Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Class Action Filed in New York Against Frontier
Aug 7 2000 // A class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all individuals who purchased Frontier Insurance Group Inc. securities during the Class Period, between August...
San Diego Padres Sue Lloyd’s of London
Aug 3 2000 // The San Diego Padres filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Lloyd’s of London for the insurance consortium’s alleged refusal to pay on a policy the ball club took out on the contract of pitcher Randy...
Echostar Launches Lawsuit Against Insurance Companies; Alleges Conspiracy to Deny Coverage
Aug 3 2000 // EchoStar Communications Corp. can’t find satellite insurance. And the Littleton-based company doesn’t think it’s purely a coincidence. EchoStar filed suit in U.S. District Court in Denver Monday, claiming...
Auto Parts Distributor Files Lawsuit, Declares Replacement Parts Ruling Invalid In California
Aug 2 2000 // Collision Parts Network, a Fresno auto parts distributor, filed a lawsuit asking a California Supreme Court to declare the 1999 Illinois court decision that resulted in insurers suspending their use of competitive...
Milberg Weiss Announces Class Action Suit Against Frontier Insurance
Jul 20 2000 // The law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP announces that a class action lawsuit was filed on July 19, 2000, on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Frontier Insurance Group, Inc. between August 5,...
Cracks in the Plaster: Construction Defect Litigation
Jul 19 2000 // “You put up these buildings. Even though no one has noticed anything wrong, no one has been injured, nothing has been damaged; by virtue of the fact that you put them up, there must be defects in them. Therefore we...
Suits Allege Racial Discrimination by Prudential,
Jul 14 2000 // Prudential Insurance Co. of America and MetLife defended themselves Thursday against alleged racial discrimination in their sale of insurance policies. Prudential acknowledged it did take part in race-based pricing in the...
AFG FACES SUIT, LOWER RETURNS
Jul 10 2000 // American Financial Group Inc.’s second quarter earnings from insurance businesses will be negatively impacted by certain litigation charges and lower than expected underwriting results in its property and casualty...
Chandler, Reliance Sued Over Stock Declines
Jul 7 2000 // Chandler Insurance Company and Reliance Group Holdings are both defending lawsuits claiming shareholders were harmed by company actions that resulted in falling stock prices. Three civil lawsuits have been filed against...
Acceptance Settles Rice Producer Class Action
Jul 5 2000 // The United States District Court in Little Rock has approved settlement of a class action by rice producers against Acceptance Insurance Companies Inc. and several affiliated companies. Based on a June 30, 2000 hearing,...
American Financial Group Faces Litigation, Decline in Underwriting Results
Jun 30 2000 // American Financial Group, Inc.’s second quarter earnings from insurance businesses will be negatively impacted by certain litigation charges and by lower than expected underwriting results in its property and...
Agents in the Claims Process
Jun 26 2000 // In any service industry, speed in responding to customer requests, customer satisfaction with performance (both in the short run and in the long), and accuracy in statements made are all terribly important. The three are...
RACIAL BIAS SUIT SETTLED
Jun 26 2000 // American General Corp. expects to make a $175-million second-quarter aftertax charge to settle a lawsuit claiming one of its subsidiaries charged customers racially-based insurance premiums. The proposed resolution will...
American General Settles Racial Bias Suit
Jun 21 2000 // The proposed resolution will settle class action claims and regulatory issues relating to the pricing and sale of industrial life insurance policies. The company said the charge will have no material impact on its...
Insurance Companies Sue Denver Chiropractic Clinics
Jun 21 2000 // June 21, 2000 9:35 a.m. CDT Allstate Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, and Progressive Casualty Company and three of its affiliates, served summons and complaints throughout the Denver area last Thursday...
Arizona Trial Begins for 15-Year Old Contaminated Groundwater Lawsuit
Jun 20 2000 // After a long, litigious battle over an insurance dispute, the trial against Associated Aviation Underwriters (AAU) refusing to make good on a settlement between more than 1,600 Tucson residents injured by their...
Accusations Fly From Former New York Life Exec
Jun 15 2000 // A racketeering lawsuit has been filed by a former New York Life Insurance Co. president on behalf of thousands of employees, alleging their pension and 401(k) plans were used as seed money for the company’s mutual...
Quackenbush Sued by Calif. Residents
Jun 15 2000 // Two Los Angeles resident have filed suit against California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush, asking for the repayment of $13 million they claim the commissioner misappropriated in settlements with insurance...
Survey Shows Support for Class Action Reform
Jun 7 2000 // Seventy percent agreed that significant reform of the class action lawsuit system is needed. Forty-four percent of respondents in IRC’s recent survey said that the number of class action lawsuits today is too...
Agent Indemnification: How Not to Get Burned
Jun 5 2000 // Once in a blue moon, the Supreme Court of Texas decides a case that squarely pertains to insurance agents. On April 20, 2000, Justice Alberto Gonzales, writing for a unanimous court, decided an odd one, with potential...
