paralyzed Man Sues Virginia Ski Resort for $25M
May 17 2010 // A man paralyzed from the waist down in a snow-tubing accident in Virginia is suing the parent companies of Massanutten Resort for more than $25 million. John Carwile was injured after his head hit the wall at the end of a...
Oil Rig Workers File Suit
May 17 2010 // Three workers forced to escape on lifeboats after an explosion aboard an offshore drilling platform claimed in a lawsuit they were kept floating at sea for more than 10 hours while the rig burned...
