Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Title Insurance Lawsuit Names New Mexico Insurance Superintendent
May 4 2006 // New Mexico’s suspended Insurance Superintendent Eric Serna, under investigation over a bank contract, is named in a lawsuit that alleges title insurance firms sought to persuade him to raise rates by donating to a...
Lawsuit Seeks Contested Elections for N.D.’s Nodak Mutual Board
May 4 2006 // Fargo, N.D.-based Nodak Mutual Insurance Co.’s directors have ignored appeals to allow contested elections for the company’s board, according to a lawsuit that seeks to overhaul how its directors are chosen....
Ark. Seeks to Intervene in Okla. Poultry Lawsuit
May 3 2006 // Ark. Attorney General Mike has asked an Oklahoma court to allow his office to represent the people and sovereign interests of the State of Arkansas in the lawsuit filed by Oklahoma against Arkansas poultry companies. If...
Judges Step Aside From Jefferson Parish, La., Flood Suits
May 3 2006 // All 16 state district judges in Jefferson Parish, La., have disqualified themselves from hearing class-action lawsuits filed by property owners who blame parish government for post-Hurricane Katrina flooding that damaged...
N.J. Court: Worker Can Sue Exxon Over Spouse’s Death
Apr 27 2006 // A retired steamfitter who claims his asbestos-contaminated work clothes caused his wife’s death can sue Exxon Mobil, owner of a refinery where he worked, New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled. The oil company should...
Mich. Legislature Considers Asbestos Litigation Reform, Insurer Group Says
Apr 27 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America says that the Michigan Legislature is considering litigation reform regarding asbestos claims. According to Chicago-based PCI, Michigan has looked at the efforts of...
Judge Sues Nationwide for Denying His Claim After Katrina
Apr 21 2006 // A federal judge in Gulfport, Miss., who would have presided over homeowners’ lawsuits against insurance companies after Hurricane Katrina is waging his own battle against the insurer of his Gulf Coast home. U.S....
Vermont Church Settles Abuse Lawsuit
Apr 21 2006 // A lawsuit filed by a former altar boy who claimed he was sexually abused by a Catholic priest in the 1970s has been settled for $965,000 as the case was due to go to trial. Michael Gay, 38, of South Burlington had claimed...
Revised La. Lawsuit Cites ‘Incompetence’ of Federal Government, U.S. Corps of Engineers
Apr 20 2006 // Plaintiffs seeking more than $1 billion in damages in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are calling the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet a “Hurricane Highway” that allowed a 20-foot storm surge to inundate much...
Okla. Court OKs Class Action Status in Suit Against Farmers Group Companies
Apr 18 2006 // A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma has granted class action status to a lawsuit concerning the use of credit information in insurance rating against Farmers Insurance Companies. U.S....
By Charles J. Grimsley
Apr 17 2006 // The no-fault deadline decision In 2006, Florida legislators will make the biggest decision affecting automobile insurance that any legislature has had to make in 35 years, specifically, whether to re-enact or sunset the...
Judge rejects Allstate request to dismiss hurricane lawsuit
Apr 17 2006 // The company (Allstate) “is pleased that the judge ruled, ‘The exclusions found in the policy for water damage and for damages attributable to flooding are valid and enforceable policy provisions,'”...
Banks, shippers, oil companies – not just insurers – face Katrina-related suits
Apr 17 2006 // One couple has sued Regions Bank for allegedly failing to pay their windstorm policy out of their escrow account. Hurricane Katrina lawsuits are multiplying and it’s not just insurance companies that are defendants....
Editor’s Note: Wind vs. water saga continues
Apr 17 2006 // It would seem prudent for homeowners along the nation’s hurricane-prone coasts to buy as much wind and flood insurance as they need before this year’s hurricane season starts. A federal judge in Gulfport,...
News Currents
Apr 17 2006 // Tort reform remains an issue in South Central states Despite having passed tort reforms in 2003, Texas has one of the worst legal climates in the country according to a study released by the U.S. Chamber Institute for...
AOL ad revenue class action suit settled for $2.6 billion
Apr 17 2006 // A judge approved a $2.65 billion class-action settlement of claims that ad revenue was counted in a fraudulent manner prior to the merger of America Online and Time Warner. U.S. District Judge Shirley Wohl Kram signed a...
E-Discovery and Electronic Records
Apr 17 2006 // The focus of litigations and investigations on electronic documents, particularly e-mails, and the increasing accountability of compliance programs, including record retention, are leading organizations to reexamine their...
Iowa Woman Sues Boss, American Family Over Camera in Restroom
Apr 14 2006 // A Waverly, Iowa woman is suing her former boss after a video camera was found in the office restroom. Deanna Miller filed a lawsuit in Black Hawk County District Court against American Family Insurance and agent Robert...
Woman Wins $27.5 Million in Racial Profile Suit Against Southwest Airlines
Apr 13 2006 // A Texas jury awarded $27.5 million (euro22.72 million) in damages to a woman of Iranian descent who said she was racially profiled when Southwest Airlines Co. accused her of assaulting a flight attendant. Samantha...
Pa.-based Ad Firm Sues Over Plan to Tax Billboards
Apr 11 2006 // Luzerne County in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., plans to become the first county in the state to tax billboards as real estate, but the strategy is being challenged in a suit filed by an advertising firm. The county hopes to raise...
