Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Wal-Mart Settles a Nearly $5.1 Million Insurance Lawsuit in Okla.
Dec 7 2006 // Wal-Mart has settled a nearly $5.1 million class-action lawsuit brought by the estates of 73 former employees in Oklahoma. A federal judge in Tulsa gave final approval Dec. 4 to the settlement, which calls for about a...
First Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Fatal Mo. Group Home Fire
Dec 7 2006 // The first civil lawsuit stemming from a fire that killed 10 people at a southwest Missouri group home for the mentally ill was filed claiming negligence by the home’s owner and the group that operated the...
New Rules Require Businesses to Keep Better Tabs on e-Documents
Dec 4 2006 // Companies that help businesses track and search their e-mails and other electronic data are experiencing a surge of interest in the wake of federal rule changes that clarify requirements to produce such evidence in...
Pa. High Court Revives Suits on Non-Profit Insurers’ Surplus
Dec 4 2006 // Pennsylvania’s highest court has breathed new life into lawsuits that ask the state’s four nonprofit Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurers to use some of their cash surpluses to lower health-insurance...
Mass. Employee Sues Firm for Firing Him Because He Smoked
Dec 4 2006 // A 30-year-old Massachusetts man who has smoked for more than a decade filed a lawsuit last week against The Scotts Co., alleging the lawn and garden company violated his privacy and civil rights when it fired him because...
Judge Rules in Favor of Plaintiffs in New Orleans Canal Case
Nov 29 2006 // In a decision that could cost insurers many more billions of dollars than they have already paid out in Hurricane Katrina claims, a federal judge in New Orleans has ruled that ambiguities in certain homeowners policies...
Mass. AG’s Big Dig Suit Targets Include 3 Surety Insurers
Nov 29 2006 // Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly planned to file his civil lawsuit yesterday against 15 companies including three insurers that provided surety bonds for the general contractor of the Big Dig Interstate 90...
Mass. to Sue Big Dig Companies
Nov 28 2006 // The state of Massachusetts is preparing to file a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the companies that worked on the Big Dig highway tunnel project, alleging their negligence led to the ceiling collapse that killed a...
Companies Differ on How Supreme Court Should Decide Patent Case
Nov 27 2006 // Some of the largest companies in the United States are facing off in a Supreme Court case over gas pedals, with one side hoping the justices will put the brakes on an out-of-control patent system. The court is scheduled to...
Virginia Attorney’s Suit Blames City for Hurricane Floyd Floods
Nov 22 2006 // A Virginia attorney has refiled a $20 million lawsuit that blames the city of Newport News for flooding during Hurricane Floyd in 1999. The suit is on behalf of residents of the Denbigh area of the city, and follows a...
Ohio Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Same-sex Benefits
Nov 22 2006 // A Butler County court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a state legislator who challenged Miami University’s same-sex partner benefits policy based on Ohio’s 2004 constitutional amendment banning gay...
Investigator Accused of Defrauding Parties in High-Profile Lawsuits
Nov 21 2006 // The president of a company that claims to investigate consumer complaints has been arrested and charged with falsely representing that he had evidence concerning high-profile lawsuits, according to federal...
Widow Sues Kentucky Mine Operators for $65 Million
Nov 20 2006 // The widow of a miner killed in an underground roof collapse at a southeastern Kentucky mine is seeking more than $65 million in a lawsuit against the five Virginia companies that oversee the operation. Claudia Cole of...
Judge Allows Age Bias Suit Against TD Banknorth
Nov 20 2006 // An age discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee of TD Banknorth can go forward, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge William Sessions III ruled that the case filed by Anita Petroziello of Colchester,...
The globalization of corporate responsibility
Nov 20 2006 // European PLUS D&O conference panelists say D&O claims and the demand for coverage are going global Nortel Networks – $2.4 billion settlement; Royal Ahold – $1.1 billion settlement; Vivendi Universal...
The globalization of corporate responsibility
Nov 19 2006 // Nortel Networks – $2.4 billion settlement; Royal Ahold – $1.1 billion settlement; Vivendi Universal – billion dollar settlement pending. None of these companies are U.S.-based (they are Canadian, Dutch...
Judge Allows Miss. Suit Against Agent for Lapsed Flood Policy
Nov 17 2006 // A federal judge has ruled that a Gulf Coast couple can sue their insurance agent for negligence after he allegedly allowed their flood insurance policy to lapse only days before Hurricane Katrina wrecked their...
Texas Court of Appeals: Insurers Must Defend Samsung in EMF Suits
Nov 17 2006 // The law firm of Anderson Kill & Olick P.C., reported that the Texas Court of Appeals has ruled that Samsung Electronics America is entitled to defense coverage for class action lawsuits based upon the alleged harm...
Mo. Supreme Court Upholds Liability Suits Against Bars, Blocks Others
Nov 16 2006 // Missouri Supreme Court upheld a law Tuesday that allows alcohol liability lawsuits against bars and restaurants but blocks suits against convenience and grocery stores, rejecting a claim that the distinction was...
N.Y. City Sues to Block Major Health Insurance Merger
Nov 15 2006 // New York City officials are trying to stop a major health-insurance merger, saying it would create a near-monopoly. New York City filed court papers Monday to prevent the region’s biggest nonprofit insurers — GHI...
