Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.J. High Court: Public Workers Can Sue Negligent Property Owners
Mar 15 2007 // The New Jersey Supreme Court this week ruled that when police and firefighters get hurt handling an emergency, they can sue and win compensation if negligence contributed to the injury. The unanimous decision by New...
Aon Settles Benfield Suit
Mar 13 2007 // Aon Re Global, the Chicago-based broker’s provider of reinsurance brokerage services and integrated capital solutions, announced that it has reached “a global and comprehensive settlement with Benfield Group of...
Man Sues for $1.6 Billion Over Rights to Sponge Bob Square Pants
Mar 13 2007 // Troy Walker claims he created Bob Spongee, an unemployed cartoon sponge who lived with his family on Apple street, in 1991. So in 2002 when Walker saw Nickelodeon’s “Sponge Bob Square Pants,” a wildly...
Jury Awards $17 Million Against American Family in Aftermarket Parts Lawsuit in Mo.
Mar 12 2007 // American Family Mutual Insurance Co. was ordered to pay $17 million as part of a class-action lawsuit over aftermarket vehicle parts in Missouri. Following a 3 1/2-week trial, a Jackson County jury determined American...
La.’s Citizens Agrees to Mass Settlement of Hurricane Suits
Mar 12 2007 // Louisiana’s state-run insurer has agreed to a mass settlement with more than 100 policyholders, a deal believed to be the first of its kind in the state since hurricanes Katrina and Rita spawned thousands of...
Judge Senter weighs binding arbitration in Miss. State Farm Katrina settlement
Mar 12 2007 // U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr., the federal judge weighing competing plans to resolve thousands of disputed claims in Mississippi against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. after Hurricane Katrina, held a hearing...
Computer Data Bugs Lead to Shakeup, Lawsuit by La.’s Citizens
Mar 9 2007 // With its financial records in disarray, Louisiana’s state-run insurance company of last resort will get a new chief administrator and beef up its management with a chief financial officer and internal auditor,...
Settlement in Katrina Lawsuit Over Damage to Miss. Rental Home
Mar 8 2007 // A federal trial ended abruptly Tuesday when State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. settled out of court with a couple who sued the company over Hurricane Katrina damages to a rental home they own. U.S. District Judge Peter...
Insurance Company Sues Contractor Behind Botched I-84 project in Conn.
Mar 8 2007 // The insurance company that guaranteed a contractor’s work on the apparently botched widening of Interstate 84 in the Waterbury area is suing, claiming company officials siphoned off millions of dollars for personal...
Lawsuit Reform Measures Pass Okla. House Committee
Mar 7 2007 // A House committee on Mar. 6 passed two measures aimed at providing comprehensive lawsuit reform in Oklahoma: House Bill 1620 ,authored by Rep. Rob Johnson (R-Kingfisher), and House Bill 1475, authored by Rep. Doug Cox...
Iowa Lawsuit Alleging Fatal Fire from Ford Pickup Settled
Mar 7 2007 // An eastern Iowa man whose wife died in a fire he said was caused by a Ford pickup truck has settled a lawsuit with the auto manufacturer. Earl Mohlis, 78, said Monday he still cries over the loss of his wife, Darletta...
Federal Jury Exonerates Montana Ski Area in Injury Lawsuit
Mar 6 2007 // A northwestern Montana ski resort was not negligent in an accident that injured a 6-year-old boy, a U.S. District Court jury decided. The seven-member jury’s unanimous verdict means that Paul and Deb Stamey will...
Insurer Settles Suit in Pittsburgh Convention Center Death
Mar 5 2007 // An insurer has settled a lawsuit over the death of an ironworker during construction of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. The city-county Sports & Exhibition Authority had a policy with National...
Md. Court Reinstates Class Action on Purely Economic, Not Physical, Injury
Mar 5 2007 // A potentially far-reaching ruling by the Maryland Court of Appeals reinstates a class action suit against several U.S. automakers even though the plaintiffs were not injured by allegedly defective seat-backs. Plaintiffs...
Ohio Legislators Challenge Governor’s Veto on Limits for Fraud Damages
Mar 2 2007 // Republican lawmakers had no legal authority to ask the Ohio Supreme Court to throw out a veto Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland carried out on his first day in office, the state’s top lawyer said this week. Attorney...
Judge Weighs Miss. Katrina Class Action, State Farm Settlement
Mar 2 2007 // A federal judge weighing competing plans to resolve thousands of disputed claims against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. after Hurricane Katrina heard emotional testimony Wednesday in Gulfport from Mississippi...
Iowa Man Files Lawsuit Claiming Sexual Harassment at Work
Mar 1 2007 // An Iowa man has filed a discrimination lawsuit against his former employer, claiming he was harassed at work because he is gay. David Quick, 43, filed the lawsuit in Polk County District Court, against Emco Enterprises...
Judge Senter Won’t Remove Self from State Farm Class Action Case
Mar 1 2007 // A federal judge in Gulfport, Miss. has refused to disqualify himself from hearing a bid to certify a class-action lawsuit against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. over the insurer’s handling of claims after Hurricane...
Fla. Homeowners File Suit Seeking Payments for Permit Fees
Feb 28 2007 // Alleging that insurers failed to pay or properly adjust claims for 200,000 policyholders in Florida by ignoring fees for rebuilding permits, a group representing homeowners has filed suits against three insurers. The...
R.I. Judge Orders Cleanup by Former Lead Paint Manufacturers
Feb 28 2007 // A Rhode Island judge has ordered three former lead paint manufacturers to clean up contamination in Rhode Island and said he would appoint a special master to advise him on exactly what the companies should be required to...
