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Ex-Tennessee Titans Player’s $25M Suit Claims Team Kept Injury Secret
Sep 24 2009 // Former Tennessee Titans wide receiver David Givens claims the team failed to tell him about a defect in his knee that led to an injury and eventually ended his career. Givens claims in a $25 million lawsuit filed this week...
New Hampshire Campground Owners Sued in Flood Death
Sep 23 2009 // The family of a 7-year-old Rhode Island girl killed in a flash flood at a New Hampshire campground has sued its owners. Kaitlyn Ferra was vacationing with her parents, Brandon and Donna Ferra, and her brother at Ames Brook...
Antioch University in Ohio Sued over Alleged Rape on Overseas Program
Sep 23 2009 // A former university student says in a lawsuit she was raped by a bus driver hired as part of Antioch University’s overseas study program. The student alleges in a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court that she...
Closely-Watched Oklahoma Pollution Suit Against Big Poultry Goes to Trial
Sep 23 2009 // David Overbey is no scientist, but he says a person doesn’t have to be to see how much the Illinois River has improved in recent years. Overbey, a 67-year-old retired laborer who spends his days fishing the river in...
California Sues Madoff ‘Middleman’ Chais for Fraud
Sep 23 2009 // California Attorney General Jerry Brown Tuesday sued Stanley Chais, a Beverly Hills money manager accused in lawsuits by investors and U.S. regulators of channeling hundreds of millions of dollars from Hollywood’s...
Judge Sides with Contractor in Indiana Explosion Lawsuit
Sep 22 2009 // A federal judge has ruled that a contractor does not owe damages to Vectren Corp. over a natural gas explosion at an Indiana home that killed two women. Vectren sued Iowa Pipeline Associates, claiming its workers...
The Coverage Conundrum in Chinese Drywall Claims
Sep 21 2009 // The Latest Mass Tort Unless you live in Florida or Louisiana, or regularly read the Insurance Journal, you may only now be hearing about the latest mass tort craze: Chinese-Manufactured Drywall (often simply referred to as...
Oklahoma Teen Alleges Discrimination by Retail Giant
Sep 21 2009 // A Muslim teenager claims in a federal lawsuit that she was denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch clothing store at a Tulsa mall because she wore a head scarf. In the lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in...
Timely Claims Reporting: A Serious Obligation for Agencies
Sep 21 2009 // In many insurance agencies, customer service representatives (CSRs) are responsible for handling claims submissions for clients. Larger agencies may have a separate claims department. Various problems can arise when the...
Connecticut Hospital Sued over Woman’s Suicide
Sep 17 2009 // The family of a Connecticut woman who killed herself three days after her grandson drowned in a bathtub while under her care is suing Hartford Hospital and a psychiatrist. The lawsuit claims the hospital and Dr. Carl...
South Dakota Urology Clinic Wants Iowans’ Lawsuit Dismissed
Sep 16 2009 // A South Dakota urology clinic and its owners have asked a judge to dismiss an amended lawsuit and its class-action request filed by five Iowans who claim they could have been exposed to blood-borne infections. State health...
Maryland Woman Sues after Tripping over Flower Pot
Sep 15 2009 // A Maryland woman is seeking $150,000 for injuries she says she sustained when she tripped over a flower pot at a fire hall in 2006. According to court documents, Shirley Hiser filed suit Tuesday against the Maugansville...
US Pharmacy Tech Sues Employer over Mock Holdup
Sep 15 2009 // A Pennsylvania pharmacy technician who says she was traumatized when a masked gunman burst into her store demanding the painkiller OxyContin is suing her employers for arranging the mock holdup. Babette Perry says in a...
Obama Gives Proponents Hope for Medical Malpractice Reform
Sep 14 2009 // Following President Barack Obama’s offer of compromise on an issue that has long divided Washington, congressional health care negotiators are considering proposals to foster alternatives to medical malpractice...
Suit against Massachustts Power Company Moves Forward
Sep 14 2009 // A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has allowed a lawsuit brought by residents and businesses served by electric utility Unitil to go forward. The 13 plaintiffs are seeking damages for losses incurred in an ice storm that...
Tennessee Suit Over False Report by Check Verification Firm Allowed
Sep 9 2009 // A person does not have to show actual damages to be able to sue a check verification firm for mistakenly reporting information affecting consumer credit files, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth District...
Federal Judge Rules Michigan College Coach Immune to Player Suit
Sep 8 2009 // A federal judge has dismissed parts of a lawsuit against Central Michigan University and its women’s basketball coach, who is accused of dropping a scholarship partly because a player isn’t a lesbian. U.S....
Attorney: Ford Settles New Jersey Toxic Waste Lawsuit
Sep 8 2009 // The Ford Motor Co. has settled a lawsuit filed by residents of a northern New Jersey town over toxic waste dumped there nearly 40 years ago. The settlement was announced in state Superior Court on Thursday. Details were...
Citizens to Pay Class Action Attorneys, Rather than Post Appeal Bond
Sep 7 2009 // Louisiana Citizens Property Corporation avoided what Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon had called a potential disaster when it negotiated an agreement to pay a group of attorneys in a class action lawsuit $6 million in...
Michigan High Court to Reconsider Auto Accident Victims’ Right to Sue
Sep 7 2009 // The Michigan Supreme Court has set the stage for reversing a 2004 precedent that restricts when people injured in auto accidents can sue for pain and suffering. In a 4-3 order, the court decided to reconsider the case of...
