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First Lawsuit Filed in Arizona Helicopter Tour Crash
Mar 5 2018 // The parents of a British tourist who died after the Grand Canyon sightseeing helicopter he was in crashed filed the first wrongful death lawsuit related to last month’s crash. The complaint filed in Clark County...
Trump Administration Wants Time to Think About Joining Opioid Lawsuits
Mar 5 2018 // The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors to give it 30 days to decide whether to participate in the litigation. The department made...
Judge Awards $15M in Alabama Mortuary Worker Whistleblower Lawsuit
Mar 5 2018 // A judge awarded nearly $15 million in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a one-time mortuary worker who was threatened with being cremated alive for revealing fraud, his attorneys said Thursday. The judgment in favor of...
Family of Actor Bill Paxton Sues Hospital in California for Wrongful Death
Mar 5 2018 // The family of Bill Paxton has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Los Angeles hospital and the surgeon who performed the actor’s heart surgery shortly before he died. The suit filed against Cedars-Sinai Medical...
New Jersey Electrical Inspector, City Not Liable in Multi-Unit Home Fire Lawsuit
Mar 5 2018 // The Supreme Court of New Jersey has ruled a city and its electrical inspector are not liable for claims resulting from a fatal fire within a multi-unit home that was allegedly caused by faulty wiring. The court stated in...
Monsanto’s Suit over Arkansas’ Dicamba Ban Dismissed
Mar 5 2018 // An Arkansas judge has dismissed a Monsanto Co. lawsuit aiming to stop the state from blocking the use of a controversial farm chemical the company makes, dealing a blow to its attempts to increase sales of genetically...
Louisiana AG Taking Control of State’s Opioid Lawsuit
Mar 5 2018 // Louisiana’s attorney general is taking charge of a state lawsuit against drug manufacturers, under a deal that ends a dispute with the governor’s office over who controls litigation against the companies over...
Colorado Firefighter Sues Employer for Bias and Harassment
Mar 2 2018 // A Colorado firefighter has filed a lawsuit accusing her employer of gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported Jennifer Taylor, who works for Colorado River Fire Rescue, which...
Defendants in Oregon Pot Processing Explosion Suit Try to Turn Tables on Worker
Mar 2 2018 // Defendants in an $8.9 million lawsuit over an explosion and fire at an Oregon marijuana processor are trying to turn the tables on the worker who was badly burned in the blast. The Daily Astorian reported that the...
Trump Backs U.S. Lawsuit Against Opioid Firms, Tougher Penalties for Dealers
Mar 2 2018 // President Donald Trump on Thursday called for a federal lawsuit against opioid companies and stiffer penalties for drug dealers, arguing that the government must take a strong approach to combat an opioid addiction...
Update: Wisconsin Gov. Signs Health Reinsurance Bill; State Joins ‘Obamacare’ Suit
Feb 28 2018 // Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a $200 million measure designed to stabilize the health insurance market under the Affordable Care Act in Wisconsin, after authorizing fellow Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel...
Oklahoma School District Settles Fraud Lawsuit with Food Distributor Sysco
Feb 28 2018 // Public school officials in suburban Oklahoma City have approved a private financial settlement with a food distribution company accused of fraudulently overcharging the district by more than $700,000. Terms of the...
Judge Denies Wells Fargo Bid to Dodge Shareholder Lawsuit
Feb 28 2018 // A federal judge denied Wells Fargo & Co.’s request to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit triggered by the bank’s plummeting stock price after it admitted in 2016 to creating millions of fake accounts, starting...
U.S. Government Joins Efforts to Win Reimbursement from Opioid Makers, Distributors
Feb 28 2018 // The federal government, backing litigation by states and cities, will seek reimbursement from major drug companies and distributors to recover costs it has borne from the opioid epidemic, the U.S. Justice Department said...
South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Duplex Explosion Draws Another Lawsuit
Feb 27 2018 // Another lawsuit has been filed over a duplex explosion that killed four people on the Pine Ridge reservation. The lawsuit filed in Oglala Lakota County Court this month on behalf of 13 plaintiffs names Nebraska-based...
20 States Sue, Claiming Obamacare Unconstitutional Since Individual Mandate Repeal
Feb 27 2018 // A coalition of 20 U.S. states sued the federal government on Monday over Obamacare, claiming the law was no longer constitutional after the repeal last year of its requirement that people have health insurance or pay a...
Judge Denies McKesson Bid to Keep Lawsuit Out of West Virginia County
Feb 27 2018 // The nation’s largest prescription drug distributor has lost its bid to keep a lawsuit out of a West Virginia county. News outlets report a judge rejected McKesson’s claim that it has no duty under state law to...
D&O Insurers Warned on Competitive Pricing, Troubling Claims Trends
Feb 26 2018 // Property/casualty insurers in the directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance market may find it more difficult to maintain underwriting performance in 2018 than in recent years, according to Fitch Ratings, as...
City, Electrical Inspector in New Jersey Not Liable in Multi-Unit Home Fire Lawsuit
Feb 26 2018 // The Supreme Court of New Jersey has ruled a city and its electrical inspector are not liable for claims resulting from a fatal fire within a multi-unit home that was allegedly caused by faulty wiring. The court stated in...
West Virginia Judge Tosses Coal Company Lawsuit Against HBO’s John Oliver
Feb 26 2018 // A West Virginia judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by coal company Murray Energy against HBO host John Oliver. A segment of Oliver’s Sunday show “Last Week Tonight” in June poked fun at Murray Energy...
