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Oklahoma Joins Suit Challenging Dodd-Frank Financial Overhaul
Sep 21 2012 // The State of Oklahoma has joined a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Dodd-Frank, a financial overhaul designed to “fix” the financial crisis, the state’s attorney general announced. The lawsuit...
Coloradoan Wins $7 Million In Popcorn Lung Lawsuit
Sep 21 2012 // A suburban Denver man who was diagnosed with “popcorn lung,” possibly from inhaling the artificial butter smell of the microwave popcorn he regularly ate, has won a $7.2 million verdict against various food...
Civil Lawsuit Filed in Tulsa Skyscraper Death
Sep 21 2012 // An Oklahoma woman accused of pushing her husband to his death from their high-rise apartment has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the building’s owner. Amber Hilberling, 20, filed the lawsuit against University...
Ex-Cadets Seek Sanctions Against Kansas Military School
Sep 21 2012 // Former cadets of a Kansas military school have asked a federal judge to impose sanctions and order the school to release information about prior complaints, records and lawsuits they say would show a pattern of...
Man Sues Nebraska Claiming Gender Discrimination
Sep 21 2012 // A federal court in Nebraska will take up a lawsuit that accuses the Nebraska Department of Administrative Services of allowing a supervisor to demean and discriminate against men in her department. The lawsuit, filed last...
Lawsuit Over NFL Concussions Filed in Mississippi
Sep 21 2012 // A federal lawsuit filed in Mississippi on behalf of more than 50 former NFL players claims the league conspired to hide the dangers of concussions and brain trauma associated with professional football. The lawsuit was...
Facebook IPO Lawsuits Likely to Be Heard by New York Judge
Sep 21 2012 // Facebook Inc. and most of its adversaries in a raft of lawsuits over its $16 billion initial public offering can agree on at least one thing: that the cases should be heard in a New York court. At a hearing on Thursday,...
Gunshot Claim Not Barred by Workers’ Comp Settlement: Georgia Supreme Court
Sep 20 2012 // A worker who unintentionally shot a co-worker can be sued in civil court since his actions were outside the scope of his normal duties and despite the fact the employer treated the shooting like a workers’...
John Hancock, Law Firm Face Tax Shelter Racketeering Lawsuit
Sep 20 2012 // John Hancock Life Insurance Co. and its law firm, Edwards Wildman Palmer, must face a class action accusing them of violating racketeering laws by marketing a tax shelter, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday. The...
US Bank: Lawsuit in Iowa Fraud Scandal ‘Without Merit’
Sep 19 2012 // US Bank is rejecting allegations in a lawsuit that claims one of its employees helped Peregrine Financial Group CEO Russ Wasendorf Sr. mislead regulators about his misuse of customer funds. Wasendorf, the founder of the...
Health Groups Sue Over Louisiana’s Post-Isaac Insurance Rule
Sep 19 2012 // Two health care groups have filed a lawsuit against Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon, over an insurance coverage change he made after Hurricane Isaac. The lawsuit by the Louisiana State Medical Society and the Louisiana...
Wyoming Lower Court to Reconsider Errant Golf Ball Lawsuit
Sep 17 2012 // A lawsuit filed by a golf tournament spectator who got whacked in the head by a golf ball is headed back for another round in court following a Wyoming Supreme Court ruling on Sept. 14. The court ruled 3-2 against...
Judge Fines Las Vegas Sands Corp. $25,000 in Termination Lawsuit
Sep 17 2012 // A Nevada judge has fined Las Vegas Sands Corp. $25,000, citing its failure to disclose important information in a lawsuit filed by a fired executive against the casino company. Clark County District Judge Elizabeth...
Louisiana Citizens Pays $61M to Settle Katrina, Rita Claims
Sep 17 2012 // Louisiana’s insurance company of last resort agreed on Sept. 13 to settle two remaining class-action lawsuits tied to claims handled after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The board for the Louisiana Citizens Property...
Lawsuit Claims Bird Attack On Maui Golf Course
Sep 16 2012 // A golfer is suing Maui County, Hawaii for a bird attack. Ray Sakamura claims in his lawsuit that he was attacked by a large bird at the Waiehu Municipal Golf Course. He claims he was golfing when a duck or goose charged...
Michigan Woman Can Sue Over Delay in Learning of Cancer
Sep 14 2012 // A Michigan woman who wasn’t told for five years that she had a cancerous kidney can sue a doctor and a clinic for failing to share the news. The Michigan appeals court overturned a decision by a Washtenaw County...
ABC News Sued for Defamation Over ‘Pink Slime’ Reports
Sep 13 2012 // ABC News was hit with a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit on Thursday by a South Dakota meat processor that accused it of misleading viewers into believing that a product that critics have dubbed “pink slime” was...
In Penn. Lawsuit, ACE Accuses OneBeacon of Poaching Employees
Sep 13 2012 // ACE American Insurance Company recently filed a lawsuit against OneBeacon U.S. Holdings Inc. In its lawsuit, filed in Pennsylvania, ACE alleges that OneBeacon poached the entire eight member-team that made up ACE’s...
Utility Hit With Lawsuit Over Utah Wildfire
Sep 13 2012 // Nearly 100 property owners are suing Rocky Mountain Power and blaming the utility for one of Utah’s largest wildfires this year. The Wood Hollow Fire destroyed 52 cabins or houses in central Utah and left one man...
Albuquerque, N.M. To Pay $439,000 To Settle Lawsuit
Sep 13 2012 // The city of Albuquerque, N.M. will pay the widow of a murder victim $439,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that police could have arrested the killer before the 2008 crime. The Albuquerque Journal reported that attorneys...
