Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.S. Chamber Says Ohio Lead Paint Lawsuit is ‘Over-reach’
Apr 5 2007 // U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform President Lisa A. Rickard released the following statement on the lawsuit filed against paint manufacturers by Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann: “Lawsuits that rely on the novel...
Miss. Democrats Ask for Trial Over Primary Ballot Control
Apr 4 2007 // Attorneys for plaintiffs wanting to keep non-Democrats from voting in Democratic Party primaries have asked a federal judge to let a trial go on, as scheduled. There is disagreement within the Democratic Party about the...
Large Recoveries for Pet Owners Unlikely in Pet Food Suits
Apr 3 2007 // Pet owners are not likely to get much compensation if they individually sue pet food-maker Menu Foods over the death of a dog or cat, although they might fare better if they joined forces in a class action suit, legal...
Insurer Sues Le-Nature, Says Pa. CEO Lied on Liability Form
Apr 2 2007 // A New Jersey-based insurance company has sued the bankrupt bottled water maker Le-Nature’s Inc. and its former CEO, alleging that the executive lied in an application for a policy meant to protect him from legal...
State Farm Settles Another Katrina Claim Lawsuit in Miss.
Mar 30 2007 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has reached another settlement with a Mississippi Gulf Coast couple who sued the insurer over damage to their home from Hurricane Katrina. State Farm spokesman Phil Supple told The...
Ill. Vioxx Verdict Helps Madison County Shed Pro-plaintiff Reputation
Mar 30 2007 // Judicial watchdog Ed Murnane long has been critical of Madison County’s reputation as a plaintiff’s paradise in big-money lawsuits, and he knew changing that would take baby steps. So it was little wonder that...
Workers’ Comp CEO Alleges Alabama Officials Wrecked His Business
Mar 30 2007 // A former campaign supporter of Alabamam Governor Bob Riley is suing him and other present and former state officials, accusing them of conspiring to drive him out of the insurance business. John W. Goff of Montgomery filed...
Judge Rules Spitzer Suit May Continue; Liberty Mutual Not Giving Up Fight
Mar 30 2007 // Liberty Mutual has vowed to continue its court fight against charges begun by former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer that it engaged in anti-competitive bid-rigging and broker compensation practices after a judge...
Jackson, Miss. Law Firm Sues Scruggs Katrina Group over Fee Dispute
Mar 29 2007 // A Jackson, Mississippi law firm has sued millionaire trial attorney Richard Scruggs for allegedly withholding money it claims it was owed for working on Hurricane Katrina insurance-related litigation. The lawsuit was filed...
Intellectual Property Insurance Ups Available Limits to $5 Million
Mar 29 2007 // Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corp. (IPISC) now has policy limits available up to $5 million per claim and in the aggregate. This is an increase from available limits of $3 million. With new limits of $5...
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...
