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Nationwide to Pay West Virginia $5.75M in Farm Bureau Discount Suit
Jul 5 2015 // Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has reached a $5.75 million settlement with Nationwide Insurance regarding a discount on certain insurance products for West Virginia Farm Bureau members. Morrisey announced the settlement...
BP Settlement Doesn’t Cover Claims by Insurers, Banks, Casinos and Others
Jul 5 2015 // BP Plc’s record $18.7 billion settlement ended government claims over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, leaving numerous smaller private lawsuits to be mopped up. While investors, residents and businesses that...
Bill in California Responds to Cheerleader Lawsuits
Jul 2 2015 // They boost their teams from the sidelines and promote them by appearing in calendars and at fan events, but some sports cheerleaders say they are still not considered team employees and are paid what amounts to less than...
California Insurance Guarantee Association in Whistleblowing Suit
Jul 2 2015 // Danny Ly, the former controller for the California Insurance Guarantee Association, has filed a lawsuit against the association that charges it fired him after he blew the whistle about alleged financial irregularities,...
Oklahoma Supreme Court: Oil Firms Can Be Sued over Quakes
Jul 1 2015 // New Dominion LLC can be sued by an Oklahoma woman injured when her fireplace fell on her during an earthquake that she blames on disposal wells tied to fracking. The June 30 ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed a...
Students Sue University of California Over Sex Assault Claims
Jul 1 2015 // Three current and former University of California, Berkeley students sued the school on Monday, accusing administrators of not doing enough to investigate their sexual assault claims and hand out punishment. The three...
Suit in Deaths Of 19 Firefighters Settled by Families, Arizona
Jul 1 2015 // The state of Arizona has settled a lawsuit brought by a dozen families who lost loved ones when a Hotshot firefighting crew was overcome by a wildfire near the small community of Yarnell. The settlement announced by state...
Parents Sue, Say Wisconsin Voucher School Abused Students
Jun 30 2015 // Several parents are suing a private, military-style voucher school in Milwaukee, Wis., alleging their children were subjected to abuse and humiliating treatment when they attended a boot camp last fall. The students at...
GM Directors Off the Hook; Court Nixes Investors’ Lawsuit Over Ignition Switch
Jun 30 2015 // General Motors Co. directors don’t have to face investors’ allegations that lax supervision allowed the company to make cars with faulty ignition systems blamed for more than 100 people their lives. GM’s...
More than 1,300 Claims Filed in Ohio Asbestos Suit
Jun 29 2015 // More than 1,300 damage claims were filed in a northeast Ohio court on behalf of the heirs of Akron-area rubber and auto workers who died or developed serious illnesses from exposure to asbestos. The claims in Summit County...
Lawsuits Filed Against Alabama Day Care Over Child Illnesses
Jun 29 2015 // Parents have filed two lawsuits against a Montgomery, Alabama day care where health officials say nearly 90 children suffered suspected food poisoning this week. Court documents show the suits were filed last week within...
Delaware Bans ‘Loser-Pays’ Fee-Shifting Bylaws in Corporate Class Actions
Jun 26 2015 // Delaware’s governor has signed into law a ban on companies adopting rules that could force investors who bring and lose certain lawsuits to pay the company’s legal costs, disappointing business groups. The U.S....
Greenberg Says Bailout Lawsuit About Government Overstepping Its Bounds
Jun 26 2015 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg said that his partial victory in a lawsuit tied to American International Group Inc.’s bailout isn’t enough, and that he’s seeking financial damages to hold the...
DUAL Australia Launches Suite of Marine Products with New Team
Jun 26 2015 // DUAL, the underwriting arm of the Hyperion Insurance Group*, has announced the continued expansion of its global marine and energy practice following the launch of a marine offering at DUAL Australia Pty Ltd. DUAL...
Court: Iowa Universities Can’t Be Sued for Unpaid Insurance Fees
Jun 25 2015 // Iowa’s three public universities cannot be sued for allegedly refusing to pay their share into a state program that subsidizes insurance for Iowa residents who have health risks, the Iowa Court of Appeals has...
Iowa Egg Farm Sued After Bird Flu Disrupts Supply
Jun 25 2015 // A food supplier claims an Iowa egg farm breached a contract after bird flu disrupted the supply of eggs. Michael Foods Egg Products Co., a subsidiary of St. Louis-based cereal-maker Post Holdings Inc., filed a lawsuit in...
Insurers Disappointed as Supreme Court Backs Disparate Impact Claims
Jun 25 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court said people who file housing-discrimination suits don’t have to show they were victims of intentional bias, in a blow to lenders and insurers and a surprise legal victory for the Obama...
New Worker Classification Needed for Sharing Economy, Uber Drivers
Jun 24 2015 // This question of whether an Uber driver is an employee doesn’t matter just to Uber. As you may have heard, the on-demand car-service juggernaut lost a case early this month before the California Labor Commissioner on...
Oregon Suit Seeks Homeowners Insurance for Disabled Owners of Pit Bulls
Jun 23 2015 // People with disabilities shouldn’t be turned down for homeowners insurance just because they have pit bulls for service dogs, a federal court lawsuit filed in Oregon says. Undercover testers who told an insurance...
‘Boyhood’ Director Linklater Loses Suit Against Insurer
Jun 22 2015 // “Boyhood” director Richard Linklater again has lost in a lawsuit against his insurance company over what he says was $500,000 in property and film memorabilia destroyed by Texas wildfires in 2011. A Texas...
