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All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Holocaust Suit Reinstated
May 25 2000 // A San Francisco Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a lawsuit brought by a Holocaust victim’s grandchildren accusing a German insurer of failing to honor a life insurance policy issued before the man’s...
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
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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...
