Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Workers Injured in Pennsylvania Coke Blast Sue U.S. Steel
Oct 22 2010 // Three men burned in a July explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works have sued claiming the steelmaker’s managers directed them to repair a “live” gas line even after an alarm went off warning...
Group Sues BP for Harm to Endangered Gulf Wildlife
Oct 21 2010 // U.S. environmental groups filed a suit Wednesday against British-based oil giant BP Plc saying the world’s worst offshore spill inflicted “ongoing unlawful” harm on endangered wildlife in the Gulf of...
San Bruno Gas Explosion Victims Begin Filing Lawsuits
Oct 20 2010 // Victims of a deadly gas line explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 37 homes in San Bruno, Calif., in September have begun filing lawsuits against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Among the plaintiffs is Susan...
New York Man Sues Bumble Bee Tuna Alleging Mercury Poisoning
Oct 20 2010 // A suburban New York City man has filed a lawsuit that claims he got mercury poisoning from eating 10 cans of tuna a week. Lee Porrazzo, of White Plains, filed the suit against Bumble Bee Foods. He’s asking for...
New Orleans Jury Awards $650K in Katrina Jail Lawsuit
Oct 19 2010 // A federal jury has awarded more than $650,000 to two Ohio tourists who were arrested in New Orleans, La., on public drunkenness charges two days before Hurricane Katrina and jailed for more than a month in the...
Connecticut High School Ex-Sprinter Settles $325K Suit Against Town
Oct 18 2010 // A former student at East Lyme High School in Connecticut who needed emergency brain surgery after crashing into a cement wall during indoor track practice has settled a lawsuit against the town for $325,000. Nicholas...
Tort Reform Takes Back Seat in Alabama’s Race for Governor
Oct 18 2010 // Huge jury verdicts, once potent political issues in a state known as “tort hell,” are getting little mention in this year’s race for Alabama governor. Dr. Robert Bentley, the Republican nominee, has...
Most 9/11 Responders OK Settlement Resolving Suit
Oct 18 2010 // A lawyer representing 10,000 ground zero workers suing New York City over their exposure to World Trade Center dust said earlier this month that 75 percent have signed a settlement resolving their claims and most of the...
Court: Michigan Workers’ Comp Law Blocks Anti-Racketeering Suit
Oct 18 2010 // Michigan’s workers’ compensation statute blocks employee lawsuits against employers brought under federal anti-racketeering law, a federal judge has ruled. Federal Judge Paul D. Boren for the second time has...
Florida Court Permits Bad Faith Lawsuit Against Citizens to Proceed
Oct 18 2010 // A lawsuit alleging bad faith claims handling by Florida’s state-created insurer, Citizens, will proceed to trial over the objection of the insurer that it is protected against such suits by immunity granted...
Zurich Settles Class Action Lawsuit for $455M Over Insurance Exchanges
Oct 18 2010 // Zurich Financial Services Group and its subsidiary, Farmers Group Inc. (FGI), have settled for $455 million a nationwide class action lawsuit that is pending in Superior Court in Los Angeles. The settlement money will be...
Layoffs Don’t Have to Mean Lawsuits
Oct 18 2010 // The difficult economic conditions of the past few years are on top of most people’s minds. Challenging economic circumstances are adversely impacting individuals and proving destructive to public entities. The weak...
Securities Lawsuits Continue High Pace Despite Easing of Financial Crisis
Oct 15 2010 // New securities lawsuits sparked by the credit crisis have all but disappeared, but the pace of securities lawsuit filings in the third quarter continued at elevated credit crisis-like levels. With 284 suits filed in the...
New York Lawsuit Claims Citigroup Used Recession to Fire Women
Oct 15 2010 // Citigroup was accused in a new lawsuit filed of using companywide layoffs during the recent financial turmoil to purge its work force of scores of female employees to save the jobs of less-qualified men. The lawsuit filed...
How to Manage Employment Risk in a Slow Economy
Oct 14 2010 // The difficult economic conditions of the last few years are on top of most people’s minds. Challenging economic circumstances are adversely impacting individuals and proving destructive to public entities across the...
Judge Lets States’ Suit Against Obama Healthcare Law Proceed
Oct 14 2010 // U.S. states can proceed with a lawsuit seeking to overturn President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare reform law, a Florida judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson had said at a hearing last month...
Supreme Court Finds Vaccine Liability Law Confusing
Oct 13 2010 // U.S. Supreme Court justices admitted Tuesday that they were confused by a 1986 law that seeks to make sure that vaccine makers do not exit the business for fear of lawsuits, while ensuring that children hurt by vaccines...
Lenders Likely to Face Class Action Lawsuits Over Foreclosures
Oct 13 2010 // U.S. lenders already facing intense scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators over questionable foreclosure practices will likely face class-action lawsuits on behalf of thousands of homeowners nationwide. Bruce Simon, a...
Pennsylvania School Settles Two Webcam Spy Lawsuits for $610K
Oct 13 2010 // A Philadelphia-area school district has agreed to pay $610,000 to settle two lawsuits over secret photos taken on school-issued laptops. The Lower Merion School District admits it captured thousands of webcam photographs...
Illinois Files Suit Against Enbridge Over Oil Cleanup
Oct 8 2010 // The Illinois attorney general filed a lawsuit against Enbridge Inc’s U.S. affiliate Enbridge Energy Partners Thursday, as the state seeks to have the company pay the costs incurred cleaning up an oil pipeline spill...
