Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
S.C. Wrongful Death Medical Suit Settled for $1.7 Million
Mar 29 2007 // The family of a 73-year-old South Carolina man who died after receiving the wrong drug during surgery will receive $1.775 million in the settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit, according to court documents. According to...
Firm Sues U.S. to Gain Access to Ford Motor Tire Injury Data
Mar 29 2007 // A research firm that has studied tire failures on Ford Motor Co. sport utility vehicles is suing the nation’s transportation agency for access to roadway death and injury data. Quality Control Systems Corp. said the...
Wife of Former Yankee Lidle Sues Baseball’s Benefit Insurer
Mar 28 2007 // The widow of New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle has sued MetLife Inc., claiming she is owed more than $1 million under baseball’s benefit plan. Lidle died in the crash of his small plane Oct. 11 and was covered by...
Class Action Filed Against Manufacturer Over Tainted Pet Food
Mar 28 2007 // Lauri Osborne of Plymouth, Conn. feared the worst when she learned of the national pet food recall. One of her cats had already died from kidney failure and two became seriously ill. All three of the Plymouth woman’s...
Calif. Farm Sues Taco Bell for Libel
Mar 28 2007 // The Southern California farm that grew the green onions that were first linked to and then cleared in last year’s E. coli outbreak has filed a libel lawsuit against Taco Bell Corp. Boskovich Farms Inc. filed the...
Recent “opt-out” settlements challenge D&O severity, limits assumptions
Mar 26 2007 // A recent wave of individual institutional investor securities lawsuit “opt-out” settlements is raising troubling new questions about both D&O carriers’ claims severity assumptions and D&O...
Tenn. Compromise Medical Malpractice Measure Stalls
Mar 26 2007 // It’s been more than two weeks since Tennessee lawmakers vowed to press ahead with a compromise over medical malpractice lawsuits without support from health care lobbyists. The measure hasn’t advanced much...
Recent “opt-out” settlements challenge D&O severity, limits assumptions
Mar 26 2007 // A recent wave of individual institutional in-vestor securities lawsuit “opt-out” settlements is raising troubling new questions about both D&O carriers’ claims severity assumptions and D&O...
News Currents
Mar 26 2007 // Lawsuit reform bills advance in Okla. Senate The Oklahoma Senate recently passed three key lawsuit reform measures, according to a Senate announcement. Senate Republican leaders said they are negotiating with Senate...
The New Frontier
Mar 26 2007 // Information technology companies may explore the new frontier everyday, but do they know where their exposures lie? Will they be ready for the next big liability risk close encounter? “Owners and or creators of IT...
Media professionals want to know: what’s fair use of copyrighted video?
Mar 26 2007 // Media liability has taken center stage as the result of two recent developments, one a lawsuit by a media conglomerate challenging a new media company’s use of copyrighted video clips and the other, an insurance...
Media professionals want to know: what’s fair use of copyrighted video?
Mar 26 2007 // Viacom-YouTube lawsuit, breakthrough insurance product for docemantarians shine spotlight on media liability Media liability has taken center stage as the result of two recent developments, one a lawsuit by a media...
The New Frontier: Hidden exposures and brewing claims in the tech liability field
Mar 26 2007 // Information technology companies may explore the new frontier everyday, but do they know where their exposures lie? Will they be ready for the next big liability risk close encounter? “Owners and or creators of IT...
Conn. Ruling Lowers Bar for Suits Against Self-Service Operations
Mar 26 2007 // The state Supreme Court has adopted a new legal rule making it easier for plaintiffs to sue businesses for negligence alleged in self-service operations. Customers who are injured at a business previously had to...
Cracker Barrel Restaurant Chain Sues Insurers Over Harassment Claims
Mar 26 2007 // Restaurant chain Cracker Barrel is suing two of its insurance carriers, claiming they did not reimburse the company after it settled sexual and racial harassment claims for $2 million. The lawsuit filed last week in U.S....
Top 10 ways for California surplus line brokers to avoid E&O exposures
Mar 26 2007 // Editor’s note: Although this article is geared toward California surplus line brokers, with small variations the same advice may be of help to surplus line and retail brokers in other states. Surplus line brokers...
Top 10 ways for California surplus line brokers to avoid E&O exposures
Mar 26 2007 // Editor’s note: Although this article is geared toward California surplus line brokers, with small variations the same advice may be of help to surplus line and retail brokers in other states. Surplus line brokers...
Class Action for Miss. Katrina ‘Slab’ Claims Denied a Third Time
Mar 26 2007 // In his decision to again disallow a class action suit against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. regarding “slab” claims from damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, U.S. District Court Judge L.T. Senter Jr. said he...
N.J. high court rules first responders can sue negligent property owners
Mar 26 2007 // The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that when police and firefighters get hurt handling an emergency, they may sue and win compensation if negligence contributed to the injury. The unanimous decision found that a 1993 state...
Recent “opt-out” settlements challenge D&O severity, limits assumptions
Mar 26 2007 // A recent wave of individual institutional in-vestor securities lawsuit “opt-out” settlements is raising troubling new questions about both D&O carriers’ claims severity assumptions and D&O...
