All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 14 2018 // French reinsurer SCOR forced one of its board members — Thierry Derez, the CEO of Covéa — to resign this week. It was the culmination of a boardroom squabble that began in September when SCOR rebuffed an...
Nov 13 2018 // The NHL and attorneys for retired players announced a tentative settlement in the biggest lawsuit brought against the league over concussions and other head injuries.The lawsuit, consolidated in federal court in Minnesota...
Nov 13 2018 // A wrongful death lawsuit filed against a Montana whitewater rafting company has been settled out of court.The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported that the suit was settled mid-trial last week for an undisclosed amount. In...
Nov 13 2018 // A federal court jury has awarded a Montana man more than $2.1 million in a wrongful termination lawsuit against BNSF Railway following an on-the-job injury.Zachary Wooten, of Columbia Falls, sued BNSF alleging the company...
Nov 9 2018 // A man who fought for more than a decade to maintain his rights to a mining claim in northwestern Montana died two days after a jury awarded him nearly $2.6 million.A Lincoln County jury awarded the money to Arnold Bakie...
Nov 9 2018 // An Oregon man has filed what may be a first of its kind Medicare lawsuit against PeaceHealth, claiming the organization didn’t follow federal Medicare guidelines specific to Oregon and overbilled him for...
Nov 8 2018 // An elevator technician who was injured while working on a six-story building in New Jersey has settled his lawsuit against the building’s owner for more than $2 million.Lawyers for Brett Riccio tell NJ.com the...
Nov 8 2018 // A lawsuit involving a Ferris wheel accident in which three girls fell to the ground at a Tennessee fair has been settled.The Kingsport Times-News reports that a notice filed in federal court Oct. 17 indicated mediation...
Nov 7 2018 // The City Council in Ohio’s capital city has approved paying the family of an 86-year-old woman killed in a firetruck accident $410,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. The Columbus Dispatch reports Columbus City...
Nov 7 2018 // A year after the Boy Scouts of America announced it would admit girls, the Girl Scouts of the United States of America punched back Tuesday with a federal trademark lawsuit seeking to block the boys group from rebranding...
Nov 7 2018 // Wells Fargo & Co. executives were warned that an auto insurance plan could be overcharging customers four years before the bank scrapped the program, according to a complaint released by a judge this week.Several...
Nov 6 2018 // Motel 6 will pay up to $7.6 million to Hispanic guests to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming that it violated their privacy by regularly providing guest lists to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
Nov 6 2018 // The family of an Oregon man killed when a cannon shell exploded in his World War II-era tank has filed a $12.8 million lawsuit.Steve Preston’s family is suing Chuck Hegele, the contractor who supplied powder for the...
Nov 6 2018 // Lego A/S has won a new intellectual property lawsuit in China after a court agreed with the Danish toy manufacturer that local companies had copied its building blocks and miniature figures under the LEPIN brand.The...
Nov 5 2018 // The family of one of two Kansas men killed at an energy plant says in a lawsuit that the men died when the elevator they were in filled with superheated steam because of a faulty safety valve.The federal lawsuit was filed...
Nov 5 2018 // Two employees who were assigned to assist special needs students in the classroom have filed a $900,000 lawsuit against Portland Public Schools, claiming the district ignored pleas for help as violent students repeatedly...
Nov 5 2018 // A western Montana school district has agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a lawsuit that claimed school officials did not adequately protect a student from being harassed and groped by a music teacher.KTMF-TV reported the...
Nov 5 2018 // Residents of a South Carolina town are suing one of the area’s major employers alleging it allowed toxins to flood onto their property and into their home during Hurricane Florence. The State reports Cheraw residents...
Nov 5 2018 // A southwest Mississippi county is suing an electrical utility and its own insurer, seeking more than $500,000 for damage to voting machines caused by a 2016 power outage.The Enterprise-Journal reports Pike County in Sept....
Nov 5 2018 // Risk management involves looking around the corner to spot future threats. When it comes to director and officer liability, the question is this: What’s on the horizon for directors and officers in 2019?Here are...