Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New York Lawsuit Claims Citigroup Used Recession to Fire Women
Oct 15 2010 // Citigroup was accused in a new lawsuit filed of using companywide layoffs during the recent financial turmoil to purge its work force of scores of female employees to save the jobs of less-qualified men. The lawsuit filed...
How to Manage Employment Risk in a Slow Economy
Oct 14 2010 // The difficult economic conditions of the last few years are on top of most people’s minds. Challenging economic circumstances are adversely impacting individuals and proving destructive to public entities across the...
Judge Lets States’ Suit Against Obama Healthcare Law Proceed
Oct 14 2010 // U.S. states can proceed with a lawsuit seeking to overturn President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare reform law, a Florida judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson had said at a hearing last month...
Supreme Court Finds Vaccine Liability Law Confusing
Oct 13 2010 // U.S. Supreme Court justices admitted Tuesday that they were confused by a 1986 law that seeks to make sure that vaccine makers do not exit the business for fear of lawsuits, while ensuring that children hurt by vaccines...
Lenders Likely to Face Class Action Lawsuits Over Foreclosures
Oct 13 2010 // U.S. lenders already facing intense scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators over questionable foreclosure practices will likely face class-action lawsuits on behalf of thousands of homeowners nationwide. Bruce Simon, a...
Pennsylvania School Settles Two Webcam Spy Lawsuits for $610K
Oct 13 2010 // A Philadelphia-area school district has agreed to pay $610,000 to settle two lawsuits over secret photos taken on school-issued laptops. The Lower Merion School District admits it captured thousands of webcam photographs...
Illinois Files Suit Against Enbridge Over Oil Cleanup
Oct 8 2010 // The Illinois attorney general filed a lawsuit against Enbridge Inc’s U.S. affiliate Enbridge Energy Partners Thursday, as the state seeks to have the company pay the costs incurred cleaning up an oil pipeline spill...
Florida Court Permits Bad Faith Lawsuit Against Citizens to Proceed
Oct 8 2010 // A lawsuit alleging bad faith claims handling by Florida’s state-created insurer, Citizens, will proceed to trial over the objection of the insurer that it is protected against such suits by immunity granted...
Lawsuit Serves as Notice in Claim Against Texas County
Oct 8 2010 // The Texas Supreme Court has determined that a lawsuit filed against a “governmental unit” within six months of an incident can be regarded as sufficient notice under the Texas Tort Claims Act. The high...
Kentucky City Settles Lawsuit with Ex-CFO
Oct 7 2010 // A central Kentucky city has settled a lawsuit with its former chief financial officer who claimed he was unfairly demoted. The Danville City Commission agreed to pay Spencer Rodgers $125,000 and allow him to stay in the...
Zurich Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Insurance Exchanges
Oct 7 2010 // Zurich Financial Services Group and its subsidiary, Farmers Group Inc. (FGI), have settled a nationwide class action lawsuit that is pending in Superior Court in Los Angeles. Under the terms of the settlement, $455 million...
West Virginia Mom’s Suit Over Son’s Death Blames Bayer
Oct 7 2010 // The mother of a West Virginia State University student is suing Bayer CropScience and the school over her son’s death in 2008. Portia Gray’s lawsuit claims her 19-year-old son, Ra’Sean Gray, died as a...
Most 9/11 Responders OK Settlement Resolving Suit
Oct 7 2010 // A lawyer representing 10,000 ground zero workers suing New York City over their exposure to World Trade Center dust said Tuesday that 75 percent have signed a settlement resolving their claims and most of the rest have...
The Future for Independent Insurance Agencies
Oct 6 2010 // I believe the future of independent insurance agencies is at a tipping point. A number of forces are pushing agencies toward the precipice of major change. A few of those forces include: legislation, case law, the Web,...
A Wealth of Risks: Serving High Income Clientele
Oct 5 2010 // For insurance agents, there is a lesson to be learned from Hulk Hogan — particularly about the pitfalls of selling coverage to wealthy clients. The well-known, ex-professional wrestler turned reality TV star is suing...
Suit Settled over Shock Therapy Use at Massachusetts School
Oct 4 2010 // The family of a former Massachusetts student who received electric shock treatments at a special needs school has agreed to receive $65,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming the treatment was inhumane and violated his civil...
Maryland Court Upholds State Cap on Lawsuit Payouts
Oct 4 2010 // Maryland’s highest court has upheld a state law that limits the amount of money people can receive for suffering in lawsuits. Judges on the Court of Appeals ruled against the parents of a 5-year-old boy who drowned...
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Securities Fraud Lawsuit Against AIG
Oct 4 2010 // A judge has refused to dismiss a securities fraud lawsuit accusing American International Group Inc. of misleading investors about its exposure to subprime mortgages, which led to a liquidity crisis and $182.3 billion of...
It’s Now Easier to Sue Tennessee Employers Over Illegal Firings
Oct 4 2010 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has reversed precedent and made it easier for workers to sue their employers when they believe they were fired illegally. The court ruled 3-2 that employers must prove that workers’ claims...
Fight Over Gulf Oil Disaster Liability Heats Up
Oct 4 2010 // Scores of attorneys jammed a federal courtroom in New Orleans on Sept. 16 to argue for almost immediate access to emails and other documents from BP Plc and its business partners as the legal fight over the Gulf of Mexico...
