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Texas Lawmaker: TWIA’s Ike Litigation Costs Still Rising
Nov 5 2012 // Texas’ insurer of last resort for coastal property has paid out more than $1.2 billion in individual litigation costs related to 2008’s Hurricane Ike, one state lawmaker says. Information released by Rep. Larry...
Lawsuit Over Fatal Washington Goat Attack Dismissed
Nov 5 2012 // A judge has dismissed a widow’s lawsuit against the federal government over her husband’s death in a mountain goat attack at Olympic National Park in Washington two years ago. U.S. District Judge Robert Bryan...
What’s Ahead in Agency E&O
Nov 5 2012 // Competition, Hard Market, Healthcare Effects and More E&O Suits by Carriers Firmer insurance prices and an upward trend in agency revenues are signs of good times for most independent agencies. These same trends,...
South Dakota Burn Victim Sues Nebraska County, Village
Nov 1 2012 // A South Dakota man who was burned in a controlled grass fire in the Nebraska border town of Whiteclay is suing local authorities for negligence. Bryan Bluebird, of Pine Ridge, says authorities failed to spot him lying in a...
Montana School District Settles Rape Lawsuit
Nov 1 2012 // The Billings school district in Montana and its insurance carrier have agreed to pay nearly $91,000 to the family of a former Billings Senior High student who committed suicide in February 2010 after a former teacher was...
Father Files Northern California School District Discrimination Suit
Nov 1 2012 // The father of a black teenager has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against a Northern California school district because an employee called his son a slave. N’Jai LeBlanc says he decided to sue the Redwood City...
Faulkner Estate in Mississippi Files Copyright Suit Over Quotes in Movie, Ad
Oct 31 2012 // William Faulkner wrote that the past is never dead. His heirs say their copyright to that phrase is very much alive. The author’s literary estate is suing Sony Pictures Classics for using a paraphrase of the line in...
Lawsuit Over Fatal Washington Ice Cave Collapse Dismissed
Oct 30 2012 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit over a Washington state ice cave collapse that killed an 11-year-old girl in 2010. Grace Tam was killed as she posed for a picture the Big Four Ice Caves in the Mount...
Pro Wrestler Hulk Hogan Settles Florida Lawsuit Over Sex Tape
Oct 30 2012 // Former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan entered into a legal settlement with a disc jockey over a sex tape involving Hogan and the DJ’s wife. A statement by Hogan’s publicist said the terms of the settlement are...
Supreme Court Rejects John Hancock Appeal Over Retirement Plan Lawsuits
Oct 30 2012 // The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to consider two appeals in a case weighing the ability of tens of millions of Americans to bring lawsuits over their retirement plans. Without comment, the court let stand an April...
Texas Lawmaker: Windpool’s Ike Litigation Costs Still Rising
Oct 29 2012 // Texas’ insurer of last resort for coastal property has paid out more than $1.2 billion in individual litigation costs related to Hurricane Ike, which struck in 2008, one state lawmaker says. Information released by...
U.S. Suing Tulsa Restaurant Chain over Unpaid Wages
Oct 29 2012 // The Department of Labor announced it is suing a Tulsa, Okla.-area restaurant chain over nearly $1 million in unpaid wages it alleges the business owes to more than 220 employees. The lawsuit was filed earlier this week in...
New York City Settles Lawsuit in Hot Playground Case
Oct 26 2012 // New York City has agreed to pay $17,500 to a Brooklyn family of a toddler scorched by playground equipment. The family of Paula Spolar had charged that irresponsible design at the Brooklyn Bridge Park resulted in their...
Lawsuit Filed in Oklahoma over Scientology-Linked Center Death
Oct 26 2012 // The mother of a Claremore man found dead last year at an eastern Oklahoma drug rehab center with ties to the Church of Scientology filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Wednesday against the facility, alleging staff was...
Businesses Call for Controls on Litigation Funding Firms
Oct 26 2012 // A business lobby group has called on the U.S. Congress to regulate companies that provide financing for commercial lawsuits, describing the practice as “coercive enterprise.” The U.S. Chamber of Commerce...
Former Southern California Auto Club Agent Sues Insurer for ‘Illegal Practice’
Oct 25 2012 // A former insurance agent has filed a class action lawsuit in Southern California against Auto Club over what she alleges is an “illegal commission scheme” that penalizes agents who sell policies to people who...
N.Y. Auto Repair Shop’s Lawsuit Against Progressive Allowed to Proceed
Oct 24 2012 // A New York-based auto body shop has been allowed to move forward with its lawsuit that accuses Progressive Insurance Group Company and its affiliates of deceptive acts and practices. The ruling last week by the Appellate...
Story: Cruise Sues Magazine in California Court for $50M
Oct 24 2012 // Actor Tom Cruise has filed a lawsuit in a California court against the publisher of Life & Style magazine over a story that suggested he abandoned his daughter, Suri, according to an article on Wednesday in...
U.S. Sues Bank of America Over Alleged ‘Hustle’ Mortgage Fraud
Oct 24 2012 // The United States filed a civil mortgage fraud lawsuit against Bank of America Corp., accusing it of selling thousands of toxic home loans that later defaulted to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, leading to more than $1 billion...
Meningitis Lawsuits: Product Liability or Medical Malpractice?
Oct 24 2012 // Victims of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak are starting to sue the physicians and clinics that administered tainted steroid shots, and the success of the suits could hinge on whether judges decide the injections are...
