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St. Paul Travelers Hit With Class Action Suit Over $1.6 Billion Reserve Charge
Aug 26 2004 // A law firm representing former St. Paul Travelers Cos. shareholders announced it has filed suit against the company relating to the $1.6 billion reserve charge the company took last month to bring St. Paul’s...
Corporate Litigation in U.S. Growing Sharply for Large Companies
Aug 23 2004 // Believe it or not, American businesses may have become a tad less litigious in the past three years. In a new survey of national litigation trends by law firm Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., the average number of cases...
Key Findings in the Fulbright U.S. Corporate Litigation Trends Survey
Aug 23 2004 // Top Five Litigation Concerns In-house counsel were asked to rank their top five areas of litigation exposure. The number one concern was labor and employment, with 62 percent identifying it as the chief cause of action....
The Denial is in the Details: Description of the Premises Defines Coverage
Aug 23 2004 // Commercial property issues lead to surprisingly few reported opinions. While they may not result in opinions, many disputes arise over policy interpretation, stemming from the description of the insured premises. Under the...
ANTHEM FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST CALIFORNIA INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:
Aug 23 2004 // Anthem Inc. filed a lawsuit against the California Insurance Commissioner in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. The suit seeks to set aside the Commissioner’s decision to...
Suit Filed in Pa. over Interest on Unclaimed Property
Aug 20 2004 // When lawyer Ronald J. Smolow recovered stock proceeds from the state’s unclaimed-property fund, his request for $30 in interest was turned down. Now, he is pursuing a lawsuit that could eventually cost the state...
Judge Dismisses Suit Against OxyContin Maker
Aug 20 2004 // A federal judge in Roanoke, Va. has dismissed a lawsuit against Connecticut-based OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma by three men who claimed they became addicted to the painkiller while using it to treat their various medical...
W. Va. WCC Files Suit Against Employers
Aug 17 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against three state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County...
DMLR: N.C. Senate Candidate Sides with Attorneys on Ending Medical Lawsuit Abuse
Aug 16 2004 // Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR), a coalition of more than 230,000 specialty physicians working to ending medical lawsuit abuse, said Erskine Bowles, Democratic candidate for John Edwards’ open U.S. Senate...
Mass. Jury Faults Doctor in HMO Death Suit
Aug 12 2004 // A jury awarded $1 million to the family of a man whose stomach cancer was overlooked by a Norwood doctor in a malpractice case that lawyers say exposes physicians’ incentives to limit care to HMO patients. Kimiyoshi...
ATRA Urges Enactment of Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act
Aug 9 2004 // ATRA Urges Enactment of Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) is urging enactment of a federal bill that would reportedly remove two of the biggest thorns in the side of the U.S. judicial...
Survey: No Relief from Litigation for Big Firms
Aug 4 2004 // Litigation involving U.S. business has receded slightly overall, but large corporations have experienced a surge and see no relief from lawsuits in sight. In a new survey of national litigation trends by law firm Fulbright...
Anthem Files Lawsuit Against Calif. Commissioner
Aug 4 2004 // Anthem Inc. filed a lawsuit against the California Insurance Commissioner in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. The suit seeks to set aside the Commissioner’s decision to...
N.J. Medical Society Files Suit to Block State-Approved Oxford Merger with UnitedHealthcare
Aug 3 2004 // The Medical Society of New Jersey has filed a lawsuit to block the merger of Oxford Health Plans (NJ), Inc. and UnitedHealthcare Inc., claiming it would create a health care monopoly that would not benefit consumers. The...
More than 200 Plaintiffs Sue over R.I. Nightclub Fire
Jul 26 2004 // More than 200 people affected by Rhode Island’s deadliest nightclub fire are suing the state, club owners, Budwesier, makers of foam soundproofing material, an insurance company and other defendants, alleging that...
W. Va. WCC Files Suit Against Trio of Employers
Jul 23 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against three state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County...
ATRA Urges Enactment of Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act
Jul 22 2004 // The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) is urging enactment of a federal bill that would reportedly remove two of the biggest thorns in the side of the U.S. judicial system – frivolous claims and forum...
N.H. Court: Injured Snow Tuber Can Sue Ski Area
Jul 21 2004 // A ski area is not protected from a lawsuit brought by an injured snow tuber, the New Hampshire Supreme Court recently ruled. State law helps shield ski areas from lawsuits by saying a skier assumes the risk of injury by...
D&O Market Still Faces Unresolved Securities Cases
Jul 19 2004 // Those involved in the directors and officers liability market face a continuing challenge in trying to assess the securities litigation landscape, where billions of dollars in mega and individual cases remain unresolved,...
‘Middle Market’ Not Immune to Directors & Officers Worries
Jul 19 2004 // The Enron, Adelphia, Global Crossing and WorldCom corporate governance and fraud scandals of 2001 and 2002 may seem like a distant and terrible memory, but the public received some harsh reminders recently. Former Enron...
