Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
MEEMIC Reports Dismissal of Shareholder Lawsuit
Sep 16 2002 // Michigan-based MEEMIC Holdings, Inc. reported that the lawsuit filed by shareholder David Osher against the company, its directors and ProAssurance Corporation, that sought to enjoin the company’s privatization plan,...
NEV. COUPLE AWARDED $4M IN MED-MAL PRACTICE SUIT
Sep 16 2002 // A Las Vegas couple will receive $4 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit, marking the first significant verdict against a doctor since Nevada lawmakers put into effect tort reform, according to the Associated Press. A...
Con Ed, Insurers Sue Port Authority
Sep 11 2002 // Consolidated Edison Co. of New York and a group of its insurers sued the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Sept. 10 in search of more than $314.5 million for damages to a substation that was demolished in the Sept....
Suellyn Boastick Selected as 2002 National Outstanding CSR of the Year
Sep 9 2002 // Suellyn Boastick of the Lewis Insurance Store Inc., in Champaign, Illinois, has just been awarded the most prestigious honor available to insurance customer service representatives – the 2002 National Outstanding CSR...
Farmers Sues Montemayor, TDI
Sep 5 2002 // Farmers operating units Farmers Insurance Exchange and Fire Insurance Exchange have filed suit against Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor and the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) in response to the issuance of...
POA and IAQA Applaud TX AG’s Suit Against Mold Restoration Inc.
Sep 3 2002 // Austin-based Policyholders of America (POA) and the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) announced their support of the decision by Texas Attorney General John Cornyn’s to file suit against a mold remediation...
PIFC Says SB 688 Designed to Increase Lawsuits in Calif.
Aug 30 2002 // California trial lawyers successfully passed SB 688 out of the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Aug. 27, 2002 that, if enacted, will substantially increase lawsuits, insurance costs and legal costs to local government...
Alliance says Calif. Liability ‘Reforms’ will Promote Construction Defect Lawsuits
Aug 29 2002 // A package of so-called “liability reform” bills that are quietly making their way toward enactment during the final hours of California’s legislative session will flood California’s already...
ARI Insurance Sues Walt Disney World
Aug 27 2002 // ARI Insurance Cos. Inc. filed an amended multi-million dollar lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court against the Walt Disney World Company and Sanford B. Miot, former president of Disney subsidiary Arvida Southern, to recover...
Two More Law Firms File Class Action Suits Against Aon
Aug 23 2002 // The law firm of Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, which has offices in New York and Chicago, and the Pennsylvania-based law firm of Marc S. Henzel both announced that they have filed legal actions in U.S....
Another Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Aon
Aug 21 2002 // The New York law firm of Wechsler Harwood Halebian & Feffer announced that it has filed a class action lawsuit in Federal Court in Illinois on behalf of shareholders against Aon Corp., following revelations of...
Nev. Couple Awarded $4M in Medical Malpractice Suit
Aug 19 2002 // A Las Vegas couple will receive $4 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit, marking the first significant verdict against a doctor since Nevada lawmakers put into effect tort reform, according to the Associated Press. A...
Texas AG Files Suit Against Farmers
Aug 19 2002 // Texas Governor Rick Perry and Attorney General John Cornyn announced that his office filed suit against Farmers Group Inc., the state’s second largest homeowners insurer, Aug. 5 for allegedly charging unnecessarily...
STATES SUE BANKS IN FRANKEL CASE
Aug 19 2002 // Five Southeastern states that lost $200 million to financier Martin Frankel’s reported insurance schemes filed suit against their banks, arguing those institutions should have been prepared for Frankel’s...
Purchasers File Suit against Aon Corp.
Aug 9 2002 // The law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP reported that a class action lawsuit was filed on Aug. 8 on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Aon Corporation between May 4, 1999 and Aug. 6, 2002,...
Five States Sue Banks in Frankel Case
Aug 7 2002 // Five Southeastern states that lost $200 million to financier Martin Frankel’s reported insurance schemes filed suit against their banks, arguing those institutions should have been prepared for Frankel’s...
Pa. Commissioner Sues Pair of Predecessors
Aug 7 2002 // In an unusual move, Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken has sued two of her predecessors for private-sector work they reportedly did after leaving office for two insurance companies that later failed,...
Judge Dismisses N.D. Crop Lawsuit
Aug 7 2002 // A judge in Fargo, N.D. dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture over the agency’s cancellation of a type of federal crop insurance for durum wheat last year. According to the Associated Press,...
Farmers Group of Companies Calls Texas Attorney General’s Lawsuit ‘Political Harassment’
Aug 6 2002 // In response to the lawsuit filed Aug. 5 by the Texas Attorney General against Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, the company has reviewed the allegations and says they are without merit. The lawsuit was filed by...
SUIT CHARGES MRM WITH SECURITIES LAW VIOLATIONS
Aug 5 2002 // Hamilton, Bermuda-based Mutual Risk Management Ltd. (MRM) joined the ranks of companies facing charges of corporate mismanagement for allegedly providing misinformation that inflated the value of its stock. A pending class...
