Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
