Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Court Approves $50 Million Settlement for Chicago Sun-Times Lawsuit
Nov 15 2006 // A Delaware court this week accepted a settlement from a group of former Hollinger International Inc. directors who agreed to end a shareholder lawsuit by paying Sun-Times Media Group Inc. $50 million. The settlement, first...
Mississippi: Judge May Consider Consolidating 1,000 Lawsuits
Nov 13 2006 // Six lawsuits against insurance companies over damage claims from Hurricane Katrina once set for trial in 2007 have been delayed by U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. Senter also says he is willing to consider...
Washington Commissioner Revokes Bellevue Agency License
Nov 10 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has revoked the license of a Bellevue-based general insurance agency for improperly transferring and using trust funds belonging to insurers, clients and others. The...
Ky. Family’s Suit Over Comair Crash Faults Plane Design
Nov 7 2006 // A lawsuit filed by the family of one of the victims of a Kentucky jet crash that killed 49 people says many victims might have survived if the plane had not burst into flames. Comair Flight 5191 crashed and burned shortly...
Rising tide of lawsuits–EPLI
Nov 6 2006 // The reality of today’s workplace is that a wide variety of employee grievances may escalate, almost without warning, into costly lawsuits. Any time an employee objects to a company employment practice that is...
Litigation trends continue to mount worldwide, report says
Nov 6 2006 // Insurers face five times the average number of lawsuits than other economic sectors Insurance companies are the litigation champions confronting an average of 1,696 lawsuits, spanning from product liability and...
U.S. legal precedents assume larger role in corporate oversight
Nov 6 2006 // European PLUS conference explores an emerging international D&O market Maybe it’s part of the globalization process; maybe it’s due to the increasing sophistication of private investors and fund managers,...
Rising tide of lawsuits-EPLI
Nov 5 2006 // Employment practices claims, like other tort exposures, are risks that may jeopardize corporate assets and therefore should be insured. The reality of today’s workplace is that a wide variety of employee grievances...
Litigation trends continue to mount worldwide, report says
Nov 5 2006 // News Currents Insurance companies are the litigation champions confronting an average of 1,696 lawsuits, spanning from product liability and environmental class actions to directors and officers claims, and even coverage...
U.S. legal precedents assume larger role in corporate oversight
Nov 5 2006 // Maybe it’s part of the globalization process; maybe it’s due to the increasing sophistication of private investors and fund managers, or maybe it’s the legal profession prospecting for additional income...
Businessman Wins $3.5 Million in Defamation Suit Against Pa. Newspaper
Nov 1 2006 // A judge awarded $3.5 million in damages to a businessman and one of his companies in a defamation lawsuit against The Citizens’ Voice, a newspaper in Wilkes-Barre. Thomas A. Joseph alleged he and his business...
Rapper Sues Insurer for Failing to Cover Students’ Deaths
Oct 31 2006 // Rapper Heavy D has filed a $1.5 million (euro1.2 million) lawsuit against an insurance company he says refused to pay damages to people who sued him after nine students were crushed to death in a stampede at a celebrity...
Group Sues in Conn. to Halt Sale of Limited Aetna Health Policy
Oct 26 2006 // A consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit this week against health insurer Aetna Inc., one of its subsidiaries and the Connecticut Department of Insurance, hoping to stop the sale of new health insurance plans it claims...
Maine Court Allows Suit Against Firm Over Employee’s Fatal Crash
Oct 26 2006 // Maine’s highest court this week reinstated a lawsuit targeting VIP Inc. over a fatal collision caused by one of its employees, but Chief Justice Leigh Saufley criticized the ruling as harmful to the state’s...
Insurer Sues Vermont Arson Suspect for Fire Truck Damage
Oct 24 2006 // A Vermont man already facing arson charges in two apartment house fires now is being sued by the city of Rutland’s insurance company, which says the blazes damaged a fire truck. Robert Vandriel has pleaded innocent...
