Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Who Wants Workers’ Comp’
Apr 10 2000 // Employees covered under traditional workers’ comp waive their right to sue for on-the-job injuries. Two Amarillo court cases extend the waiver to non-subscriber companies. Could this change the worker’ comp...
Negligent Misrepresentation-Part I
Apr 10 2000 // A primer on how negligence differs from fraud, what constitutes negligence and how Texas law applies For a century and half, or so, tort law was divided into business torts and personal injury. Business torts includes such...
AETNA TO FIGHT SUITS
Apr 3 2000 // ING/WellPoint and Aetna may or may not be talking, but several Aetna shareholders definitely want them to. Following Aetna’s rejection of their bid, which analysts valued at close to $70 a share, Aetna announced that...
Cigarette Manufacturer Sues Insurance Companies
Feb 7 2000 // Cigarette maker Liggett Group is suing its insurance companies in an effort to force them to pay lawyer fees, settlement costs, damage awards and other expenses from smoking-related lawsuits. Liggett, a unit of Brooke...
UPS Faces U.S. Lawsuit Over Insurance Fees
Feb 3 2000 // Reuters is reporting United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) is facing a new class-action lawsuit claiming that the package delivery group overcharges its customers for insurance on shipments, court documents showed on...
Non-Profit Nursing Homes Receive TDI Assistance
Feb 2 2000 // Non-profit nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Texas will soon be admitted into the state’s Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association for the first time since 1982, with for-profit facilities...
