Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Safeguards in Hiring Process Can Help Prevent Lawsuits Later
Feb 21 2005 // There are five times in the employer-employee relationship when the company is most vulnerable to a worker’s lawsuit: when a person is hired, promoted, disciplined, fired or affected by a new policy. Both litigation...
Ohio’s Common Sense Legal Reform
Feb 21 2005 // 2004 was a landmark year for common sense legal reform in Ohio. The state enacted significant asbestos reform, silica and mixed dust reform, and comprehensive tort reform legislation. The many benefits of these historic...
INSURANCE COMMISSION SETTLES ITS VFW LAWSUIT
Feb 21 2005 // The Alabama Veterans of Foreign Wars will receive a reimbursement of $42,000, which will be distributed to VFW posts state-wide, due to a lawsuit settlement with the Alabama Insurance Commission. The AIC lawsuit claimed...
Oklahoma Republican Lawmakers Roll Out Lawsuit Reform Plan
Feb 21 2005 // With the goal of bringing common sense back to Oklahoma’s legal system, reduce health care costs for citizens and create a stronger economic climate, Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Todd Hiett...
Eliot who’ TRIA when’ Republicans Outline Insurance Priorities
Feb 21 2005 // Industry Gets Victory on Class Action but Reason to Worry Over TRIA …. Eliot who? The name Eliot Spitzer that is on the lips of every insurance broker was never spoken during a recent gathering of insurance brokers...
California Voters Act to Stop Shakedown Lawsuits
Feb 21 2005 // For the third year in a row, the American Tort Reform Association has declared Los Angeles County, California one of the nation’s nine “judicial hellholes.” Los Angeles is famous for many things, but this...
After House OK, President Bush Signs Class Action Reform into Law
Feb 18 2005 // Just one day after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Class Action Fairness Act by a vote of 279-149, President Bush has signed the bill into law. The House vote followed last week’s passage by the...
Ohio AG Reports Buckeye State Appointed Lead Plaintiff in Suit Against AIG
Feb 17 2005 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro announced this week that three of Ohio’s public retirement systems have been appointed lead plaintiff in a securities class action lawsuit against American International Group Inc....
McDonald’s Settles Fat Lawsuit for $8.5 Million
Feb 15 2005 // Fast food giant chain McDonald’s has agreed to donate $7 million to the American Heart Association to settle lawsuits over the type of fat it uses in its cooking. The burger and fries restaurant chain will also spend...
W. Va. Gov. Forms Working Groups to Discuss Insurance, Tort Reforms
Feb 14 2005 // West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin has formed several formal working groups to discuss insurance reforms and frivolous lawsuits. The groups are comprised mainly of lobbyists and lawmakers. During his State-of-the-State address...
Insurance Industry, Republicans See Big Win in Senate Bipartisan Approval of Class Action Reform
Feb 11 2005 // The U.S. Senate rejected what could have been damaging amendments and approved by a vote of 72-26 historic changes to the way class action lawsuits are handled. The vote almost assures enactment since the Senate measure,...
Lawmakers Tell Brokers Class Action Will Pass But TRIA Renewal Far from Certain
Feb 10 2005 // A parade of Republican lawmakers in Washington told insurance brokers some but not all of what they wanted to hear today, promising that class action reform will soon pass and, they hope, create momentum for Congress to...
ACEC Backs Senate Passage of Class Action Reform Bill; First Step to Bringing Help to Legal System
Feb 10 2005 // The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) strongly endorsed Thursday’s Senate passage of the Class Action Fairness Act (S.5), as a first step in bringing common sense and meaningful reform to a troubled...
S.D. Bills to Cut Lawsuit Damages Killed
Feb 8 2005 // Lawyers and insurance companies battled Monday in the South Dakota Legislature, and the lawyers won. The tussle involved two bills designed to reduce damages in lawsuits filed to recover damages for injuries in traffic...
N.H. Jury Awards $2.6M in Car Crash Suit, Citing Engineers for Faulty Intersection Design
Feb 7 2005 // A New Hampshire jury has awarded nearly $2.6 million to the family of a man killed in a 1999 car crash, saying the firm that redesigned the intersection where it happened was partly at fault. David DeBenedetto was killed...
Fla. Suing Jewelry Retailer
Feb 7 2005 // Florida is suing Savannah-based Friedman’s Inc. retail jewelry chain, alleging it sold millions of dollars worth of insurance on jewelry items but didn’t disclose the costs to consumers. Friedman’s, which...
A CALL FOR LAWSUIT REFORM:
Feb 7 2005 // Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin and Senate Republican leaders, joined by several Oklahoma doctors and business leaders, called for meaningful lawsuit reform during the 2005 legislative session. Calling the reform pushed by Democratic...
Texas Appeals Court Reverses Farmers Settlement
Feb 7 2005 // Justice David Puryear with the Third District Court of Appeals in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 21 struck down a $117.5 million settlement Farmers Insurance Group reached with the state in 2002 over homeowners insurance...
Okla. Lawmakers Roll Out Lawsuit Reform Plan
Feb 4 2005 // Aiming to bring common sense back to Oklahoma’s legal system, reduce health care costs for citizens and create a stronger economic climate, Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Todd Hiett unveiled details...
Big ‘I’ Pushes Class Action Legislation
Feb 3 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) said it is pleased the House of Representatives is moving forward on legislation to reform the nation’s class-action litigation...
