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Man Sues Maui Police For Buttock Gunshot Wound
Jul 24 2012 // A lawsuit claims a man suffered a traumatic gunshot wound to his buttock by Maui police officers. Anthony Lum-John claims officers used excessive force by shooting at a truck he was riding in two years ago. The Maui News...
AIR Expands Suite of Catastrophe Models for Australia
Jul 24 2012 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced the expansion of its suite of catastrophe models for Australia “with the release of the industry’s first probabilistic bushfire model and updated tropical...
Ohio Supreme Court: Corporation Must Advance Defense Costs for Director
Jul 24 2012 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that a corporation can’t avoid paying the legal defense expenses of a corporate director who is sued in his or her capacity as a director by claiming that the director’s...
State Farm: Sandusky’s Homeowners Policy Doesn’t Cover His Legal Bills
Jul 23 2012 // State Farm has filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania last Thursday against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. In its complaint, State Farm asked a judge to declare that the insurer’s...
Washington Jury Awards $500K In Injury Lawsuit
Jul 23 2012 // A 63-year-old Longview, Wash., man who acted as his own lawyer has won a $500,000 award in a personal injury lawsuit involving a 2008 traffic collision. A Cowlitz County Superior Court jury made that award to Lewis Lanham...
Hawaii Company Ordered To Pay $193K In Ageism Suit
Jul 23 2012 // A Hawaii company that provides home health care for seniors has been ordered to pay more than $193,000 to a woman fired for her age. The U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission announced a federal judge in Honolulu ruled against...
N.J. Officer Settles Suit Over Hair Put in Sandwich
Jul 23 2012 // A southern New Jersey police officer will get nearly $14,000 to settle a civil lawsuit he filed against a short-order cook who placed his own body and pubic hair in the officer’s bagel sandwich as payback for a...
Movie Studio Liability in Colorado Shooting Likely Limited
Jul 23 2012 // Families of victims and survivors of the deadly shooting at the Batman movie who seek to sue Warner Bros. and other companies behind “The Dark Knight Rises” are unlikely to get very far. The main reason, legal...
N.Y. Judge: Aon’s Poaching Suit Against Alliant Ins. Can Proceed
Jul 23 2012 // A New York court ruled recently that Aon Risk Services Northeast can proceed with its lawsuit against California-based Alliant Insurance Services involving employment covenants. Aon alleged that several of its former...
Suit Says Hyundai Inflated 40 Mpg Claim
Jul 23 2012 // A California lawsuit says Hyundai’s Elantra vehicle doesn’t get the advertised 40 miles per gallon. Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog joined Elantra buyer Louis Bird in the Sacramento lawsuit claiming...
Targets of Trademark Bullies and Patent Trolls Differ
Jul 23 2012 // Even though real world bullies make the news, it’s trademark bullies and patent trolls that worry businesses. Trademark bullies are typically large firms that seem to go out of their way to keep others from using...
Wisconsin Court Says Insurer Must Defend ‘Junk’ Fax Lawsuit
Jul 23 2012 // A Milwaukee heating and air conditioning company’s insurance provider must defend the business against allegations it sent out an unsolicited “junk” fax in violation of federal law, a state appeals court...
Man Files Federal Lawsuit Against Oklahoma Town in Wake of Police Probe
Jul 20 2012 // A former inmate who was freed from prison has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Tulsa, Okla., and two convicted police investigators, claiming they fabricated a search warrant and staged “bogus and sham...
Suit Says Paramedics Blocked From Aiding Woman in Northern California
Jul 20 2012 // A negligence lawsuit says San Jose, Calif. police officers prevented paramedics from helping a dying gunshot victim. The San Jose Mercury News says 48-year-old Verna Lisa Hollins was shot by neighbor Robert Turner two...
Congress Looking to Rein In ‘Patent Trolls’
Jul 19 2012 // A relatively obscure government agency at the center of a high stakes battle between the companies that make smartphones – Apple, Samsung Electronics, HTC and others – could well be headed for big changes. The...
Injured Occupy Protester Sues Portland Police
Jul 18 2012 // An Occupy Portland protester has filed a federal lawsuit accusing police of excessive force during a demonstration last fall in which he says his back was injured. Justin James Bridges says he was swept up in a crowd Nov....
Penn State Could Face Years of Litigation
Jul 18 2012 // Penn State University could face years of litigation over Jerry Sandusky’s abuse of children, but the school is also doing some things that may limit the damage, according to lawyers with experience in such...
Arkansas Rice Farmers Sue Texas Company Over Hybrid Rice
Jul 18 2012 // A group of Arkansas rice farmers has sued a company that produces hybrid seed, claiming that RiceTec Inc. supplied them with seed that produced an inferior crop and sometimes didn’t grow well enough to be...
Bank of America Settles Mortgage Fraud Lawsuit with Bond Insurer Syncora
Jul 18 2012 // Bank of America Corp. has agreed to pay $375 million to settle a case brought by bond insurer Syncora Guarantee over toxic mortgage-backed securities at the center of the 2008 financial crisis. Syncora sued Bank of America...
China Reinsurance Company Licenses AIR’s Suite of Cat Models
Jul 18 2012 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced that China Property & Casualty Reinsurance Company Ltd. (CPCR) has licensed its typhoon, earthquake, and multiple-peril crop insurance models for China to better...
