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Florida Appeals Panel: Judge Improperly Dropped Claims Against Hospital
LAKELAND, Fla. - The Second District Florida Court of Appeal on May 3 overturned summary judgment for a hospital named as the defendant in a medical malpractice case, concluding that a decision whether...
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Claims Against Blue Cross In Case Alleging Hidden Administrative Fees Continue
FLINT, Mich. - A federal judge in Michigan on May 3 declined to dismiss on statute of limitations grounds an employer's claim that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBS) violated the Employee...
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Vacuum Maker Oreck Files For Chapter 11, Seeks $11M In Post-Petition Funding
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Vacuum cleaner company Oreck Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 6, citing assets and debts ranging from $10 million to $50 million, and immediately moved for approval of...
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Post-Settlement Attempts To Assert Bad Faith Constitute A Breach, Judge Rules
NEW ORLEANS - The Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) breached a 2009 settlement agreement with its commercial liability insurer by seeking to reassert claims for defense costs and bad faith...
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Panel Says Reinsured Is Estopped From Arguing To Compel Arbitration
FORT WORTH, Texas - A Texas appeals court panel on May 2 affirmed a lower court decision and said an insurer is estopped from arguing to compel arbitration after arguing against arbitration of a...
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Judge: Motor Fuel Suits May Be Amended To Make Claims Consistent
SAN FRANCISCO - Pretrial orders in lawsuits brought by three California plaintiff groups alleging unfair business practices stemming from the lack of temperature compensation in motor fuel pumps may be...
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ResCap Seeks Approval Of $800M Settlement With Junior Secured Noteholders
NEW YORK - Bankrupt mortgage company Residential Capital LLC (ResCap) on May 7 moved for authorization of a plan to partially satisfy certain secured claims held by junior secured noteholders, under...
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Judge: 4 Groups Suing Over Alleged Ongoing Oil Spill Lack Standing
NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge in Louisiana on May 4 dismissed four environmental groups from a lawsuit over an alleged ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by an underwater mudslide during...
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Real Estate Sales Agents Conditionally Certified In Wage-And-Hour Suit
PHOENIX - An Arizona federal judge on May 3 conditionally certified as a collective action a lawsuit filed by real estate agents alleging that they were denied minimum wage and overtime (Patricia...
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Illinois Judge Quashes Subpoena Sought By Google In Copyright Case
CHICAGO - Efforts by a class of photographers and artists to compel a company that compiles television programming information to provide its data in a New York copyright action against Google Inc....
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Hostess Settles With 7 Unionized Pension Plans
NEW YORK - The federal bankruptcy judge presiding over the Chapter 11 proceeding of Hostess Brands Inc. on May 6 approved a pension settlement plan among the bakery and seven unions (In Re: Old HB Inc....
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Illinois Federal Judge Orders Government To Provide Information In Medicare Suit
CHICAGO - An Illinois federal judge on May 6 partially granted a defendant's motion for an order directing the federal government to file a bill of particulars in its case against him for Medicare...
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Slovak Bank, Shareholder File Arbitration Against Greece Over Debt Restructure
NEW YORK - A bank and its shareholder on May 7 announced that they have filed an arbitration claim against Greece in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in relation...
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Iraq War Contractors Denied Retrial In Oregon Guard Suit For C6 Poisoning...
PORTLAND, Ore. - The magistrate judge presiding over the personal injury lawsuit filed by Oregon National Guard members for hexavalent chromium exposure during a Restore Iraqi Oil mission in the U.S....
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Magistrate Judge Recommends Dismissal Of Counterclaims In Lago Agrio Judgment...
NEW YORK - A magistrate judge recommended in a report issued April 15 that counterclaims filed by a plaintiffs' attorney sued by Chevron Corp. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of...
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Stipulation To Dismiss Filed By Chevron, Stratus Consulting In Lago Agrio...
NEW YORK - Chevron Corp. and Stratus Consulting Inc., an environmental consultant retained by defendants in the lawsuit filed by Chevron in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York...
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2nd Circuit Judge Grants Lago Agrio Plaintiffs Expedited Mandamus Consideration
NEW YORK - Two of the defendants named by Chevron Corp. in a U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York lawsuit to prevent enforcement of an $18 billion personal injury and property...
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Objections To Recommendation To Dismiss Attorney Fee Suit Draws Chevron Response
NEW YORK - Chevron Inc. encourages the judge presiding over the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to prevent enforcement of the $18.2 billion Lago Agrio, Ecuador,...
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New York Appeals Panel Affirms Town Zoning Authority To Regulate Natural Gas...
ALBANY, N.Y. - A unanimous panel of the Third Department New York Supreme Court Appellate Division issued an opinion May 2 affirming the authority of local municipalities to adopt zoning regulations...
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Texas Appeals Court Dismisses Conspiracy Claims Over 'Fracking' Contamination
FORT WORTH, Texas - A Texas appeals court has dismissed on a writ of mandamus counterclaims by a natural gas company that property owners and their environmental consultant conspired to defame the...
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