Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Oil Rig Workers File Suit
May 6 2010 // Three workers forced to escape on lifeboats after an explosion aboard an offshore drilling platform claimed in a lawsuit they were kept floating at sea for more than 10 hours while the rig burned...
Disney Wins Lawsuit Alleging Ride Caused Stroke
May 5 2010 // An Orlando jury sided with Walt Disney Co. in a lawsuit brought by a man who claimed negligence when he suffered a stroke weeks after riding the “Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.” Philadelphia resident Marvin...
Court Says CalPERS May Pursue Lawsuit Against Rating Agencies
May 5 2010 // The largest U.S. public pension fund has won a court ruling allowing it to proceed with its lawsuit accusing the three biggest credit rating agencies of assigning “wildly inaccurate and unreasonably high”...
Judge: Brown University Rape-Accusation Suit Can Proceed
May 5 2010 // A student who says he was falsely accused of rape by a Brown University classmate can move forward with his lawsuit against the Ivy League school, a federal judge ruled. William McCormick III filed a federal lawsuit that...
Starbucks Sued Over Alleged Hot Tea Burns
May 4 2010 // Starbucks Corp. has been sued by a customer who allegedly suffered second-degree burns after being served tea that was too hot. According to the complaint, the plaintiff Zeynep Inanli was served tea that was...
Pennsylvania Judge Tosses Burned-by-Price-Scanner Suit
May 3 2010 // An Erie County, Pennsylvania judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the guardian of a 12-year-old girl who claimed the girl was burned and traumatized when a convenience store clerk allegedly aimed a hand-held price...
Appeals Court Tosses $35M Louisiana Citizens Settlement
May 3 2010 // The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out the $35 million settlement of two class action lawsuits against Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., saying the deal was not fair to some policyholders. The ruling could...
Gulf Coast Shrimpers Sue Oil Firm BP, Drilling Platform Owners Over Spill
Apr 30 2010 // Shrimpers in Louisiana and Alabama have filed class-action lawsuits against oil giant BP Plc and owners of the drilling platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, as claims for economic losses anticipated from the...
Medevac Crash Victim’s Family Sues for $15M
Apr 30 2010 // The family of a paramedic who died in a 2008 Medevac helicopter crash in Maryland is suing the federal government for $15 million. The attorney for flight paramedic Mickey Lippy’s family said that Lippy’s wife...
More Investors Suing Massey Directors Over West Virginia Mine Tragedy
Apr 30 2010 // Institutional investors are continuing to target Massey Energy’s board of directors over an explosion that killed 29 coal miners earlier this month. The New Jersey Building Laborers Pension Fund blames Chairman Don...
Paralyzed Man Sues Virginia Ski Resort for $25M
Apr 29 2010 // A man paralyzed from the waist down in a snow-tubing accident in Virginia is suing the parent companies of Massanutten Resort for more than $25 million. John Carwile of Hampton was injured after his head hit the wall at...
Rhode Island Man Sues DMV over License Suspension Notice
Apr 28 2010 // A Rhode Island man is suing the state Division of Motor Vehicles, saying the agency told him his license was being suspended but failed to give a valid reason. Gerald Carbone, of Warwick, says he received a notice last...
Federal Court Strikes Blow to Wal-Mart in Sex Discrimination Suit
Apr 27 2010 // A landmark sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. may proceed as a class-action case, a federal appeals court said, dealing the retailer a major blow and exposing it to billions of dollars of potential...
Shareholders File Suit Against Goldman CEO Over Abacus
Apr 26 2010 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein and other bank officials have been sued by shareholders in two lawsuits related to fraud allegations brought by the federal government. In complaints filed in New...
Relatives File $35M Lawsuit in Baltimore Fire Recruit’s Death
Apr 23 2010 // Relatives of a Baltimore fire department recruit who died during a live-burn exercise have filed a $35 million lawsuit against the city. Racheal Wilson died in February 2007 after becoming trapped inside a vacant rowhouse...
Appeals Court Tosses $35M Louisiana Citizens Settlement
Apr 23 2010 // The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out the $35 million settlement of two class action lawsuits against Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., saying the deal was not fair to some policyholders. The appellate...
Senate Panel Sought Action Against Goldman Before SEC Suit
Apr 23 2010 // A Senate investigations panel looking into Goldman Sachs’ role in the financial crisis subpoenaed the investment bank as early as June 30, 2009, long before securities regulators sued it for fraud, according to a...
Florida Residents Seek $500 Million in Superfund Lawsuit
Apr 22 2010 // Residents of a neighborhood on the edge of a polluted Florida Superfund site have sued the property owners, seeking at least $500 million to decontaminate their homes and monitor their health. The so-called Cabot/Koppers...
Pennsylvania Judge Tosses Burned-by-Price-Scanner Suit
Apr 22 2010 // An Erie County, Pennsylvania judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the guardian of a 12-year-old girl who claimed the girl was burned and traumatized when a convenience store clerk allegedly aimed a hand-held price...
Convicted Kidnapper of South Dakota Insurance Executive Sues Insurer
Apr 22 2010 // Eric Castaneira, who went to prison in for kidnapping an executive at South Dakota-based Midland National Life Insurance Co. in 1991, has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $500,000 from the company, plus punitive damages...
