Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Court: Family Can Sue in Vermont Trooper’s Death
Aug 26 2009 // The family of Vermont State Police Sgt. Michael Johnson can sue the state’s insurance company for as much as $11 million in connection with Johnson’s death during a 2003 car chase. That’s the upshot of a...
Citizens to Pay Class Action Attorneys, Rather than Post Appeal Bond
Aug 25 2009 // Louisiana Citizens Property Corporation will now pay a group of attorneys in a class action lawsuit $6 million in order to go forward with the appeal of a $95 million award against the state backed insurer of last resort...
Discrimination Suit Filed Against Univ. of Iowa Law School
Aug 25 2009 // A Michigan man has filed a lawsuit against the University of Iowa and its College of Law claiming he was the victim of age discrimination. Donald Dobkin, 56, of West Bloomfield, Mich., filed his lawsuit in U.S. District...
Employee Lawsuits Proving Costly for Kentucky Counties, Says Report
Aug 24 2009 // A string of employee terminations by the Kentucky Association of Counties has cost the agency millions of dollars, according to a published report. The Lexington Herald-Leader says documents it obtained show KACo spent a...
Michigan High Court to Reconsider Auto Accident Victims’ Right to Sue
Aug 24 2009 // The Michigan Supreme Court has set the stage for reversing a 2004 precedent that restricts when people injured in auto accidents can sue for pain and suffering. In a 4-3 order, the court decided to reconsider the case of...
Family Sues Pennsylvania Jail over Heroin Withdrawal Death
Aug 24 2009 // An inmate’s surviving family is suing a western Pennsylvania jail saying the man died because his complaints about heroin withdrawal were ignored. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Pittsburgh targets the...
Louisiana Citizens Set to Appeal $95M Judgment; No Assessment Needed
Aug 24 2009 // The Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation will file an appeal today of a $95 million award in a class action lawsuit that accused the state-backed property insurer of last resort of taking too long to pay...
Arkansas Panel Rules Jailers Can Be Sued as Individuals
Aug 24 2009 // A federal appeals panel on Aug. 20 upheld a ruling that jailers in Garland County, Ark., can be sued personally for allegedly ignoring a suspected intoxicated driver who didn’t move for hours in his cell and suffered...
15 Years Later, Tobacco Lawsuits Still Winding Through Florida Courts
Aug 21 2009 // Fifteen years after a Miami Beach pediatrician suffering lung disease took on the tobacco giants, thousands of smokers’ lawsuits are working their way through Florida courts and early results encourage both...
$1 Billion Suit Against AIG Over Workers’ Compensation Dismissed
Aug 21 2009 // American International Group Inc. won dismissal of a federal lawsuit accusing the troubled insurer of fraudulently shortchanging state workers’ compensation pools out of more than $1 billion. However,...
Donelon: Litigation-Spawned Disaster Looming for Louisiana Citizens
Aug 19 2009 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance says a $95 million litigation award against Citizens Property Insurance Company has the potential of creating a disaster for the state-backed insurer of last resort and the state of...
Facebook Sued For Privacy Violation in California
Aug 19 2009 // Five Facebook users have filed a civil lawsuit alleging that the social networking site is violating California’s privacy laws and misleading members about how their personal information is used. The lawsuit, filed...
Indiana Attorney General: New Law Protects Teachers from Lawsuits
Aug 18 2009 // Indiana teachers will be shielded from frivolous lawsuits filed over student-discipline disputes under the state’s new teacher-protection law being fully implemented in August, the Indiana Attorney General’s...
South Carolina Property Owners File Pollution Suit Against Paper Company
Aug 17 2009 // A group of coastal South Carolina residents claim in a lawsuit that pollution from an International Paper mill has damaged their health and their properties, multiple media outlets reported Saturday. “International...
Judge OKs $60M Lawsuit against Anna Nicole Smith Book Author
Aug 14 2009 // A New York judge says a jury can decide whether an author who wrote a best-selling book about Anna Nicole Smith’s death defamed her lawyer and companion. Federal Judge Denny Chin found plenty of reasons on Wednesday...
New York Suit Settled against Boat Company in Capsizing
Aug 14 2009 // Liability claims have been settled against the tour company that arranged a fall foliage excursion in which 20 passengers were killed when their tour boat overturned on an Adirondack lake in 2005. Terms of the settlement...
Federal Judge Dismisses Agents’ Lawsuit Against Brooke Corp.
Aug 14 2009 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing bankrupt Brooke Corp. and its financing arm of racketeering and fraud, saying the claims are not specific enough. Scores of insurance agents sued Overland Park, Kan.-based...
Korte Named Director of Fraud Investigation for Litigation Solutions
Aug 11 2009 // Jeff Korte has been named director of the Special Investigative Unit for Litigation Solutions. Korte will manage unit, which offers SIU Programming, State Compliance & Reporting and other services for property...
Patient Sues New Jersey Doc in Hepatitis B Outbreak Case
Aug 10 2009 // A New Jersey oncologist whom health officials suspect was responsible for a hepatitis B outbreak earlier this year has been sued by one of his patients. Roland Jacobsen, of Manchester, claims he contracted the disease...
Insurance Broker Willis Sued by Venezuelan Clients of Stanford
Aug 7 2009 // A group of Venezuelan clients of Stanford Financial Group have sued the insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd, accusing it of contributing to a $7 billion Ponzi scheme at the Texas-based investment company founded by...
