Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Are lower securities lawsuit filing levels temporary or permanent?
Aug 6 2007 // There are a number of reasons to be skeptical, based on limited data, that we have moved to a permanently lower level of fraudulent corporate activity and of securities class action filings. In early July, Stanford...
Agents in E&O Buyer’s Seat
Aug 6 2007 // If ever there was a time for insurance agents to get out and go looking for a better errors and omissions policy, this is the season. Agents who do will come across several admitted carriers that are welcoming new business...
Oregon State Workers’ Comp Insurer Not Immune from Suit
Aug 3 2007 // The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation (SAIF), the state workers’ compensation insurer, may be sued for damages. In John Johnson v. SAIF Corp., the plaintiff alleged that...
Ohio High Court Strikes Down Governor’s Veto of Paint Lawsuit Bill
Aug 2 2007 // The Ohio Supreme Court on Aug. 1 struck down Gov. Ted Strickland’s veto of a bill prohibiting lawsuits over lead paint. In a 5-2 decision, the court ordered Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to move forward with...
Oregon Supreme Court Rules SAIF Not Immune from Lawsuits
Jul 31 2007 // The Oregon Supreme Court ruled the State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. can be sued for violations of federal constitutional rights. The court said that SAIF can be considered a “person” under federal law and,...
Tort Reformers Aid D.C. Dry Cleaner Sued Over Misplaced Pants
Jul 31 2007 // Wearing a bright green protest button, American Tort Reform Association president Sherman “Tiger” Joyce last Tuesday evening joined small business advocates in denouncing the now notorious multimillion-dollar...
Vioxx Federal Judge Sees 2008 Focus on Stroke Cases
Jul 30 2007 // Next year’s federal Vioxx trials may focus on people who had strokes after taking the once popular painkiller, the judge assigned to handle pretrial matters in all 8,575 federal lawsuits said last Friday. “We...
N.J. Customer Sues Starbucks Over Loose Lid on Hot Tea Cup
Jul 30 2007 // A Wayne, New Jersey man who says he was scalded when the lid on his hot tea came off has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks. Antonio Couso, 45, asserted in the lawsuit that the lid was not on properly and the tea was too...
Fearing 1st Amendment Lawsuit, N.H. Town Scraps Insurance Requirement
Jul 30 2007 // Faced with a possible First Amendment lawsuit, selectmen in Jaffrey, New Hampshire have rescinded their new guidelines requiring people or groups holding events on town property to buy $1 million insurance coverage. The...
Mont. Jury Awards Nearly $6.7 Million in Car Seat Suit
Jul 27 2007 // A jury this week ordered car seat maker Evenflo Co. to pay nearly $6.7 million to the parents of a 4-month-old Montana boy who died of head injuries in a July 2000 crash. The 12-member district court jury decided Evenflo...
Farmers Wins Landmark Body Shop Fraud Lawsuit
Jul 27 2007 // Following a jury trial, a Los Angeles judge signed a $163,387 award to Farmers Insurance Exchange in a body shop fraud lawsuit with future hearings expected to double the monetary award. The Court also issued an injunction...
Former Patriot Coach Loses Obesity Surgery Malpractice Lawsuit
Jul 26 2007 // A Boston jury has found against Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis in his medical malpractice lawsuit against two doctors he claimed botched his care after he had gastric bypass surgery five years ago. The jury...
Judge: La. Road Home Suit Should Name State as Well as Contractor
Jul 26 2007 // Sue the state as well as its contractor for Louisiana’s troubled Road Home problem, a federal judge in Baton Rouge, La., told the attorney who filed a class-action lawsuit alleging the contractor is cheating...
Ill. Abbott Drops Lawsuit Against French AIDS Activist Group
Jul 25 2007 // Ill.-based Abbott Laboratories Inc. dropped a lawsuit against a French AIDS group on Monday over an alleged cyber-attack against the company’s Web site. The pharmaceutical and medical products maker filed the lawsuit...
N.J. State Senator, Pedestrian He Injured Settle Lawsuit
Jul 25 2007 // A New Jersey state senator has reached a $1.175 million settlement with a pedestrian who was critically injured by his vehicle two years ago in Jackson. Lawyers for state Sen. Robert W. Singer and the pedestrian, Barbara...
After Formaldehyde Complaints, FEMA to Test Air Quality in Trailers
Jul 23 2007 // Federal agencies will test air quality in trailers housing Gulf Coast hurricane victims, an official said July 20, a day after documents revealed that government lawyers discouraged investigating reports of high...
Maine Employee’s Widow Sues Employer Over Asleep-at-Wheel Crash
Jul 23 2007 // A floor products company faces a lawsuit by the Maine widow of an employee who was killed last year in a highway crash after he apparently fell asleep at the wheel while driving home from work. Another motorist who was...
Supreme Court raises bar for investors bringing securities fraud suits
Jul 23 2007 // The U.S. Supreme Court last month imposed a strict standard that investors must meet to keep alive their lawsuits alleging securities fraud. In an 8-1 decision, the justices said that courts must weigh possible innocent...
Bankruptcy and D&O Claims Settlements
Jul 23 2007 // Ever since “entity coverage” became a part of the standard directors’ and officers’ policy, bankruptcy courts have wrestled with the question of whether D&O policy proceeds are property of the...
Building the case with customers for excess casualty coverage
Jul 23 2007 // What should brokers or agents say when they meet resistance from customers who already feel they are spending too much on liability coverage? Explain that in today’s world, it doesn’t take long to run through...
