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Mass. Women Sues After Being Blocked from Men’s Golf Tournament
Feb 20 2008 // A Cape Cod, Mass. woman is suing the town of Dennis and its two public golf courses after she wasn’t allowed to play in a men’s tournament with her father. Forty-three-year-old Elaine Joyce is a member of both...
N.Y. Court: Insureds Can Sue For Consequential Damages
Feb 20 2008 // A new ruling by the New York Court of Appeals could open the door for breach of contract suits against commercial property insurers – a move two dissenting judges warned could raise the price of insurance for...
U.S. High Court Bars Some State Suits over Medical Devices
Feb 20 2008 // The Supreme Court handed a victory to Medtronic Inc., ruling that patients cannot sue medical-device manufacturers in state court over harm from a device that has approval from federal regulators. By an 8-1 vote, the court...
Lawsuit Presses Mich. Lawmakers to Allow Licenses for Legal Immigrants
Feb 15 2008 // When Michigan officials recently reinterpreted state law to stop nonresidents from getting driver’s licenses, critics said it had an unintended consequence. The crackdown, intended to target illegal immigrants, also...
Study: Subprime Mortgage Lawsuits Outpacing Savings & Loan Crisis
Feb 15 2008 // The number of subprime-related lawsuits filed in federal courts is dramatically outpacing the savings and loan litigation of the early 1990s. That’s accordng to a study by Chicago-based Navigant Consulting,...
Texas Grand Jurors Suing to Disclose Evidence in Alleged Arson Case
Feb 15 2008 // Six members of a Houston grand jury that indicted a Texas Supreme Court justice and his wife over a house fire have filed a lawsuit so they can speak about evidence in the case. By law, grand jury proceedings are...
Legislative Plan Would Buffer Iowa Counties from Bicyclists’ Lawsuits
Feb 14 2008 // Bicyclists would have a hard time collecting damages from counties or cities in Iowa under a plan up for consideration by state legislators. The proposal by the Iowa State Association of Counties would protect cities and...
Conn. Court Upholds $15K Verdict in Wedding Date Lawsuit
Feb 14 2008 // A Connecticut appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that awarded a bride $15,000 for emotional distress following a “Shakespearean drama of confusion and lost opportunities” that resulted in...
Texas Physicians Joins Lawsuit to Protect Liability Reforms
Feb 13 2008 // The Texas Medical Association reported it has joined a legal action aimed a protecting tort reforms passed by the Texas Legislature passed in 2003. TMA said it sued to resolve several constitutional challenges to the...
Jury Rejects Cancer Patient’s Claims in Texas Railroad Tie Lawsuit
Feb 13 2008 // Jurors in Fort Worth, Texas, on Feb. 11 rejected a cancer survivor’s claim that toxic chemicals from a Texas railroad tie plant where her husband worked caused the disease that required the removal of her...
Legally Blind Woman Can Pursue Restaurant Mistreatment Suit
Feb 11 2008 // When a legally blind woman went to eat at N.Y. fast-food restaurants, workers greeted her with mockery and mistreatment, she said in a lawsuit. Employees grew irritated when she asked them to read menus to her, and workers...
Tenants in Famous NYC Building Sue Neighbor over Second-Hand Smoke
Feb 11 2008 // A couple in a famed apartment building that has been home to celebrities such as Angelina Jolie are suing a neighbor over her heavy smoking. Lawyers Jonathan and Jenny Needleman Selbin say in a lawsuit filed Thursday that...
Conn. Jury Awards Record $38.5M in Malpractice Lawsuit
Feb 11 2008 // A Superior Court jury in Stamford, Conn. has ordered a city obstetrician to pay $38.5 million to the family of a boy born with cerebral palsy in 2003. The verdict is believed to be among the largest medical malpractice...
HCC Insurance Holdings Settles Class Action Lawsuit
Feb 11 2008 // HCC Insurance Holdings Inc., headquartered in Houston, announced it has reached a settlement, subject to court approval, with the plaintiffs in class action litigation relating to the company’s historic stock option...
Ala. Supreme Court Reverses, Relaxes Rules on Chemical Injury Suits
Feb 10 2008 // In a 5-4 decision, the Alabama Supreme Court reversed direction and allowed lawsuits from workers who become ill many years after being exposed to dangerous chemicals. The majority said the two-year statute of limitations...
The Subprime Mess Spills Into ERISA Lawsuits
Feb 10 2008 // Lawsuits against 401(k) plan fiduciaries and fund managers on the rise Subprime-related ERISA lawsuits fall into one of two categories: lawsuits brought by or on behalf of employees against plan fiduciaries in connection...
It Figures
Feb 10 2008 // 30 A jury in New Mexico returned 30 guilty verdicts against former state Insurance Superintendent Joe Ruiz, in a case in which Ruiz was accused of trying to coerce insurance companies to donate money to charity in exchange...
Judge Sentences Milberg Weiss Lawyer for Class-Action Kickbacks
Feb 10 2008 // Retired attorney Lazar, first of seven from firm to plead guilty, sentenced to home detention, probation A retired attorney who pleaded guilty in a lucrative kickback scheme involving class-action lawsuits against some of...
Supreme Court Turns Away Lawsuit Against Banks by Enron Investors
Feb 10 2008 // In light of recent Stoneridge ruling, court sends case back to 9th Circuit Appeals Court Following up on its Stoneridge ruling in late January in which it limited investor lawsuits, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by...
Insurer sues Miss. Coast School District in Wind Versus Water Case
Feb 8 2008 // An insurance company is suing the Bay St. Louis-Waveland, Miss., School District over wind versus water damage related to Hurricane Katrina. Cathedral Capital Limited has asked a federal judge to determine what is its...
