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Court Denies Damages to Uninsured in Hot Coffee Lawsuit
Jun 21 2010 // An uninsured motorist is not entitled to recover non-economic damages for negligence, a California Court of Appeal ruled. According to Teckla Chude v. Jack in the Box Inc., Teckla Chude went through a drive through at Jack...
Non-Resident Blogger Can Be Sued in Florida Over Defamation
Jun 18 2010 // The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that a non-resident blogger can be sued in the state for posting allegedly defamatory comments about a Florida company on her out-of-state Web site. In a unanimous opinion, the court...
Federal Judge Approves $72M Insurance Settlement with The Hartford
Jun 16 2010 // A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement under which The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. will pay $72.5 million to more than 21,000 people nationwide who alleged the insurer engaged in fraud in...
Geico Files $1.8M Lawsuit over Alleged No-Fault Fraud in New York
Jun 14 2010 // Insurer Geico has filed a $1.8 million lawsuit alleging a Queens radiology center orchestrated a no-fault auto insurance fraud scheme that involved thousands of suspect claims for service. Geico did not identify the 10...
Florida Parents Sue Boy Scouts Over Teen’s Death
Jun 11 2010 // The parents of a teen who died of heat stroke during a South Florida hike with his Boy Scouts troop is suing the organization. Attorneys for Howard Adelman and Judith Sclawy-Adelman filed the suit in Miami-Dade circuit...
And the Best, Worst States for Tort Liability Costs Are…
Jun 10 2010 // Alaska, Hawaii and North Carolina get thumbs up while New Jersey, New York and Florida get thumbs down for their tort liability costs in the latest ranking by a free-market think tank. The states with the worst performance...
Mississippi Attorneys’ Lawsuit Against Scruggs Dismissed
Jun 10 2010 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by two Gulf Coast attorneys who had accused former attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and associated law firms of using money owed to them in a scheme to bribe...
4 More Firefighters Sue Over South Carolina Sofa Store Fire
Jun 9 2010 // Four more former firefighters are suing because of physical and emotional injuries from a 2007 fire that killed nine South Carolina firefighters. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that the ex-firefighters are...
Change in Michigan Law Opened Door to Lawsuits Against Hooters
Jun 8 2010 // An attorney for two former waitresses in Michigan who said Hooters fired them because of their weight told a newspaper the case is about civil rights. But Hooters said the appearance of its waitresses is a legitimate...
Maine Court Rules City Immune in Plane Crash Suit
Jun 7 2010 // Maine’s highest court has ruled that the city of Lewiston is immune from a lawsuit in connection with a plane crash in 2006 that killed three Lewiston High School students. A superior court judge last year ruled that...
Lawsuit Filed over Atlanta Bridge Collapse
Jun 7 2010 // The widow of a construction worker killed when a pedestrian bridge collapsed at the Atlanta Botanical Garden in 2008 has filed a lawsuit against the attraction and several construction companies. The Atlanta...
Trade Groups Sue New York over Pay-Disclosure Rules
Jun 7 2010 // Agents Vow to Fight Regulations Two trade groups for New York insurance agents are suing the state’s insurance regulator over new rules that will force them to reveal to clients how much they are paid for a...
Injured Passenger Can Sue Airline for Negligence in State Court
Jun 7 2010 // A disabled passenger who fell and injured himself while exiting a commuter plane in Philadelphia can sue the airline in state court, a federal court has ruled. The suit – which a lower court tossed, ruling that...
Who’s Getting Sued in Securities Class Action Lawsuits Now?
Jun 7 2010 // Financial Services and Life Sciences Companies Should Be on the Lookout To find out which company will be next in line for one of these insult-to-injury lawsuits, just keep a close eye on the headlines. Securities class...
Who’s Getting Sued in Securities Class Action Lawsuits Now?
Jun 7 2010 // Financial Services and Life Sciences Companies Should Be on the Lookout To find out which company will be next in line for one of these insult-to-injury lawsuits, just keep a close eye on the headlines. Securities class...
Arkansas Class Action Suit Against Farmers Union Can Proceed
Jun 7 2010 // The Arkansas Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court order certifying class action status in a case involving an insurer’s depreciation practices in property claims against “actual cash value” homeowners...
Who’s Getting Sued in Securities Class Action Lawsuits Now?
Jun 7 2010 // Securities class action lawsuits are the most important factor driving claims severity for directors and officers (D&O) insurers. Securities lawsuit filings levels ebb and flow over time, and for most of 2010,...
Citibank Employee Sues, Says Good Looks Got Her Fired
Jun 4 2010 // A woman in New York has sued Citigroup Inc, accusing the bank of firing her for being too good-looking. The bank believes the lawsuit should be dismissed, or else sent to arbitration, court records show. Debrahlee...
Court Denies Damages to Uninsured in Hot Coffee Lawsuit
Jun 3 2010 // An uninsured motorist is not entitled to recover non-economic damages for negligence, a California Court of Appeal has ruled. According to documents in Teckla Chude v. Jack in the Box Inc., Teckla Chude went through a...
New York City Hospital Wins Kidney Transplant-Cancer Lawsuit
Jun 1 2010 // A prominent organ-transplant hospital in New York wasn’t to blame for the death of a Singapore-born man who became riddled with cancer after getting a kidney from a donor who unknowingly had uterine cancer, jurors...
