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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...
Wal-Mart to Pay $11.7 Million to Settle U.S. Gender Bias Lawsuit
Mar 3 2010 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay more than $11.7 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency said. The lawsuit accused the world’s largest...
U.S. Seeks Reimbursements from $300 Million PCB Settlement in Alabama
Mar 3 2010 // The federal government is seeking Medicare reimbursements from lawyers, manufacturers and insurers that were involved in a $300 million settlement over widespread PCB contamination in the east Alabama city of Anniston. A...
Calif. Construction Company Sued for Misclassifying, Underpaying Workers
Mar 3 2010 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has filed a lawsuit against Livermore-based Country Builders Inc. after he said the company “cheated workers out of wages,” falsified the company’s payroll...
House Panel: Toyota May Have Settled Tort Claims to Avoid Releasing Data
Mar 1 2010 // A U.S. congressional panel has found evidence Toyota routinely withheld company records it should have turned over in court and settled personal injury cases to avoid revealing key engineering data dubbed the “Books...
AIG To Pay $8 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over Oregon Pension Fund Losses
Feb 26 2010 // The Oregon Public Employee Retirement Fund will recover losses that were attributable to a pattern of poor disclosure and bid-rigging by insurance giant American International Group Inc. (AIG), under a settlement announced...
Heat Builds on Kansas House Speaker over Insurance-Related Lawsuit
Feb 26 2010 // Democrats in the Kansas House demanded Feb. 24 that its Republican speaker remove himself and his law firm from a lawsuit against the state, threatening “formal action” if he doesn’t comply. Six Democrats...
Suit Alleges Connecticut Plant Ignored Safety Procedures
Feb 25 2010 // Two workers injured in a power plant explosion filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that proper safety procedures were not followed, and an attorney said that included live electricity running through the site, workers welding...
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...
