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Insurance Broker Sues AIG Over Business Practice
May 27 2009 // A California insurance broker is suing American International Group, accusing the nation’s largest insurance and financial corporation of engaging in unfair business practices. Insurance broker Linda Harris,...
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Merck Appeal on Reinstated Investor Lawsuit
May 27 2009 // The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday that it would hear an appeal by Merck & Co. Inc. of a ruling that reinstated a securities fraud lawsuit involving the company’s disclosures to investors about its withdrawn...
Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Has Record in Business Cases
May 27 2009 // Sonia Sotomayor, nominated by President Barack Obama for the U.S. Supreme Court, has a lengthy record of rulings in business cases as a federal judge in New York. But legal experts said Sotomayor does not appear to be...
Actor Freeman Sued Over Mississippi Car Crash
May 26 2009 // Attorneys for Morgan Freeman have until July 6 to respond to a lawsuit filed by the woman who was with the actor the night of a car crash last August. Demaris Meyer has sued Freeman for negligence. The lawsuit against the...
Obama Curtails Bush-Era Federal Preemption of States By Regulation
May 22 2009 // The Obama White House this week undid a Bush administration policy that used federal regulations to undermine various state health, safety and environmental laws. Many of the federal regulations limited the ability of...
New York Suit Seeks $10M for Unnecessary Brain Surgery
May 21 2009 // A lawsuit says neurosurgeons operated twice on a New York woman for brain and spinal cord problems she didn’t have. Kristy Pirozzolo is suing Long Island doctors Paolo Bolognese and Thomas Milhorat for $10...
Litigation Expected on Minnesota Insurance Bill as Session Ends
May 20 2009 // The 2009 Minnesota legislative session has wrapped up with lawmakers taking action on a number of insurance bills. One in particular has insurer trade groups questioning whether litigation will follow after the measure...
Mexican Bus Crash Victims’ Families Sue
May 18 2009 // The families of two South Texas middle school teachers who were among 11 people killed in Mexico when their bus was hit by a drunken driver’s tractor-trailer have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the tour and...
Medical Device Maker to Settle Suits Against West Virginia Doctor
May 15 2009 // A medical device maker has told shareholders it is settling out of lawsuits against Dr. John King, the one-time West Virginia osteopath at the center of scores of malpractice claims. Biomet Inc. has reached agreements with...
Massachusetts Settles Bid-Rigging Suit against Great American Insurance
May 15 2009 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says her office has settled a bid-rigging lawsuit lodged against Ohio-based Great American Insurance Co. The suit resolves allegations the insurer submitted a fake and...
Texas House OKs Injured Worker Bill
May 15 2009 // Despite the protests of insurance and business interests, the Texas House has passed legislation that would make it easier for certain injured workers to sue property owners for negligence. House Bill 1657 by Reps. Eiland,...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit in New York Boating Tragedy
May 12 2009 // A federal judge has dismissed liability claims against the company that modified a tour boat that capsized on Lake George in 2005, killing 20 passengers. U.S. District Judge Thomas McAvoy says there’s no evidence...
Oklahoma Lawmakers Forge Agreement on Lawsuit Reform Package
May 12 2009 // Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee and House Speaker Chris Benge have announced that a compromise has been reached on a long sought comprehensive lawsuit reform package for the state. Coffee and Benge and their...
Arkansas High Court Denies Class-Action For Union Pacific Lawsuit
May 11 2009 // A lawsuit claiming Union Pacific pressured grieving families into settlements after train crashes shouldn’t be a class-action matter, as those suing failed to show any strong link between themselves, the Arkansas...
Maryland EMS Wrongful Death Suit Ends in Settlement
May 6 2009 // Court records show that feuding emergency workers in Smithsburg, Maryland, have settled a wrongful death lawsuit. An attorney for Smithsburg Emergency Medical Services said Monday the case has been settled by mutual...
Katrina Flood Victims’ Civil Suit Against Corps Underway
May 4 2009 // Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet. Photo: Michael Maples/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Long awaited court proceedings pitting the Army Corps of Engineers against victims of flooding in New Orleans as a result of Hurricane...
Five Virginians Sue over Chinese Drywall
May 4 2009 // Five Hampton Roads homeowners are seeking more than $5 million in a lawsuit filed against a local developer, a distributor and a Chinese drywall manufacturer. The homeowners claim the companies were negligent for selling...
Contractor Appeals in Pennsylvania Electrocution Lawsuit
May 4 2009 // A contractor wants an appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the parents of a Pittsburgh-area soldier electrocuted in an Army barracks shower in Iraq. The notice of appeal filed Thursday by KBR Inc., doesn’t...
Max Cap to ‘Vigorously Defend’ Against Validus Lawsuit
Apr 30 2009 // The Bermuda-based Max Capital Group announced that it “intends to vigorously defend the enforceability of the amalgamation agreement between IPC Holdings, Ltd. and Max against the meritless lawsuit filed on April 28,...
Sailor Sues Owner, Crew Company of U.S. Ship Hijacked By Somali Pirates
Apr 29 2009 // A member of the crew on the U.S.-flagged ship hijacked by African pirates sued the owner and another company, accusing them of knowingly putting sailors in danger. Richard E. Hicks alleges in the suit that owner Maersk...
