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Tennessee’s Opry Mills to Reopen; Suit Against Flood Insurers Goes On
Apr 12 2011 // Nearly one year after a historic flood ravaged Nashville and submerged the popular Opry Mill shopping mall, the mall said it will reopen in 2012. This will happen despite the fact the property owner, Simon Property, is...
Pennsylvania High School Ex-Football Player Sues over Concussions
Apr 11 2011 // A former high school football player has sued a western Pennsylvania school district over concussions sustained during games in 2007. The suit filed in Pittsburgh federal court says 19-year-old Zachary Alt struggles with...
Pennsylvania Nears Final Vote on Tort Reform Bill
Apr 8 2011 // People who are awarded civil judgments against multiple parties would no longer be able to collect all of it from any single defendant under a bill that Pennsylvania Republicans in the state House moved near to a final...
Rhode Island Cliff Walk Lawsuit Continues Against State
Apr 8 2011 // A New York man who became a quadriplegic after he fell from the Cliff Walk in Newport, Rhode Island on his honeymoon has settled with the city for an undisclosed sum, but the trial in his lawsuit against the state...
Texas Company Sued for Abuse of Iowa Workers
Apr 8 2011 // A Texas company is accused of severely abusing and discriminating against 31 mentally disabled men who worked at an Iowa turkey processor, in a federal lawsuit filed April 6 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Insurer Sues Celebrity Heiress Paris Hilton Over Missing Jewels
Apr 8 2011 // Paris Hilton is holding $60,000 of jewelry that does not belong to her and should give it back, a new lawsuit contends. A German insurer, Allianz SE, has sued the celebrity socialite and heiress to the Hilton Hotels...
Iowa Couple Sues Ex-Landlord Over Fatal Fire
Apr 7 2011 // A Des Moines, Iowa, couple says their former landlord is to blame for the death of their granddaughter and their own disabling injuries in a 2009 fire, according to their wrongful-death lawsuit. Sieh and Annie Toffoi said...
Massachusetts Mom Sues Rhode Island Bakery over Tainted Pastries
Apr 6 2011 // A Massachusetts woman is suing a Rhode Island bakery alleging that its pastries gave her son salmonella. Attorneys for Erin Carrera filed the lawsuit Monday against DeFusco’s Bakery in Johnston. Carrera, of Rehoboth,...
Iowa Couple Sues Ex-Landlord over Fatal Fire
Apr 5 2011 // An Iowa couple says their former landlord is to blame for the death of their granddaughter and their own disabling injuries in a 2009 fire, according to their wrongful-death lawsuit. Sieh and Annie Toffoi said in the...
North Dakota Man Sues Federal Government for Sidewalk Spill
Apr 4 2011 // A North Dakota man who says he slipped and fell on ice outside a post office in Wilton is suing the government for half a million dollars. Paul Patrick says the post office was negligent for not maintaining the sidewalk....
How Extensive Will the FDIC’s Claims Against Failed Banks’ Outside Professionals Be?
Apr 4 2011 // If a lawsuit filed on Feb. 7, 2011, in the Northern District of Georgia is any indication, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) efforts to pursue liability claims will not only include suits against the...
How Extensive Will the FDIC’s Claims Against Failed Banks’ Outside Professionals Be?
Apr 4 2011 // If a lawsuit filed on Feb. 7, 2011 in the Northern District of Georgia is any indication, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) efforts to pursue liability claims will not only include suits against the...
How Extensive Will the FDIC’s Claims Against Failed Banks’ Outside Professionals Be?
Apr 4 2011 // If a lawsuit filed on Feb. 7, 2011, in the Northern District of Georgia is any indication, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) efforts to pursue liability claims will not only include suits against the...
Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Sue Businesses
Apr 4 2011 // The Supreme Court made it easier to haul businesses into court, ruling that investors can sue them for purposefully withholding damaging information about a product and that employees can sue for retaliation without having...
How Extensive Will the FDIC’s Claims Against Failed Banks’ Outside Professionals Be?
Apr 4 2011 // If a lawsuit filed on Feb. 7, 2011, in the Northern District of Georgia is any indication, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) efforts to pursue liability claims will not only include suits against the...
Lawsuit Reform Measures Advance in Oklahoma House, Senate
Apr 4 2011 // Legislation in Oklahoma aimed at eliminating joint and several liability, requiring that juries be provided with information on the tax impact of potential awards, and capping noneconomic damages in lawsuits have advanced...
Why Community Associations Need Proper D&O Coverage
Apr 4 2011 // Board Members Today Face Common Claims from Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, Discrimination and Others It’s called “sleep insurance” for a reason. Directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance helps...
Connecticut Lawmakers Approve Local Lawsuit Protection Bill
Apr 4 2011 // A proposal to protect Connecticut cities and towns from lawsuits over injuries on lands owned by municipal authorities has passed a key legislative committee. The Planning and Development Committee recently to approved a...
Missouri Bills Address Employee Liability in Workers’ Comp
Apr 1 2011 // Missouri legislators are considering two workers’ compensation bills to address whether an employee is liable when an employee is injured on the job SB 8 would restrict co-employee liability in workers’...
New Jersey Dwarf Couple Sues Cable Channel for Defamation
Apr 1 2011 // A dwarf couple from southern New Jersey has filed a defamation lawsuit against a cable television channel that used a doctored photo of the pair to spoof reality television shows. Cara and Gibson Reynolds say the sketch...
