Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ark. Lawsuit Accuses Propane Supplier of Negligence in Blast
Jan 10 2007 // The wife of a man severely burned in an explosion three years ago at Detco Industries Inc. in Conway, Ark., has sued the plant’s supplier of propane gas, saying the supplier didn’t properly inspect Detco or...
Foie Gras Ban in Chicago Yields No Citations, Restaurants Sue
Jan 10 2007 // About five months after Chicago restaurants were ordered to stop selling foie gras, the city has yet to levy its first fine. While some pricey restaurants around the city have taken the goose or duck liver delicacy off...
ACE USA Releases D&O Risk Management Podcast
Jan 9 2007 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, has launched the second in an occasional series of audio “podcasts,” or Internet-distributed audio programs, discussing selected...
Enron’s legacies and directors’ and officers’ risk
Jan 8 2007 // Shortly after former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s Oct. 23, 2006, sentencing, the Enron Task Force said it was closing down, with its mission mostly complete. Yet did that event really signal an endpoint in the Enron...
Miss. AG’s Katrina case moved to state court
Jan 8 2007 // A federal judge agreed to transfer Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages from federal to state court. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. ruled...
Case Law Watch
Jan 8 2007 // Cancellation and Nonrenewal John Gibson Auto Sales Inc. v. Direct Insurance Company (Ark. App., Div. III and IV, Dec. 20, 2006) Arkansas statute deemed inapplicable. Insured brought suit against insurer for denial of auto...
Miss. AG’s Katrina case moved to state courts
Jan 8 2007 // A federal judge agreed in late December to transfer Missis-sippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages from federal to state court. U.S. District Judge L.T....
N.H. private school says insurer didn’t do flood insurance homework; sues for buildings’ damages
Jan 8 2007 // St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H. has filed a lawsuit accusing its insurer of refusing to cover most of the $5 million the school has spent repairing buildings and grounds damaged by flooding. In May, floodwaters...
AJG resolves federal class action case
Jan 8 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has agreed to resolve all claims in the Federal Multi-District class action pending in the New Jersey Federal District Court against commercial insurers and brokers relating to industry-wide...
N.Y., Conn., Ill. AGs bring another suit, this time against Acordia
Jan 8 2007 // The attorneys general of Connecticut, Illinois and New York continued their campaign against undisclosed compensation and account steering by simultaneously bringing suit against one of the nation’s largest insurance...
N.H. private school says insurer didn’t do flood insurance homework; sues for buildings’ damages
Jan 7 2007 // St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H. has filed a lawsuit accusing its insurer of refusing to cover most of the $5 million the school has spent repairing buildings and grounds damaged by flooding. In May, floodwaters...
Miss. AG’s Katrina case moved to state court
Jan 7 2007 // A federal judge agreed to transfer Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages from federal to state court. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. ruled...
Case Law Watch
Jan 7 2007 // Cancellation and Nonrenewal John Gibson Auto Sales Inc. v. Direct Insurance Company (Ark. App., Div. III and IV, Dec. 20, 2006) Arkansas statute deemed inapplicable. Insured brought suit against insurer for denial of auto...
News Currents
Jan 7 2007 // Miss. AG’s Katrina case moved to state courts A federal judge agreed in late December to transfer Missis-sippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages from...
Enron’s legacies and directors’ and officers’ risk
Jan 7 2007 // Shortly after former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s Oct. 23, 2006, sentencing, the Enron Task Force said it was closing down, with its mission mostly complete. Yet did that event really signal an endpoint in the Enron...
N.Y., Conn., Ill. AGs bring another suit, this time against Acordia
Jan 7 2007 // News Currents The attorneys general of Connecticut, Illinois and New York continued their campaign against undisclosed compensation and account steering by simultaneously bringing suit against one of the nation’s...
AJG resolves federal class action case
Jan 7 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has agreed to resolve all claims in the Federal Multi-District class action pending in the New Jersey Federal District Court against commercial insurers and brokers relating to industry-wide...
DaimlerChrysler Reaches Deal with Insurers Over Class Action
Jan 4 2007 // U.S. German car maker DaimlerChrysler AG has reached an agreement with insurers over their contribution to a $300 million settlement of an investor lawsuit over the 1998 merger that created the company, a spokesman...
Steptoe & Johnson LLP Opens Chicago Office, Nine Partners Added
Jan 3 2007 // Steptoe & Johnson LLP has announced it will open a Chicago office in January. Nine partners whose practices focus on commercial, insurance and reinsurance litigation will join Steptoe from Gardner Carton &...
Ill. Gallagher & Co. Reach Settlement in Federal Class Action Case
Dec 29 2006 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced today that it has agreed to resolve all claims in the Federal Multi-District (MDL) class action pending in the New Jersey Federal District Court against commercial insurers and...
