8th Circuit: Late Notice Barred Coverage Under ‘Claims-Made’ Policy December 29, 2020 By Jim Sams Ace American Insurance Co. is not liable for the approximately $250,000 that an Arkansas school district paid to settle a...
Flint Joins $641M Deal to Settle Lawsuits Over Lead In Water December 23, 2020 FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The Flint City Council on Tuesday signed off on its portion of a $641 million settlement...
Acrobats Hurt in Circus Accident Reach $52.5M Settlement December 23, 2020 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Eight acrobats severely injured when the rigging suspending them by their hair plummeted to the floor...
U.S. Sues Walmart Saying Pharmacies Fueled Opioid Crisis December 23, 2020 By David Shepardson and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department sued Walmart Inc on Tuesday, accusing the world’s biggest retailer of fueling the opioid...
Google and Others Back Facebook Lawsuit Over Surveillance Tool December 22, 2020 By Robert Burnson Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and other tech giants asked for permission to join Facebook Inc.’s legal fight against an Israeli...
Famed NYC Bridge’s Armor is Focus of Suit Against French Company December 17, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt French construction giant Vinci SA faces allegations it’s partly to blame for the degradation of the armor installed on New...
Exxon Calls Massachusetts Fraud Suit Punishment for Opinion December 17, 2020 By Erik Larson Exxon Mobil Corp. told a judge that a fraud lawsuit filed by Massachusetts last year amounts to illegal punishment for...
Judge: Suit Filed by 29 Women Can Proceed Against Ex-Doctor December 17, 2020 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge has denied a request by a former suburban Portland doctor to put a two-year...
Federal Judge in Louisiana Approves Hurricane Lawsuit Plan December 15, 2020 LAKE CHARLES, La. — A federal judge in western Louisiana has approved a plan on how to settle thousands of...
Exonerated Man Seeking Accountability in Wrongful Conviction December 14, 2020 By Mackenzie Clark LAWRENCE, Kan. — Brynlee Alice Jean Bledsoe is still too young to know the significance, but someday she’ll understand that...