Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Court Approves $50 Million Settlement for Chicago Sun-Times Lawsuit
Nov 15 2006 // A Delaware court this week accepted a settlement from a group of former Hollinger International Inc. directors who agreed to end a shareholder lawsuit by paying Sun-Times Media Group Inc. $50 million. The settlement, first...
Mississippi: Judge May Consider Consolidating 1,000 Lawsuits
Nov 13 2006 // Six lawsuits against insurance companies over damage claims from Hurricane Katrina once set for trial in 2007 have been delayed by U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. Senter also says he is willing to consider...
Washington Commissioner Revokes Bellevue Agency License
Nov 10 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has revoked the license of a Bellevue-based general insurance agency for improperly transferring and using trust funds belonging to insurers, clients and others. The...
Ky. Family’s Suit Over Comair Crash Faults Plane Design
Nov 7 2006 // A lawsuit filed by the family of one of the victims of a Kentucky jet crash that killed 49 people says many victims might have survived if the plane had not burst into flames. Comair Flight 5191 crashed and burned shortly...
Rising tide of lawsuits–EPLI
Nov 6 2006 // The reality of today’s workplace is that a wide variety of employee grievances may escalate, almost without warning, into costly lawsuits. Any time an employee objects to a company employment practice that is...
Litigation trends continue to mount worldwide, report says
Nov 6 2006 // Insurers face five times the average number of lawsuits than other economic sectors Insurance companies are the litigation champions confronting an average of 1,696 lawsuits, spanning from product liability and...
U.S. legal precedents assume larger role in corporate oversight
Nov 6 2006 // European PLUS conference explores an emerging international D&O market Maybe it’s part of the globalization process; maybe it’s due to the increasing sophistication of private investors and fund managers,...
Rising tide of lawsuits-EPLI
Nov 5 2006 // Employment practices claims, like other tort exposures, are risks that may jeopardize corporate assets and therefore should be insured. The reality of today’s workplace is that a wide variety of employee grievances...
Litigation trends continue to mount worldwide, report says
Nov 5 2006 // News Currents Insurance companies are the litigation champions confronting an average of 1,696 lawsuits, spanning from product liability and environmental class actions to directors and officers claims, and even coverage...
U.S. legal precedents assume larger role in corporate oversight
Nov 5 2006 // Maybe it’s part of the globalization process; maybe it’s due to the increasing sophistication of private investors and fund managers, or maybe it’s the legal profession prospecting for additional income...
Businessman Wins $3.5 Million in Defamation Suit Against Pa. Newspaper
Nov 1 2006 // A judge awarded $3.5 million in damages to a businessman and one of his companies in a defamation lawsuit against The Citizens’ Voice, a newspaper in Wilkes-Barre. Thomas A. Joseph alleged he and his business...
Rapper Sues Insurer for Failing to Cover Students’ Deaths
Oct 31 2006 // Rapper Heavy D has filed a $1.5 million (euro1.2 million) lawsuit against an insurance company he says refused to pay damages to people who sued him after nine students were crushed to death in a stampede at a celebrity...
Group Sues in Conn. to Halt Sale of Limited Aetna Health Policy
Oct 26 2006 // A consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit this week against health insurer Aetna Inc., one of its subsidiaries and the Connecticut Department of Insurance, hoping to stop the sale of new health insurance plans it claims...
Maine Court Allows Suit Against Firm Over Employee’s Fatal Crash
Oct 26 2006 // Maine’s highest court this week reinstated a lawsuit targeting VIP Inc. over a fatal collision caused by one of its employees, but Chief Justice Leigh Saufley criticized the ruling as harmful to the state’s...
Insurer Sues Vermont Arson Suspect for Fire Truck Damage
Oct 24 2006 // A Vermont man already facing arson charges in two apartment house fires now is being sued by the city of Rutland’s insurance company, which says the blazes damaged a fire truck. Robert Vandriel has pleaded innocent...
Figures
Oct 23 2006 // 1696 Insurance companies are the litigation champions confronting an average of 1,696 lawsuits, spanning from product liability and environmental class actions to directors and officers claims, and even coverage fights...
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Oct 23 2006 // 1,696 Insurance companies are the litigation champions, confronting an average of 1,696 lawsuits, spanning from product liability and environmental class actions to directors and officers claims, and even coverage fights...
HOSPITALITY RISKS
Oct 23 2006 // In Pennsylvania, a disabled customer complained of emotional distress when she dined at a restaurant that lacked adequate parking for her wheelchair van and where the restrooms were not fully wheelchair-accessible. The...
With 1,100 Katrina Lawsuits, Court Schedule Stretches into 2008
Oct 20 2006 // Federal court officials say trial dates have been set for 145 Hurricane Katrina-related insurance cases during 2007. Court officials said a similar number could be scheduled for sometime later in 2007 and in 2008. The...
Report: Blue Cross of California Agrees to Settle Patients’ Suits
Oct 20 2006 // California’s largest health insurer has agreed to settle claims it illegally dropped patients from their coverage plans after they got sick, according to a published report. Several patients sued Blue Cross of...
