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Iowa Judge Certifies Retirees’ Class Action in Deere & Co. Lawsuit
Jan 8 2009 // A federal lawsuit against Deere & Co. filed by a group of retirees is scheduled to go to trial in September, and a judge has ordered class action certification in part of the case. The retirees of the Moline,...
Sex Abuse Lawsuit Alleges Racketeering by Diocese in Connecticut
Jan 5 2009 // A Connecticut woman has filed a racketeering lawsuit accusing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich of conspiring to cover up sexual abuse of children by priests. The woman is known only as Jane Doe in the lawsuit pending...
Akron Firefighters Win $2 Million in Lawsuit
Dec 30 2008 // A federal jury has awarded 23 Akron firefighters close to $2 million in a discrimination lawsuit. Jurors on Dec.22 found that a city exam used for captain positions skewed against white applicants, while another exam used...
Missouri Lawsuit Questions Insurance Law’s Effect on Energy Production
Dec 29 2008 // A legal center has filed suit against a Missouri commission because it believes a new insurance rule will discourage people from trying to produce their own solar or wind power. The Great Rivers Environmental Law Center...
Deluge of Lawsuits by Angry Madoff Investors Expected
Dec 23 2008 // There has been no rush to the courthouse yet by Bernard Madoff’s angry investors, but a wave of legal action could be on the way as their lawyers spearhead private investigations into the suspected fraud. A little...
Subprime Lawsuits Already Up 50% and No End in Sight
Dec 22 2008 // There has been an unprecedented escalation in the number of subprime-related legal filings and worsening economic conditions promise to drive the litigation volume ever higher. Navigant Consulting, Inc., a global...
Canada’s Maple Leaf Reaches Deal to Settle Listeria Lawsuits
Dec 19 2008 // Maple Leaf Foods said Thursday it has agreed to settle class-action lawsuits related to an outbreak of listeriosis food poisoning caused by contaminated deli meats processed at its Toronto plant. The settlement, which...
AIG Shareholder Suit Settled
Dec 19 2008 // A Delaware judge has approved a $115 million settlement in a shareholder lawsuit against former executives of insurance giant American International Group. The settlement approved this week was reached in September, just...
New Orleans Judge Dismisses Insurance Price-Fixing Lawsuit
Dec 19 2008 // A federal judge in New Orleans has dismissed an antitrust lawsuit Louisiana’s former attorney general filed against some of the nation’s largest insurance companies after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The suit,...
Oklahoma’s Grand River Dam Authority Faces Flooding Lawsuit
Dec 18 2008 // A class-action lawsuit filed against the Grand River Dam Authority in Oklahoma claims the state-owned utility should pay for flood damage suffered by almost 400 Ottawa County residents since May 2007. The lawsuit was filed...
Drowning Death During Flash Flood Prompts Missouri Family to File Suit
Dec 17 2008 // The daughter of a suburban St. Louis woman killed by a flash flood in September is suing the Metropolitan Sewer District of St. Louis, which is part owner of the river that flooded. Remnants of Hurricane Ike caused the...
Supreme Court Allows State Suits Over ‘Light’ Cigarettes to Go Forward
Dec 17 2008 // The U.S. Supreme Court this week handed a surprising defeat to tobacco companies counting on it to put an end to lawsuits alleging deceptive marketing of “light” cigarettes. In a 5-4 split won by the...
Michigan Man Files Suit to Stop AIG Bailout on Religious Grounds
Dec 17 2008 // A Michigan man is challenging the government’s bailout of American International Group Inc., claiming the move is illegal because the insurer has financial products that promote Islam and are anti-Christian. The...
Equipment Makers Not Liable in Two Asbestos Lawsuits
Dec 16 2008 // In separate cases dealing with asbestos-related illness, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that a manufacturer can’t be held liable for failing to warn about the hazards of someone else’s product. The cases...
Lawsuit Seeks to Stop U.S. Bailout of AIG as Anti-Christian, Anti-U.S.
Dec 16 2008 // A Michigan–based Christian rights group has filed suit against the federal government claiming the government’s loan to insurance giant American International Group (AIG) is illegal because AIG has financial...
Pennsylvania Hospitals, Docs Sue over Malpractice Fund
Dec 15 2008 // Pennsylvania hospitals and doctors are suing the state to obtain hundreds of millions in unspent dollars they say should be devoted to a state fund that helps doctors pay for medical malpractice insurance. Industry...
Construction Worker’s Widow Sues Over Louisiana Bridge Accident
Dec 15 2008 // The widow of a construction foreman who died in October after he and nine other workers fell from the bridge they were building filed a lawsuit against the state of Louisiana and two companies involved in the project. The...
Massachusetts Doctors’ Group Seeks Dismissal of Lawsuit
Dec 12 2008 // A Brockton, Massachusetts-area medical group and four doctors being sued by the widow of a man struck and killed by a patient has asked that the suit be dismissed. Compass Medical and the doctors are accused by Kathleen...
Mississippi Katrina Suit Challenges Funds for Port Instead of Homes
Dec 12 2008 // Housing advocates and low-income residents sued this week to stop Mississippi from spending a half-billion federal dollars to expand a damaged port rather than replace homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The Mississippi...
Judge: Class-Action Against Toy Makers Can Proceed
Dec 11 2008 // A judge has ruled that Mattel, Wal-Mart and others can still be sued for making and selling toys with high lead levels, even though the companies offered safer replacements after a recall. Judge Dale Fischer filed the...
