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Jury Awards $24M Against 2 Health Insurers In Hepatitis C Outbreak
LAS VEGAS - A Nevada state court jury on April 4 ordered two health insurers to pay $24 million in compensatory damages to three plaintiffs who claim that the defendants' actions contributed to them or...
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4th Circuit Affirms Liability, Allocation Findings In Cost Recovery Suit
RICHMOND, Va. - A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 4 affirmed a federal judge's rulings that a defendant company in a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and...
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Judge: Underlying Claims Are Not Based On Providing Legal Services; No Coverage
OAKLAND, Calif. - Underlying complaints against an attorney insured do not create the potential for coverage under a lawyers' professional liability insurance policy because they are not based on...
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D.C. Circuit Reinstates Fannie Mae Employee's Federal Race Bias Claims
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Fannie Mae employee who alleges that he was subjected to racial bias and a hostile work environment may proceed to a jury trial with his federal claims, the District of Columbia...
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Judge Affirms Denial Of Company's Request To Recover $2.6M In Cleanup Costs
NEW ORLEANS - The National Pollution Funds Center (NPFC) did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in denying a request from Baby Oil Inc. and its insurer seeking reimbursement of $2,694,578.20 for costs...
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Judge Says Ethical Wall Allows Silver Point To Trade MF Global Securities
NEW YORK - The federal bankruptcy judge presiding over the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of MF Global Holdings Ltd. (MFGH) on April 8 approved the motion of Silver Point Capital for an order permitting...
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Judge: Sufficient Evidence Against In-State Defendants; Discovery Unnecessary
NEW ORLEANS - A woman allegedly exposed to asbestos on the clothing of her father states a reasonable basis for relief against a defendant providing jurisdiction in state court, a Louisiana federal...
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8th Circuit: Manager With Eye Injury Was Properly Terminated
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A direct food delivery company manager had no grounds to sue his former employer alleging that he was improperly terminated after sustaining an eye injury that prevented him from...
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Magistrate: Some Coverage, Reserves Documents Not Privileged In Bad Faith Case
DENVER - Finding that certain of an insurer's claim file documents pertained to claims investigation, rather than legal counsel, a Colorado federal magistrate judge on April 2 held that the documents...
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Panel: Agency Had Standing To Sue Over Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Losses
NEW YORK - A federal district court did not err in partially denying a motion to dismiss filed by UBS Americas Inc. and various affiliated entities and individuals (collectively, UBS entities) because...
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Judge: Gupta Not A 'Beneficial Owner' Of Goldman Stock Under Securities Law
NEW YORK - Ruling that former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director Rajat Gupta was not a "beneficial owner" of Goldman Sachs shares under federal securities laws, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals...
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9th Circuit Affirms, Reverses Decision In Medicaid Payment Calculation Case
SAN FRANCISCO - A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 4 affirmed in part and reversed in part the dismissal of two federally funded health care clinics' actions alleging that the...
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Texas Federal Judge Says 'Testmasters' Trademark Is Descriptive
HOUSTON - Citing previous rulings and actions both before the courts and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), a Texas federal judge on April 5 found that "it is clearly established" that the...
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Tennessee Judge Lets Declaratory Judgment Trademark Case Proceed
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - An actual controversy over the "grange" trademark exists between a cigar seller and a fraternal organization, a Tennessee federal judge ruled April 3 (Crowned Heads LLC v. The...
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Tennessee Appeals Panel Finds Errors With Decisions In Construction Contract...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Court of Appeals on April 5 overturned trial court decisions on cross-claims brought by homeowners in a construction contract dispute, remanding the case for further...
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6th Circuit: Unions Should Have Limited Intervention In Clean Water Act Suit
CINCINNATI - A divided Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 8 ruled that a federal judge in Michigan erred by not allowing unions to intervene on a limited basis in a Clean Water Act...
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6th Circuit Finds Bank Is Not Liable For Its Customers' Fraud
CINCINNATI - The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 8 affirmed the dismissal of a suit filed by victims of a scheme perpetrated by Huntington National Bank customers, finding that the victims...
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Bayer Combination Aspirin Refund Class OKd, But Judge Denies 1 Cy Pres Recipient
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A New York federal judge on April 8 certified a $15 million refund class settlement for consumers who purchased Bayer Aspirin with Heart Advantage and Bayer Women's Low Dose Aspirin +...
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Amicus Counsel Survives Motion To Dismiss In Appeal Of WTC Disaster Payment...
NEW YORK - A motion to disqualify pro bono counsel appointed to represent the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York judge presiding over the World Trade Center Disaster Site...
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Mirena IUD Perforation Cases Centralized In MDL Before Judge Seibel In New York
WASHINGTON, D.C. - More than 40 federal cases alleging that the Mirena hormonal intrauterine device (IUD) can migrate and perforate the uterus were centralized April 8 before U.S. Judge Cathy Seibel of...
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