Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Suit in South Carolina Accuses Lasik Eye Clinics of Improper Surgeries
Mar 19 2010 // A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in South Carolina accuses eye clinics across the country of performing surgeries on patients with pre-existing conditions that should have excluded them as candidates, causing those...
Toyota Facing Possible Triple Damages in Consumer Resale Value Suits
Mar 18 2010 // Lawyers seeking civil damages against Toyota Motor Corp. on behalf of U.S. consumers for diminished resale value of recalled vehicles are broadening their cases to add racketeering claims against the automaker. Using...
Texas High Court Upholds 10-Year Filing Period in Med-Mal Lawsuits
Mar 17 2010 // In a move Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says validates Texas’ medical malpractice laws, the Texas Supreme Court has upheld the state’s 10-year limitation, or statute of repose, on filing medical...
Couple Sues Toyota on Behalf of Wash. Customers
Mar 17 2010 // A Seattle couple has sued Toyota, seeking to have the company take back the vehicle they just bought or reimburse them for lost value. Dana and Douglas Eller filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court, seeking class action...
Tennessee Couple Wins $19.2 Million in Malpractice Suit
Mar 17 2010 // A woman who sued after surgery for a broken leg left her partially paralyzed has been awarded $19.2 million by a federal court jury in Chattanooga that also returned a $3 million verdict for her husband. The Chattanooga...
Virginia Woman Sues State for $15M over Son’s Drowning at Park
Mar 16 2010 // A Virginia woman whose son drowned at Smith Mountain Lake State Park has filed a $15 million lawsuit against the state and several other defendants. Dora Mae Henley’s lawsuit claims the death of her 12-year-old son,...
Ex-AIG Employees Might Sue Over Reduced Bonuses
Mar 15 2010 // Several former American International Group Inc. employees might sue the insurer after it gave them less retention bonus money than they should have received, their lawyers said Monday. AIG is holding back $21 million from...
Kansas Democrats File Complaint Against Speaker Over Comp Fund Suit
Mar 15 2010 // Top Democrat lawmakers in Kansas filed a complaint in the Kansas House against its Republican speaker, accusing him of misconduct for representing businesses, trade groups and insurance funds in a lawsuit against the...
Maine Plaintiffs Lose Ruling in Light Cigarette Lawsuit
Mar 11 2010 // Smokers suing Philip Morris and its parent company over light cigarettes will have to start from scratch with their lawsuit in Maine. A federal judge in Bangor has denied plaintiffs’ request to have facts from a...
West Pennsylvania Couple Sues Target over Toy Box Injury
Mar 11 2010 // A suburban Pittsburgh couple is suing Target, claiming their daughter sustained a brain injury when a toy box lid fell on her. Eric and Laura Surman, of Cranberry, claim 2-year-old Camryn Surman had her air supply cut off...
Zurich, Sonoma Risk Insurance Design Plaintiff Litigation Insurance
Mar 10 2010 // Zurich and Sonoma Risk Insurance Agency are now offering an attorneys’ fees insurance program in the U.S. called Plaintiff Contract Litigation Insurance (PCLI). This new PCLI program is designed to insure plaintiffs...
Lawsuits Over Lost Vehicle Value Could Cost Toyota $3 Billion
Mar 10 2010 // Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion or more, according to an...
Judge Dismisses Suit over New Jersey Teen Driver Decals
Mar 10 2010 // New Jersey judge has upheld a new law that requires drivers younger than 21 to display identifying decals on their vehicle license plates. State Superior Court Judge Robert Brennan dismissed a lawsuit brought by Gregg...
Supreme Court to Rule If Vaccine Makers Are Immune from Lawsuits
Mar 9 2010 // The Supreme Court said Monday that it would decide whether a federal law protects vaccine manufacturers from lawsuits in state court seeking damages for alleged design defects. The high court agreed to hear a Pennsylvania...
Who Dat? Inc. Sues NFL Properties, New Orleans Saints, La.
Mar 8 2010 // The company that made a 1983 recording of what became one of the New Orleans Saints’ most popular cheers has filed a trademark suit against the state and the team. NFL Properties LLC, which deals with National...
Boston Woman Loses Lawsuit over Secondhand Smoke
Mar 7 2010 // A jury has ruled against a Massachusetts woman who sued her real estate broker over the secondhand cigarette smoke coming from a neighbor’s condominium. Alyssa Burrage alleged that her broker repeatedly assured her...
Massachusetts Woman’s Family Sues Cosmetic Surgery Company
Mar 5 2010 // The family of a Massachusetts woman who died shortly after doctors started a cosmetic surgery procedure on her has sued the national company that was overseeing the operation. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Middlesex...
Army Bomb Expert Sues, Claims ‘Hurt Locker’ Movie Based on Him
Mar 5 2010 // An Army bomb disposal expert who served in the Iraq war is suing the makers of “The Hurt Locker,” claiming the Oscar-nominated film’s lead character is based on him and that they cheated him out of...
Global Warming Litigation Just Getting Started; Costs Will Be Significant
Mar 4 2010 // Toward the end of 2009, it appeared that a number of issues with the possibility of creating significant political and social changes were on the verge of becoming law before stalling or imploding. One such issue with...
Toyota Sued in Caliornia Over Deaths in Crash Blamed on Acceleration
Mar 4 2010 // Relatives of a California state trooper and three family members whose fatal car wreck helped spark Toyota’s wide-ranging safety recall have sued the automaker for defects they say caused the vehicle to speed out of...
