Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Emotional Distress Claim Allowed in New Jersey Crash Lawsuit
Jun 13 2008 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that a woman who saw her mother die in a car crash can sue the other driver for negligently inflicting emotional distress. The 4-3 decision released Tuesday said such a claim can be...
Custody Suit Targets Insurance Money for Rapper’s Burned-Down House
Jun 12 2008 // A New York judge has ordered rapper 50 Cent to hold on to the property where a $2.4 million house at the center of a bitter dispute with his ex-girlfriend burned to the ground last month. State Supreme Court Justice Carol...
Montana Doctor Settles Three Malpractice Lawsuits
Jun 11 2008 // A Billings, Mont., physician and anesthesiologist who treated patients with chronic pain has recently settled three medical malpractice lawsuits that claimed the doctor’s negligence resulted in death. Dr. David...
Privacy Lawsuits Against Maine Grocer Consolidated by Federal Court
Jun 11 2008 // More than 20 lawsuits stemming from a massive security breach of Hannaford Bros. Co.’s computer system have been consolidated and assigned to a federal court in Maine. The case will be heard by U.S. District Judge D....
Arkansas College Sued After Backing Out of Caged Fury Tournament
Jun 11 2008 // An entertainment company is suing Hendrix College saying the private school in Conway, Ark., backed out of a deal to allow a “Caged Fury” tournament on campus. Bone Krusher Entertainment Inc. made a deal with...
Montana High Court Rejects Compensation Board’s Lawsuits
Jun 9 2008 // The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s rulings against the state Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board. The board had sued four insurance companies for compensation for more than $2 million in...
Domestic Workers Organizing, Suing to Win Workplace Benefits
Jun 6 2008 // She says she crossed the border from Mexico and found work as a live-in housekeeper for a family that never let her out of their sight. At first, her employers paid her $200 a month for cooking, cleaning and care-taking...
N.J. Court Dismisses Vioxx Medical Monitoring Suit
Jun 5 2008 // The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Vioxx users who suffered no known harm from the withdrawn pain drug cannot sue Merck & Co Inc to pay for medical tests and treatment by heart doctors, the drugmaker said...
U.S. Class Action King Weiss Sentenced to 30 Months in Jail
Jun 3 2008 // Melvyn Weiss, who built the New York law firm that turned class action litigation into a multibillion-dollar business, was sentenced Monday to 30 months in federal prison after admitting to paying secret kickbacks to...
U.S. Court Approves Pet Food Maker’s $24 Million Lawsuit Fund
Jun 2 2008 // Menu Foods Income Fund said Friday that a U.S. court gave preliminary approval to a settlement agreement covering lawsuits in U.S. and Canadian courts. Menu Foods was was hit by more than 100 class action lawsuits last...
Case Watch
Jun 2 2008 // Exclusions United Fire & Casualty Co. v. Keely & Sons, Inc. Ill. App. May 2, 2008 Commercial policy does not provide coverage to policyholder for claims of spoliation of evidence. A policyholder was sued when...
Insurance Companies Face Global Warming Claims
Jun 2 2008 // Corporations exposed to liability for greenhouse gas emissions The industry is about to enter an era of global warming insurance claims. Scientists have been warning about the impact global warming could have if greenhouse...
What to Watch for When Navigating EPLI Landmines
Jun 2 2008 // Understanding Prior Acts, Warranty Statements, Pending and Prior Litigation Dates and More Assuming that all employment practices liability insurance policies (EPLI) are created equal could be one of the biggest mistakes...
Lawsuits Against Lenders Accelerate Amid U.S. Housing Crisis
Jun 2 2008 // The U.S. housing crisis has caused huge loan losses at big lenders but also spawned a slew of class-action lawsuits against them, many alleging noncompliance with consumer disclosure rules. “The compliance issue is a...
Illinois Mother Settles Malpractice Lawsuit for $15.35 Million
May 28 2008 // An Aurora, Ill. mother has settled a malpractice lawsuit for $15.35 million with a hospital and doctor after her son suffered brain damage at birth six years ago. Vanessa Jenkins gave birth to her son, Cody Smithey, at...
Viacom Copyright Suit Against YouTube Called Threat to Online Media
May 28 2008 // A $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit challenging YouTube’s ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular video-sharing site threatens how hundreds of millions of people exchange all kinds of information...
Court: Spaniards Can Sue in N.J. for Overseas Asbestos Exposure
May 28 2008 // A group of Spanish workers injured by asbestos-containing insulation while working on Navy ships docked in Spain can sue the manufacturer of the insulation in New Jersey — where the products were produced — a...
Prosecutors Seek Jail Term for Former Trial Attorney Weiss
May 27 2008 // Federal prosecutors Friday recommended Melvyn Weiss, the long-reigning king of multibillion-dollar U.S. class action litigation, spend no more than 33 months in jail for paying secret kickbacks to clients. Weiss, 72,...
Former N.D. Workers’ Comp Investigator Files Lawsuit
May 27 2008 // In the first of what may be several lawsuits by former employees of North Dakota’s Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) agency, a former fraud investigator says several top WSI officials illegally schemed to fire...
Lawsuits Against Lenders Accelerate Amid U.S. Housing Crisis
May 27 2008 // The U.S. housing crisis has caused huge loan losses at big lenders but also spawned a slew of class-action lawsuits against them, many alleging noncompliance with consumer disclosure rules. “The compliance issue is a...
