Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Appeals Court Dismisses Nebraska Crop Insurance Company’s Lawsuit
Jul 17 2008 // A federal appeals court has dismissed the remaining portions of a lawsuit filed by a Nebraska crop insurance company against the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. American Growers Insurance Co. filed a lawsuit against FCIC in...
Blogs Can Get Insurance Clients ‘SLAPP’ed!
Jul 14 2008 // A Dade County, Florida real estate developer in January 2008 filed a $25 million lawsuit against a real estate blogger alleging, among other charges, defamation of character based on the blogger’s opinion published...
Credit Rating Agencies Fending Off Lawsuits from Subprime Meltdown
Jul 14 2008 // Battered by critics who blame them for helping to foment the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown, credit raters are now trying to fend off lawsuits — including fraud claims brought by their own shareholders. Many...
Delta Dismissed from Fatal 2006 Kentucky Plane Crash Lawsuits
Jul 11 2008 // A federal judge dismissed Delta Air Lines Inc. from more than 19 pending lawsuits involving a plane crash in Kentucky that killed 49 people two years ago. U.S. District Judge Karl Forester said in a 13-page opinion that no...
St. Louis University to Pay $1M Lawsuit Settlement
Jul 10 2008 // St. Louis University agreed to pay $1 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit claiming its School of Public Health tried to defraud the government by overstating faculty time spent on projects involving federal grants,...
New Jersey Agents Applaud Broker Duty of Care Ruling in Hull Suit
Jul 9 2008 // Agents’ trade groups in New Jersey are praising a recent Garden State court decision that limits an agent’s duty of care when a client misrepresents himself. The ruling stems from a suit brought by Harbor...
California AG Sues Cement Plant for Hexavalent Chromium Exposure
Jul 8 2008 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and District Attorney Rod Pacheco sued TXI International, a Riverside, Calif.-based cement plant, for exposing people to the potent carcinogen hexavalent chromium without...
U.S. Supreme Court Seen Siding with Business on Key Issues
Jul 8 2008 // The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has carved out a reputation for pro-business rulings in a series of important decisions. In its recently ended term, the high court threw out the largest punitive damages...
West Virginia Court Revives 2001 Flood Lawsuits Against Loggers
Jul 3 2008 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has revived a pair of lawsuits seeking damages from timber, mining and land companies for devastating 2001 floods. The court reinstated a 2006 jury verdict that improper logging practices...
High-Profile U.S. Trial Lawyer Scruggs Sentenced to 5 Years
Jun 30 2008 // A high-profile Mississippi lawyer, who became unpopular on Wall Street for battling powerful companies, was sentenced to five years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to conspiring to bribe a judge. Richard...
Judge Dismisses Insurance Executive’s Lawsuit against Alabama Governor
Jun 30 2008 // A judge dismissed most of a lawsuit in which an indicted insurance executive accused Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and others of conspiring to drive him out of the insurance business. Montgomery Circuit Judge Truman Hobbs Jr....
West Virginia Suit Seeks Damages from Builder, Subcontractors
Jun 26 2008 // Ten current and former homeowners in a Charles Town, W.Va. subdivision are suing a builder and subcontractors, claiming the company failed to install functional radon removal systems. In one instance, the homeowners...
Alabama Judge Upholds Fraud Verdict against AstraZeneca, Trims Judgment
Jun 24 2008 // An Alabama judge upheld the fraud verdict that the state won against AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP in a Medicaid drug pricing suit, but ruled the punitive damages were too high, trimming the total judgment to $160...
U.S. Medical Device Makers Fear Rise in State Lawsuits
Jun 24 2008 // The U.S. medical device industry’s worst short-term fear may be actor Dennis Quaid. Quaid last month urged Congress to preserve patients’ rights to sue drug and device makers in state courts, after his twin...
Parents Sue Companies Over Baby Bottles
Jun 20 2008 // Four Ohio parents have filed a federal lawsuit against makers of baby bottles, claiming the bottles were made from a harmful chemical that sparked congressional hearings and prompted the world’s largest retailer to...
$120 Million Judgement Against a Refinery Reinstated by Illinois Court
Jun 18 2008 // An Illinois appellate court has reinstated a $120 million judgment against owners of the former Clark Oil refinery, reversing a Cook County judge’s decision to dissolve the class-action suit after a verdict was...
Insurers: Don’t Have to Cover Colorado Organic Dairy in Suit
Jun 16 2008 // Four insurers have asked a judge to declare they do not have to pay to defend or indemnify Aurora Organic Dairy against a lawsuit challenging claims about the dairy’s milk. The lawsuit in question alleges the...
Delaware Court Rejects Appeal in Lawsuit over Refinery Deaths
Jun 16 2008 // Delaware’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the owners of the Delaware City oil refinery in an insurance lawsuit involving the deaths of two workers. Premcor Refining Group and Valero Energy sought permission...
D.C.’s Metro Settles Lawsuit for $2.3M
Jun 16 2008 // The Washington, D.C. Metro has agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit with the family of a woman who was struck and killed by a Metrobus. Martha Schoenborn and her friend Sally McGhee were killed in February 2007....
Mississippi Couple’s Katrina Suit against USAA Goes to Trial
Jun 16 2008 // Jackson County, Mississippi’s first Hurricane Katrina insurance lawsuit headed to the courtroom Monday. Admiral James W. Lisanby and his wife, Gladys Kemp Lisanby, are suing their insurance company, USAA, over damage...
