Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Judge Awards $1.4M to Lawyers in Taser Lawsuit
Feb 9 2009 // A federal judge has ordered Taser International to pay $1.4 million to lawyers for the family of a Salinas, Calif., man who died after police officers repeatedly shocked him with stun guns. U.S. District Court Judge James...
Parents of Iowa Teen Killed in Crash Sue Insurer for Underinsured Benefits
Feb 9 2009 // The parents of an Iowa teenager killed 10 years ago in a van crash in southern Wisconsin have filed a lawsuit seeking damages for their son’s death. Albert and Deanna Roberts of DeWitt, Iowa, filed the lawsuit...
The Hartford Sues Virginia Firm to Limit Salmonella Claims
Feb 9 2009 // The Hartford has filed a lawsuit to determine whether it must pay claims filed by victims of a nationwide salmonella outbreak traced to the Virginia peanut butter maker it insures. Hartford, Conn.-based Hartford Casualty...
Families’ Lawsuit Blames Florida Hospital Mold for Kids’ Deaths
Feb 6 2009 // The families of three pediatric cancer patients sued a Florida hospital this week, claiming their children died after contracting fungal infections from renovations being performed at the facility. The lawsuit filed by...
Willis Survey Finds Increasing Litigation Risk for UK Financial Firms
Feb 6 2009 // In a recent financial lines seminar sponsored by Willis Group Holdings, nearly 90 percent of those attending indicated they believe the current economic climate has increased the risk of litigation against financial...
Baltimore Man Files $210 Million Lawsuit over Public Strip Search
Feb 6 2009 // A Baltimore man is alleging in a lawsuit that rogue police officers violated his civil rights in a public strip search. Thirty-five-year-old Navy veteran Daryl Martin is suing the city Police Department, former...
Maryland Suit Claims Restaurant Drink was Cleaning Chemical
Feb 6 2009 // A Baltimore woman says when she ordered an iced tea at a local McDonald’s restaurant last year, employees gave her a cup containing a cleaning chemical. Caryl Jones has filed a $100,000 lawsuit in Baltimore City...
Intel Files Lawsuit Against American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Co.
Feb 4 2009 // Intel Corp., based in Santa Clara, Calif., has filed a $50 million lawsuit against its insurer, New York-based American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Co. (AGLI), for failing to cover litigation costs it believes it...
Florida High Court Rules Police Can Be Sued Over Safety Checks
Feb 2 2009 // A sharply divided Florida Supreme Court says law enforcement agencies can be sued over “safety checks” that go bad. The justices ruled 4-3 in the case of an elderly woman who later died after Marion County...
Insurers Seek Dismissal of Louisiana Road Home Suit
Feb 2 2009 // Lawyers for major insurance companies are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses insurers of trying to profit from a grant program for homeowners devastated by Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge...
Merrill Lynch Sued Over Costly New Orleans Stadium Bond Issue
Jan 30 2009 // The Louisiana Superdome authority in New Orleans has filed suit against Merrill Lynch over a $238 million stadium bond issue that exploded in interest costs after the market for government securities dried up last...
Widow Settles Lawsuit with NFL Over Vikings Lineman’s Heatstroke Death
Jan 28 2009 // The widow of Minnesota Vikings lineman Korey Stringer reached a settlement with the NFL over his heatstroke death during training camp in 2001. Under an agreement with Kelci Stringer, the NFL will support her efforts to...
Arizona Ruling Limits Pre-Lawsuit Claim Requirement
Jan 28 2009 // The Arizona Supreme Court split the difference in an opinion interpreting a law requiring people to submit damage claims stating a settlement amount before filing lawsuits against the state or its local governments. At...
Wisconsin Court Bars Cheerleader’s Injury Suit Against Teammate
Jan 28 2009 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court says a former high school cheerleader cannot sue a teammate who dropped her while practicing a stunt in a case closely watched in the cheerleading world. Brittany Noffke was a cheerleader at...
Georgia Governor Seeks Limits on Biotech Lawsuits to Attract Firms
Jan 28 2009 // Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue is proposing tort reform legislation intended to protect Georgia-based biotech companies from product liability claims. The proposed legislation would provide that Federal Drug Administration...
Maryland Lawyers Debate Future Wages in Bias Suit
Jan 27 2009 // A Salisbury, Maryland woman who was awarded $300,000 after she was fired by a pesticide company and lawyers for that company were in court over economic damages. Jean Scott was fired in 2005 for complaining about gender...
Lawsuit: Defective Helicopter Caused Deadly Crash
Jan 26 2009 // The relatives of three sailors who died when a helicopter crashed off the San Diego coast during a Navy training mission filed a lawsuit against seven companies that manufactured and sold the aircraft and its parts. The...
Court Finds Georgia Coaches Immune from Suit Over Player’s Death
Jan 26 2009 // Three suburban Atlanta football coaches cannot be sued for alleged violations of the constitutional rights of a 15-year-old who died after a preseason practice in the summer of 2006, a federal appeals court ruled last...
Insurance in Times of Financial Crisis
Jan 25 2009 // Fiduciary liability typically involves an employee suing an employer for not offering employee options for investing in a 401K plan, and the law weighs heavily in favor of the employee in these cases. The current financial...
Mississippi Scruggs-Katrina Suits Quietly Settled
Jan 25 2009 // Dozens of Hurricane Katrina-related lawsuits filed by Richard “Dickie” Scruggs for policyholders against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. have been settled. Terms of the settlements are confidential. Officials...
