Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge Denies N.Y. City Immunity for Ground Zero Lawsuits
Oct 19 2006 // The city and its contractors are not immune from lawsuits brought by emergency workers sickened after toiling amid toxic dust at ground zero, a judge ruled, clearing the way for what he said should be the speedy resolution...
La.’s Donelon Drops Lawsuit Against Former Opponent, State Senator
Oct 19 2006 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon dropped the defamation lawsuit he filed against his opponent in the Sept. 30 election, state Sen. James David Cain, and said he wishes he had not filed the lawsuit. A hearing...
Doctors Settle Class Action Against N.J.’s Largest HMO
Oct 17 2006 // Doctors have reached a deal to settle their class-action lawsuit claiming New Jersey’s largest health maintenance organization shortchanged thousands of physicians. Under the proposed agreement with Horizon Blue...
Suit Against N.H.- Mass. Crematorium Becomes Class Action
Oct 16 2006 // A judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the owners of the Bayview Crematorium in Seabrook, New Hampshire, where dozens of families believed their loved ones’ remains were mistreated, can be classified as a...
California Hospitals Sue Blue Cross over Canceled Policies
Oct 16 2006 // Blue Cross of California was accused in a lawsuit of routinely violating state law by refusing to pay hundreds of hospitals statewide for patient care it authorized. The class-action lawsuit was filed Friday in Los Angeles...
Litigation Trends Continue to Mount Worldwide; Insurers Face Five Times the Average Number of Lawsuits
Oct 11 2006 // 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 over...
Neb. Supreme Court Ruling on Liability Changes 25 Years of Case Law
Oct 10 2006 // North Platte, Nebraka’s skate park is closed until further notice because of a state Supreme Court decision about liability and insurance coverage. The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled in late September that cities could...
French Court Dismisses Suit by 1992 Airbus Crash Victims’ Families
Oct 10 2006 // A court in eastern France last week threw out a lawsuit by families of victims of a 1992 plane crash that accused the government of dragging out prosecution of the case. After a 14-year investigation, defense aviation...
Olympic Guard’s Libel Suit Against Atlanta Journal to Proceed
Oct 10 2006 // An Atlanta judge ruled last week that former Olympic security guard Richard Jewell’s libel suit against The Atlanta Journal-Constitution can proceed, but threw out most of Jewell’s other claims that the...
Calif. attorney general sues automakers over global warming
Oct 9 2006 // Automakers should be held liable for contributions to global warming, according to California Attorney General Bill Lockyer. Thus, he recently filed a lawsuit against leading U.S. and Japanese auto manufacturers, alleging...
Why do restaurants need employment practices insurance coverage?
Oct 9 2006 // Employment practices liability claims are on the rise and to date approximately 60 percent of all civil litigation in federal courts is EPL related. The rise in claims activity is a concern for all business owners,...
SEC sues RenRe officers over alleged finite reinsurance scam
Oct 9 2006 // The Securities and Exchange Commission, which has been investigating a number of finite reinsurance transactions for the past two years, lowered the boom on three former officers of the Bermuda-based reinsurance group...
Calif. attorney general sues automakers over global warming
Oct 9 2006 // Automakers should be held liable for contributions to global warming, according to California Attorney General Bill Lockyer. Thus, he recently filed a lawsuit against leading U.S. and Japanese auto manufacturers, alleging...
Managing the rising tide of employment practices lawsuits
Oct 9 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...
SEC sues RenRe officers over alleged finite reinsurance scam
Oct 9 2006 // SEC attorney Andrew Calamari, who headed the SEC’s investigations in both cases, declined to comment on whether criminal charges were under consideration in the RenRe matter. He stressed that the Commission brings...
Why do restaurants need employment practices insurance coverage?
Oct 9 2006 // Employment practices liability claims are on the rise and to date approximately 60 percent of all civil litigation in federal courts is EPL related. The rise in claims activity is a concern for all business owners,...
Ohio Attorney General Files Class Action Against Scottish Re Group
Oct 4 2006 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro late yesterday filed a motion in federal court in New York requesting the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS) be appointed lead plaintiff in a securities class action lawsuit...
French Protesters Urge Nationwide Anti-Asbestos Lawsuit
Oct 3 2006 // Thousands of protesters gathered this past weekend at a landmark Paris tower once lined with asbestos to demand a nationwide lawsuit against those who allowed workers to be exposed to the hazardous substance. Relatives of...
La. Commissioner Drops Attempt to Pull Opponent’s Ads, Files Lawsuit
Sep 29 2006 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon dropped his attempt earlier this week to yank off the air his opponent’s commercial that claims Donelon traded insurance licenses for campaign contributions. Donelon sued state Sen....
Kan. Gubernatorial Candidate Lists Plan for Health Care, Reducing Lawsuits
Sep 28 2006 // Saying his goal is to ensure Kansans have access to affordable health insurance and medical care by 2010, Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Barnett outlined a plan that includes creating a one-stop shopping center for...
