Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawyers Immune to Ex-NFL Player’s Fraud Suit, Connecticut Court Rules
Jun 23 2011 // A state appeals court in Connecticut has ruled that ex-NFL player and investment firm founder Bob Simms can’t sue his ex-wife’s lawyers for fraud during a long-running divorce and alimony case, saying...
Law Firm Spent $7 Million to Sue Wal-Mart
Jun 22 2011 // Joseph Sellers is in the hole by about $7 million and does not expect to dig his way out any time soon. As lead counsel to the plaintiffs in the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employment discrimination lawsuit tossed out by the...
Court Says Suit Can Proceed over WTC Tower Collapse
Jun 22 2011 // The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey can be sued for negligence over the collapse of a World Trade Center building in the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday. The agency is one of the most...
4 Things Agents Should Do to Avoid E&O Claims
Jun 21 2011 // After handling insurance coverage claims for years, a distinct pattern has emerged: sometimes the insurance agent gets “caught in the middle” of a dispute between the policy holder and the insured. Often,...
Wave of Lawsuits Hits Calif. Retail Stores
Jun 20 2011 // Retail store operators may want to sit down for this one — if they can find a chair. Nearly every national chain is under legal attack in California for failing to provide “suitable seating” for cashiers...
Whistleblower Sues N.H. Insurance Regulators
Jun 20 2011 // A health policy analyst with the New Hampshire Insurance Department who was fired after challenging her bosses over a federal health care contract is now suing them under the state’s whistleblower statute. Concord...
Supreme Court Denies Huge Sex Bias Class Action Against Wal-Mart
Jun 20 2011 // The Supreme Court rejected a mammoth class-action lawsuit charging sex discrimination at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Monday in a ruling that could affect major cases in other industries. The justices unanimously overturned a...
Pennsylvania Woman’s Lawsuit Claims Dunkin’ Brew is Too Sweet
Jun 20 2011 // A Dunkin’ Donuts employee mistakenly put sugar rather than artificial sweetener into a diabetic woman’s coffee, triggering a reaction that sent the woman to the hospital, according to a civil lawsuit filed...
St. Paul Fire & Marine Sues Denver Broncos
Jun 20 2011 // St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance has filed a lawsuit against the Denver Broncos and nine of its former players, saying its policies only covered claims in New Mexico for a “class of employee that did not include...
Don’t Let Clients Count on Luck When It Comes to Personal Umbrella Purchases
Jun 20 2011 // By the time you finish reading this sentence, two new law suits will be filed in U.S. courts. We live in an extremely litigious society. There is no other way to put it. The United States has more lawyers per capita than...
Is Paternity Fraud a Grounds for Lawsuit?
Jun 20 2011 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could decide whether a man has legal grounds to sue for being duped into supporting a child that turns out to be fathered by someone else. Legal experts believe it...
Loophole in Missouri Law Puts Employers at Risk for Occupational Disease Lawsuits
Jun 20 2011 // Employee Lawsuits Are Expected to Increase Missouri employers, including small- and mid-sized companies, should be aware of a loophole in Missouri law putting companies at risk for lawsuits filed by current and former...
‘Loser Pay’ Comes to Texas
Jun 20 2011 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed legislation into law commonly referred to as the “Loser Pay Rule.” Immediately, the national press jumped on this new statute as an example of a major step forward in tort...
New Jersey Court: Drunk Driver Can Sue Bar that Served Him
Jun 20 2011 // New Jersey’s Supreme Court has ruled that a convicted drunken driver has the right to sue the bar that served him. The court’s 5-2 ruling last month stems from a 2006 motorcycle crash in which Frederick Voss...
Lawsuit Filed by Family of Drowned Utah Boy
Jun 16 2011 // The family of a Utah boy who drowned after he fell from a pipe spanning a Salt Lake City canal in 2009 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and the state. KTVX says attorneys for 8-year-old Trejon...
Houston Jury Finds for Insurer in $22M Hail Damage Lawsuit
Jun 15 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...
Suit Challenges Tennessee’s Law Against Broadening Anti-Discrimination Rules
Jun 15 2011 // Tennessee cities and counties that want to make it tougher to discriminate against gays and lesbians face a stumbling block under a new state law, and now some Nashville city councilmembers and others are suing to...
Ex-Utah Football Star Sues Medical Tech Company
Jun 14 2011 // A former University of Utah football star has sued a medical technology company, saying a postsurgical device implanted into his shoulder to relieve pain caused permanent damage to the joint. Jason Kaufusi’s lawsuit...
Pennsylvania Hospital Sued over Exhumation
Jun 14 2011 // A woman is suing a northwestern Pennsylvania hospital, saying she was subjected to emotional distress because the facility didn’t order an autopsy of her daughter, forcing the body to be exhumed 43 days later. Kelli...
Supreme Court Defines Primary Liability in Mutual Fund Prospectus Case
Jun 13 2011 // Janus Capital Group Inc. and a subsidiary cannot be held liable in a lawsuit by shareholders over allegedly false statements in prospectuses for several Janus mutual funds, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday. By a 5-4...
