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N.J. Utility Sues 11 Insurers Over Sandy Coverage
Jul 22 2013 // Public Service Enterprise Group, the largest provider of gas and electric service in New Jersey, sued 11 insurers, including American International Group Inc., over losses from Hurricane Sandy. PSE&G, which provides...
Lawsuit Filed Over Utah Boy’s Falling Tombstone Death
Jul 22 2013 // The parents of a Lehi boy who was killed after a tombstone fell on him last year are suing the cemetery’s association. According to a lawsuit filed in Utah’s Third District Court, 4-year-old Carson Dean Cheney...
Sexual-Harassment Suit Costs Ohio Fire Deptment $900K
Jul 18 2013 // A central Ohio township is going to pay nearly $900,000 to a former firefighter to resolve a sexual-harassment lawsuit. The Columbus Dispatch reports that the settlement between Orange Township and Raechel Peters also...
Woman, Son Injured in SFO Asiana Crash Sue Airline
Jul 18 2013 // A woman and her 8-year-old son, injured in the crash-landing of Asiana Flight 214, are suing the airline over the accident. The San Francisco Chronicle reported the lawsuit, filed in federal court, accuses the airline of...
Greenberg Lawyers Say Bernanke Testimony Key to Suit Over AIG Bailout
Jul 17 2013 // U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should be required to testify in Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s lawsuit over the bailout of American International Group Inc., Greenberg’s lawyers...
Iowa Egg Farms Settle Suit Over Salmonella Recalls
Jul 17 2013 // The Iowa egg producers blamed for a 2010 salmonella outbreak have settled a lawsuit brought by a California distributor that lost profits from the foodborne illnesses and the resulting product recalls, court records...
Survivors of Quebec Train Crash to File Class Action Lawsuit
Jul 16 2013 // Two residents of the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic, where a runaway train derailed and exploded into a wall of fire that killed 50 people, have launched a class action lawsuit to win compensation for the small community. The...
Insurance Company Suing Former South Dakota Legislator
Jul 15 2013 // An insurance company is suing a former South Dakota state legislator to recover nearly $10,000 in medical expenses over a mishap during a parade. The Daily Republic reports that State Farm Insurance is suing 65-year-old...
Court Bars Lawsuit in Oklahoma Airplane Crash
Jul 15 2013 // Alabama’s highest court has ruled that a lawsuit involving a deadly 2005 Oklahoma airplane crash is time-barred and must be dismissed. The decision by the Alabama Supreme Court involves the second of two lawsuits...
Lawsuits Could Follow Zimmerman Acquittal
Jul 15 2013 // The acquittal of George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer cleared of state charges in the death of black teenager Trayvon Martin, spurred new calls for a federal civil rights prosecution and suggestions...
Cheerleader Wins Defamation Lawsuit Against Gossip Website
Jul 14 2013 // A gossip website operator who lost a defamation lawsuit brought by a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader plans to appeal, and some First Amendment lawyers warn the verdict could adversely affect other websites. A federal...
AIG Ex-Chief Greenberg Sues Spitzer for Defamation
Jul 14 2013 // Former American International Group Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg sued Eliot Spitzer on Friday, alleging the former New York governor defamed him in several statements to the press, according to the...
Ex-Penn State President Spanier Files Notice to Sue Louis Freeh
Jul 12 2013 // Former Pennsylvania State University President Graham Spanier filed notice of plans to sue Louis Freeh, the former FBI director whose university-commissioned probe placed Spanier at the center of a cover-up of ex-football...
Third Lawsuit Filed Over Montana Crude Oil Spill
Jul 11 2013 // A third lawsuit has been filed by property owners alleging damages from an Exxon Mobil Corp. oil spill that dumped an estimated 63,000 gallons of crude into the Yellowstone River. The suit alleges company personnel ignored...
North Carolina May Shield Firms from Obesity Lawsuits
Jul 11 2013 // North Carolina companies that manufacture, advertise or distribute food could soon have additional legal protections from lawsuits by people claiming their products led to their obesity. The House voted 99-16 this week in...
Deadly Quebec Train Crash Creates Fertile Ground for Lawsuits
Jul 11 2013 // As investigators try to piece together how a parked oil freight train broke free and demolished the heart of a small Quebec town last weekend, a barrage of litigation could soon be hitting everyone from the U.S. rail...
Class Status Denied in Cowboy Stadium Super Bowl Seating Lawsuit
Jul 11 2013 // A judge in Texas has denied class-action status in a lawsuit filed by ticket-holders who were displaced when seats weren’t properly installed for the 2011 Super Bowl in Texas. The ruling issued by U.S. District Judge...
Texas Judge Allows Insurer’s Lawsuit Against Armstrong to Proceed
Jul 10 2013 // A Texas judge has refused Lance Armstrong’s request to dismiss an insurance company’s lawsuit seeking $3 million in bonuses it paid him from 1999 to 2001. Nebraska-based Acceptance Insurance Holdings sued...
Pennsylvania Law Banning Gay Marriage Faces Court Challenge
Jul 10 2013 // The American Civil Liberties Union said it filed the first known legal challenge Tuesday seeking to overturn a state law effectively banning same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania, the only northeastern state that doesn’t...
Alabama Woman Sues Over Police Search Damage to Home
Jul 10 2013 // The owner of a Montgomery home that was badly damaged during the search for a shooting suspect is suing to make the city and the federal government pay for thousands of dollars in repairs. WSFA-TV reported that Yakemi Ward...
