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10M Honolulu Police Suit Claims Excessive Force
Aug 9 2012 // A $10 million federal lawsuit claims Honolulu police used excessive force in restraining a man who suffocated. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Tuesday Tassa Torres filed a lawsuit on behalf of her brother Aaron Torres. The...
Montana Accounting Firm Settles Lawsuit Over Investments
Aug 9 2012 // A Montana accounting firm has reached settlements with six current and former farm and ranch owners who said they lost millions of dollars in real estate investments they say the firm advised them to make. The lawsuits...
N.Y. Cardinal Suing Obama Over Birth Control Coverage Invites Him to Dinner
Aug 9 2012 // New York’s Roman Catholic cardinal is suing the Obama administration, but he’s inviting President Barack Obama to dinner anyway. The Archdiocese of New York said Tuesday that Cardinal Timothy Dolan has asked...
Lawsuits Claim Hawaii Homeowners Lost Millions
Aug 9 2012 // Lawsuits allege hundreds of Hawaii residents should have received higher prices when selling their homes through nonjudicial foreclosure auctions. Lawyers say the amount of losses in five lawsuits is in the millions. The...
Groups Sue EPA Over Oil Spill Dispersants
Aug 9 2012 // Environmental groups in five states are suing the federal government, claiming Environmental Protection Agency rules on chemical dispersants used in oil spills do not meet clean water requirements. The lawsuit filed Monday...
U.S. Judge Puts New Lawsuits Against Banks Over Libor on Hold
Aug 9 2012 // A federal judge on Wednesday suspended several new lawsuits that allege banks rigged key interest rates, saying she first needed to sort through the issues in an earlier round of related lawsuits. U.S. District Judge Naomi...
North Carolina Court Rules Wounded Passenger Can Sue Police
Aug 9 2012 // A North Carolina appeals court said a car passenger wounded during a police chase on Asheville roads five years ago can continue to seek damages against officers involved in the pursuit but not the city’s now-retired...
Florida Could Face Lawsuits Over I-75 Crashes
Aug 9 2012 // A series of deadly January crashes on Interstate 75 could trigger more than a dozen lawsuits against the state of Florida. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles acknowledged this week that it has received 13...
Indiana Fair Victims Settlement Clause Designed to Shield State
Aug 9 2012 // Indiana lawmakers presented their decision to offer an additional $6 million to victims of a deadly stage collapse at last year’s state fair as a way to help those who weren’t adequately compensated by its...
Philanthropist’s Death Sparks Unusual Lawsuit
Aug 6 2012 // When former model and philanthropist Phyllis Harvey died last year at the age of 59, little note was taken. Brief paid obituaries appeared in Los Angeles and her hometown paper in North Carolina. There was no mention of...
Settlement Reached In Texas Shakedown Lawsuit
Aug 6 2012 // A small East Texas town and the county where it’s situated will implement procedures aimed at stopping racial profiling to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses former officials of shaking down innocent...
Fifth Circuit Affirms ‘Eight-Corners’ Rule and Duty to Defend
Aug 6 2012 // Because the duty to defend is one of the most important aspects of liability policies such as commercial general liability coverage, it is frequently the subject of litigation. One recent case from the Fifth Circuit Court...
State Farm Sues Sandusky Over Policy Coverage
Aug 6 2012 // State Farm has filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania on July 19 against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. In its complaint, State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. asked a judge to declare that the...
Targets of Trademark Bullies and Patent Trolls Differ
Aug 6 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...
L.A. County Pays $2M To Settle Deputy Force Suits
Aug 2 2012 // Los Angeles County will pay nearly $2 million to settle lawsuits over use of force by sheriff’s deputies, including a deadly shooting. City News Service says the Board of Supervisors approved the payouts on...
Monsanto Wins Patent Suit Against DuPont in Genetically Modified Seed Case
Aug 2 2012 // Shares of Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, rose on Thursday and DuPont shares fell after Monsanto won a $1 billion victory over its archrival in a lawsuit concerning patents in the agricultural seed...
Prop. 33 Proponents: Ballot Writers Don’t Understand Insurance Industry
Aug 1 2012 // As proponents of California Proposition 33 await a hearing on a lawsuit they filed to change some wording in voter guide statements for the upcoming November election, they’re hoping to avoid the damage that could be...
Va. Motorist Settling Lawsuits in W.Va. Festival Death; Insurer Will Pay $500K
Aug 1 2012 // A Virginia driver who crashed into a tent filled with sleeping women at a West Virginia music festival last summer wants to settle three wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits. Documents filed in U.S. District Court...
Natural Gas Drilling Co. Tells N.Y.: Stop the Local Bans or We’ll Sue
Aug 1 2012 // A natural gas drilling company is taking a new tack in the industry’s fight against local drilling bans: It’s threatening to sue if New York regulators don’t step in and extinguish the prohibitions. John...
Lawsuit Says Voter Guide Statements Incorrect
Aug 1 2012 // Proponents of the vehicle insurance discount initiative on the November ballot say California’s voter guide statements on Proposition 33 are inaccurate. The Proposition 33 campaign has filed a Sacramento lawsuit...
