Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Class Action Lawsuits Abound in California
Nov 18 2007 // California is still a happy hunting ground for class action lawyers — despite the 2005 federal class action reforms designed to move many national class action cases into federal courts, according to a review by the...
Insurers Facing More Frequent, More Expensive Lawsuits
Nov 18 2007 // The legal landscape may generally be changing for the better — but not necessarily for insurers, according to a recent survey by Fulbright & Jaworski. In its survey based on interviews with in-house counsel at 250...
Declarations
Nov 18 2007 // Calif. Class Actions “Data shows that a state like California — with a huge population and laws tilted against defendants — remains a major forum for class action lawsuits, despite the 2005 federal Class Action...
Defeat for Insurance Industry; Wash. Voters Approve Referendum 67
Nov 18 2007 // Much to many insurance companies’ dismay, Washington voters approved Referendum 67, with 520,667 or 57 percent of voters in favor of the initiative to allow insureds to collect triple damages if their insurer...
Keep the McCarran-Ferguson Act Insurance Exemption
Nov 18 2007 // Federal antitrust laws are intended to ensure a competitive market by prohibiting companies from acting in concert with each other, such as through price-fixing or sharing arrangements that exclude other competitors. The...
Residential Woes Continue Over EIFS
Nov 18 2007 // ‘Synthetic stucco’ still difficult insurance market for contractors despite changes The use of the exterior insulation finishing system (EIFS), also referred to as “synthetic stucco,” in...
Construction Litigation Puts Agents at Risk
Nov 18 2007 // When contractors get sued, sometimes agents get caught in the middle Construction is an inherently dangerous activity. Hundreds if not millions of dollars are at stake with each project, and if something goes wrong,...
N.Y. Firefighters’ Estates to Sue for $180M over Fatal Tower Fire
Nov 15 2007 // The families of two New York firefighters killed in a blaze in a government-owned skyscraper plan to sue the state and the city for $180 million charging the incompetence of multiple agencies caused their deaths. The...
N.C. Engineering Firm to be Dropped from Miss. Katrina Insurance Suits
Nov 15 2007 // North Carolina-based Forensic Analysis and Engineering Corp., has reached a settlement with lawyers who have filed hundreds of lawsuits against State Farm Insurance Cos. on behalf of policyholders whose claims were denied...
Merck Settles Vioxx Lawsuits for $4.85 Billion Without Admitting Fault
Nov 12 2007 // Merck & Co. said last Friday it will pay $4.85 billion to end thousands of lawsuits over its painkiller Vioxx in what is believed to be the largest drug settlement ever. Merck faced personal injury lawsuits...
Citigroup Inc., Former CEO Sued Over Subprime Mortgage Losses
Nov 9 2007 // Citigroup Inc., former CEO Charles Prince and other executives were sued in federal court this week over losses related to the bank’s subprime mortgage-backed securities portfolio. The shareholder derivative lawsuit,...
Jury Favors La. Homeowner in Katrina Damage Suit Against State Farm
Nov 9 2007 // A jury on Nov. 7 sided with a south Louisiana couple in the first federal trial in Louisiana against State Farm Insurance Cos. over Hurricane Katrina damage. An attorney for plaintiffs Michael and Judy Kodrin and a State...
La. AG Sues Insurers, Alleges Price-Fixing and Conspiracy
Nov 9 2007 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti is suing the state’s largest property insurance companies, accusing insurers of conspiring to limit payments to policyholders after hurricanes Katrina and Rita and engaging in...
New Orleans Port Locked in Katrina Insurance Dispute
Nov 9 2007 // The Port of New Orleans, trying to get back on track after Hurricane Katrina, is locked in a fight with an insurance carrier over more than $100 million in storm damage claims. The port is suing Factory Mutual Insurance...
Class Action Lawsuits Abound in California
Nov 8 2007 // A review of class action lawsuits filed in California courts over the past three years shows that the state is still a happy hunting ground for class action lawyers — despite the 2005 federal class action reforms...
Iowa Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal in Electrical Fire Lawsuit
Nov 8 2007 // A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a product liability lawsuit against the manufacturers of a lamp and an extension cord. The suit came after a fire caused nearly $90,000 damage to a Des Moines home in...
MIT Sues Renowned Architect Gehry for Alleged Building Defects
Nov 7 2007 // The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has sued world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, alleging serious design flaws in the Stata Center, a building widely celebrated for its unconventional walls and radical angles. The...
Defeat for Insurance Industry; Wash. Voters Approve Referendum 67
Nov 7 2007 // Much to many insurance companies’ dismay, Washington voters approved Referendum 67 yesterday, with 520,667 or 57 percent of voters in favor of the initiative to allow insureds to collect triple damages if their...
Calif. AG Files Lawsuit Against PacifiStaff Construction Training Company
Nov 7 2007 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has sued PacifiStaff, a Southern California corporation that trained construction companies to violate workers’ compensation laws by the use of “fake corporations...
Lawsuit: Neb. Discriminated Against Black Workers with Insurance Choices
Nov 6 2007 // The state of Nebraska discriminated against its black employees because state workers who live in Lincoln and Omaha were offered inferior health insurance than their counterparts in other parts of the state, according to a...
