Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Girl Seduced By Teacher Sues School
Nov 3 2009 // A former student who had sex with her Hillsborough county teacher is suing the school district for failing to protect her. The lawsuit alleges the school didn’t properly investigate Jaymee Wallace before her hiring...
Kentucky Fire Department Sues Equipment Maker
Nov 2 2009 // A volunteer fire department in south central Kentucky is suing two equipment makers, alleging that faulty installation caused a fire truck to crash last year. The civil suit in federal court against Ohio-based Reberland...
Suit over Western Pennsylvania Fire that Killed 4 Dismissed
Nov 2 2009 // A panel of judges has dismissed a lawsuit against a utility company for a western Pennsylvania fire that killed four people. Two Cambria County judges say Penelec, which cut off service days before the fire, can’t be...
Legislation, Litigation: Double Whammy for Employers’ Liability
Nov 1 2009 // New Laws on Genetic Information, Data Breaches, Pay Discrimination Increase Employers’ Exposure New legislation has often brought new exposures to employers. This is also true of litigation. As 2009 proceeds, there...
What to Watch Now in the World of D&O
Nov 1 2009 // Due to constantly evolving financial and litigation environments, the issues that are most critical in the world of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance vary significantly over time. This overview...
Family Sues over Connecticut Woman’s Bathrobe Fire Death
Oct 30 2009 // The family of an elderly Connecticut woman who died after her chenille bathrobe caught on fire has filed a $30 million lawsuit against the retailer for wrongful death and product liability. Atwilda Brown, 80, was making...
Pa. Court: Earlier Asbestos Settlement Has No Impact on New Suit
Oct 30 2009 // The estates of two men who died of asbestos-related lung cancer years after receiving a settlement for increased risks and fear of the disease can again sue another manufacturer of the material under the so-called...
Ex-Anheuser Busch Executive Sues, Alleging Gender Bias Against Women
Oct 28 2009 // A former top female executive at Anheuser-Busch InBev NV has sued the world’s largest brewer for gender bias, accusing it of paying women less than men while maintaining a “frat party”...
Alabama Attorney’s Suit Against Scruggs Assigned to Judge in Texas
Oct 28 2009 // A federal judge in Texas has been assigned to preside over an Alabama attorney’s lawsuit that alleges imprisoned attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and several others conspired to defraud him of millions...
Mississippi School District Sued Again Over Alleged Paddling of Student
Oct 28 2009 // A school district in Mississippi’s Leflore County has been hit with a lawsuit from a student alleging injuries from a paddling. An 11-year-old is seeking $500,000 from the Greenwood Public School District in a suit...
Minnesota Judge Rules Federal Law Blocks Medtronic Heart Device Suits
Oct 28 2009 // A Minnesota state court judge has dismissed a batch of lawsuits against Medtronic Inc. stemming from the October 2007 recall of the medical device maker’s Sprint Fidelis defibrillator leads. Minnesota District Court...
Madoff Investors Add KPMG, MassMutual, Major Banks to Lawsuit
Oct 21 2009 // Some investors defrauded by epic swindler Bernard Madoff on Tuesday added accounting firm KPMG, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of New York Mellon to a civil lawsuit in a New York court, lawyer Joseph Cotchett said. The lawyer,...
FirstEnergy Settles Shippingport Pollution Suit
Oct 21 2009 // FirstEnergy Corp. has agreed to continue improving pollution controls and monitoring to settle a federal lawsuit concerning a coal-fired power plant in western Pennsylvania. Environmental group PennFuture and nearby...
Massachusetts Court Says Smokers’ Lawsuit Can Go Forward
Oct 21 2009 // Cigarette maker Philip Morris USA Inc. might have to pay for chest scans so long-time smokers can get early warning of lung cancer, the highest court in Massachusetts ruled. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously...
California Fraud Suit to Target Major Bank
Oct 20 2009 // California Attorney General Jerry Brown’s office said Monday it would unveil a lawsuit against a major bank for committing fraud against the state’s Calpers and Calstrs retirement systems, two of the...
FirstEnergy Settles Shippingport Pollution Suit
Oct 19 2009 // FirstEnergy Corp. has agreed to continue improving pollution controls and monitoring to settle a federal lawsuit concerning a coal-fired power plant in western Pennsylvania. Environmental group PennFuture and nearby...
Connecticut Firefigher Sues over Promotion Test
Oct 19 2009 // A black New Haven, Connecticut firefighter has filed a federal lawsuit against the city over a promotion exam that was the subject of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June. Firefighter Michael Briscoe alleges in a...
Father Sues for $2.5M over NYC Student’s Drinking Death
Oct 15 2009 // A grieving father is suing a group of college students accused of plying his son with alcohol during a fatal hazing at a banned fraternity in western New York. Arman Partamian was found dead March 1 after drinking heavily...
Pennsylvania AG Sues Texas Firm Over Lost Health Insurance
Oct 15 2009 // Pennsylvania’s attorney general has sued a Texas company that allegedly stopped paying employees’ health insurance premiums for five months before its insurer retroactively canceled coverage, leaving some...
Medical Lawsuit Curbs Would Save Billions, Congressional Study Finds
Oct 12 2009 // Limits on medical malpractice lawsuits would lead doctors to order up fewer unneeded tests and save taxpayers billions more than previously thought, budget umpires for Congress said in a reversal that puts the issue back...
