Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wis. Medical Group to Sue Lawmakers over $200 Million Fund Transfer
Oct 24 2007 // The Wisconsin Medical Society is planning to challenge lawmakers’ decision to transfer $200 million from a medical malpractice fund to help balance the budget. Lobbyist Mark Grapentine says the group has hired a...
Iowa Woman Convicted in Fatal Crash Sued by Victim’s Family
Oct 23 2007 // A Clinton, Iowa woman convicted of driving drunk and killing her boyfriend in a crash is being sued by the man’s daughter and the girl’s mother. Lilly Wilkerson was convicted of vehicular homicide and drunken...
Willis Settles Gender Discrimination Class Action Suit
Oct 23 2007 // Willis Group Holdings (NYSE: WSH) announced that the federal court in New York has given preliminary approval to the settlement of a class action suit filed against the company in 2001 that raised issues of gender...
Mo. Lawsuit Alleges Walgreen’s Error Caused Miscarriage
Oct 23 2007 // When Chanda Givens began feeling sick and throwing up about a month into her pregnancy, she wrote it off as morning sickness. It was only after the suburban St. Louis woman miscarried a month later that she learned the...
DuPont Ordered to Pay Nearly $200m in W. Va. Class-action Lawsuit
Oct 22 2007 // A West Virginia court convicted DuPont of wanton, willful and reckless conduct, and ordered the company to pay $196.2 million in punitive damages for its actions at a former zinc-smelting plant, where residents claimed the...
AT&T Sues Web Phone Company Vonage for Patent Infringement
Oct 22 2007 // Internet telephone company Vonage Holdings Corp. disclosed Friday that it’s the target of yet another patent lawsuit from a telephone company, in this case AT&T Inc. That makes AT&T the third major phone...
La. Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Insurers Tossed Out
Oct 19 2007 // A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a so-called “whistleblowers”‘ lawsuit that accuses insurance companies of overbilling the federal government for Hurricane Katrina’s flood damage to Louisiana...
Billings Schools Settle Lawsuit Filed by Former Soccer Coach
Oct 19 2007 // A teacher and former Billings, Mont., Senior High girls’ soccer coach has agreed to a $50,000 settlement in her federal lawsuit alleging the district discriminated against her because of her gender. The payment to...
Jury Orders DuPont to Pay $55.5 Million to Cleanup West Virginia
Oct 17 2007 // DuPont Co. should pay about $55.5 million for property cleanup claims arising from a West Virginia industrial waste site, a Harrison County jury decided Monday. The decision came in the third phase of a trial in a...
Top Lawyers Plead Not Guilty to Class Action Kickback Charges
Oct 17 2007 // The co-founder of a prestigious New York law firm and two co-defendants pleaded not guilty this week in California to federal charges related to a major class-action kickback scheme. Firm co-founder Melvyn Weiss entered...
Minn. Couple Files Lawsuit Against Cargill, Neb. Beef in E. Coli Cases
Oct 17 2007 // An Inver Grove Heights, Minn. couple filed a lawsuit Monday against Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. after their children became ill from consuming E. coli-tainted beef patties that were part of a nationwide recall. In the...
Families of Slain Iraqis Sue Military Contractor Blackwater
Oct 16 2007 // Families of Iraqis who died in a shooting involving Blackwater USA contractors in Baghdad have sued the company, saying the firm violated U.S. law and fostered a culture of lawlessness among its employees. The suit filed...
Survey Reports Drop in New Lawsuits, Actions Filed Against U.S. Companies
Oct 15 2007 // It may be too early to say that conflict has become passé, but U.S. businesses report a distinct drop in the number of lawsuits filed against them in the past year, according to the latest Litigation Trends Survey...
Do Medical Malpractice Screening Panels Lower Costs or Save Time?
Oct 14 2007 // A two-year-old New Hampshire law that was supposed to speed up the processing of medical malpractice lawsuits has slowed things down instead. The law created special screening panels designed to encourage people to settle...
Lloyd’s Settles Lawsuit Against Former R.I. Governor Sundlun
Oct 12 2007 // Former Rhode Island Governor Bruce Sundlun has settled a lawsuit filed by a British insurance market that claims he owes about $300,000. Lawyers for Sundlun and the Society of Lloyd’s, based in England, say...
Year After N.Y. Yankee Lidle’s Crash, Lawsuits Stretch Across Country
Oct 12 2007 // A federal safety panel concluded earlier this year that Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle died in a New York City plane crash because he and his instructor misjudged a turn. The finding has done little to settle the legal fights...
Ill. Family of Dead Teen Sues Couple Where Drinking Was Allowed
Oct 11 2007 // The family of a teenager killed in a car crash last year has sued a suburban Chicago family, claiming it was negligent in allowing the victim to drink alcohol at a house party. In a lawsuit filed Monday, Oct. 8th in Lake...
W. Va.: Second Phase of DuPont Waste-Site Lawsuit Goes to Jury
Oct 11 2007 // The second phase of a class-action lawsuit against DuPont has gone to the jury, which must decide whether thousands of West Virginia residents deserve medical monitoring because of exposure to contamination from a waste...
Minn. Settles Annuity Lawsuit with Allianz Life
Oct 10 2007 // Some seniors who might have died before they could get their annuity money back from Allianz Life Insurance Co. now can apply for refunds and interest under a lawsuit settlement announced this week. Minnesota Attorney...
Corporations Await Supreme Court Ruling on Reach of Securities Lawsuits
Oct 9 2007 // The hopes of Enron investors are riding on a case being argued before the Supreme Court today that may be the last chance at compensation for their losses when the scandal-ridden energy company collapsed. Much of corporate...
