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IPISC Launches IP Litigation Coverage for Cyber/Media-Based Tech Companies
Nov 28 2012 // Louisville, Ky. headquartered Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corporation (IPISC) has launched IP Defense Indemnification Insurance for cyber/media-based technology companies. The cyber/media-based industry...
Male Cook Files Bias Lawsuit Against Idaho School District
Nov 28 2012 // A former cook in the Nampa School District in Idaho filed a federal discrimination lawsuit, claiming he suffered bias in the kitchen at the hands of a female boss and female colleagues. In U.S. District Court documents...
Man Sues New Mexico State Police Over Son’s Shooting Death
Nov 28 2012 // New Mexico state police have been sued by the father of a Glorieta man who was shot and killed at his home by officers last year as they responded to a report of road rage on an area highway. The Santa Fe New Mexican...
Connecticut Archdiocese Sues Insurer Over Misconduct Payments
Nov 28 2012 // The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut, says its insurer has failed to cover more than $1 million the archdiocese paid out in recent years to settle four sexual misconduct cases involving priests. The...
Beebe, Arkansas Files Suit over Fire Insurance Tax Money
Nov 27 2012 // The city of Beebe, Ark., has filed suit against White County over how the county distributes some funding to area fire departments. The suit was filed by Beebe Mayor Mike Robertson and the Beebe City Council after the...
KC Art Institute Sues Couple over Unfulfilled $5M pledge
Nov 27 2012 // The Kansas City Art Institute is suing a Southern California couple over an unfulfilled $5 million pledge. Larry and Kristina Dodge, once multimillion-dollar business people and philanthropists, say they’re facing...
Lawsuit: New Mexico Bar Bouncers Target American Indians
Nov 27 2012 // A man who was beaten allegedly by several bouncers at a violent Farmington nightclub is suing the bar over claims that its bouncers have a pattern of assaulting American Indians. The Farmington Daily Times reported that...
Man Sues California City After Palm Tree Crushes Legs
Nov 27 2012 // A San Diego, Calif. man is suing the city after a palm tree fell on him and crushed his legs. Michael Burke blames city budget cuts for the accident two years ago. U-T San Diego says his lawsuit goes to trial on Dec. 3 and...
Residents Near Kentucky Train Derailment Sue
Nov 27 2012 // Residents affected by a train derailment and fire that evacuated a small town near Louisville, Kentucky have filed a lawsuit against the railroad and cleanup contractors. The lawsuit is the first to be brought against...
Toy Patent Lawsuit Ends In Favor Of Colorado Professor
Nov 26 2012 // A company headed by a Colorado professor who invented a strategy board game has won a $1.6 million patent infringement verdict. The Gazette reported that Michael Larson developed a game call Khet, a strategy board game...
Snag In Montana Church Abuse Lawsuit Negotiations Over Policy Dispute
Nov 26 2012 // Settlement negotiations between hundreds of alleged sex abuse victims and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena may have hit a snag with the church’s insurers refusing to cover the claims. The insurers and the diocese...
How Businesses Can Protect Against Black Friday Litigation
Nov 21 2012 // Black Friday can be a great day for both retailers and consumers but the crowds and hysteria surrounding the kick-off to the holiday shopping season lead to at least a handful of injuries every year. In 2011, more than 20...
New York Sues Credit Suisse Over Mortgage Securities
Nov 21 2012 // New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman brought a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Credit Suisse Group AG of deceiving investors in mortgage-backed securities. Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s second-largest bank,...
Allied World Europe Expands Primary Professional Liability Product Suite
Nov 20 2012 // Allied World Europe has enhanced its suite of professional liability products to include primary capabilities. The new offering, Allied World Secure, consists of five products which cover a range of primary and excess...
Chipotle To Defend Itself Against Labor Lawsuit
Nov 19 2012 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. says a lawsuit alleging the Colorado- based company has failed to pay overtime to hundreds of employees is frivolous. The class-action complaint filed Thursday in federal court in New York says...
New Mexico Man Settles Sex Abuse Suit Against Catholic Church
Nov 19 2012 // An Albuquerque, N.M. man has settled a suit he filed against the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and a Catholic ministry group that helps troubled priests over molestation he claims he suffered at the hands of a priest beginning...
Arizona City Agrees To Settle Police Shooting Lawsuit
Nov 19 2012 // Flagstaff has agreed to a $225,000 settlement for the family of a 78-year-old Arizona man killed by police as he held his son at bay with a shotgun. Kenneth Mitchell was holding the gun to his son’s head after the...
Florida Supreme Court Rules in 2 Sovereign Immunity Cases
Nov 19 2012 // The Florida Supreme Court last week put off a decision on whether Citizens Property Insurance Corp. can use its status as a state-backed entity to avoid lawsuits accusing it of bad faith in responding to claims. The...
Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg, Starr May Appeal Dismissal of Bailout Suit
Nov 19 2012 // The Federal Reserve Bank of New York won the dismissal of former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s $25 billion lawsuit accusing it of unlawfully bailing out the...
Mississippi Kmart Flooding Case Set for Trial
Nov 16 2012 // The Mississippi city of Corinth and the Kroger Co. have asked a federal judge to dismiss them as defendants in a lawsuit over 2010 flooding at the Kmart in Corinth. Kmart Corp. is seeking compensation for flood damage at...
