Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AMERICAN MEDICAL SECURITY GROUP COMPLETES ALABAMA CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT:
Apr 5 2004 // American Medical Security Group Inc. (AMS) and plaintiffs’ representatives have reportedly reached an agreement of understanding to certify and settle a class-action lawsuit, Gadson v. AMS, pending in the Circuit...
N.Y.Towns Shielded From Suit If Lead Programs Fail
Apr 2 2004 // Local governments cannot be sued if their lead paint abatement programs fail to protect some citizens from poisoning, the state’s highest court ruled this week. The Court of Appeals said it reached that conclusion...
Safeco Settles Suit, May Face $3 million in Claims
Apr 2 2004 // Safeco auto insurance customers who were injured by uninsured or underinsured motorists or who filed medical claims during the last eight years may be able to collect additional compensation under a court settlement...
CIWA Endorses Civil Justice Association of California’s Ballot Initiative
Apr 2 2004 // The California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA), an industry group of wholesale insurance brokerage operations, has endorsed the Civil Justice Association of California’s Ballot Initiative to Reform...
ATRA Survey Reports Frivolous Lawsuits Undermine Healthcare System, Prove Negative to Patients
Apr 1 2004 // Doctors believe that patients are paying the price for frivolous lawsuits that are driving up the cost of healthcare and negatively affecting the practice of medicine, according to a survey released today by the American...
W. Va. Medical Liability System Shows Continuing Problems; 5 Counties Considered Real Challenges
Apr 1 2004 // Doctors believe that frivolous lawsuits are increasing the cost of healthcare and West Virginia patients are paying the price, according to a survey released (See National News) by the American Tort Reform Association...
Slave Trade Suit Targets Lloyd’s, U.S. Companies
Mar 30 2004 // Ten present day descendants of slaves, transported from Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries, have filed a lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Fleet Boston Financial Corp. (as successor in interest to the...
CWCI Continues Case Law Series With New Seminar
Mar 29 2004 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute has announced it will conduct a one-day case law seminar in May in both San Francisco and Long Beach, Calif. The program will examine how recent trends in decisional law...
IIAOK Issues Special Legislative Alert on HB 2261
Mar 25 2004 // Dan Ramsey, executive director of the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma (IIAOK), in a recent State Capitol Report issued an alert to IIAOK members, urging them to become active in efforts to secure meaningful tort...
Pa. State Senators Reintroduce Lawsuit Reform Measure: ‘Joint and Several Liability’ Legal Doctrine
Mar 24 2004 // Pennsylvania State Senators Hal Mowery (R-31) and Jeff Piccola (R-15) reacted on Wednesday to recent challenges in the courts by introducing for the second time a major lawsuit reform measure that replaces “joint and...
Patients’ Right-to-Sue Case Reaches Supreme Court
Mar 22 2004 // The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on March 23 in a pivotal case concerning the right of patients to sue their health plans. The case pits state laws granting such rights against federal law which some...
MASS. INSURER SUES OVER HIGH RISKS:
Mar 22 2004 // Hanover Insurance Co, a unit of Allmerica, has upped the stakes in the battle over high risk auto business in Massachusetts by suing for $20 million it says it has suffered in losses plus damages because of an alleged...
Lawyers and Reforming the U.S. Legal System
Mar 22 2004 // The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Shakespeare’s 400-year old barb aimed at the legal profession (Henry VI, part 2) is an early, if somewhat drastic, call for tort reform. It certainly...
RHODE ISLAND TO RETRY LEAD-PAINT SUIT:
Mar 22 2004 // A jury will hear the retrial in Rhode Island of a landmark lawsuit against the lead paint industry. Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein rejected the state’s motion to have a judge, rather than a six-person jury,...
St. Paul and Travelers Settle Merger Lawsuits
Mar 19 2004 // The St. Paul Companies (NYSE:SPC) announced today that The St. Paul and Travelers have entered into settlement agreements with the plaintiffs in all three of the pending purported securities class action lawsuits related...
American Medical Security Group Completes Ala. Class-Action Lawsuit
Mar 12 2004 // American Medical Security Group Inc. (AMS) and plaintiffs’ representatives have reportedly reached an agreement of understanding to certify and settle a class-action lawsuit, Gadson v. AMS, pending in the Circuit...
Zenith Insurance Company Sues Chiropractor Wu for Unfair Business Practices
Mar 12 2004 // Zenith National Insurance Corp. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Zenith Insurance Company, has sued San Diego County chiropractor William Wu under California’s Unfair Competition Law for unlawful and...
Minn.’s Top Court Upholds Class Action Certification
Mar 11 2004 // The Minnesota Supreme Court recently upheld an appellate court decision in applying the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act on a nationwide basis by virtue of the certification of a nationwide class. “While the Supreme...
Oklahoma House Passes Tort Reform Bill
Mar 10 2004 // A bill intended to curtail the number of lawsuits filed in Oklahoma passed the state House of Representatives with little opposition but lots of amendments. According to the Oklahoma House media division, a compromise...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
