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Challenges to Anti-Concurrent Cause Clauses Linger in Katrina Lawsuits

Jul 27 2009 // Hurricane Katrina, in addition to causing unprecedented damage and destruction, added significantly to the workload of state and federal courts in Louisiana and Mississippi. Almost four years after the fact, those courts...

North Carolina Bill to Amend Law on Spousal Suits Reaches Gov. Perdue

Jul 24 2009 // Legislators have agreed to alter a North Carolina law that allows scorned spouses to sue and collect damages for stolen affection and adultery. The House voted 63-48 last week to give final legislative approval to a...

Federal Judge: Oklahoma Can’t Seek Damages in Poultry Lawsuit

Jul 24 2009 // Oklahoma can’t pursue monetary damages in its environmental lawsuit against a dozen Arkansas poultry companies because it didn’t name the Cherokee Nation as a plaintiff, a federal judge ruled in a major blow to...

WWII Veteran Wins Malpractice Suit Against Hospital in Mississippi

Jul 24 2009 // A judge has awarded $749,000 to the estate of a World War II veteran who lost much of his vision during a surgery at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in Jackson, Mississippi. Charles West died May...

Insurer to Pay Bulk of $900K Settlement in Nebraska Fraud Case

Jul 23 2009 // A group of more than 200 investors who believe they were defrauded by their Nebraska-based brokers will share roughly $900,000 in a settlement with one of their brokers’ former employers. The company’s...

Securities Class Actions Decline; More Foreign Firms Targeted

Jul 22 2009 // Federal securities class action activity declined in the first half of 2009, with a particularly significant decline in the second quarter. According to Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse and...

Highway-Crash Suit Focuses on New Hampshire Police Reports

Jul 21 2009 // A Canadian trucking company suing the state of New Hampshire over winter road conditions that led to the Interstate 93 traffic death of a 6-year-old boy says the state is withholding police accident reports in an attempt...

Judge: $145M Suit over Taser-Death Can Go to Trial

Jul 21 2009 // A federal judge in Baltimore has ruled that a wrongful death lawsuit can go to trial against Frederick County and the sheriff’s office in the death of a man who was shocked with a Taser in 2007. The family of...

Insurance Broker Willis Targeted in Second Suit Over Stanford Bank

Jul 20 2009 // A Venezuelan investor has sued global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd over the collapse of the Stanford banking empire, saying he relied on assurances from Willis that Stanford was sound. The lawsuit, filed as a...

Kodak Agrees to Settle Race Discrimination Lawsuit for $21.4M

Jul 17 2009 // New-York based Eastman Kodak Co. has agreed to pay $21.4 million to settle legal action brought by black workers who claim the photography products maker paid and promoted them less than their white co-workers. The deal...

Giant Pension Calpers Sues Moody’s, S&P, Fitch Over Securities Ratings

Jul 16 2009 // Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, has sued the three largest credit rating agencies for giving perfect grades to securities that later suffered huge subprime mortgage losses. The California Public...

Wisconsin Court Tosses Lawsuit Against John Deere Over Mower Mishap

Jul 15 2009 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court says a father who accidentally severed the feet of his two-year-old son with a riding lawnmower cannot hold the manufacturer liable for the injury. In a 4-2 decision, the court ruled that...

West Virginia Public Insurance Agency Faces Suit Over Subsidy Cut

Jul 14 2009 // Recent hearings may not keep West Virginia’s Public Employees Insurance Agency out of court over a proposal to stop subsidizing retiree health care, one advocate for state workers says. The American Federation of...

Arizona Governor Signs Bill on Medical Malpractice Suits

Jul 13 2009 // Arizona is making it harder to successfully sue emergency medical providers for alleged malpractice. Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law a bill approved by the Legislature to raise the required burden of proof for claims of...

‘God Bless America’: Red Sox Fan Settles Lawsuit with Yankees

Jul 10 2009 // A baseball fan has settled a lawsuit that claimed he was kicked out of Yankee Stadium by a police officer because he left his seat to use the bathroom during the playing of “God Bless America.” Boston Red Sox...

North Carolina Lawmakers Consider Cap on Damages in Adultery Lawsuits

Jul 9 2009 // A Senate committee has backed limits to a North Carolina law that allows scorned spouses to sue and collect damages for stolen affection and adultery. A Senate judiciary committee this week recommended a bill barring...

Accident Victims To Appeal GM Bankruptcy Plan Over Pending Lawsuits

Jul 8 2009 // Groups representing plaintiffs in car accidents are opposing General Motors’ attempt to quickly exit bankruptcy protection, arguing that hundreds of victims could be hurt by the government-led plan. U.S. Judge Robert...

Stanford Mexican Clients Sue Willis

Jul 6 2009 // Several Mexican clients of Stanford Financial Group have sued insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd, contending it was a willing participant in a $7 billion fraud at the Texas-based investment company. The lawsuit,...

Former Argentina Plant Workers Sue DuPont

Jun 30 2009 // Three men who worked at a DuPont Co. nylon plant in Argentina are suing the chemical manufacturer, claiming that it failed to protect them from asbestos that has left them seriously ill. The plaintiffs claim that DuPont...

North Carolina Court Allows Student Abuse Suit Against County

Jun 29 2009 // A North Carolina court ruling means a former Wilmington student can seek damages for alleged sexual abuse even though the New Hanover County school system’s insurance doesn’t cover it. The state Supreme Court...