Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Things to Consider When Estimating Subprime D&O Losses
Mar 10 2008 // Several observers and analysts have recently tried to estimate the insurance industry’s aggregate subprime-related loss exposure. At one end, Bear Stearns has estimated the industry’s exposure at $8 billion to...
La. Judge Won’t Remove Broussard, Jeff Parish from Flood Lawsuit
Mar 7 2008 // A state judge in Louisiana has refused to remove Jefferson Parish and its president from a lawsuit filed by parish residents over flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina. At issue in the lawsuit is the decision to...
Job Bias Claims Against Employers Up 9%– Biggest Rise in Years
Mar 6 2008 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a total of 82,792 private sector discrimination charge filings last fiscal year, the highest volume of incoming charges since 2002 and the largest annual...
Hiscox Warns UK Businesses on Increasing Employee Lawsuits
Mar 5 2008 // According to figures released today by the UK’s Hiscox, “nearly two thirds of smaller businesses are leaving themselves hugely exposed to legal action from their own employees, despite the number of employment...
Cricket Lighter Company to Pay $200K to End Pa. Suit
Mar 4 2008 // Cricket Lighters will pay $200,000 to a settle a lawsuit regarding the death of three people in a 1993 fire in Pennsylvania. The Stockholm-based company agreed to pay the settlement to end litigation that began in...
Iowa Man’s Age Discrimination Lawsuit Nears Trial
Mar 3 2008 // A Mount Vernon man’s age discrimination lawsuit against Bankers Life and Casualty Co. and his former boss is scheduled to go to trial next month. Doug Smith alleges in his lawsuit filed in October 2005 in U.S....
U.S. Judge Nixes Shareholder Suit Against Pfizer Over Failed Drug
Feb 29 2008 // A U.S. federal judge Thursday granted Pfizer Inc.’s motion to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit that alleged the company hid information and made misleading claims about a failed experimental cholesterol drug in order to...
Calif. AG Sues Feds for Jeopardizing National Forests
Feb 29 2008 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman have sued the U.S. Forest Service for adopting “illegal forest management plans” that permit road construction and oil...
SEC Queries Regions Financial over Mutual Fund Litigation
Feb 29 2008 // Regions Financial Corp, a large Southeast regional bank, on Wednesday said it has received information requests from the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding some Morgan Keegan mutual funds whose values plummeted...
EEOC Sues Ore.-Based Fred Meyer Retail Chain
Feb 28 2008 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against the Fred Meyer retail chain, alleging improper management practices at its Oregon City, Ore.,...
W. Va.: Survivor and One Victim’s Family Settle Sago Mine Lawsuits
Feb 28 2008 // Randal McCloy Jr., the lone survivor of the Sago Mine disaster of 2006, and the family of one victim have settled lawsuits in West Virginia against the mine’s owner. Lawyers for McCloy and the estate of David Lewis...
Columbus School Board Settles Lawsuit over Student Assault
Feb 27 2008 // The Columbus, Ohio school district is to pay $350,000 to settle a lawsuit with the family of a developmentally disabled student who was sexually assaulted at a city high school. A 16-year-old girl told Mifflin High School...
Lexington Insurance Co. Sues to Recoup Losses in Iowa Mansion Fire
Feb 27 2008 // An insurance company that insured a $3 million Bettendorf house destroyed in a fire is suing several businesses to recover its losses. Lexington Insurance Co. blames the fire on the contractors who built the home, the...
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Law Limiting Product Liability Suits
Feb 26 2008 // The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday, Feb. 21 upheld a state law that sets a deadline for people to sue manufacturers of defective products but said a General Motors worker can continue with his lawsuit because he was...
Pension Plans Sue Yahoo Over Spurning of Microsoft Offer
Feb 26 2008 // Attorneys for two municipal pension funds have filed a lawsuit against Yahoo Inc. and its board of directors, saying they breached their duties to shareholders of the Internet pioneer in trying to thwart a takeover by...
Maine Race Track Sued Over 2006 Accident
Feb 26 2008 // Unity Raceway in Skowhegan, Maine is being sued by a former auto racing television host who was badly injured during an accident two years ago. John Crawford’s lawyer says the Mainely Motorsports host suffered...
Miss. Court Reinstates Wrongful Death Case against Cleveland Doctor
Feb 26 2008 // A Cleveland doctor gave up his immunity defense in a wrongful death case after spending five years of a Bolivar County trial court’s time with motions and discovery, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled. The...
Calif. AG Settles Antitrust Lawsuit Against Barr Pharmaceuticals
Feb 26 2008 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. settled an antitrust lawsuit on Monday that charged Barr Pharmaceuticals with taking $20 million for keeping off the market a cheaper, generic version of the oral...
Miss. A.G. Withheld State Farm Settlement Money Pledged to Charities
Feb 25 2008 // The Mississippi attorney general’s office says it plans to pay $1 million in settlement money that was pledged to charities nearly a year ago after a deal was struck with State Farm Fire and Casualty Cos. Boys and...
Iowa Supreme Court Adds Twist to Medical Malpractice Opinion
Feb 25 2008 // The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday sent two medical malpractice lawsuits back to district court after offering a new opinion on how the statute of limitations can be interpreted. The decision, which affects a breast cancer...
