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Suit Claims Blue Cross Of California Discriminates In HIV Cases
Jan 16 2013 // Blue Cross of California is being sued over a new program that bars AIDS patients from using local pharmacies to get their medications. The group Consumer Watchdog sued the insurer last week in San Diego on behalf of a...
Accounting Method May Expose Firms to Shareholder Suits: Study
Jan 16 2013 // Disgruntled shareholders are more likely to sue firms that use principles-based accounting standards instead of rules-based standards, according to a recent study by a University of Iowa accounting researcher. The study by...
Utah Man Accused of Killing Officer Sues Insurer
Jan 15 2013 // An Ogden man accused of killing a police officer during a drug raid at his home is suing his insurance company over its rejection of his homeowner’s damage claim stemming from the shootout. Matthew Stewart, in his...
2012 Landmark Year for Workplace Class Action Litigation: Study
Jan 14 2013 // When it comes to complex employment-related legal disputes, 2012 will be considered a landmark year, according to a new report on employment class action litigation. Many of the key rulings of 2012 in class action cases...
Victims’ Relatives Sue Rivera’s Company Over Crash In California
Jan 14 2013 // Relatives of four passengers killed last month with Jenni Rivera in a plane crash in Mexico filed a lawsuit against Rivera’s company alleging the singer was negligent when she hired a faulty Learjet 25. The civil...
AIG Sues to Preserve Right to Sue Bank of America, Others Over Mortgage Debt
Jan 14 2013 // American International Group Inc. has filed a lawsuit against a vehicle created by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to help bail out the insurer, in a bid to preserve its right to sue Bank of America Corp .and other...
5 Idaho Inmates Sue Beer Companies Seeking $1 Billion in Damages
Jan 14 2013 // Five inmates at the Idaho State Correctional Institution south of Boise are suing a handful of major beer and wine companies, contending that alcohol led to their crimes and that they should have been warned that the...
Attorney Behind $43M Award for Ohio Agent Against Nationwide to File Class Action
Jan 14 2013 // An Ohio law firm that represented a former Nationwide Insurance agent for a $42.8 million jury verdict is getting ready to file a class action against the insurer “in the near future.” Attorney Caryn Groedel...
California Wholesalers Fret Over Upcoming Legal Decision
Jan 11 2013 // A pending legal battle that could expose wholesalers in California to more lawsuits was the centerpiece of talk at the California Insurance Wholesalers Association conference in San Diego on Friday. The three-day...
Mom Sues Over Teen’s Skiing Death In Colorado
Jan 11 2013 // The mother of an Ohio college student who died at a ski area in Steamboat Springs, Colo., has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city. Authorities have said 19-year-old Cooper Larsh suffocated after falling head...
Montana Doctor Sues for $22M Over Loss Of Hospital Privileges
Jan 10 2013 // A physician is seeking $22 million in damages after Holy Rosary Healthcare in Miles City, Mont. revoked his medical staff privileges in December 2009. The Miles City Star reported Dr. J. Randall Rauh is suing for breach of...
Greenberg Won’t Sue AIG Over Bailout Lawsuit Vs. Government
Jan 10 2013 // Hank Greenberg will not sue AIG over the company’s decision not to join his lawsuit against the U.S. government, his lawyer said on Thursday. Greenberg, who was chief executive officer of American International Group...
AIG Decides Not to Join Bailout Lawsuit Against Government
Jan 9 2013 // The board of American International Group Inc. decided on Wednesday not to join a lawsuit against the U.S. government over the terms of the company’s bailout, following two days of fevered backlash from Congress and...
AIG Board Meets on Possible Bailout Lawsuit vs. Government
Jan 9 2013 // The board of American International Group Inc. met on Wednesday to consider a lawsuit against the U.S. government over the terms of the company’s bailout, a discussion directors defended as their responsibility but...
California Lawsuit Says Jailers Ignored Inmate Vomiting Blood
Jan 9 2013 // The family of a California man who bled to death in the Sacramento County jail has filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming jailers didn’t help the inmate even though he was vomiting blood for 12 hours before he...
2 Survivors Of Oregon Bus Crash File Lawsuit
Jan 9 2013 // Two survivors of an Eastern Oregon tour bus crash that killed nine passengers allege in a lawsuit that the driver was tired, didn’t heed warnings and was going too fast on a road with patches of snow and...
AIG Says It Has Obligation to Consider Bailout Lawsuit; Critics Pounce
Jan 9 2013 // American International Group Inc., the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008, said on Tuesday it is considering joining a lawsuit that claims the bailout terms were unfair, drawing angry condemnation from...
Louisiana Pie Maker Sues Fire Suppression Company, Insurers
Jan 8 2013 // New Orleans pie maker, Simon Hubig Co. Inc., whose Louisiana plant was destroyed in a blaze six months ago, has sued the Kenner company that created and maintained its fire suppression system. The Times-Picayune reported...
AIG May Join Suit Against Federal Government Over ‘Unfair’ Bailout Terms
Jan 8 2013 // American International Group Inc., the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were...
Supreme Court Considers Travelers Insurance Case on Limiting Class Actions
Jan 7 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday weighed whether to impose new limits on class-action lawsuits, as it reviewed whether a homeowner’s lawsuit against his insurer belonged in a state court considered friendly to...
