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Pennsylvania Lawsuit Seeks GM Repairs of 400,000 Impalas
Jul 7 2011 // General Motors Co. has been sued by a Pennsylvania woman seeking to force the U.S. automaker to fix rear-end problems on more than 400,000 Chevrolet Impala vehicles for 2007 and 2008 model years. In 2008, GM told dealers...
Jury Finds for Insurer in $22M Suit Over Hail Damage Claims
Jul 4 2011 // A jury in Houston, Texas, has found in favor of a property insurer in a lawsuit brought by a townhouse homeowners association over roof hail damage to 22 buildings. Summer Hill Village Community Association sued Colony...
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Jul 4 2011 // IJ Video Highlights Consolidation Nation Later this year the New York State Department of Insurance will complete its merger with the state’s banking department to become the New York State Department of Financial...
Massachusetts Family’s 9/11 Suit Questions Logan Airport’s Security
Jul 4 2011 // The family of a Massachusetts man killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks says in court documents that private security screeners at Logan International Airport were not made aware of the terrorist threat from...
Michigan Shields Public Park Volunteers from Lawsuits
Jul 1 2011 // Volunteers can help the Michigan Department of Natural Resources with more activities such as improving wildlife habitat, preserving wetlands and grooming trails under a bill Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law. Under the new...
Judge Blocks Sierra Club from Lawsuit Against BP
Jul 1 2011 // A federal magistrate judge has refused to allow the Sierra Club to join a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against BP and other companies over last year’s disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Judge Sally...
Mississippi High Court to Hear Appeal in Lawyer Fees Case
Jul 1 2011 // It’s round two for Republican state Auditor Stacy Pickering and Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood in a fight over the constitutionality of a law that allows Hood to hire private lawyers to represent Mississippi in...
Union City School Reaches Deal in Harassment Suit
Jun 30 2011 // A Union City, Calif., school district has tentatively agreed to pay $725,000 to settle a lawsuit by African American students who said school officials failed to protect them from racial harassment and violence. An...
Man Sues Catholic Diocese in Texas on Abuse Claims
Jun 30 2011 // A man who alleges he was sexually molested by a Catholic priest in the 1970s has filed a civil lawsuit against a West Texas diocese and the Jesuits, claiming the defendants knew or should have known of the abuses and...
Appeals Court Sides With BP in Securities Fraud Lawsuit
Jun 29 2011 // A U.S. appeals court sided with BP Plc in a securities fraud lawsuit arising from a 2006 Alaska oil spill, but the case isn’t over. BP discovered two oil spills in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in 2006, and a corporate...
Big Business Wins Key Cases in Supreme Court Term
Jun 29 2011 // Giant retailer Wal-Mart Inc., telecommunications company AT&T Inc. and coal power companies came out the big winners in the Supreme Court’s just-ended term that rejected large lawsuits against them. The high...
Court Revives Banks’ Suit Against Bond Insurer MBIA
Jun 28 2011 // New York’s highest court Tuesday revived a lawsuit by several large banks challenging bond insurer MBIA Inc.’s 2009 restructuring, which they complained was unfair to policyholders. MBIA shares fell as much as...
U.S. Court Rejects $270M Tobacco Lawsuit Appeal
Jun 27 2011 // The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the major tobacco companies of a $270 million award for a Louisiana smoking cessation program. Altria Group Inc’s Philip Morris USA Inc, a Reynolds American Inc unit, a...
Tennessee Aquarium Sued Over Child’s Bacterial Infection
Jun 27 2011 // The parents of a child who developed a bacterial infection after petting stingrays and sharks at Chattanooga’s Tennessee Aquarium has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $2.4 million. Spokesman Thom Benson said that...
Supreme Court Allows Damages Suit Against CSX Railroad
Jun 24 2011 // The Supreme Court says a man can use a federal law to collect damages against a railroad. The high court on Thursday ruled in a 5-4 decision that CSX Transportation, Inc. should compensate Robert McBride for an accident...
Hercules Executives Sued Following Failed ‘Say on Pay’ Vote
Jun 24 2011 // In an early test of “say-on-pay” voting, a shareholder sued Hercules Offshore Inc. directors and top executives, demanding that they return big pay increases that shareholders voted against. At last...
Allstate Seeks to Recover $1 MiIlion in New York Fraud Lawsuit
Jun 24 2011 // Allstate Insurance is seeking to recover more than $1 million against 10 New York area defendants it alleges filed fraudulent claims for psychological services. The lawsuit seeks reimbursement for personal injury...
New York City Police Officer’s Horse Suit Dismissed
Jun 24 2011 // A judge has reined in a New York City’s police officer’s lawsuit against the city over a mishap on horseback in 2004. A Manhattan judge dismissed William Rozakis’ case this week. Rozakis says the horse...
Generic Drug Firms Shielded from State Suits: Supreme Court
Jun 23 2011 // The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that generic drug companies cannot be sued under state law over allegations that they failed to provide adequate label warnings about potential side effects. By a 5-4 vote, the justices...
Massachusetts Family’s 9/11 Lawsuit Blames Logan Airport Security
Jun 23 2011 // The family of a Massachusetts man killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks says newly released court documents show security problems at Boston’s airport the day of attacks are to blame for the man’s...
