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Alabama Judge Upholds Fraud Verdict against AstraZeneca, Trims Judgment
Jun 24 2008 // An Alabama judge upheld the fraud verdict that the state won against AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP in a Medicaid drug pricing suit, but ruled the punitive damages were too high, trimming the total judgment to $160...
U.S. Medical Device Makers Fear Rise in State Lawsuits
Jun 24 2008 // The U.S. medical device industry’s worst short-term fear may be actor Dennis Quaid. Quaid last month urged Congress to preserve patients’ rights to sue drug and device makers in state courts, after his twin...
Parents Sue Companies Over Baby Bottles
Jun 20 2008 // Four Ohio parents have filed a federal lawsuit against makers of baby bottles, claiming the bottles were made from a harmful chemical that sparked congressional hearings and prompted the world’s largest retailer to...
$120 Million Judgement Against a Refinery Reinstated by Illinois Court
Jun 18 2008 // An Illinois appellate court has reinstated a $120 million judgment against owners of the former Clark Oil refinery, reversing a Cook County judge’s decision to dissolve the class-action suit after a verdict was...
Insurers: Don’t Have to Cover Colorado Organic Dairy in Suit
Jun 16 2008 // Four insurers have asked a judge to declare they do not have to pay to defend or indemnify Aurora Organic Dairy against a lawsuit challenging claims about the dairy’s milk. The lawsuit in question alleges the...
Delaware Court Rejects Appeal in Lawsuit over Refinery Deaths
Jun 16 2008 // Delaware’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the owners of the Delaware City oil refinery in an insurance lawsuit involving the deaths of two workers. Premcor Refining Group and Valero Energy sought permission...
D.C.’s Metro Settles Lawsuit for $2.3M
Jun 16 2008 // The Washington, D.C. Metro has agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit with the family of a woman who was struck and killed by a Metrobus. Martha Schoenborn and her friend Sally McGhee were killed in February 2007....
Mississippi Couple’s Katrina Suit against USAA Goes to Trial
Jun 16 2008 // Jackson County, Mississippi’s first Hurricane Katrina insurance lawsuit headed to the courtroom Monday. Admiral James W. Lisanby and his wife, Gladys Kemp Lisanby, are suing their insurance company, USAA, over damage...
Insurance Companies Face Global Warming Claims
Jun 16 2008 // Corporations Exposed to Liability for Greenhouse Gas Emissions The industry is about to enter an era of global warming insurance claims. Scientists have been warning about the impact global warming could have if greenhouse...
Contractors Should Consider How They Build Their Workforce
Jun 16 2008 // Should Subcontractors Be Hired as “Employees” or Independent Contractors? Two recent events remind the insurance industry of the importance of understanding the relationship of a worker at a construction site...
Emotional Distress Claim Allowed in New Jersey Crash Lawsuit
Jun 13 2008 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that a woman who saw her mother die in a car crash can sue the other driver for negligently inflicting emotional distress. The 4-3 decision released Tuesday said such a claim can be...
Custody Suit Targets Insurance Money for Rapper’s Burned-Down House
Jun 12 2008 // A New York judge has ordered rapper 50 Cent to hold on to the property where a $2.4 million house at the center of a bitter dispute with his ex-girlfriend burned to the ground last month. State Supreme Court Justice Carol...
Montana Doctor Settles Three Malpractice Lawsuits
Jun 11 2008 // A Billings, Mont., physician and anesthesiologist who treated patients with chronic pain has recently settled three medical malpractice lawsuits that claimed the doctor’s negligence resulted in death. Dr. David...
Privacy Lawsuits Against Maine Grocer Consolidated by Federal Court
Jun 11 2008 // More than 20 lawsuits stemming from a massive security breach of Hannaford Bros. Co.’s computer system have been consolidated and assigned to a federal court in Maine. The case will be heard by U.S. District Judge D....
Arkansas College Sued After Backing Out of Caged Fury Tournament
Jun 11 2008 // An entertainment company is suing Hendrix College saying the private school in Conway, Ark., backed out of a deal to allow a “Caged Fury” tournament on campus. Bone Krusher Entertainment Inc. made a deal with...
Montana High Court Rejects Compensation Board’s Lawsuits
Jun 9 2008 // The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s rulings against the state Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board. The board had sued four insurance companies for compensation for more than $2 million in...
Domestic Workers Organizing, Suing to Win Workplace Benefits
Jun 6 2008 // She says she crossed the border from Mexico and found work as a live-in housekeeper for a family that never let her out of their sight. At first, her employers paid her $200 a month for cooking, cleaning and care-taking...
N.J. Court Dismisses Vioxx Medical Monitoring Suit
Jun 5 2008 // The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Vioxx users who suffered no known harm from the withdrawn pain drug cannot sue Merck & Co Inc to pay for medical tests and treatment by heart doctors, the drugmaker said...
U.S. Class Action King Weiss Sentenced to 30 Months in Jail
Jun 3 2008 // Melvyn Weiss, who built the New York law firm that turned class action litigation into a multibillion-dollar business, was sentenced Monday to 30 months in federal prison after admitting to paying secret kickbacks to...
U.S. Court Approves Pet Food Maker’s $24 Million Lawsuit Fund
Jun 2 2008 // Menu Foods Income Fund said Friday that a U.S. court gave preliminary approval to a settlement agreement covering lawsuits in U.S. and Canadian courts. Menu Foods was was hit by more than 100 class action lawsuits last...
