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Country Star Toby Keith, Family Win Wrongful Death Suit in Okla.
Dec 27 2007 // An Oklahoma jury awarded country music star Toby Keith, his mother and his siblings $2.8 million in damages from the 2001 collision that killed Keith’s father. A jury returned the verdict against Elias Rodriguez and...
West Va.’s BrickStreet Sued Over Agent Commissions
Dec 23 2007 // Two companies are suing West Virginia’s workers’ compensation writer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. over agent commissions. Aero-Fab Inc. and The Bunch Co. allege that Brickstreet is billing companies for the...
From Med Mal Caps to RICO Violations, No Headline Shortage in 2007
Dec 23 2007 // Severe summer storms that ransacked the Midwest, a court ruling that could negatively impact the medical malpractice insurance market in Illinois and RICO allegations in Minnesota were just a few of the news stories that...
Subprime Contagion: Where Will the Litigation Wave Spread Next?
Dec 23 2007 // The subprime mortgage meltdown has been a leading story on the front pages of newspapers around the country for the past few months. The uproar also has led to a flood of new lawsuits and to concerns about how much further...
Subprime Contagion: Where Will the Litigation Wave Spread Next?
Dec 23 2007 // The subprime mortgage meltdown has been a leading story on the front pages of newspapers around the country for the past few months. The uproar also has led to a flood of new lawsuits and to concerns about how much further...
Squabble Over Mich. Drug Law Intensifies After Vioxx Settlement
Dec 23 2007 // More than 1,000 Michigan residents could end up getting part of a $4.85 billion national settlement if they or their loved ones took the painkiller Vioxx. But that hasn’t squelched a firestorm over the state’s...
Fla. Gov. Asks Lawyers to Review Suing Property Insurers over Rates
Dec 21 2007 // Gov. Charlie Crist said Wednesday he wants three trial lawyers to review documents for a possible class-action lawsuit against property insurers, alleging that the industry hasn’t passed on savings to consumers as...
Illinois’ Madison County Dropped from Judicial Hellhole List
Dec 19 2007 // Ann Callis knows Madison County’s court system has taken mighty public knocks, from President Bush branding it an example of medical malpractice litigation run amok to a special-interest group calling the venue a...
New La. AG not Ready to Comment on Insurer Lawsuit
Dec 19 2007 // Louisiana Attorney General-elect Buddy Caldwell said he wants his office free of politics and speedier on issuing guidance on legal matters when he takes office in January 2008. Caldwell, who moves into the job Jan. 14,...
N.J. Dry Cleaner Who Lost Suit Makes Santa’s Naughty List
Dec 19 2007 // A Cherry Hill, N.J. dry cleaner now knows how to get on Santa’s naughty list: lose his suit. Donning a new red velvet suit with soft white trim and shiny black boots, a perfectly jolly Max Weisberg arrived through...
N.J. Turnpike Drops Lawsuit Against Deceased Drivers
Dec 19 2007 // The New Jersey Turnpike Authority admits it made a mistake suing two dead motorists for damage to the toll road. Four people died and four were injured when a truck loaded with bricks rear-ended a car last year, triggering...
Iowa Pair Agree to Settlement in Taco John’s Lawsuit
Dec 18 2007 // A lawsuit filed by northeast Iowa residents who became ill after eating tainted lettuce at Taco John’s restaurants in the Waterloo area has been settled out of court. Karen Hibben-Levi, of Waterloo, and the parents...
Companies Suing West Va. Insurer BrickStreet Over Agent Commissions
Dec 17 2007 // Two companies are suing West Virginia’s workers’ compensation writer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. over agent commissions. Aero-Fab Inc. and The Bunch Co. allege that Brickstreet is billing companies for the...
Squabble over Mich. Drug Law Intensifies after Vioxx Settlement
Dec 17 2007 // More than 1,000 Michigan residents could end up getting part of a $4.85 billion national settlement if they or their loved ones took the painkiller Vioxx. But that hasn’t squelched a firestorm over the state’s...
Miss. Litigation Group Forms to Maintain Momentum in Katrina Cases
Dec 14 2007 // The Katrina Litigation Group announced its formation in Mississippi to proceed where the Scruggs Katrina Group began with major litigation on behalf of policy holders. This group is comprised of the Barrett Law Office,...
Towers Perrin Study Indicates U.S. Tort Costs Down in 2006
Dec 13 2007 // The 2007 update on U.S. Tort Cost Trends from the Tillinghast insurance consulting practice of Towers Perrin said U.S. tort costs totaled $247 billion in 2006, which is $57 less per person than in 2005 at approximately...
Clarendon National Insurance Sues Film Producers of ‘Cinderella Man’
Dec 12 2007 // Nearly four years after Russell Crowe dislocated his shoulder while training to portray boxer Jim Braddock in “Cinderella Man,” the injury is the cause of a $3 million court bout. Clarendon National Insurance...
State Farm Customers in Neb. Ask Supreme Court to Reinstate Lawsuit
Dec 7 2007 // A group of State Farm policyholders want the Nebraska Supreme Court to reinstate their lawsuit against the company, because they say State Farm failed to deliver the medical coverage it promised in its automobile...
Mass. Jury Hears Suit Against Doctor by Patient Misdiagnosed with HIV
Dec 7 2007 // A Massachusetts woman has sued a doctor who treated her after a test wrongly showed she was infected with the virus that causes AIDS. Audrey Serrano says she still has not shaken off the impact of living for years...
Ruling in Faulty Products Case Upholds Law Limiting Lawsuit Awards
Dec 7 2007 // The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of a state law that limits the responsibility for payment of damages in lawsuits, including those for faulty products. Deciding a case which drew interest...
