Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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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...
Mercedes Benz Pays $618K Judgment in Wisconsin Lawsuit
Aug 1 2012 // Mercedes Benz has paid the $618,000 the Wisconsin Supreme Court says it owed in a lemon law case after the victorious attorney sought garnishment of earnings from six Mercedes Benz dealers in the state. Attorney Vince...
Jury Orders $187K In Damages In Hospital Lawsuit
Jul 31 2012 // A jury has ruled that St. James Healthcare in Butte is liable for $187,500 in damages for negligence in the 2006 death of a 36-year-old Butte woman from a rare blood disorder. The Montana Standard reported the jury reached...
Insurance Company Sues Helena Diocese
Jul 31 2012 // An insurance company says it didn’t sell policies to the Helena-based Catholic Diocese of Montana and is not responsible for covering costs involved in defending former nuns and priests accused of child abuse ranging...
Former Idaho Undersheriff Files Discrimination Lawsuit
Jul 30 2012 // A former undersheriff in Twin Falls County, Idaho has filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming she suffered gender discrimination during her brief time on the job. Gerlyn “Sam” Walker filed the lawsuit in U.S....
Penn State President: School Is ‘Adequately Covered’ for Lawsuits
Jul 30 2012 // Penn State is adequately covered to handle lawsuits stemming from the sexual abuse scandal that has enveloped the campus, its president said, repeating that the university hopes to settle many of them “as quickly as...
California Court Reinstates Lawsuit Against Glock
Jul 27 2012 // A California appeals court has reinstated a now-retired paralyzed Los Angeles police officer’s product liability lawsuit against gun manufacturer Glock. Enrique Chavez was paralyzed from the waist down when his...
Environmentalists To Sue Colstrip Over Pollution in Mont.
Jul 27 2012 // Environmentalists filed notice Wednesday that they plan to sue the six companies that co-own eastern Montana’s Colstrip power plant over alleged pollution violations. The Sierra Club and Montana Environmental...
Shareholder Lawsuit Filed Against Duke Energy
Jul 27 2012 // A shareholder lawsuit is using sworn testimony by Duke Energy Corp. executives and directors to support claims that investors were misled by a surprise shuffle of top executives. Duke Energy spokesman Dave Scanzoni said...
Medical Students Sue Mississippi College, Allege Inadequate Training
Jul 26 2012 // A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of seven women accuses Virginia College’s Jackson branch of fraud, breach of contract and negligence in its medical assistants program. The lawsuit was filed last week in U.S....
Redwood City Firm Sued Over Dumping Of Toxic Waste
Jul 25 2012 // San Mateo County prosecutors are suing a Redwood City construction company they claim illegally dumped five barrels of hazardous materials in a garbage bin. The lawsuit alleges that three sanitation workers were sent to a...
Indiana Supreme Court: Son Can Sue Dad Over Accident Injuries
Jul 25 2012 // The state Supreme Court has ruled that an Indiana man can sue his father for leg injuries he suffered when his father drove into him. An Adams County judge initially threw out Robert Clark Jr.’s lawsuit, citing...
Former Topeka, Kansas, Deputy Fire Chief Files Discrimination Lawsuit
Jul 25 2012 // A former Topeka deputy fire chief is seeking more than $1.3 million in a federal discrimination lawsuit filed against Topeka and a firefighters union. The lawsuit was filed by Kathy Petty, a former deputy chief of the fire...
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...
