Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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La. Suit Challenges State Farm’s Conversion of Homeowner Policies
May 17 2005 // Two State Farm Insurance Co. customers have filed suit, claiming the company illegally converted the homeowner policies of hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents in ways that effectively raised their rates and...
Md. Woman Sues Vioxx Maker Over Husband’s Death
May 16 2005 // A Frederick County woman is suing the maker of Vioxx, claiming the pain reliever that was later taken off the market caused her husband’s death. The suit seeks $10 million in compensatory damages and $20 million in...
Mass. Jury Awards $24 Million in Childbirth Lawsuit
May 12 2005 // In one of the largest malpractice verdicts in state history, a jury has awarded $23.8 million to the parents of a girl born with cerebral palsy after a traumatic delivery at Massachusetts General Hospital. The Suffolk...
Ohio House Bill Makes It Harder for Injured Employees to Sue
May 10 2005 // As of April 6, 2005, injured employees will find it harder to have “their day in court.” Through the recent passage of Ohio House Bill 498, changes will occur to the current state of employee liabilities in the...
Accident Victim’s Attorney Asks Court to Limit Access to Medical Records
May 9 2005 // A lawyer for a woman suing over injuries from a 2001 car accident asked the Colorado Supreme Court to limit the other side’s access to her medical records, saying insurance companies have abused such information and...
AG PETRO GETS IN ON AIG LAWSUIT
May 9 2005 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro is expanding the scope of the securities fraud class action lawsuit currently pending against American International Group and others by filing an amended complaint in federal court in New...
W. Va. S.B. Prohibits Third-Party Lawsuits
May 9 2005 // The West Virginia House of Delegates passed Senate Bill 414 prohibiting third-party bad-faith lawsuits against insurance companies. The bill was part of Gov. Joe Manchin’s insurance and tort reform proposals and has...
SOLON CAN’T STOMACH OBESITY SUITS:
May 9 2005 // A state legislator wants to add Pennsylvania to the list of states that protect the food industry from lawsuits in which people blame restaurants and other food vendors for making them fat. Rep. Douglas Reichley, R-Lehigh,...
W. Va. WCC Files Suit on Employers
May 5 2005 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against three employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County Circuit...
Pa. Lawmaker Wants Shield Against Obesity Lawsuits
Apr 26 2005 // A state legislator wants to add Pennsylvania to the list of states that protect the food industry from lawsuits in which people blame restaurants and other food vendors for making them fat. Rep. Douglas Reichley, R-Lehigh,...
Allstate Sues Defunct California Auto Repair Co.
Apr 25 2005 // Insurance giant Allstate Corp. on April 22 sued the liquidator of an out-of-business automotive repair company that has held about 1,000 cars awaiting collision repairs until its assets are sold. Allstate filed a Superior...
AFC Enterprises Arrives at Agreement on Certain Shareholder Lawsuits with Arthur Andersen
Apr 22 2005 // AFC Enterprises Inc. has reached a joint settlement agreement with plaintiffs in the Section 10(b) securities litigation initially filed on March 25, 2003, the Section 11 securities claim relating to the company’s...
Ohio AG Gets in on the AIG Lawsuit
Apr 21 2005 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro is expanding the scope of the securities fraud class action lawsuit currently pending against American International Group (“AIG”) and others by filing an amended complaint in...
Lawsuits Prompt Push to Expand Ski Areas’ Legal Exemption in N.H.
Apr 18 2005 // Louis Cecere had been snowboarding for half his life by age 21. But the skills he honed over a decade wouldn’t be enough to keep him alive until 22. He was snowboarding on Jan. 3, 2004, with friends at Loon...
INSURERS FILE SUIT TO STOP CREDIT SCORING BAN
Apr 18 2005 // As planned, a group of Michigan property/ casualty insurers has filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new rule set banning their use of credit scores in auto and homeowners insurance and reducing base...
HB 1019 CREATES ASBESTOS, SILICA LAWSUIT CRITERIA
Apr 18 2005 // The Florida House Civil Justice Committee has approved the Asbes-tos and Silica Comp-ensation Fairness Act of 2005 (HB 1019), which will create new guidelines for asbestos and silica lawsuits that will help truly sick...
Insurer Group Files Lawsuit Against Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission
Apr 15 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas reported it filed a lawsuit against the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission challenging the agency’s proposed assessment of costly administrative penalties. ICT questions why...
ASH Hits Chubb with Lawsuit
Apr 15 2005 // San Diego-based American Specialty Health (ASH) has filed suit against Chubb Corp., claiming the insurer is guilty of false advertising and failure to cover ASH’s legal expenses incurred in the successful defense...
ATRA: Big Business of California’s Lawsuit Industry Costing Golden State Jobs
Apr 14 2005 // The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) on Thursday applauded the Manhattan Institute’s Center for Legal Policy for exposing how plaintiffs’ lawyers are reportedly driving businesses and jobs from...
After Two-Hour Floor Debate, W.Va. House Passes Senate Bill 414
Apr 11 2005 // The West Virginia House of Delegates passed Senate Bill 414 on Friday prohibiting third-party bad-faith lawsuits against insurance companies. SB 414 is part of Gov. Joe Manchin’s insurance and tort reform proposals,...
