Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Key Claim Dismissed in Oklahoma Poultry Litter Lawsuit
Dec 17 2009 // A federal judge has dismissed one of Oklahoma’s key claims in the state’s pollution lawsuit against Arkansas poultry companies. U.S. District Judge Greg Frizzell on Dec. 15 ruled that bird manure isn’t...
Judge to Rule on Virginia Tech Shooting Lawsuits by Jan. 15
Dec 16 2009 // A judge said this week he would rule by Jan. 15 on whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the families of two students slain in the mass shootings at Virginia Tech. After hearing arguments, Montgomery County Circuit Court...
Nebraska High Court Says Worker Can Sue for Parking Lot Injury
Dec 14 2009 // A retired Union Pacific conductor can seek compensation for a knee injury because walking into work from the parking lot was part of the conductor’s job, the Nebraska Supreme Court said in a ruling released Dec....
New York Officials Sue Workers’ Compensation Trust Manager CRM
Dec 11 2009 // Insurance administrator CRM Holdings is being sued for $405 million by New York’s workers compensation board and faces a separate $150 million lawsuit by the state attorney general over its alleged fraud in the...
Supreme Court Refuses Michigan Workers’ Comp Racketeering Suit
Dec 10 2009 // Workers’ compensation litigation arising out of Michigan and involving claims of federal racketeering violations is headed back to lower courts for trial after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider it. The U.S....
TV Anchor Appeals Dismissal of Medical Malpractice Suit in Baltimore
Dec 10 2009 // Lawyers for former CBS “Early Show” anchor Mark McEwen have appealed the dismissal of his medical malpractice lawsuit. A federal judge in Baltimore threw out McEwen’s lawsuit earlier this year. The...
March Trial Set for Lawsuit Over Mississippi Dam Break
Dec 9 2009 // A civil lawsuit filed over the damage caused by the 2004 collapse of the Big Bay Lake dam in Lamar County has been moved to Harrison County and set for a March 22 trial. Circuit Court Judge Michael Eubanks granted the...
Virginia Tech Faces $43 Million Lawsuit By Family Over Student’s Suicide
Dec 9 2009 // The family of a Virginia Tech student has filed a $43 million lawsuit, accusing the university of negligence in its response to a warning that their son was suicidal. Daniel Kim committed suicide on Dec. 9, 2007, about a...
Court Hears Copyright Lawsuit Over Baltimore Ravens Old Logo
Dec 8 2009 // The Baltimore Ravens should be barred from selling old game films that show players wearing the NFL team’s original logo, a lawyer for the amateur artist who designed the “Flying B” told a federal appeals...
TV Host Grace Cited in Florida Wrongful Death Suit Over Suicide
Dec 7 2009 // A Harvard professor says CNN Headline News host Nancy Grace’s relentless questioning of a Florida mother three years ago contributed to her suicide, according to a filing in the family’s wrongful death...
Minnesota Woman Sues Cargill for $100M Over E. coli Infection
Dec 7 2009 // A Minnesota woman who became severely ill from an E. coli infection after eating a tainted hamburger has sued a division of agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. for $100 million. Stephanie Smith, 22, of Cold Spring, became ill...
Most Want Congress to Address Cost of Malpractice Lawsuits
Dec 6 2009 // Most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care, says an Associated Press poll. Yet Democrats are reluctant to press forward on an issue that would upset a valuable...
Ohio AG Sues National Ratings Agencies Over Securities Information
Dec 6 2009 // Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has filed a lawsuit against national securities and credit ratings agencies Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch over what the AG’s office called “false...
Court: Owners of Truck in Fatal Connecticut Crash Can Sue Insurer
Dec 6 2009 // The Connecticut Supreme Court reinstated a lawsuit brought by the owners of a dump truck involved in a fiery crash in Avon in 2005 that killed four people and injured 11 others. In its decision, the high court overturned a...
Options Backdating Settlement Has Important D&O Insurance Implications
Dec 6 2009 // In what may be a watershed event for the directors and officers (D&O) insurance industry, the parties to the consolidated federal options backdating-related shareholders’ derivative lawsuit involving Broadcom...
Rhode Island Hospital Apology Prompts Actor Woods to Settle Suit
Dec 3 2009 // Oscar-nominated actor James Woods settled a lawsuit against a Rhode Island hospital where his brother, Michael, died, a judge announced this week. A hospital executive apologized and agreed to start an institute in his...
Ohio AG Sues Repair Company Accused of Scamming Fire Victims
Dec 2 2009 // Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has sued Columbus Fire Repair (Nation’s Construction LLC) alleging the company targeted and scammed Ohioans whose homes were recently damaged by fire. The lawsuit filed in the...
Supreme Court Hears Vioxx Arguments on Investor Lawsuits
Dec 2 2009 // Lawyers for Merck & Co. told the Supreme Court this week that investors waited too late and didn’t do all of the necessary investigations to sue the drug maker over whether it properly warned about the risks of...
Lawsuits Over Tennessee Valley Coal Ash Spill On the Rise
Dec 1 2009 // The number of lawsuits filed against the Tennessee Valley Authority over a massive coal ash spill in Roane County has risen to 14. A breach in an earthen dike at the Kingston Fossil Plant sent 5.4 million cubic yards of...
Supreme Court to Decide Reach of Securities Law Outside U.S.
Nov 30 2009 // The Supreme Court said Monday it would decide when U.S. laws against securities fraud apply to transnational securities dealings, specifically involving a case about a shareholder lawsuit against National Australia Bank...
