Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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North Dakota Family Files Federal Suit Against Nursing Home
May 7 2012 // The family of a man who resided in a Grand Forks nursing home until he died in January is suing the elder care facility in federal court. The complaint against Valley Homes and Services accuses Valley Eldercare Center of...
Connecticut City Faces Lawsuit in Fatal Christmas Day Fire
May 7 2012 // The father of three girls killed in a Christmas morning fire in Connecticut is accusing the city of Stamford of allowing the house to become a fire trap by failing to properly oversee construction, his attorney said last...
UC, FBI Reach Settlement in Berkeley Raid Suit
May 7 2012 // The FBI and University of California have agreed to pay $100,000 and destroy computer files to settle a lawsuit stemming from a raid on the offices of two groups in Berkeley. Long Haul Inc. and East Bay Prisoner Support...
West Virginia Driver Data Access Eased
May 7 2012 // Individuals in West Virginia involved in a traffic accident will soon be able to access the other driver’s insurance coverage before filing a lawsuit under a new disclosure law. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed into law...
N.Y. Court Ruling May Open Door for More Asbestos Suits Against Pfizer
May 7 2012 // A New York federal appellate court ruling last month could allow more asbestos liability suits to proceed against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. The appellate court’s decision affirms the previous ruling last year from...
Settlement Reached in Maine Class-Action Disability Lawsuit
May 4 2012 // A federal judge in Maine has approved a settlement in a class action lawsuit on behalf of 40 people with long-term disabilities who wanted opportunities to live outside nursing homes. District Judge Nancy Torreson on...
Burned Couple Settles Wildfire Suit For $6M
May 4 2012 // A badly burned Santa Barbara couple has settled their wildfire lawsuit against a property owner for $6 million. Lance and Carla Hoffman were overtaken by flames and nearly killed in the November 2008 Tea Fire, which was...
Nebraska’s Tierone Banking Company Settles Lawsuit
May 4 2012 // A lawsuit that said Lincoln-based TierOne Corp. misled investors has been settled for $3.1 million. The Lincoln Journal Star reported the lawsuit filed in May 2010 said TierOne issued false or misleading financial...
Suit: Cruise Operator Negligent In Texas Passenger Death
May 4 2012 // Carnival Cruise Lines is being sued for negligence by relatives of a woman who bled to death after falling on a water glass in her room last year. The suit this week in federal court in Galveston, Texas says 39-year-old...
Kentucky Business Owner Sues Police Over Raids
May 4 2012 // The owner of a western Kentucky pizza joint and a suntan parlor is suing Hopkinsville police over drug raids at his businesses. Luther Anderson, who owns Pizz-A-Roma and Sunkissed Tanning, which share a building in...
Sierra Club Sues EPA Over Oklahoma Power Plants
May 4 2012 // The Sierra Club filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., District Court against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, seeking to ensure that the federal agency enforces a state plan that monitors and reduces...
Texas Attorney General Takes on State Farm Non-Renewal Plans
May 4 2012 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is taking issue with one of the nation’s largest homeowners insurer’s plan to non-renew thousands of policies for properties along the Gulf Coast. Abbott said his office is...
Wrongful-Death Suit Filed Against Pawnee Police
May 3 2012 // The family of a man fatally shot by the Pawnee assistant police chief has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on the two-year anniversary of the shooting. The estate of 25-year-old James Dylan Gonzales filed the suit Tuesday....
Oklahoma Shopping Center Sues Insurer, Metal Plant, Others
May 2 2012 // The owner of a Muskogee, Okla. shopping center damaged during a deadly explosion seven years ago has sued a scrap metal plant. An insurance company, an engineering company and a claims and appraisal firm also are named as...
Dead Mexican Teen’s Family To Pursue Suit in Texas
May 2 2012 // A lawyer for the family of a 15-year-old Mexican boy killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in 2010 says they will press on with their lawsuit against the agent despite U.S. prosecutors’ decision not to charge...
Christian Group Sues Michigan City, Muslims Over Event
May 2 2012 // A Christian legal advocacy group has claimed in a federal lawsuit that officials in a western Michigan city violated the rights of a self-proclaimed former terrorist by interrupting him during an event on free speech at a...
Lawsuit Seeks Overtime Wages For ACS Employees
May 2 2012 // A class action complaint was filed against Alaska Communication Systems Group alleging sales and marketing personnel were not paid overtime. The lawsuit was filed on on Monday behalf of a former employee, Laura Lee...
Gaylord Hotels Suing Government Over 2010 Nashville Floods
May 2 2012 // Gaylord Entertainment Co. has filed a lawsuit accusing the National Weather Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of negligence that heavily damaged its luxury hotel in Nashville and the famous Grand Ole Opry House...
Judge Rejects Strauss-Kahn Immunity in Civil Damages Lawsuit
May 2 2012 // A New York judge rejected former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s claim of diplomatic immunity on Tuesday, ruling a lawsuit filed by the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault can move...
Court Reverses Mississippi Award Over ‘Negligent’ Flood Policy Advice
May 1 2012 // An insurance company selling federal flood insurance has won a case against a Mississippi homeowner who claimed the insurer was negligent in not informing him that he was eligible to buy a preferred risk policy with more...
