Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Minimizing lawsuit exposure in the workplace … EPLI
Jul 3 2006 // No one would argue that today’s society is possibly the most litigious in U.S. history. Large jury awards that make headlines only spur on many that otherwise may have backed away from action. The insurance industry,...
Rising tide of lawsuits–EPLI
Jul 3 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...
English Football League Wins Token Damages in TV Suit
Jun 29 2006 // The Football League recently won token damages of 4 pounds (euro5.82; US$7.35) against the law firm that advised it on a disastrous television deal, but faces a bill for an estimated 5 million pounds (euro7.3 million...
Wis. Lawsuit Alleges Misconduct by Commissioner’s Office
Jun 29 2006 // The Wisconsin insurance commissioner’s office and an office that regulates workers’ compensation approved new rules in secret and refused to turn over public records, The Employer Group Inc. alleges in a...
Neb. Lawsuit: Cities’ Policies Obstruct Petition Circulators, Free Speech
Jun 28 2006 // The head of a petition drive aimed at capping state spending has filed a lawsuit alleging that the cities of Omaha, Lincoln and Grand Island, Neb. are hampering the ability of petition circulators to gather signatures. The...
World Trade Center Developer, Port Authority Sue Insurers
Jun 26 2006 // The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, together with World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein, is suing seven insurers over delays in payments they say are needed to rebuild on the site of the Sept. 11, 2001...
N.Y. City, Contractors Seek Immunity from Emergency Worker Lawsuits
Jun 25 2006 // A lawyer asked a judge last Thursday to protect New York City and about 150 private contractors from lawsuits filed by thousands of emergency workers who got sick after working in the dust of the World Trade Center. The...
Mo. City Police Department Settles Suit in Shooting Death
Jun 22 2006 // The family of a man who was shot to death by a Carterville police officer three years ago has reached a settlement with the city and Police Department. If the settlement is approved by a court, the city’s insurance...
A lawsuit in the making — the EPLI insurance application
Jun 19 2006 // Every day, the Equal Employment Opportu-nity Commission receives some 200 new employment practices liability complaints alleging discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, religion, retaliation, age and...
No more excuses: Making the case for EPLI
Jun 19 2006 // Common misconceptions leave business owners, small and large, in the bare Employment practices liability insurance has been available on a stand-alone basis since the early 1980s. The product was developed to provide...
Media suits and settlements
Jun 19 2006 // A veteran who lost both arms in the war in Iraq is suing filmmaker Michael Moore for $85 million, alleging that Moore used snippets of a television interview without his permission to falsely portray him as anti-war in...
Case Law Watch
Jun 19 2006 // Commercial Liability-Auto Bauer v Century Surety Company (Wis. App. May 2, 2006) Ruling: Unloading constitutes “Operation” under Wisconsin coverage statute. The court held that the commercial liability insurer...
A lawsuit in the making – the EPLI insurance application
Jun 19 2006 // Every day, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission receives some 200 new employment practices liability complaints alleging discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, religion, retaliation, age and disability....
Fla. insurance veteran Gallagher, 79, litigation, acquisition expert
Jun 19 2006 // Phil C. Gallagher, 79, a Florida insurance agent, litigation consultant and expert witness, passed away in Miami June 1. Gallagher had more than 50 years of insurance industry experience. Gallagher was formerly associated...
Fla. insurance veteran Gallagher, 79, litigation, acquisition expert
Jun 19 2006 // Phil C. Gallagher, 79, a Florida insurance agent, litigation consultant and expert witness, passed away peacefully in Miami June 1. Gallagher had more than 50 years of ins insurance industry experience. Gallagher was...
A lawsuit in the making – the EPLI insurance application
Jun 19 2006 // Every day, the Equal Employment Opportu-nity Commission receives some 200 new employment practices liability complaints alleging discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, religion, retaliation, age and...
Del. Supreme Court upholds decision in Disney shareholder lawsuit
Jun 19 2006 // The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that directors of the Walt Disney Co. did not violate their fiduciary duties in the hiring and firing of former Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz. In affirming a...
Three Insurers Sue To Recover Claims Paid in ’02 Wildfire
Jun 15 2006 // Three insurance companies filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to recover $7.04 million in claims paid for homes damaged or destroyed in the 2002 Hayman Fire in Colorado. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. Inc., three...
OxyContin Maker Settles with Insurer
Jun 15 2006 // Purdue Pharma has settled a civil lawsuit with its insurer over costs stemming from hundreds of lawsuits involving the painkiller OxyContin, company officials said. Steadfast Insurance Co., a unit of Zurich Insurance Co....
Former Tyco Shareholders Certified in Class Action Suit
Jun 15 2006 // Former shareholders of Tyco International Ltd., whose former chief executive and chief financial officer were convicted of fraud, have been certified as a class to sue the company and its accounting firm,...
