Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.J. Lawyers Sue to Scrap Med-Mal Insurance Fee
Jan 30 2005 // The New Jersey Legislature could have seen this coming. It enacted a law requiring the state’s lawyers, and many doctors, to pay $75 a year for three years to help doctors in high-risk specialties pay for malpractice...
Okla. Lawmakers, Doctors and Business Leaders to Call for ‘Meaningful’ Lawsuit Reform in 2005
Jan 28 2005 // Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin and Senate Republican leaders, joined by several Oklahoma doctors and business leaders, are calling for meaningful lawsuit reform during the 2005 legislative session. Senate Republican Leader...
Insurers Call for Approval of Class Action Legislation
Jan 27 2005 // As Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) announced his intention to make class action reform legislation an immediate priority for the 109th Congress this week, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Ala. Insurance Commission Settles Lawsuit With VFW
Jan 27 2005 // The Alabama Veterans of Foreign Wars will receive a reimbursement of $42,000, which will be distributed to VFW posts statewide, due to a lawsuit settlement with the Alabama Insurance Commission. The Limestone County VFW...
Federal Class Action Against Marsh, 4 Insurers Alleging Consumer Fraud to be Filed Today in Boston
Jan 25 2005 // Massachusetts trial lawyer Robert Bonsignore is prepared to file a class action suit in U.S. District Court today in Boston accusing insurance broker Marsh and several insurers of price-fixing and consumer...
Insurer Groups Ask Ill. Supreme Court to Adopt Rule Restricting Class Actions
Jan 25 2005 // A national insurance trade association is requesting that the Illinois Supreme Court enact a rule that would set standards for class-action lawsuit certifications that are in line with federal requirements and those in...
$750 MILLION WILL SETTLE MARSH LAWSUIT
Jan 24 2005 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is seeking a $750 million settlement from insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. to settle his bid-rigging and price-fixing charges, according to a report published...
COMMERCE SUES OVER AUTO PLAN:
Jan 24 2005 // The Commerce Insurance Company has filed an action in Massachusetts Superior Court, Suffolk County, in response to the rules published by the Division of Insurance for a new automobile residual market system. Commerce is...
S.C. LAWSUIT CLAIMS HIX INSURANCE MISLED N.C. CUSTOMERS:
Jan 24 2005 // A class-action lawsuit filed in North Carolina’s Guilford Superior Court claims that Hix Insurance of Greensboro, S.C., misled thousands of North Carolina customers, especially Latinos, into unknowingly buying motor...
Connecticut AG Sues Marsh, Ace Financial in Broker Commission Case
Jan 21 2005 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Friday sued insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Inc., and insurance provider ACE Financial Solutions Inc., for a scheme in which ACE reportedly paid Marsh a secret...
Feds Sue to Block Mass. Oil Spill Liability Law
Jan 21 2005 // The federal government has filed a lawsuit challenging key sections of a new Massachusetts law that regulates oil tanker operations and safety in state waters, saying the provisions violate federal authority and should be...
Texas Appeals Court Reverses Farmers Settlement
Jan 21 2005 // Justice David Puryear with the 3rd District Court of Appeals in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 21 struck down a $117.5 million settlement Farmers Insurance Group reached with the state in 2002 over homeowners rates. Texas Attorney...
Shareholder Suit Against APCapital Dismissed
Jan 20 2005 // A shareholder lawsuit brought against American Physicians Capital Inc. and two of its officers alleging securities fraud violations on behalf of a proposed class of shareholders has been dismissed with prejudice, the...
Harleysville Names Toth Chief Litigation Counsel
Jan 19 2005 // Kevin M. Toth has been named vice president, associate general counsel and chief litigation counsel for Harleysville Insurance. In this position, he will oversee all company litigation, with primary emphasis on claims...
R.I. Blue Cross Settles Lawsuits for Nearly $18 Million
Jan 17 2005 // Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island will pay $17.5 million to settle a pair of lawsuits accusing it of bilking subscribers by failing to pass along discounts negotiated for prescription drugs and health...
Spitzer: $750 Million, Apology Will Settle Marsh Lawsuit
Jan 15 2005 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is seeking a $750 million settlement from insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. to settle his bid-rigging and price-fixing charges, according to a report published...
Calif. City Sues Attorney for Failure to Have Insurers Clean-up Town’s Pollution
Jan 12 2005 // The city of Lodi, California, announced it’s suing the attorney responsible for a plan to clean up the town’s soil and water which instead left residents with millions in legal fees and groundwater that is...
Insurers Committed to Real Asbestos Reform
Jan 11 2005 // Insurers remain deeply committed to enactment of meaningful national asbestos litigation reform legislation that provides fairness and certainty to all stakeholders, said a representative of the American Insurance...
Insurers Pleased Bush Will Target Asbestos Litigation Reform in Second Term
Jan 10 2005 // Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) senior vice president, government affairs, Carl Parks, released the following statement on comments made by President Bush on asbestos litigation reform last...
NAMIC Supports President’s Commitment to Tort Reform
Jan 7 2005 // President Bush highlighted the need on Wednesday for common-sense medical liability reform to protect patients and to stop the skyrocketing costs associated with frivolous lawsuits. Bush also stressed the call for class...
