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U.S. Loses Bid to Dismiss $25B Lawsuit Over AIG Bailout
Aug 27 2014 // A federal judge has rejected the United States’ bid to dismiss a more than $25 billion lawsuit filed by Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group Inc., over the...
Michigan Businessmen Sue Enbridge over 2010 Oil Spill
Aug 25 2014 // A trial is underway in a lawsuit brought by two men who say a 2010 Michigan oil spill destroyed their business. Charles Blakeman Jr. of Bellevue and Robert Patterson of Mason say they were prevented from guiding disabled...
Businesses Irked by Alabama Court’s Generic Drug Label Ruling
Aug 25 2014 // Business isn’t buying the Alabama Supreme Court’s attempt to limit the fallout from its decision saying brand-name drugmakers can be held liable for warnings on generic medication produced by other companies. A...
Michigan Renters to Split $500K Settlement in Harassment Suit
Aug 22 2014 // At least 13 women will share a more than $500,000 settlement after a federal lawsuit said a Grand Rapids, Mich., apartment manager sexually harassed tenants. A judge approved the settlement with the entities that own and...
Judge Rebukes Whistleblower’s $265B Claim Against BP Over Gulf Safety
Aug 22 2014 // BP Plc won’t face a $256 billion lawsuit brought by a whistleblower who claimed the company’s Atlantis oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico was unsafe. Kenneth Abbott, a former BP contractor, and Food...
Los Angeles to Settle Police-Death Suit for $5 Million
Aug 21 2014 // The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to pay $5 million to the family of an unarmed, disabled man who was killed by police in a shooting captured on live television. The council voted 12-2 in closed session to...
Maine Woman Sues GM, Claims Burn From Heated Car Seat
Aug 19 2014 // A Maine woman who says she suffered a third-degree burn from a heated seat in Chevrolet Suburban has sued General Motors. Emma Verrill says in her suit filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine, that GM failed to...
Louisiana AG Files Suit Against State Farm Over Auto Repair Practices
Aug 19 2014 // Alleging “a culture of unsafe business practices” in its handling of vehicle repairs, Louisiana’s attorney general has filed suit against insurance giant State Farm. Attorney General Buddy...
Husband of Tennessee UPS Pilot Sues Honeywell Over Fatal Crash
Aug 19 2014 // The husband of a Tennessee pilot killed when a UPS cargo jet crashed in Alabama has filed suit against the company that made warning equipment used in the aircraft. Bret Tucker Fanning is seeking $2 million in his federal...
San Diego Comic-Con Files Trademark Suit Against Utah Convention
Aug 18 2014 // Organizers of the biggest comic-book convention in the nation sued their counterparts in Salt Lake City over the event’s name, saying it confuses fans into thinking the two are affiliated. San Diego Comic-Con’s...
Class Action OK’d in Lawsuit Against Exxon over Arkansas Oil Spill
Aug 15 2014 // Class action status has been granted in a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil stemming from a 2013 pipeline accident in Mayflower. U.S. District Judge Brian Miller in Little Rock ruled in favor of Arnez and Charletha Harper, the...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed Over SFO Runway Death After Asiana Crash
Aug 15 2014 // The parents of a teenage girl who was run over and killed by emergency vehicles after an Asiana Airlines crash landing at the San Francisco airport filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city, saying rescuers were...
Avon Mountain Crash Lawsuits Dismissed in Connecticut
Aug 13 2014 // The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled on Monday that victims of the 2005 fiery crash at the bottom of Avon Mountain that killed four people and injured 19 others cannot sue the state on allegations that Route 44 had a...
Vermont Family in Bed Bug Case Sues Homeowners Insurer
Aug 12 2014 // A Vermont couple who reached a $450,000 settlement with the state after saying their home was made uninhabitable when it was sprayed for bed bugs with a banned pesticide is now suing their insurance company. Neil and...
Alabama Judge Dismisses Circumcision Malpractice Case
Aug 11 2014 // An Alabama law passed to rein in health care costs nearly three decades ago was at the heart of a judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit over what a man claims was a botched circumcision. Circuit Judge Jim Hughey III...
‘Vegas Nocturne’ Sues The Cosmopolitan for Breach of Contract
Aug 11 2014 // The producer of a shuttered Las Vegas Strip show that featured stylized circus-style after-dinner performances is accusing the casino-hotel that hosted it of sabotaging its short life. “Vegas Nocturne” producer...
San Diego Comic-Con Files Trademark Suit Against Utah Convention
Aug 11 2014 // Organizers of the biggest comic-book convention in the nation sued their counterparts in Salt Lake City over the event’s name, saying it confuses fans into thinking the two are affiliated. San Diego Comic-Con’s...
GM Loses Bid to Dismiss Ignition-Switch Defect Cover-Up Claim
Aug 10 2014 // General Motors Co. has lost its bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the automaker of concealing critical evidence about a faulty ignition switch linked to the death of a Georgia woman in 2010. During a hearing on Saturday,...
California Insurance Broker Pays Off Lawsuit With Buckets of Coins
Aug 8 2014 // A California-based insurance broker settled a lawsuit with a Los Angeles man by dropping off buckets full of thousands of quarters, nickels, dimes and pennies, his attorney said. Andres Carrasco, 76, filed a lawsuit in...
Yelp Faces Suit By Shareholders Questioning Quality of Online Reviews
Aug 8 2014 // Yelp Inc. and its executives have been accused in a lawsuit of selling more than $81 million in stock while deceiving shareholders about the quality of consumer reviews on its website. The proposed class action, which was...
