Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Class Action Filed Against Prudential
May 23 2000 // Three law firms have filed a nationwide class action against the Prudential Insurance Company of America and its health care subsidiaries that have recently been sold to Aetna. The case, Romero v. Prudential Insurance...
Court Rules in Favor of ACE in Calif. Lawsuit
May 23 2000 // The Superior Court of the State of California recently made a ruling favorable to ACE Ltd. in a lawsuit brought against that company by subsidiaries of AIG and Chubb. The lawsuit focused on a restructuring plan implemented...
Illinois Lawsuits Against Gun Makers To Go Forward
May 19 2000 // A Wayne County judge refused Tuesday to throw out a suit against more than 30 gun manufacturers and dealers and seeking $400 million in damages. Circuit Judge Jeanne Stempien denied the motion brought by the manufacturers...
Pimlico Race Course Owners Sue American Casualty
May 17 2000 // Owners of the Pimlico Race Course have filed suit against their insurance company in an attempt to recover what they believe are covered damages. The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City Inc. and Pimlico Racing...
Film producer George Litto has sued French insurer AXA Re for revoking two insurance contracts that
May 15 2000 // article
Lawsuit Against Farmers Given Class Action Status in Oregon
May 12 2000 // Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Harl H. Haas granted class-action certification on May 10 to a $5-million lawsuit against Farmers Insurance Company of Oregon. The suit, which was filed by attorney Richard Yugler, a...
Expert Witness For Lloyd’s Rejects “Names” Claims in Jaffray Suit
May 11 2000 // Keith Rayment, an expert witness called by Lloyd’s to testify on its behalf, strongly disagreed with one of the key allegations made by Names in the ongoing Jaffray case in London – that Lloyd’s concealed...
George Litto Pictures Sues AXA Re
May 4 2000 // Film producer George Litto has sued French insurer AXA Re for revoking two insurance contracts that would help provide funding for five motion pictures. According to the complaint filed with the American Arbitration...
Herman Middleton Files Nationwide HMO Class Action Against Humana
May 2 2000 // The national consumer law firm of Herman, Middleton, Casey & Kitchens has filed a class action against Humana Inc., Humana Insurance Co., and Humana Medical Plans pursuant to the Federal Racketeering Influence and...
Rice Producers Class Action Against Acceptance Receives Preliminary Approval
May 2 2000 // Acceptance Insurance Companies has reported that the U.S. District Court in Little Rock has entered an order approving a proposed settlement of a class action suit filed in 1999 by rice farmers. The order directs that a...
Woody Harrelson Sues Allstate
May 1 2000 // Actor Woody Harrelson is suing Allstate Corp., claiming the company wrongly stopped defending him in a lawsuit filed by two photographers. The breach-of-contract suit stems from a 1996 federal civil rights suit filed by...
Mergers, Acquisitions All Too Often Accompanied by Lawsuits
May 1 2000 // Along with the skyrocketing merger and acquisition activity during recent years, has come a general, albeit not unanimous, perception of a corresponding increase in M&A-related lawsuits-especially in...
Securities Lawsuit Filed for Purchasers of Conseco Securities
Apr 26 2000 // A class actions suit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the southern district of Indiana on behalf of all purchasers of the 8.7 percent Trust Originated Preferred Securities publicly traded securities of Conseco...
American Safety Sues to Rescind Acquisition
Apr 25 2000 // American Safety Insurance Group has filed a lawsuit to rescind its previously announced acquisition of a Michigan insurance agency and two related insurance companies specializing in insurance program business. In January,...
PRUDENTIAL CLASS-ACTION
Apr 24 2000 // A federal class-action lawsuit filed this week against Prudential Insurance and its healthcare subsidiaries may affect several million people across the U.S. who are participants in, or beneficiaries of, Prudential...
HIGHLANDS SUES
Apr 24 2000 // The former insurance unit of Dallas-based Halliburton Co. is suing the energy services, engineering and construction company over 22,000 asbestos claims incurred before but not filed until after the unit’s spin-off....
Negligent Misrepresentation-Part II
Apr 24 2000 // Editor’s note: The first portion of this article appeared in our April 10 issue, page 28. The tort of negligent misrepresentation protects commerce from loss-producing, negligently supplied misinformation. It is...
Zurich American Sues Microsoft
Apr 21 2000 // Zurich American Insurance Co. has filed a federal suit in Washington against Microsoft Corp., asking for a ruling that the coverage it wrote for the company does not apply to damages and settlement costs in private...
AIG Sues Over London Train Crash
Apr 20 2000 // Last October a commuter train, operated by Thames Trains, collided with an incoming express train just after leaving London’s Paddington Station, killing 31 people and injuring many more. While the government...
National Class-Action Filed Against Prudential; Seeks Similar Remedy To Texas Decision
Apr 14 2000 // A federal class-action lawsuit filed this week against Prudential Insurance and its healthcare subsidiaries may affect several million people across the U.S. who are participants in, or beneficiaries of, Prudential...
