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Texas Supreme Court Continues Onslaught of Coverage Decisions
Mar 24 2008 // Since last August, the Texas Supreme Court has issued a half dozen major insurance cases, many on issues pending for years. The Court recently heard argument in key cases involving the insurability of punitive damages in...
Grocer Hannaford Hit with Class Action Suit over Data Breach
Mar 21 2008 // Hannaford Bros. Co. has been hit with two class action lawsuits filed on behalf of consumers whose credit and debit card numbers were compromised as a result of a major security breach. A Philadelphia law firm, Berger...
8 Intend to Sue over Giants’ Stadium Escalator Malfunction
Mar 21 2008 // An escalator malfunction at Giants Stadium is leading to lawsuits. Eight people have filed notices that they intend to sue the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority over injuries they sustained. They were leaving a...
U.S. Class Action King Weiss Agrees to Plead Guilty
Mar 20 2008 // Melvyn Weiss, the long-reigning king of multibillion-dollar U.S. class action litigation, has agreed to plead guilty to a federal racketeering charge in a case accusing his firm of paying secret kickbacks to plaintiffs,...
Insurers Settle Lawsuits over Philippines Crash for $165M
Mar 19 2008 // Insurance companies have agreed to pay $165 million (euro104.63 million) to settle lawsuits brought by relatives of those killed in a 2000 plane crash in the Philippines, lawyers for the families said. The families of...
Merrill Lynch Files Suit Against Security Capital’s XL
Mar 19 2008 // Merrill Lynch & Co In said Wednesday that it filed a lawsuit against XL Capital Assurance Inc. Merrill said it filed the suit to make clear that XL Capital Assurance, a unit of Security Capital Assurance Ltd , is...
Stunned Bear Stearns Investors Eye Legal Claims
Mar 17 2008 // Angry Bear Stearns Co. Inc. shareholders have wasted no time in calling their lawyers to pursue possible legal claims over the company’s $2-a-share fire sale to JPMorgan Chase & Co. But while the deal may draw...
Hospital Corp. Settles Suits Alleging Malpractice in West Virginia
Mar 14 2008 // Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corp. of America and a former subsidiary have agreed to settle 70 lawsuits alleging malpractice by a former West Virginia physician. The total amount of the settlements and attorneys’...
Massachusetts Suspends License of Oft-Sued Obstetrician
Mar 14 2008 // State regulators have suspended the medical license of an obstetrician who has reportedly been sued for malpractice at least a dozen times since 1993. The Board of Registration in Medicine suspended Dr. Suzanne...
2008 State Rankings: Sinners and Saints Among Tort Systems
Mar 14 2008 // Florida ranks the worst in terms of tort costs and litigation risks, while North Dakota ranks the best. In a separate ranking, Colorado has the best tort laws on its books, while Rhode Island has the worst. The free-market...
Judge Tosses Insurance Company’s Lawsuit Against Robert De Niro
Mar 13 2008 // A California judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Robert De Niro by an insurance company that claimed he misrepresented his health for a movie role. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. insured the film “Hide...
Attorneys Seek to Expand Lawsuit Arising from I-10 Well Blowout in La.
Mar 12 2008 // Attorneys for a Louisiana truck stop are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit against the company whose well blowout forced the closure of Interstate 10 last year. Silver’s Travel Center in Breaux Bridge filed a...
Iowa Supreme Court Adds Twist to Medical Malpractice Opinion
Mar 10 2008 // The Iowa Supreme Court sent two medical malpractice lawsuits back to district court after offering a new opinion on how the statute of limitations can be interpreted. The decision, which affects a breast cancer patient and...
Things to Consider When Estimating Subprime D&O Losses
Mar 10 2008 // Several observers and analysts have recently tried to estimate the insurance industry’s aggregate subprime-related loss exposure. At one end, Bear Stearns has estimated the industry’s exposure at $8 billion to...
La. Judge Won’t Remove Broussard, Jeff Parish from Flood Lawsuit
Mar 7 2008 // A state judge in Louisiana has refused to remove Jefferson Parish and its president from a lawsuit filed by parish residents over flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina. At issue in the lawsuit is the decision to...
Job Bias Claims Against Employers Up 9%– Biggest Rise in Years
Mar 6 2008 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a total of 82,792 private sector discrimination charge filings last fiscal year, the highest volume of incoming charges since 2002 and the largest annual...
Hiscox Warns UK Businesses on Increasing Employee Lawsuits
Mar 5 2008 // According to figures released today by the UK’s Hiscox, “nearly two thirds of smaller businesses are leaving themselves hugely exposed to legal action from their own employees, despite the number of employment...
Cricket Lighter Company to Pay $200K to End Pa. Suit
Mar 4 2008 // Cricket Lighters will pay $200,000 to a settle a lawsuit regarding the death of three people in a 1993 fire in Pennsylvania. The Stockholm-based company agreed to pay the settlement to end litigation that began in...
Iowa Man’s Age Discrimination Lawsuit Nears Trial
Mar 3 2008 // A Mount Vernon man’s age discrimination lawsuit against Bankers Life and Casualty Co. and his former boss is scheduled to go to trial next month. Doug Smith alleges in his lawsuit filed in October 2005 in U.S....
U.S. Judge Nixes Shareholder Suit Against Pfizer Over Failed Drug
Feb 29 2008 // A U.S. federal judge Thursday granted Pfizer Inc.’s motion to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit that alleged the company hid information and made misleading claims about a failed experimental cholesterol drug in order to...
