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Judge Asked to Rule on Who Will Pay Defense Costs in N.D. Spud Suit
Feb 3 2014 // The two sides in a lawsuit filed by a prominent North Dakota businessman against his insurance company over defense costs in an alleged potato price fixing scheme are asking a judge to rule without the case going to...
California City Spicing Up Suit Against Sriracha Plant
Feb 3 2014 // A Los Angeles suburb is spicing up its lawsuit against a hot-sauce manufacturer it claims polluted the air with pungent smells. Stephen Onstot, an attorney representing Irwindale, tells City News Service that the small...
Deal Reached In Southern California School Lawsuit
Feb 1 2014 // The mother of a teenager who was stabbed to death at a Los Angeles school has reached a tentative settlement in her wrongful-death lawsuit against the school district. While a potential deal has been reached details...
Washington Lawsuit Settled In 2010 Tesoro Refinery Blast
Jan 31 2014 // The attorney representing families of six workers killed in a 2010 explosion at Tesoro’s Anacortes oil refinery have settled a lawsuit against Tesoro and Shell Oil Co. Attorney David Beninger told KING-TV the...
California Judge Reinstates Sheridan Suit
Jan 31 2014 // A judge in Los Angeles has reinstated a lawsuit by Nicollette Sheridan over her firing from “Desperate Housewives.” The ruling on Wednesday could lead to a new trial on her claim that she was improperly ousted...
Dairy Lien Lawsuit Reversed by Idaho Supreme Court
Jan 29 2014 // The Idaho Supreme Court says a lien on cattle feed only lasts as long as the feed does, and doesn’t apply to the animals that consume the food. The ruling reversed a lower court’s decision in a lawsuit between...
Court Dismisses Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg’s Bailout Lawsuit Against New York Fed
Jan 29 2014 // A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by former American International Group Inc Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg accusing the Federal Reserve Bank of New York of unlawfully bailing...
Lawsuit Filed Against Uber in Death of Child in San Francisco
Jan 28 2014 // Uber Technologies Inc., the app- based, on-demand transportation service, was sued for wrongful death by the parents of a six-year-old child killed last month by a car linked to the company. The parents of Sofia Liu sued...
Securities Class Actions Up 9% in 2013 But Below Average
Jan 28 2014 // Plaintiffs filed 166 new federal securities class actions in 2013, a nine percent increase over 2012, however, the 2013 total is still 13 percent below the average from 1997 to 2012 despite being boosted by a second-half...
Fishermen Group Suing NYC Over Sewage Spill During Sandy
Jan 27 2014 // A group of fishermen are suing New York City over shellfish bed pollution they believe was caused by massive releases of raw sewage during Superstorm Sandy. The Baymen’s Protective Association represents about 76...
$52M Awarded by Montana Jury Awards in Bank Lawsuit
Jan 27 2014 // A Montana jury has awarded an office supply manufacturer $52 million in its lawsuit against its former bank. Masters Group International Inc. sued Comerica Inc. after the bank reneged on a November 2008 agreement to delay...
Mississippi Jury to Hear Navy SEAL Wrongful Death Suit
Jan 27 2014 // A jury in Mississippi’s DeSoto County will hear the wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of a Navy SEAL killed during a training exercise at a northwest Mississippi shooting range. Petty Officer 2nd Class...
West Virginia Chemical Firm Files for Bankruptcy As Litigation Begins
Jan 27 2014 // The company blamed for a chemical spill that left 300,000 West Virginians without safe drinking water filed for bankruptcy, temporarily shielding it from dozens of lawsuits, many by businesses that were forced to shut down...
Frat Members Sued Over Death at Yale-Harvard Game
Jan 27 2014 // Dozens of current and former members of a fraternity at Yale University are being sued over a deadly tailgating crash at the 2011 Yale-Harvard football game in New Haven, Conn. A U-Haul truck carrying beer kegs heading to...
$52M Awarded by Montana Jury in Lawsuit Against Bank
Jan 23 2014 // A Montana jury has awarded an office supply manufacturer $52 million in its lawsuit against its former bank. Masters Group International Inc. sued Comerica Inc. after the bank reneged on a November 2008 agreement to delay...
Securities Class Actions Rose 10% in 2013: NERA
Jan 22 2014 // More securities class actions were filed in U.S. federal court in 2013 compared to 2012 but the increase was small. Also, the number of settlements was near a record low. According to a report by NERA Economic Consulting...
Oregon Lawsuit for $1.5M Over Lost Testicles
Jan 21 2014 // The parents of a young boy are suing Oregon Health & Science University over a surgery that rendered the child’s testicles useless. The Oregonian reports that opening statements in the trial began last week in a...
South Carolina Neighbors Sue Plant, Claim Pollution Caused Cancer
Jan 21 2014 // A Spartanburg, South Carolina neighborhood is suing a chemical plant, saying pollution has caused dozens of cancer cases. The lawsuit filed last week in federal court accuses a Hoechst Celanese polyester manufacturing...
Lawsuit Over Michael Jackson Insurance Settled In California
Jan 17 2014 // A lawsuit over the payout of a $17.5 million policy related to Michael Jackson’s planned comeback concerts has been settled, attorneys told a judge on Wednesday. Lawyers for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of...
Wyoming Hitching Post Owners, Insurer Settle Suit
Jan 17 2014 // An insurance company has reached a confidential settlement agreement with the company that owns The Hitching Post Inn, the landmark Cheyenne, Wyo. hotel that lost its main lodge in an arson fire a few years ago. U.S....
