Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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High Court Allows ‘Disparate Impact’ Age Bias Suits
Mar 31 2005 // Employees bringing age discrimination suits against their employers no longer need to prove that the discrimination by their employer was intentional, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. In a 5-3 decision written by Justice...
Insurers File Suit to Stop Mich. Credit Scoring Ban
Mar 29 2005 // As planned, a group of Michigan property/casualty insurers has filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new rule set banning their use of credit scores in auto and homeowners insurance and reducing base...
Burn Victim Settles Suit Against IBM, Contractor for $9.5M
Mar 28 2005 // An apprentice technician who received burns on 60 percent of his body after an electrical explosion, settled a lawsuit this week against engineering contract firm Fluor Corp. and technology powerhouse IBM...
Judge Rules W.V. Insurance Commission Must Reveal Sources in Third-Party Bad-Faith Lawsuit Study
Mar 25 2005 // A West Virginia Circuit judge has ruled in Charleston that the West Virginia Insurance Commission must reveal the names of companies and organizations it consulted to complete a study that recommended eliminating...
R.I. Suit Against Lead Paint Manufacturers Delayed
Mar 22 2005 // Rhode Island’s landmark lawsuit against the lead paint industry has been postponed until Sept. 7, to give former lead company attorneys more time to depose parents or guardians of lead-poisoned children. The case was...
Asbestos Litigation: Manufacturing’s Silent Killer
Mar 21 2005 // If you still had doubts about the need for lawmakers to pass serious legal reform, you should have been convinced by the hurried filing of 85 questionable class action lawsuits in just two neighboring Illinois counties in...
CALIF. JUDGE TOSSES OUT LAWSUIT INVOLVING ACE COMPANIES:
Mar 21 2005 // The ACE Group of Companies announced that California Superior Court Judge James Warren has entered judgment in favor of several ACE companies in a lawsuit brought against Insurance Company of North America, INA Financial...
Okla. House Leadership Urges Senate Passage of Lawsuit Reform Bill
Mar 18 2005 // Oklahoma House of Representatives Speaker Todd Hiett urged the state Senate to act now to pass what he called true lawsuit reform in the form of House Bill 2047, the Justice and Common Sense Act, which was recently passed...
W. Va. Tort Reform Bill Survives Toughest Test Yet; NAMIC Comments
Mar 18 2005 // Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin’s bill to eliminate third-party bad faith lawsuits survived its toughest test to date on March 17 when the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the bill out of committee over the strenuous...
Okla. House Votes to Protect Food Industry From Frivolous Lawsuits
Mar 16 2005 // The Oklahoma House of Representatives has voted in favor of House Bill 1554, by State Rep. Dale DeWitt, which would create the “Commonsense Consumption Act” to “prevent frivolous lawsuits against...
Fla. Homeowner Files Lawsuit, Asks Allstate to Pay $10,000 for Mold Damage
Mar 14 2005 // A Florida homeowner has filed a lawsuit against Allstate Insurance to collect $10,000, accusing the company of failing to pay for mold damage after Hurricane Charley. The lawsuit brought by homeowner Luann Guy of Cape...
Four More Banks Settle Worldcom Claims
Mar 11 2005 // Four investment banks this week agreed to pay a total of $428.4 million to settle claims stemming from a class-action lawsuit brought by former shareholders of WorldCom Inc. New York state Comptroller Alan Hevesi said in a...
Measure to Stop Junk Lawsuits Passes to Okla. Senate
Mar 10 2005 // The Oklahoma House Media Services Division reported that the House passed a lawsuit reform effort, approving a comprehensive measure designed to help boost the state’s economy while preventing abuse of...
Calif. Superior Court Judge Tosses Out Lawsuit Involving ACE Companies
Mar 8 2005 // The ACE Group of Companies announced Tuesday that California Superior Court Judge James Warren has entered judgment in favor of several ACE companies in a lawsuit brought against Insurance Company of North America (INA),...
Heads Up! Employees at Large
Mar 7 2005 // Wal-Mart, Morgan Stanley, Boeing, Texaco, State Farm and Farmers have all been the targets of recent employment practices lawsuits. Wal-Mart was hit with sexual harassment charges. Farmers was sued for wrongful...
INJURY SUITS COST CITY $570 MILLION:
Mar 7 2005 // TITLE: INJURY SUITS COST CITY $570 MILLION: New York City paid a record $570 million in 2004 on personal injury cases that range from medical malpractice to traffic accidents. The cases cost the city $12 million more than...
AG TO MAKE CASE AGAINST AIG IN CLASS ACTION SUIT
Mar 7 2005 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro announced last month that three of Ohio’s public retirement systems have been appointed lead plaintiff in a securities class action lawsuit against American International Group Inc....
WORKING GROUPS FORMED TO DISCUSS LAWSUIT, INSURANCE REFORMS
Mar 7 2005 // West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin has formed working groups to discuss frivolous lawsuits and insurance reforms. After having been largely brushed aside during past fights over workers’ compensation and medical...
‘Cheeseburger’ Bills Fill State Lawmakers’ Plates
Mar 7 2005 // Nebraska state Sen. Jeanne Combs used to weigh more than 300 lbs., and she hopes that fact will carry some weight in her campaign to prohibit people from suing the fast-food industry for making them fat. Combs, who...
Garamendi Testifies in Executive Life Lawsuit
Mar 4 2005 // A photo taken in a restaurant 13 years ago captured the occasion—a deal signed by California’s chief insurance regulator that ultimately paved the way for the sale of insurer Executive Life to a group of French...
