Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
West Virginia Racetrack Settles Lawsuit with Paralyzed Jockey
Oct 8 2009 // MTR Gaming Group Inc. has settled a 3-year-old lawsuit by a jockey who was paralyzed from the chest down in a West Virginia racing accident. Gary Birzer sued MTR and Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort in Chester,...
Trustee Sues Madoff Family Members for $198 Million
Oct 6 2009 // A court-appointed trustee sued the brother, sons and a niece of imprisoned fraudster Bernard Madoff Friday for $198 million, accusing them of milking the family-run business while they were executives of the...
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Face High-Profile Cases As New Term Opens
Oct 6 2009 // Questions about securities fraud, Sarbanes-Oxley, financial executives’ compensation and football merchandise are among the high-profile cases that the Supreme Court will take up in its term that began this week:...
Suing Now Costs More in Oregon
Oct 5 2009 // The cost of filing a lawsuit in Oregon went up this week. The state Legislature passed the new fees last session to help avoid deeper cuts to the justice system. The increases that took effect Thursday vary. Lawsuits that...
New Hampshire Campground Owners Sued in Flood Death of R.I. Girl, 7
Oct 5 2009 // The family of a 7-year-old Rhode Island girl killed in a flash flood at a New Hampshire campground has sued its owners. Kaitlyn Ferra was vacationing with her parents, Brandon and Donna Ferra, and her brother at Ames Brook...
Third Lawsuit Filed Against Oklahoma Eatery Over E. Coli Outbreak
Oct 2 2009 // Attorneys for 14 people sickened by an August 2008 outbreak of E. coli have filed a lawsuit seeking more than $3 million from the operators of a Locust Grove restaurant where the bacteria originated. The complaint was...
Lawsuit Filed in Maine over Propane Explosion
Oct 1 2009 // A lawsuit has been filed against C.N. Brown Co. alleging the company was responsible for a propane explosion that destroyed a home and severely burned a man in western Maine in 2004. The complaint in Oxford County Superior...
Minnesota AG Sues 2 Insurers for Alleged Fraudulent Activity
Oct 1 2009 // Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is suing two out-of-state companies for selling allegedly fraudulent health insurance coverage to the uninsured. In an announcement on the AG’s Web site, Swanson said the two...
Suits Against Bush Officials Challenge Personal Immunity from Rights Claims
Oct 1 2009 // Former Attorney General John Ashcroft and one of his hardline lieutenants face the rare prospect of being held personally liable for alleged violations of individuals’ rights in the aggressive aftermath of the 2001...
Kentucky Ex-Lawmaker Nunn Sued by Slain Insurance Employee’s Family
Sep 30 2009 // A former lawmaker who faces a murder charge in the death of his ex-girlfriend has now been sued by the woman’s family. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the family of Amanda Ross filed the wrongful death lawsuit in...
Judge Allows Class-Action Overtime Suit against Erie Indemnity Co.
Sep 30 2009 // A federal judge in Pennsylvania is allowing a class-action claim against an insurance company accused of failing to pay overtime to claims adjusters that worked at a Pittsburgh-area office. U.S. District Judge Sean...
Bank of America, Execs Owe Investors ‘Billions,’ Says Ohio AG Lawsuit
Sep 29 2009 // Investors in a class-action lawsuit against Bank of America Corp. over the Merrill Lynch & Co. takeover are trying to collect “billions of dollars” in damages, Ohio’s attorney general said...
New Mexico Farm Workers Sue for Coverage
Sep 28 2009 // New Mexico dairy worker Joe Griego says the worst part of being attacked by a bull at work has been finding out his injuries aren’t covered by state workers’ compensation benefits. So Griego and others are...
Disgruntled Customer Sues Bank of America for ‘$1,784 Billion, Trillion’
Sep 25 2009 // Dalton Chiscolm is unhappy about Bank of America’s customer service — really, really unhappy. Chiscolm in August sued the largest U.S. bank and its board, demanding that “1,784 billion, trillion...
Ex-Tennessee Titans Player’s $25M Suit Claims Team Kept Injury Secret
Sep 24 2009 // Former Tennessee Titans wide receiver David Givens claims the team failed to tell him about a defect in his knee that led to an injury and eventually ended his career. Givens claims in a $25 million lawsuit filed this week...
New Hampshire Campground Owners Sued in Flood Death
Sep 23 2009 // The family of a 7-year-old Rhode Island girl killed in a flash flood at a New Hampshire campground has sued its owners. Kaitlyn Ferra was vacationing with her parents, Brandon and Donna Ferra, and her brother at Ames Brook...
Antioch University in Ohio Sued over Alleged Rape on Overseas Program
Sep 23 2009 // A former university student says in a lawsuit she was raped by a bus driver hired as part of Antioch University’s overseas study program. The student alleges in a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court that she...
Closely-Watched Oklahoma Pollution Suit Against Big Poultry Goes to Trial
Sep 23 2009 // David Overbey is no scientist, but he says a person doesn’t have to be to see how much the Illinois River has improved in recent years. Overbey, a 67-year-old retired laborer who spends his days fishing the river in...
California Sues Madoff ‘Middleman’ Chais for Fraud
Sep 23 2009 // California Attorney General Jerry Brown Tuesday sued Stanley Chais, a Beverly Hills money manager accused in lawsuits by investors and U.S. regulators of channeling hundreds of millions of dollars from Hollywood’s...
Judge Sides with Contractor in Indiana Explosion Lawsuit
Sep 22 2009 // A federal judge has ruled that a contractor does not owe damages to Vectren Corp. over a natural gas explosion at an Indiana home that killed two women. Vectren sued Iowa Pipeline Associates, claiming its workers...
