Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Slave Trade Suit Targets Lloyd’s, U.S. Companies
May 3 2004 // International News • March 30 “These parties obviously want to bring a reparations test case. I think the courts will continue to resist cases in which principals are deceased. All of our descendants were abused by...
Fireman’s Fund Responds to Alleged Lawsuit
Apr 30 2004 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company has issued the following statement regarding a lawsuit allegedly filed April 29 in Los Angeles Superior Court by plaintiff Allen Estin against 14 insurance companies, including...
SFHHA President Responds to ‘Frivolous Lawsuit’ Initiative, Claims It Distracts from Mission
Apr 30 2004 // Linda Quick, president of the South Florida Hospital & Healthcare Association (SFHHA), offered a response on Friday regarding Consejo de Latinos Unidos’ ‘Frivolous Lawsuit’ Initiative;...
Supreme Court Allows Discrimination Suit Over Allstate’s Use of Credit Scoring
Apr 28 2004 // Allstate Insurance Co. has lost its bid to squash a class action discrimination suit against it for its use of credit scoring in setting insurance prices. The U.S. Supreme Court this week denied the Northbrook, Ill.-based...
AXA Sues Google to Stop ‘Adwords’
Apr 27 2004 // Google, the Internet search engine, has been hailed into a French court by insurance giant AXA over its sale of “adwords” – a feature that sells ad space based on search words. According to news reports...
Utah Supreme Court lowers $145 Million in Punitive Damages to $9 Million in State Farm Lawsuit
Apr 26 2004 // The Utah Supreme Court on Friday lowered by $136 million the amount of punitive damages State Farm Insurance should pay in a decades-old lawsuit alleging it underpaid insurance claims, cheated customers and destroyed...
Pa. Suit Targets Gun Dealer Liability
Apr 21 2004 // A civil lawsuit filed against a South Williamsport gun shop could be the first to go to court that would hold gun dealers accountable when criminals get their hands on guns, lawyers say. In April 1999, 7-year-old Nafis...
Slave Trade Suit Targets Lloyd’s, U.S. Companies
Apr 19 2004 // Ten present-day descendants of slaves who were transported from Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries have filed a lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Fleet Boston Financial Corp. (as successor in interest to the...
Slave Trade Suit Targets Lloyd’s, U.S. Companies
Apr 19 2004 // Ten present day descendants of slaves, transported from Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries, have filed a law suit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Fleet Boston Financial Corp. (as successor in interest to the...
Garamendi, CDI File Lawsuit Against State Compensation Insurance Fund
Apr 19 2004 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) filed a suit against State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund), California’s workers’ comp insurer of last resort, in...
CIWA ENDORSES CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA’S BALLOT INITIATIVE:
Apr 19 2004 // The California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA), an industry group of wholesale insurance brokerage operations, has endorsed the Civil Justice Association of California’s Ballot Initiative to Reform...
Court Decision Threatens Stability in California’s Insurance Market
Apr 19 2004 // If after 16 years of off-and-on court cases, attempting to interpret the ambiguous and contradictory language of Proposition 103 isn’t enough, this month, another interpretation came down from the Second District...
Zenith Sues San Diego Chiropractor
Apr 19 2004 // Zenith National Insurance Corp. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zenith Insurance Company, has sued San Diego County chiropractor William Wu under California’s Unfair Competition Law for unlawful and...
Securities Litigation Landscape Poses Continuing Challenges for D&O Insurers
Apr 19 2004 // The securities litigation landscape remains challenging for all involved in the directors and officers market, executives attending the 2004 PLUS D&O Liability & Insurance Issues Symposium were told. Introducing...
Md. Settles Suit Over Rigged Postage Stamp Auctions
Apr 16 2004 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced settlements with 10 defendants and four other individuals of an antitrust lawsuit that alleged that stamp dealers conspired for a period of nearly 20 years to rig...
N.J. Court Allows Wrongful Death Suit Despite Waiver
Apr 14 2004 // A New Jersey Appeals Court has ruled that a waiver signed by participants in high risk sports activities does not prevent relatives from pursuing a wrongful death suit when the sports enthusiast is killed. It is common for...
CIAB Proceeds to Dismiss W. Virginia Lawsuit Following State Overturn of Counter-Signature Statute
Apr 8 2004 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) reported it will dismiss its federal lawsuit challenging West Virginia’s counter-signature requirements for out-of-state insurance brokers because the state has...
GOP Introduces Asbestos Litigation Reform in U.S. Senate
Apr 8 2004 // Asbestos litigation reform legislation introduced Wednesday by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) represents a significant step forward in the effort to...
CDI Files Lawsuit Against State Fund
Apr 7 2004 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) filed a suit against State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund), California’s workers’ comp insurer of last resort, in...
Okla. Legislature to Hold Joint Hearings on Lawsuit Reform Beginning April 15
Apr 6 2004 // Oklahoma’s Speaker of the House, Larry Adair, and Senate President Pro Tempore Cal Hobson announced the formation of a 23-member bipartisan joint committee on lawsuit reform. The committee, which will be led by...
