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Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Class Action Members Owed $1,640
May 20 2015 // The Louisiana state treasurer is holding money for more than 4,500 people who participated in a class action lawsuit against the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Treasurer John Kennedy says in a news release that most...
Johnson & Johnson Will Pay $7.8M to Settle Arkansas Lawsuit
May 20 2015 // Court filings show pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $7.8 million to settle a lawsuit over how the company marketed an antipsychotic drug to Arkansas doctors. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...
Montana Bank and Insurer Sue Over Who Pays $24.5M Verdict
May 20 2015 // First Interstate Bank and its insurer are suing each other over who gets to pay a defunct Missoula, Mont. logging company its $24.5 million verdict upheld by a state judge in April. The Missoulian reported Kelly Logging...
Northern California Children’s Home Hit With Abuse Lawsuit
May 20 2015 // A group of former foster children alleging abuses at the Valley of the Moon Children’s Home in Northern California dating back to 20 years ago has filed a lawsuit against the facility. The lawsuit was filed earlier...
National Flood Services Launches Private Flood Product Suite
May 20 2015 // National Flood Services, a division of Affinity Insurance Services, has introduced a line of private flood insurance products that will be delivered via the FloodChoice agent system. The new products offer options for...
Man Files Lawsuit Claiming Cancer Institute in Kentucky Lost Piece of His Brain
May 20 2015 // A man has filed a lawsuit against Norton Healthcare in Kentucky, claiming employees lost a piece of his brain after surgery. The Courier-Journal reports 72-year-old Fred Habermel underwent surgery at Norton Cancer...
Wisconsin Couple Sues Over Sinkhole Injuries
May 19 2015 // An Eau Claire, Wis. couple is suing the Village of Boyd over injuries caused by a sinkhole on one of its streets. Thomas and Dawn Stagliano are seeking unspecified damages in Chippewa County Circuit Court. Their lawsuit...
Supreme Court Eyes Letting Businesses Pay to End Class Actions
May 19 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court will consider giving businesses a new tool to thwart class action lawsuits, agreeing to decide whether a defendant can end a case by offering full payment to the lead plaintiff. The case helps shape...
Amtrak Sued by Train Crash Victims Over Deadly Derailment
May 19 2015 // Six passengers on an Amtrak train that derailed May 12 in Philadelphia, killing eight and injuring more than 200, sued the railroad claiming the accident could have been avoided. The first of the lawsuits listed injuries...
2011 Idaho Lab Radiation Accident Prompts New Lawsuit
May 18 2015 // A new federal lawsuit has been filed involving a 2011 accident at an eastern Idaho nuclear facility that exposed 16 workers to plutonium. The lawsuit was filed Thursday on behalf of Ralph Stanton. It follows up on a 2013...
Environmental Groups Sue, Charge Oil Train Safety Rules Inadequate
May 18 2015 // Seven environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging safety rules issued earlier this month for trains carrying oil, arguing the regulations are too weak to protect the public. The groups, including the...
West Virginia Supreme Court Rules Addicts Can Sue Pharmacies, Doctors
May 18 2015 // Pharmacies and doctors who negligently prescribed pain medication can be sued for enabling people’s addictions, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled. The ruling involved 29 people who were patients of Mingo...
Amtrak, CSX Sue Truck Company Over North Carolina Train Crash
May 18 2015 // A lawsuit filed by Amtrak and CSX alleges that a trucking company caused a March train derailment that injured 55 people by failing to take safety precautions or warn that the track was blocked. The lawsuit in a Raleigh...
Illinois’ Madison County a Center for Asbestos Lawsuits
May 18 2015 // Few of the tourists who drive old Route 66 through this rural Illinois town are aware of its true economic engine: a booming business in asbestos lawsuits that attracts law firms from across the country. Since 2005, those...
Texas Senate Passes Property Claim Litigation Bill
May 18 2015 // The Texas Senate on April 30 passed a bill aimed at stemming the onslaught of property claim litigation that has been occurring with increasing frequency in the state following natural catastrophes. Advocates of Senate...
Oklahoma High Court Won’t Hear Work Comp Alternative Suit
May 18 2015 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court declined to take up a case challenging the constitutionality of the portion of the state’s workers’ compensation law that allows companies to use an alternative to workers’...
Fracking, Earthquakes and Insurance: A Collision Course?
May 18 2015 // There is increasing information suggesting that hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as “fracking,” is not all it’s cracked up to be. While it is clear that the resurgence of oil and gas production in the...
Etsy Sued by Investors Alleging Firm Hid Products’ Trademark Risks
May 17 2015 // Etsy Inc. is facing fraud claims from investors after allegations that millions of items sold through its online crafts and specialty wares marketplace likely violate trademarks. Investors filed a proposed class action...
Arizona Court Rules School District Has Immunity From Negligence Suit
May 15 2015 // An Arizona appellate court has ruled that Tucson Unified School District has legal immunity from a lawsuit accusing it of negligently hiring a teaching assistant later convicted of attempting to secretly record a...
Suit Filed Over Oregon Worker Who Died After Using Bucket as Toilet
May 15 2015 // Relatives of an Oregon worker who died from carbon monoxide poisoning while defecating in the back of a company truck seek $4 million in a lawsuit filed against the man’s former employer and four other companies. The...
