Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky Court to Wal-Mart: Pay Workers’ Comp to Employee Who Sued
Feb 24 2010 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has lost its bid to deny workers compensation benefits to an employee who also received a $900,000 civil award from two third parties. The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruling on Feb. 19 in Wal-Mart Stores...
Judge Certifies Stockholders’ Class Action Against AIG
Feb 23 2010 // A U.S. judge on Monday certified a class action lawsuit for stockholders, but not bondholders, against American International Group Inc. U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts denied a request by three Ohio state public pension...
South Carolina Eyes Lawsuit Limits to Help Economy
Feb 21 2010 // South Carolina’s economic recovery could be helped by new limits on lawsuits, claims a business group in urging state lawmakers to consider legislation to do just that. The Senate Judiciary committee is weighing...
Global Warming Litigation Just Getting Started
Feb 21 2010 // Issue Will Have Serious Implications for Insurance Industry 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...
Liberty Mutual Sues 9 Employees, Aspen for Alleged Plot to Steal Business
Feb 21 2010 // Insurance giant Liberty Mutual Insurance is suing nine former employees and their new employer, Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings, alleging they have plotted to steal professional liability insurance business from its...
Ex-Dunkin’ Brands Exec Sues Company for $5M
Feb 18 2010 // A former executive at the parent company of the Dunkin’ Donuts coffee shop chain alleges in a $5 million lawsuit that the Massachusetts-based company damaged his reputation so much that he can’t land another...
Boston Woman Loses Lawsuit over Secondhand Smoke
Feb 18 2010 // A jury has ruled against a Massachusetts woman who claimed in a lawsuit against her real estate broker that she was forced to move out of her condominium because of secondhand cigarette smoke coming from a neighbor. Alyssa...
Woman Sues CNN’s Cooper after Fall at New York City Home
Feb 17 2010 // An interior designer is suing CNN anchor Anderson Cooper after she took an unusual fall while working at an old New York City firehouse that he is converting into a new home. Killian O’Brien, of Brooklyn, says in her...
Man Sues State over New Hampshire Ice Storm Crash
Feb 16 2010 // A Massachusetts man has filed a lawsuit blaming the New Hampshire Department of Transportation and the town of Windham for a car crash during the massive December 2008 ice storm. Steven Ford of Lawrence, Mass., claims...
Mass. Supreme Court Rules Against Agents in Auto Insurance Lawsuit
Feb 16 2010 // The Massachusetts Supreme Court has sided with the state’s insurance commissioner in a heated lawsuit brought by the state’s insurance agents and Arbella Mutual Insurance Co. over how new companies are assigned...
Survey: Risky Online Behavior Exposes Many to Lawsuits
Feb 16 2010 // Nearly 30 percent of people have cleaned up their social networking profiles for job interviews, and the economic downturn has made them more cautious about postings on social media sites. A new telephone survey sponsored...
Toyota Now Facing Lawsuits over Shrinking Resale Values of Cars
Feb 11 2010 // Added to a wave of personal injury lawsuits stemming from Toyota’s massive recall, the automaker faces a growing number of consumer class-action cases — more than 40 so far — over the shrinking resale...
Florida Court Restricts Litigation Notice Rule Under No-Fault
Feb 11 2010 // A 2001 amendment to Florida’s no-fault law that requires insureds to notify their insurer that they intend to sue cannot be applied retroactively to policies issued before the amendment was enacted. The Florida...
New York Agents Group Suing State over Pay-Disclosure Rules
Feb 10 2010 // A trade group for New York insurance agents says it will sue the state over newly issued rules that would force agents to reveal to clients how much they are paid. The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York...
U.S. Shareholders Sue Toyota
Feb 9 2010 // Toyota faced its first U.S. class-action lawsuits stemming from complaints of faulty brakes in its top-selling Prius hybrid car and from investors claiming they were misled about problems with unintended acceleration in a...
Democrat: Kan. House Speaker Should Step Down Due to Insurance Ties
Feb 8 2010 // A Democratic legislator called for Kansas’ Republican House speaker to step down because he is representing businesses, trade groups and insurance funds in a lawsuit against the state. State Rep. Marti Crow said...
Insurance Company Says Oklahoma State Breached Contract
Feb 8 2010 // The insurance company sued by billionaire booster T. Boone Pickens and Oklahoma State University’s athletic fundraising foundation claims the university breached its contract and has no right to recover $33 million...
People
Feb 7 2010 // Excess and surplus lines wholesale broker Maclean Oddy & Associates Inc. appointed Stan Ackerman senior vice president and manager of the property division in its Houston office, and Nancy Self vice president and...
Dos and Don’ts of Errors and Omissions Lawsuits
Feb 7 2010 // How to Respond and React When Threatened With an E&O Suit Ask any agent who has suffered through an errors and omissions (E&O) suit, and he or she will provide sage-like insight into the professional and even...
Liberty Mutual Sues 9 Employees, Aspen for Alleged Plot to Steal Business
Feb 5 2010 // Insurance giant Liberty Mutual Insurance is suing nine former employees and their new employer, Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings, alleging they have plotted to steal professional liability insurance business from its...
