Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Ex-Executive’s Lawsuit Alleges AIG Defrauded U.S. in Bailout
May 14 2014 // American International Group Inc. defrauded the U.S. by failing to disclose it was selling insurance without a license during negotiations with the government over a bailout in the financial crisis, a former executive...
Worker Settles Lawsuit Over Facebook Page With Maui
May 13 2014 // Maui County in Hawaii is settling a federal lawsuit that alleged unconstitutional interference with a Facebook page. Settlement terms include the county paying $25,000 in attorneys’ fees and damages and re-writing...
North Dakota Pasta Maker to Repay $5M in Settlement of False-Advertising Lawsuit
May 12 2014 // A company accused of falsely advertising the health benefits of its nationally distributed Dreamfields Pasta line has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit and pay $5 million to consumers who bought the products in the...
McAlester, Oklahoma Awarded $3.35M in Suit Against Former Manager
May 12 2014 // A Pittsburg County jury has awarded the city of McAlester more than $3 million in a judgment against a former city manager. The McAlester News-Capital reports that a 12-person jury awarded the city $3.35 million in...
Last of Texas A&M Bonfire Collapse Lawsuits Settled
May 12 2014 // The last remaining lawsuit arising from the deadly Texas A&M Bonfire lawsuit collapse has been settled almost 15 years after the collapse. The collapse of the 60-foot stack of more than 6,000 logs early the morning of...
Firefighter Involved in California Asiana Rescue Files Lawsuit
May 12 2014 // A San Francisco firefighter accused of accidentally running over a passenger thrown from the wreckage of an Asiana Airlines flight that crashed at San Francisco International Airport is suing the San Francisco Fire...
Delaware Court Backs Fee-Shifting in Shareholder Class Actions
May 12 2014 // Delaware’s Supreme Court has ruled that corporations can adopt bylaws requiring an investor who sues and loses to pay the company’s legal costs, potentially upending the economics of a booming type of...
Lawsuit Filed by Mother of ASU Frat Pledge Who Drowned
May 8 2014 // The mother of an Arizona State University fraternity pledge who drowned after a night of drinking has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the chapter. Grace Culolias wants a jury trial to decide punitive and...
Mother Files Wrongful Death Suit Against West Virginia ‘Tough Mudder’
May 7 2014 // A Maryland woman whose son drowned last year along an obstacle course in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the organizers of Tough Mudder’s Mid-Atlantic event. The...
Allied World Bermuda Launches the Thirty2°/Sixty4 Suite
May 6 2014 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced the launch of a Bermuda’s “Thirty2°/Sixty4°” suite that addresses a wide range of liability exposures currently facing corporations and their...
Louisiana Senate Panel OKs Bill to Derail Oil & Gas Lawsuit
May 5 2014 // Another bill pushed by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration to undermine a lawsuit filed by a south Louisiana flood protection board against oil and gas companies is advancing in the state Senate. Senate Bill 469 by...
Armstrong Appeals to Texas Supreme Court to Halt Insurer Lawsuit
May 5 2014 // Lance Armstrong has asked the Texas Supreme Court to stop a Dallas company from trying to force him to pay back about $12 million in bonuses it paid him for winning the Tour de France. SCA Promotions sued Armstrong last...
BNSF Settles Lawsuit with Montana City Over Contamination
May 5 2014 // BNSF Railway has settled a lawsuit filed by landowners living near a former railroad tie treatment plant near Somers, Mont. BNSF spokesman Matt Jones told the Flathead Beacon the settlement reached last month calls for the...
GM Negotiating with Claimants in Ignition Switch Lawsuits
May 5 2014 // A mediator for General Motors has begun negotiations about settling more than 300 claims related to a deadly ignition switch problem in some older model small cars. Kenneth Feinberg confirmed in an interview with The...
Archdiocese in Oregon Faces New Sex Abuse Lawsuit
May 5 2014 // Another lawsuit has been filed against the Catholic Archdiocese of Portland by a man who says he was one of dozens of boys sexually abused by a priest in the 1960s and 1970s. In the lawsuit filed last month in federal...
Monster Involved in Insurer-Funded Settlement in California
May 5 2014 // Corona, Calif.-based Monster Beverage Corp. has agreed to settle an ongoing securities class action lawsuit against the company and two of its officers in federal district court in Los Angeles. The settlement, reportedly...
North Dakota Workers’ Comp Agency Sues Aon eSolutions
May 5 2014 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has sued a Chicago company over a failed $17 million computer system overhaul. The Workforce Safety and Insurance agency filed its lawsuit in state court against Aon...
Accounting Class Action Settlements Stable But Associated Market Losses Double
May 2 2014 // The number of accounting case settlements in 2013 increased for the second year in a row, but remained low compared with the previous ten years, according to Cornerstone Research’s latest report According to the...
Supreme Court Rules Patent Suit Winners Can Get Legal Fees
Apr 30 2014 // Companies that successfully fight off “unreasonable” patent lawsuits can get their legal fees paid, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a decision that may benefit Google Inc., Apple Inc. and other technology...
Allied World No. Am. Launches ‘ForceField’ Product Suite in Canada
Apr 30 2014 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced today the launch of its ForceField management liability product suite in the Canadian market. ForceField offers five coverage components including: Directors &...
