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Venezuelans Threaten Mass Lawsuits for Faulty Breast Implants
Mar 19 2012 // Some 2,000 Venezuelan women are threatening to sue doctors, private clinics and distributors for faulty PIP breast implants if they do not get free replacements in one of the world’s hottest markets for plastic...
Mississippi Trial Date Set in Decade-Old Frankel Case
Mar 19 2012 // More than a decade after it was filed, a federal judge in Mississippi has set a tentative trial date in a lawsuit stemming from scams run by a notorious financier who looted $200 million from insurance companies and...
Global Warming Litigation Ruling in Favor of Insurers Vacated
Mar 19 2012 // What Does This Mean? As if times weren’t uncertain enough, the Virginia Supreme Court issued a ruling on Jan. 17, 2012, vacating its Sept. 16, 2011, opinion in Steadfast Insurance Co. v. The AES Corp. and granting a...
Wealthy Americans Fear Lawsuits But Lack Sufficient Coverage
Mar 19 2012 // America’s wealthiest families increasingly worry that their wealth alone makes them a target for a high-stakes liability lawsuit in this uncertain time of high unemployment and tepid economic growth, according to a...
Plaintiffs in Louisiana Citizens Insurance Suit Allowed to Seize Cash
Mar 19 2012 // The plaintiffs who won a $92.8 million judgment against Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. three years ago obtained authority to seize the company’s cash as a result of a ruling late on March 6 in a...
Colorado Settles Lawsuit Against Westwood College
Mar 16 2012 // Westwood College has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a lawsuit the state of Colorado filed alleging the school misled prospective students about its costs and how successful alumni are in finding jobs in their fields...
Federal Court Tosses Jury Award in Katrina Jail Lawsuit
Mar 16 2012 // A Louisiana federal appeals court on March 12 threw out a jury’s award of more than $650,000 to two Ohio tourists who were arrested in New Orleans on public drunkenness charges two days before Hurricane...
Whistleblowers Reaping Rewards in U.S. Mortgage Suits
Mar 15 2012 // Troubled homeowners are not the only ones set to get a financial lift from the U.S. government’s $25 billion landmark mortgage settlement. Whistleblowers who were instrumental in revealing epidemic mortgage abuses,...
Suit: NASA Specialist in Southern California Axed Over Intelligent Design
Mar 14 2012 // A former computer specialist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is going to court over allegations that he was wrongfully terminated because of his belief in intelligent design. Opening statements in the lawsuit by...
Securities Fraud Settlements in 2011 Were Lowest in Decade
Mar 14 2012 // Angry investors are seeing far fewer financial benefits from lawsuits accusing corporate America of securities fraud, but may be on the cusp of a turnaround. The number and size of securities fraud settlements that won...
Family Sues UDOT Over Teen’s Death At Sinkhole
Mar 13 2012 // The family of a 15-year-old Tabiona girl who died when their Ford Excursion crashed into a 20-foot-deep sinkhole is suing the Utah Department of Transportation. The parents of Justine Barneck said road crews failed to warn...
Resort Firm Faces Second Lawsuit Over Ski Accidents
Mar 13 2012 // Two skiers injured in separate collisions with snowboarders have filed lawsuits against a Lake Tahoe, Nev. resort claiming it was part of a pattern of accidents caused by seasonal employees from abroad with little training...
Yahoo Sues Facebook Over 10 Patents
Mar 12 2012 // Yahoo Inc. sued Facebook Inc. over 10 patents that include methods and systems for advertising on the Web, opening the first major legal battle among big technology companies in social media. The lawsuit, filed in a San...
$27.2 Billion Lawsuit Against Big Tobacco Starts in Montreal
Mar 12 2012 // Canada’s three biggest tobacco companies, all with multinational parents, face C$27 billion (US$27.20 billion) in damages and penalties as the largest civil lawsuit in the country’s history gets underway on...
Judge: NYC Could Owe Over $128M in FDNY Lawsuit
Mar 12 2012 // A federal judge said last Thursday the amount of back wages owed minorities affected by discrimination in the city’s firefighter entrance exams could be more than $128 million. In a decision, U.S. District Judge...
Celebrity Chef Batali Settles Lawsuit for $5M
Mar 9 2012 // Celebrity chef Mario Batali and his business partner have agreed to pay $5.25 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged they confiscated a portion of their restaurant workers’ tips. According to court papers filed in...
Connecticut Urges Other States to Sue Credit Rating Agencies
Mar 8 2012 // Connecticut officials are encouraging other states to consider suing credit-rating agencies that gave high grades to risky mortgage-backed securities that plummeted in value when the housing market collapsed in...
Plaintiffs in Louisiana Citizens Insurance Suit to Seize Cash
Mar 8 2012 // The plaintiffs who won a $92.8 million judgment against Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. three years ago plan to seize the company’s cash as a result of a ruling late on March 6 in a Jefferson Parish state...
Boston Consumer Group Sues 8 Drugmakers Over Drug Coupons
Mar 8 2012 // Eight drugmakers are being sued by a consumer advocacy group that alleges their programs offering coupons that lower the cost of copayments for brand-name medicines are illegal. Community Catalyst alleges that the...
Portland Sues Former Insurance Company Over Claims
Mar 8 2012 // Portland is suing a former insurance carrier for $1.5 million in legal defense costs for claims involving nine employees. The city says the ICSP company refused to pay costs that exceeded the city’s $1 million limit....
