Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawyer Malpractice Claims on the Rise
Dec 8 2010 // The economy has taken its toll on all businesses today and law firms are no exception. They have experienced downsizing, pressure to change specialties in order to compete for new business, and other cost cutting measures,...
Minnesota’s Top Lawyer Sues Discover Over Charges
Dec 8 2010 // Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson sued Discover on Dec. 6, accusing one of the nation’s biggest credit card companies of billing tens of thousands of Minnesota customers for account protection programs they...
New York Prosecutor Faces $75M Defamation Suit
Dec 8 2010 // An upstate New York prosecutor who charged a Florida pharmacy in 2007 with selling anabolic steroids to pro athletes and entertainers is being sued for $75 million by the pharmacists, who claim defamation and false arrest...
Katrina-Related Case Loses Class Action Status in Louisiana
Dec 7 2010 // The Louisiana Supreme Court recently decertified as a class a lawsuit stemming from Hurricane Katrina that a lower court had previously found met the requirements for class action status. The plaintiffs in the suit are...
Alabama High Court Reinstates Suit Over Deadly Bus Crash
Dec 7 2010 // Victims of a 2006 school bus crash that killed four high school students and injured two dozen others in Huntsville four years ago can move forward with their lawsuits against a bus company, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled...
Mississippi State Football Game Victim of Cowbell Assault Sues
Dec 6 2010 // A man involved in an incident last year in which he was hit with a cowbell at a Mississippi State football game has sued his alleged attacker and the Southeastern Conference. Records in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court show...
Supreme Court to Hear Wal-Mart Sex-Bias Class Action Certification
Dec 6 2010 // The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it would decide if the largest sex-discrimination class-action lawsuit in U.S. history against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. can proceed, a case involving women workers who seek billions of...
Lawyer Malpractice Claims on the Rise
Dec 5 2010 // Economy, Fees Countersuits and ‘Door Law’ Changing E&O Climate The economy has taken its toll on all businesses today and law firms are no exception. They have experienced downsizing, pressure to change...
Wyoming Insurers That Provide Fraud Tips Shielded From Lawsuits
Dec 5 2010 // Wyoming’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee has endorsed a draft fraud bill that would protect insurers from civil liability for furnishing information relating to insurance...
Kings Sue Exercise Ball Maker after Player Hurt
Dec 3 2010 // The Sacramento Kings basketball team is suing three companies in federal court over an exercise ball that burst and injured one of their players. Roger Dreyer, the lawyer representing the team, said on Wednesday that...
Injured Former Player Sues NFL Pension Plan
Dec 2 2010 // A former running back for the Washington Redskins and Carolina Panthers is suing the NFL’s pension plan, saying he should receive the highest level of disability benefits because of a spine injury from a...
Insurer Sues Apple Over Connecticut House Fire
Dec 2 2010 // Great Northern Insurance is suing electronics firm Apple, claiming that a faulty laptop charger for one of its computers triggered a massive house fire in Central Connecticut. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in...
AXA Sues ING in New York over 2008 Mexican Insurance Sale
Nov 30 2010 // A unit of French insurer AXA has sued an arm of Dutch insurer ING in New York state court, alleging ING misrepresented the financial health of a Mexican insurance company it sold to AXA in 2008. AXA said it has suffered...
Hate Crime Victim’s Estate Sues New York Authorities
Nov 24 2010 // The estate of an Ecuadorean immigrant has filed a $40 million civil rights lawsuit that blames police inaction over prior violence for the man’s stabbing death during a confrontation with a mob of teens who had made...
Lawsuit Challenges UMiami Use of Credit History in Job Screenings
Nov 24 2010 // A federal lawsuit contends that University of Miami credit history checks of job candidates discriminate unfairly against minorities. The potential class-action lawsuit filed Monday claims that use of credit histories in...
Deal Settles Most Lawsuits over WTC Toxic Dust
Nov 22 2010 // A deal reached by New York City and workers exposed to toxic dust that blanketed ground zero after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will resolve an overwhelming majority of the lawsuits over the city’s failure to...
Wyoming Insurers That Provide Fraud Tips Shielded From Lawsuits
Nov 22 2010 // Wyoming’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee has endorsed a draft fraud bill that would protect insurers from civil liability for furnishing information relating to insurance...
Calif. Court Rules Federal Proceedings Equivalent to CGL-Covered Lawsuit
Nov 22 2010 // The California Supreme Court has ruled that the term “suit” in a comprehensive general liability policy includes federal administrative adjudicative proceedings before an administrative law judge of the U.S....
BP Could Gain Claimants’ Rights to Sue Other Oil Spill Firms
Nov 18 2010 // Claimants to BP Plc’s $20 billion oil spill fund may soon be required to transfer to the company their right to sue other defendants, a move that could help BP’s efforts to collect billions of dollars from its...
Hulk Hogan Adds Ex-Wife as Defendant in Insurance Broker Suit
Nov 18 2010 // Celebrity wrestler Hulk Hogan’s attorneys have added his ex-wife as a defendant to a lawsuit against his insurance broker for allegedly failing to adequately protect his fortune. The lawsuit claims Wells Fargo...
