Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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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...
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...
