Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Rock Group Sues Lloyd’s For Concert Reimbursement
Mar 2 2001 // Band members of the rock group Black Crowes have sued Lloyd’s in L.A. Superior Court, alleging that it has failed to reimburse the group for lost profits and expenses its members suffered when former Led Zeppelin...
Agents Sue New York Life
Mar 1 2001 // A group of ten current and former New York Life agents filed suit against the company yesterday claiming the insurer held back retirement benefits and unfairly fired more than 1,300 agents. The agents allege that when the...
Court Rules Against State Fund in Schaefer Ambulance Case
Feb 26 2001 // Seven years after an initial lawsuit was filed, the California Supreme Court made a ruling unfavorable to the California State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) in the case of State Compensation Insurance Fund,...
EHealthInsurance Sues InsWeb
Feb 23 2001 // Online health insurance marketplace eHealthInsurance is suing InsWeb, claiming the Sacramento, Calif.-based insurance aggregator was furnishing “illegitimate” referrals for health insurance. Meanwhile, InsWeb...
Freighter’s Owners Sue Coast Guard
Feb 22 2001 // The Coast Guard is faced with a $96 million lawsuit in fallout from the February 1999 grounding of the freighter New Carissa in Coos Bay, Ore. The owners of the freighter claim that navigational charts omitted warnings...
Conseco Denies Lawsuit Allegations
Feb 15 2001 // Conseco Chief Executive Gary Wendt is downplaying a lawsuit filed against the company’s struggling insurance and finance firm. He denied Wednesday the suit’s allegations that it fraudulently lowered the...
Stephen King Files Suit Against Insurer
Feb 14 2001 // Popular novelist Stephen King filed a lawsuit in a Maine Superior Court against his insurer, Commercial Union York Insurance Co. The suit alleges that the insurance company failed to provide full coverage for injuries King...
METLIFE SUED BY EEOC
Feb 5 2001 // The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit in Houston against Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. based on allegations the company retaliated against an employee who complained about age discrimination. The EEOC...
PRUDENTIAL FACES $1 BILLION LAWSUIT
Feb 5 2001 // Prudential Insurance Co. is the focus of a lawsuit filed by 15 Palm Beach County residents who are aiming to prove the company sold bogus policies. Pretrial motions were scheduled for today, and jury selection has been set...
Concorde May Fly Again, Despite Lawsuits by Grieving Passenger Families
Feb 5 2001 // Last summer’s tragic Concorde crash continues to produce heartache as the lawsuits multiply and negotiations break down. Settlement talks between the lawyers for the victims’ families and Air France and its...
New Lawsuit Filed Against Credit Lyonnais
Jan 31 2001 // A group of investors, whose bid for Executive Life was rejected in favor of Credit Lyonnais’ offer, have filed suit in L.A. Superior Court against the French Bank seeking $2 billion in damages for alleged fraud. The...
U.K.’s Equitable Loses Another Suitor
Jan 29 2001 // Australian insurer AMP announced that it was withdrawing from talks with the U.K.’s Equitable Life, following the failure to reach an agreement on a figure for Equitable’s sales force, asset management business...
Concorde May Fly Again, Despite Multiplying Lawsuits
Jan 29 2001 // Last summer’s tragic Concorde crash continues to produce heartache as the lawsuits multiply and negotiations break down. Settlement talks between the lawyers for the victims’ families and Air France and its...
French Bank Head To Sue Magazine Over Allegations
Jan 22 2001 // Jean Peyrelevade, the Chairman of French bank Credit Lyonnais, has indicated he will bring a libel action in a French Court against The Economist magazine over allegations that he was aware of irregularities involving the...
Prudential Faces $1 Billion Lawsuit
Jan 22 2001 // Prudential Insurance Co. is the focus of a lawsuit filed by 15 Palm Beach County residents who are aiming to prove the company sold bogus policies. Pretrial motions were scheduled for today, and jury selection has been set...
Arizona Firm Wins Right to File Suit in New York Court
Jan 16 2001 // A lower court decision that an Arizona insurance company could not sue its former attorney for malpractice, negligence and fraud was reversed last week by the Appellate Division of Arizona’s Supreme Court. Senate...
CENTURY FACES CLASS ACTION
Jan 15 2001 // On Jan. 2, a class action lawsuit was filed against 21st Century Insurance Co. on behalf of policyholders who filed timely property damage claims stemming from the 1994 Northridge earthquake but whose claims were...
Welcome to our First Ever
Jan 8 2001 // The demarcation between years always seems to take on a contemplative aspect. We look back to where we’ve been, and then look forward to weigh our expectations. Will the market continue to harden? Will the dot-coms...
Microsoft Employees Sue for Racial Bias
Jan 5 2001 // A $5-billion lawsuit, filed Jan. 3 in U.S. District Court in Washington, is the latest headache for Microsoft Corp. Seven current and former Microsoft employees are accusing the software giant of racial bias, including...
Northridge Earthquake Class Action Suit Filed Against 21st Century
Jan 4 2001 // A class action lawsuit was filed Tuesday against 21st Century Insurance Co. on behalf of policyholders who filed timely property damage claims stemming from the 1994 Northridge earthquake but whose claims were mishandled,...
