Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawyer to Plead Guilty in Class Action Kickback Scheme
Jul 12 2007 // David J. Bershad, a former partner of the New York law firm Milberg Weiss & Bershad LLP, has agreed to plead guilty to a federal conspiracy charge in connection with kickbacks the firm paid to plaintiffs in class...
Trial Set in Calif. for Latin American Banana Workers
Jul 11 2007 // The pesticide was designed to kill worms infesting the roots of banana trees on Latin American plantations. But at least 5,000 agricultural workers from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama have filed five...
Judge in La. Won’t Force Prosecutor to Enter Katrina Whisteblower Case
Jul 11 2007 // A federal judge in New Orleans on June 9 withdrew an order challenging U.S. Attorney David Dugas for not intervening in a whistleblowers’ lawsuit that accuses insurance companies of overbilling the federal government...
N.H. Gov. Lynch Vetoes Civil Damages Bill Opposed by Businesses, Towns
Jul 6 2007 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has vetoed a bill that would have limited the number of parties against whom damage awards from civil suits could be apportioned. “I cannot support this change in the law because it is...
Class-Action Status Granted Against Scripps Hospital
Jul 5 2007 // A San Diego Superior Court judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit accusing Scripps Health hospitals of overcharging uninsured patients. The suit alleges that uninsured Scripps patients pay as much as four times...
Scottsdale Insurance Dropped from Katrina-Related Lawsuit
Jul 2 2007 // Scottsdale Insurance Co. announced the company was incorrectly named in a lawsuit that accused several insurance companies of overcharging the U.S. government’s flood insurance program related to Hurricane Katrina....
Lawsuit claims insurer denied firefighter’s benefits, caused death
Jul 2 2007 // The family of a Puyallup, Wash., firefighter has filed a lawsuit claiming the city of Puyallup and its insurer illegally denied health benefits after the worker contracted a disease on the job that eventually led to his...
Judge sides with Okla. AG on challenges to suit
Jul 2 2007 // A federal judge in mid-June sided with the state of Okla-homa on several legal challenges brought by the poultry industry in an attempt to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson. After two days...
N.H. passes tort reform measure
Jul 2 2007 // The New Hampshire House last month gave final approval to the bill that defines who can be sued and ordered to pay damages in a lawsuit, even after some lawmakers complained the language is confusing. The bill defines...
Coverage interpretation and claims litigation at odds
Jul 2 2007 // But overall, construction market looks ‘optimistic,’ Willis exec says Today’s construction underwriters and their claim departments may not be following the same blueprint on issues of coverage...
Editor’s Note: Jackpot justice
Jul 2 2007 // Few political issues get the business community’s attention like tort reform. Not surprisingly, business owners do not like to be sued any more than they like paying higher insurance costs fueled by lawsuits. One of...
Editor’s Note: Jackpot justice
Jul 2 2007 // Few political issues get the business community’s attention like tort reform. Not surprisingly, business owners do not like to be sued any more than they like paying higher insurance costs fueled by lawsuits. One of...
Coverage interpretation and claims litigation at odds
Jul 2 2007 // Today’s construction underwriters and their claim departments may not be following the same blueprint on issues of coverage interpretation for losses involving general liability and property damage claims, says Paul...
Mother Suing Planned Parenthood for Daughter’s Death
Jun 28 2007 // The mother of a woman who died after a Planned Parenthood abortion procedure filed a lawsuit blaming malpractice for her daughter’s toxic shock syndrome death. Aletheia Meloncon filed the Superior Court lawsuit,...
Private Equity Firms Face Increased Litigation, Says Marsh Report
Jun 28 2007 // According to a survey by Marsh’s UK office, “almost half of private equity firms believe they will face an increased level of lawsuits over the next two years.” 47 percent of those surveyed predicted an...
Recipe for Lawsuit: Restaurant Serves Up Intellectual Property Claim
Jun 28 2007 // One Manhattan restaurant is serving up an intellectual property lawsuit, saying a rival seafood bar run by a former protege copies “each and every element” of its business. Rebecca Charles, who opened the Pearl...
N.J. Tire Importer Says It Can’t Afford Recall of Chinese Tires
Jun 27 2007 // U.S. safety officials have ordered a New Jersey tire importer to recall as many as 450,000 tires that it bought from a Chinese manufacturer and sold to U.S. distributors. Foreign Tire Sales Inc., of Union, New Jersey, said...
Plaintiff Who Lost Pants Loses $54 Million Suit Against Dry Cleaner
Jun 27 2007 // No pair of pants is worth $54 million. A judge rejected a lawsuit that sought that amount by taking a South Korean dry cleaner’s promise of “Satisfaction Guaranteed” to its most legalistic extreme. Roy L....
Vitamin Marketer USANA Hit With Proposed Class-Action Lawsuit
Jun 27 2007 // Independent distributors have filed a lawsuit accusing USANA Health Sciences Inc. of fraud and deception, the latest public-relations blow for the marketer of vitamins and nutritional supplements. The lawsuit, which seeks...
Greenberg Suit Takes Aim at AIG for ‘Hundreds of Millions’ Earned from Starr
Jun 27 2007 // The legal battle between American International Group and Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, AIG’s former chairman and chief executive officer who now heads C.V Starr & Co., Inc., has heated up with the...
