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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...
Nebraska High Court Upholds Dismissal of Book Lawsuit
Apr 22 2013 // The Nebraska Supreme Court on April 19 upheld the dismissal of an Omaha woman’s lawsuit against a Massachusetts bookseller over a rare, autographed novel in a decision that has implications for online...
Concerns Over Patient Safety a Top Concern for Hospital Leaders, Risk Managers: Study
Apr 22 2013 // The lack of teamwork combined with a negative culture and poor communication in hospitals today presents a barrier when it comes to patient safety in the future, according to a new survey. The survey results revealed a...
News Corp. Settles Shareholder Lawsuit
Apr 22 2013 // News Corp. on Monday said it recovered a $139 million in insurance proceeds in a settlement with shareholders over the board of directors’ actions related to the company’s phone hacking scandal and its...
Penn. Man Drops Suit Over Mansion Fire, Will Split $18.5M Insurance Payout
Apr 22 2013 // A suburban Philadelphia man has decided to drop his legal battle against a Canadian couple he claimed had schemed to buy, and then burn down, his historic 19-bedroom mansion in an insurance-fraud plot. The Philadelphia...
Lawsuit Over Los Angeles Lap-Band Ads Is Settled
Apr 19 2013 // A company that promotes Lap-Band weight-loss surgery has agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a false-advertising lawsuit in Southern California, with some of the money going to billboards warning the public about the...
AIG Wins Bid to Move $10B Bank of America Mortgage Lawsuit
Apr 19 2013 // A federal appeals court ruled in favor of American International Group Inc by concluding that the insurer’s $10 billion lawsuit against Bank of America Corp over mortgage losses belongs in state court, not federal...
