Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wisconsin Parents Win $11.4 Million in Malpractice Suit
Oct 27 2008 // A Wisconsin jury has awarded the parents of a brain-damaged boy $11.4 million in a medical malpractice case. Chad and Amy Jelinek of Eastman claimed in a 2006 lawsuit that negligent care by a nurse and nurse midwife at...
Minnesota Judge Throws Out I-35W Replacement Bridge Lawsuit
Oct 27 2008 // A judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging ow Minnesota transportation officials awarded the contract for the recently opened Interstate 35W replacement bridge in Minneapolis. Ramsey County District Judge Edward Cleary...
Idaho Man Sues Weapon Makers, Wal-Mart Over Injury
Oct 27 2008 // A Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, man who said his hand was permanently injured when his gun exploded is suing a rifle-making company, a bullet manufacturer and Wal-Mart. James Monette filed the lawsuit against rifle-maker...
Suits Filed Over Arkansas Rail Explosion
Oct 21 2008 // Lawsuits filed over a 2005 Union Pacific derailment, explosion and chemical leak in Texarkana, Ark., include one case that claims a second person died as a result of the accident and others that seek damages for thousands...
Illinois Company Involved in Lawsuit Against Brooke Buys 44.3% of Stock
Oct 21 2008 // An Illinois company connected to a bank involved in the lawsuit of the parent company of Brooke Corp. has taken control of 44.3 percent of Brooke’s stock. Trim Creek LLC of Crete, Ill., now owns 6.43 million shares...
Survey: U.S. Firms Prepare for Rise in Litigation After Two Years of Declines
Oct 21 2008 // Following two straight years of reporting declines in the number of new lawsuits and regulatory proceedings — including a drop in large-dollar cases — U.S. companies now anticipate an uptick in new actions and...
Texas Supreme Court Revisits Workplace Injury Case
Oct 20 2008 // The Supreme Court of Texas recently held a rare rehearing of a unanimous decision listening to arguments about whether it erred last year in ruling that a contract employee who suffered on-the-job injuries couldn’t...
Blonde Sues Over Brown Dye
Oct 20 2008 // A Connecticut judge has given the brush-off to a blonde woman’s lawsuit claiming L’Oreal Inc. ruined her social life when she accidentally dyed her hair brunette with one of its products. Charlotte Feeney says...
Brooke Corp. Faces Lawsuits by Illinois and New York Banks
Oct 20 2008 // Overland Park, Kansas-based Brooke Corp. faces a lawsuit by a bank seeking $13 million plus interest and costs for breach of contract. The suit was filed the last week in September 2008 in federal court in Illinois by...
$90 Million Lawsuit Filed in Tennessee Fire that Killed 7
Oct 20 2008 // Survivors of the seven people killed in an August fire in Memphis, Tenn. have filed a lawsuit seeking $90 million. The Commercial Appeal reported the lawsuit filed in Circuit Court claims electrical problems at the rental...
Louisiana Citizens Settles Policyholder Lawsuits for $35 Million
Oct 17 2008 // Louisiana’s state-run insurer of last resort has reached a $35 million agreement with policyholders to resolve claims that the insurer failed to offer settlements for hurricane claims in a timely fashion after...
Drug Manufacturer Pfizer to Pay $894 Million to Settle Lawsuits
Oct 17 2008 // Pfizer Inc said Friday it plans to pay $894 million to settle lawsuits alleging that its withdrawn Bextra painkiller and widely used Celebrex arthritis drug harmed U.S. patients and defrauded consumers. Pfizer said the...
Maryland Navy Commander Sued over Funds for 9/11 Injury
Oct 16 2008 // Federal prosecutors have filed a civil lawsuit against a Navy commander from Maryland’s Anne Arundel County who was granted a Purple Heart for injuries he claimed to have suffered when a plane crashed into the...
E-Mail Retention System Under Fire in Lawsuit Against Mo. Governor
Oct 13 2008 // Missourians may never know whether employees of Gov. Matt Blunt, or in any other state office, wrongly deleted government e-mails. Depositions in a lawsuit against Blunt reveal that the state’s backup e-mail system...
$90 Million Lawsuit Filed in Tennessee Fire that Killed 7
Oct 13 2008 // Survivors of seven people killed in an August fire in Memphis, Tenn. filed a lawsuit seeking $90 million. The Commercial Appeal reported the lawsuit filed in Circuit Court claims electrical problems at the rental property...
Connecticut Blonde Sues over Brown Dye; Judge Brushes Off Suit
Oct 9 2008 // A Connecticut judge has given the brush-off to a blonde woman’s lawsuit claiming L’Oreal Inc. ruined her social life when she accidentally dyed her hair brunette with one of its products. Charlotte Feeney says...
Judge Rules in Michigan Lawsuit Against Blue Cross
Oct 9 2008 // An Ingham County judge has ruled for and against Blue Cross Blue Shield in its defense against a state lawsuit accusing the insurer of illegally shifting money to help buy three workers’ compensation...
Former Navy Technician Sues Virginia Gym over Workout
Oct 8 2008 // A former Navy information systems technician is suing a Manassas, Virginia gym over an exercise program that he says left him permanently disabled. Makimba Mimms, of Bristow, says the CrossFit workout he did in 2005 caused...
Cap Reduces $1.85M Jury Award in Maryland Discrimination Suit
Oct 8 2008 // A Salisbury, Maryland woman who was awarded $1.85 million after she was fired by a pesticide company will see only $300,000 of that. That’s because of a limit on damages in federal employment discrimination cases. A...
Wachovia, Citi, Wells Fargo to Halt Litigation
Oct 6 2008 // Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. agreed Monday to a 44-hour truce in their fight over regional bank Wachovia Corp. after a weekend of legal wrangling. Wells Fargo and Citigroup have been battling over the bank...
