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Miners’ Union Takes Unusual Legal Turn to Save Benefits in Bankruptcy
May 1 2013 // As mineworkers and retirees battle to salvage their pensions and benefits from the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp., lawyers for their union are trying an unusual gambit – and one that may be a test case for...
Court Cuts Corps Back Out of New Orleans’ 17th St Canal Lawsuit
Apr 30 2013 // A federal appeals court ruling has added a new twist to a complicated legal property rights case along a canal that was breached during Hurricane Katrina, contributing to the floods over most of New Orleans. The 5th U.S....
Idaho Firm Pursues State Officials In IEN Lawsuit
Apr 30 2013 // Idaho’s former Department of Administration director and its chief technology officer are being targeted by a company that says they illegally denied it a role in a $60 million broadband deal. Syringa Networks now...
GE to Pay $40M to Settle Suit Accusing It of Misleading Investors in 2008
Apr 30 2013 // General Electric Co. agreed to pay $40 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit accusing the company of misleading investors about its health during the 2008 financial crisis, court papers show. Shareholders accused GE and...
Nevada Capitol Police Chief Sues Over Firing
Apr 29 2013 // Former Nevada Capitol Police Chief Tom Navin is suing the Nevada Department of Public Safety, claiming he was wrongfully terminated for failing a physical. Navin, in his district court suit filed this week, contends he was...
Lawsuits from Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast now Total 6
Apr 29 2013 // The deadly Central Texas fertilizer facility explosion has now spawned six lawsuits, including one from the family of a volunteer firefighter killed in the blast. Fourteen people died and more than 200 were injured by the...
Fired Oregon Officer Sues: Alcoholism Was A Disability
Apr 29 2013 // A police officer fired for driving drunk in an unmarked police car while off-duty has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the city of Gresham, Ore. the police chief and others, alleging his rights were violated under the...
North Carolina Getting $211M from Cigarette Lawsuit Settlement
Apr 29 2013 // North Carolina’s annual share of payments from top cigarette companies paying for smoking-related health care costs is $211 million. North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper notified Gov. Pat McCrory and...
New York City Sues BP for Pension Losses Over 2010 Gulf Oil Spill
Apr 28 2013 // New York City said on Friday it sued BP Plc for more than $39 million of losses it claims beneficiaries of the city’s pension funds sustained due to BP’s “misconduct and fraudulent behavior” linked...
Moody’s, S&P Settle Negligence Lawsuits Over Debt Vehicle Ratings
Apr 28 2013 // Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s on Friday said they have settled two long-running lawsuits seeking to hold them responsible for misleading investors about the safety of risky debt vehicles...
Sandy Lesson for Business Owners: Read Policy, Keep Track of Notice Provisions
Apr 28 2013 // It’s been six months since Superstorm Sandy made its landfall on the coast of New Jersey and became one of the costliest storms ever recorded in the U.S. Many businesses in the region are still recovering from the...
Federal Judge Moves S&P Ratings Case Back to State Court
Apr 26 2013 // A federal judge handed a legal defeat to Standard & Poor’s, ruling that a lawsuit in which Connecticut accused it of fraudulently inflating credit ratings to win business should be moved back to the state court...
Struggling Idaho Alt Energy Company Sued Again
Apr 26 2013 // An Idaho alternative energy company beset by lawsuits faces another one, this time from a bike race that says it hasn’t been paid millions in promised sponsorship money. Exergy Development Group of Boise and its...
South Dakota Court Asked for Class Action in Mortgage Insurance Lawsuit
Apr 25 2013 // A lawsuit alleging a Rapid City credit union and an insurance company improperly raised the rates for insurance that makes loan payments if borrowers become disabled should be handled as a class action, a lawyer for those...
$5.75M Settlement Approved In Hawaii School Abuse Suit
Apr 24 2013 // A $5.75 million settlement has been approved in a class-action lawsuit alleging bullying, assault and rape at the Hawaii School for the Deaf and the Blind. A federal judge in Honolulu approved the settlement Monday. The...
Former Montana Power Workers Settle Lawsuit
Apr 23 2013 // A class-action lawsuit between former workers at Montana Power Co. and the defunct utility has been settled for $1.2 million. The Montana Standard reported that last week Montana Power through a liability insurer agreed to...
Family Sues Idaho Hospital Over Father’s Death
Apr 23 2013 // James Dorsey led a full and active life, his final years spent helping care for his grandchildren and enjoying big family dinners. The 70-year-old died Sept. 12, 2011 at Complex Care of Idaho in Meridian. His family...
S&P Asks Federal Court to Dismiss U.S. Fraud Lawsuit
Apr 23 2013 // Standard & Poor’s asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss a U.S. Justice Department civil suit against the rating agency, arguing the government’s case is based on vague statements that cannot be used to...
Texas-Based Halliburton Posts 1Q Loss on Oil Spill Litigation Charges
Apr 23 2013 // Houston, Texas-based Halliburton says it lost $18 million in the first quarter, pulled down by $637 million in charges related to its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. But it made money if unusual items are...
Florida Becomes 4th State to Sue BP Over Oil Spill
Apr 22 2013 // The state of Florida filed a lawsuit last Saturday against British oil company BP and cement contractor Halliburton over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, becoming the fourth U.S. state to seek damages for the 2010...
