Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Coverage interpretation and claims litigation at odds
Jul 2 2007 // Today’s construction underwriters and their claim departments may not be following the same blueprint on issues of coverage interpretation for losses involving general liability and property damage claims, says Paul...
Mother Suing Planned Parenthood for Daughter’s Death
Jun 28 2007 // The mother of a woman who died after a Planned Parenthood abortion procedure filed a lawsuit blaming malpractice for her daughter’s toxic shock syndrome death. Aletheia Meloncon filed the Superior Court lawsuit,...
Private Equity Firms Face Increased Litigation, Says Marsh Report
Jun 28 2007 // According to a survey by Marsh’s UK office, “almost half of private equity firms believe they will face an increased level of lawsuits over the next two years.” 47 percent of those surveyed predicted an...
Recipe for Lawsuit: Restaurant Serves Up Intellectual Property Claim
Jun 28 2007 // One Manhattan restaurant is serving up an intellectual property lawsuit, saying a rival seafood bar run by a former protege copies “each and every element” of its business. Rebecca Charles, who opened the Pearl...
N.J. Tire Importer Says It Can’t Afford Recall of Chinese Tires
Jun 27 2007 // U.S. safety officials have ordered a New Jersey tire importer to recall as many as 450,000 tires that it bought from a Chinese manufacturer and sold to U.S. distributors. Foreign Tire Sales Inc., of Union, New Jersey, said...
Plaintiff Who Lost Pants Loses $54 Million Suit Against Dry Cleaner
Jun 27 2007 // No pair of pants is worth $54 million. A judge rejected a lawsuit that sought that amount by taking a South Korean dry cleaner’s promise of “Satisfaction Guaranteed” to its most legalistic extreme. Roy L....
Vitamin Marketer USANA Hit With Proposed Class-Action Lawsuit
Jun 27 2007 // Independent distributors have filed a lawsuit accusing USANA Health Sciences Inc. of fraud and deception, the latest public-relations blow for the marketer of vitamins and nutritional supplements. The lawsuit, which seeks...
Greenberg Suit Takes Aim at AIG for ‘Hundreds of Millions’ Earned from Starr
Jun 27 2007 // The legal battle between American International Group and Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, AIG’s former chairman and chief executive officer who now heads C.V Starr & Co., Inc., has heated up with the...
Report: Settlement Talks Begin in Big Dig Wrongful Death Suit
Jun 26 2007 // Settlement talks are planned this week in the lawsuit brought by the family of a Massachusetts motorist killed nearly a year ago by falling ceiling panels in a tunnel in Boston’s Big Dig, according to a published...
Supreme Court Raises Bar for Investors Bringing Securities Fraud Suits
Jun 25 2007 // The U.S. Supreme Court last Thursday imposed a strict standard that investors must meet to keep alive their lawsuits alleging securities fraud. In an 8-1 decision, the justices said that courts must weigh possible innocent...
Mass. Sues N.Y. Web Site Owner for Selling Free Registry Forms
Jun 25 2007 // Massachusetts officials are suing a New York man who allegedly operated a Web site that mimicked the state’s Registry of Motor Vehicle site and misled consumers into paying a fee to download forms they could obtain...
Ill. Dentist, Clinic to Pay Combined $1.1 Million in Lawsuit Settlement
Jun 22 2007 // The family of a Glen Ellyn, Ill. man who died at a dentist’s office has settled a lawsuit against the dentist and clinic for a combined $1.135 million. Robert Pauly, 73, died in the dental chair at Glen Ellyn Family...
Lawsuit Claims Insurer, Puyallup Denied Firefighter’s Benefits, Caused Death
Jun 22 2007 // The family of a Puyallup, Wash., firefighter has filed a lawsuit claiming the city of Puyallup and its insurer illegally denied health benefits after the worker contracted a disease on the job that ultimately led to his...
Pharmacist Wins $2 Million in Bias Suit Against Wal-Mart in Mass.
Jun 21 2007 // A former Wal-Mart pharmacist who claimed she was fired after asking to be paid the same as her male colleagues won a nearly $2 million award against the retail giant this week in Massachusetts. A Berkshire Superior Court...
Judge Declines to Throw Out Lawsuit against Robert De Niro
Jun 21 2007 // A federal judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit alleging Robert De Niro misrepresented his health on a movie production insurance form. U.S. District Judge Manuel Real denied a motion by the Oscar winner asking the court to...
Ind. Girl in Peanut Butter Lawsuit Receives Kidney from Dad
Jun 20 2007 // An 11-year-old girl whose family says she became ill after eating peanut butter contaminated with salmonella received a kidney donated by her father on Monday (June 18). Krystina Brugh and her father, John Brugh Jr., were...
Judge Sides with Okla. AG on Legal Challenges to Poultry Suit
Jun 19 2007 // A federal judge has sided with the state of Oklahoma on several legal challenges brought by the poultry industry in an attempt to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson. After two days of...
In Wis., adult children can collect for suffering in wrongful death suits
Jun 18 2007 // Adult children whose parents die can collect damages for pain and suffering in wrongful death lawsuits, a state appeals court ruled on May 31. Madison-based American Family Insurance had argued that only minor children...
Anatomy of a misunderstanding: Is Texas a direct-action state?
Jun 18 2007 // One of the hallmarks of Texas insurance law is that Texas, unlike Louisiana and a handful of other states, is not a “direct-action” state. This simply means that a third-party claimant/plaintiff cannot bring a...
Judge Blocks Greenberg Move to Add AIG Execs to Lawsuit Over C.V. Starr
Jun 15 2007 // A judge this week denied a defense motion to add more current and former American International Group Inc. officials to a lawsuit challenging payments that the insurance giant made to an outside firm headed by former AIG...
