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New Hampshire Jury Orders ExxonMobil To Pay $236M For MTBE Contamination
CONCORD, N.H. - A state court jury in New Hampshire on April 9 found that ExxonMobil Corp. was negligent in adding methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) to gasoline and that it should pay $236 million to...
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Federal Judge: Law Firm's Loss From Alleged Phishing Scam Potentially Covered
CLEVELAND - An Ohio federal judge on April 8 refused to dismiss a law firm insured's declaratory judgment and breach of contract claims against its legal malpractice insurer in a coverage dispute...
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Federal Asbestos Judge Seeks Cessation Of Transfers From Additional Jurisdiction
PHILADELPHIA - The judge overseeing the federal asbestos litigation on April 5 suggested that the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation cease transfer of asbestos cases from the U.S. District...
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Texas Federal Judge Sides With Franchisor In Dispute Over Choice Hotel Mark
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A plaintiff properly terminated its franchise agreement with a former franchisee, and that franchisee committed trademark infringement by continuing to use the "Choice Hotels"...
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Filing Of Lawsuit Suspended Duty Of Good Faith, Colorado Federal Judge Finds
DENVER - Bad faith claims against two insurers in an underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage dispute were partially dismissed April 5, with a Colorado federal judge determining that the insured's filing...
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Clothier Big M, Parent Of Mandee, Annie Sez, Seeks OK For Asset Sale
TRENTON, N.J. - Bankrupt Big M Inc., the parent company for women's clothing companies Mandee and Annie Sez, on April 6 moved for authorization to sell all of its assets free and clear of liens, as...
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Health Insurers Ordered To Pay $500M Punitive Damages In Nev. Hepatitis C...
LAS VEGAS - A Nevada state court jury on April 9 ordered two health insurers to pay $500 million in punitive damages to three plaintiffs who claim that the defendants' actions contributed to them or a...
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5th Circuit Panel Affirms Dismissal Of Louisiana Claims In FEMA Trailer...
NEW ORLEANS - A unanimous Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel issued an opinion April 9 affirming dismissal of the Louisiana plaintiffs' claims against the Federal Emergency Management Agency for...
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Jury Finds Insurer Defrauded United States Out Of $250,000 For Katrina Flood...
GULFPORT, Miss. - A Mississippi federal jury in the first phase of a trial determined on April 8 that relators have successfully proven that damages to the U.S. government under the False Claims Act...
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Federal Judge Denies Dismissal Of FDIC's Suit Against Property Appraiser
TAMPA, Fla. - A federal judge in Florida on April 8 denied a property appraiser's motion to dismiss the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s suit alleging that she conducted a negligently prepared...
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Cornerstone Releases Accounting Class Action Filings And Settlements Report
BOSTON - Although the number of securities class action lawsuit filings dealing with accounting issues dropped sharply in 2012, "accounting case settlement dollars represented over 90 percent of all...
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3rd Circuit: Nursing Home Must Bargain With Union, Hire Back Workers
PHILADELPHIA - The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 5 enforced a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision finding that a nursing home's new owner and operator, as a single employer,...
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Certification Denied For Employees' Conspiracy Claims Against High-Tech...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A federal judge in California on April 5 denied certification of two proposed classes of employees of seven high-tech companies on the employees' allegations that the defendants...
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Hostess Sells Remaining Bread Assets To Mountain States For $28.85 Million
NEW YORK - The federal bankruptcy judge presiding over the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Hostess Brands Inc. on April 9 approved the sale of the company's bread assets to Mountain States Bakeries LLC, which...
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Additional Insured Did Not Breach Its Duty To Cooperate, Judge Finds
SAN FRANCISCO - An additional insured did not breach its duty to cooperate by failing to seek recovery of defense fees and costs incurred in underlying construction defect actions from other insurers,...
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Low Vehicle Damage Estimate Alone Does Not Establish Bad Faith, Calif. Panel...
SAN FRANCISCO - A car owner failed to show that an insurer's valuation and payment of his theft and damage claim, while lower than that ultimately determined by an umpire, was made in bad faith, a...
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ResCap: Plan To Pay $7.8M In Bonuses To Key Employees Complies With Code
NEW YORK - Bankrupt financial group Residential Capital LLC (ResCap) on April 9 filed a brief in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York defending its plan to pay $7.8 million...
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Illinois Judge Dismisses Copyright Case On Jurisdiction Grounds
CHICAGO - An action brought pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was dismissed April 9 by an Illinois federal judge, who found that a defendant website is not subject to personal...
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Medicare Qui Tam Action Dismissed; Claims Barred By Public Disclosure
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee federal judge on April 5 dismissed a qui tam action brought by a state resident who accused local medical clinics of offering illegal inducements to Medicare...
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Pennsylvania Appeals Court: Right-To-Know Exception Applies To Well Fire Records
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A unanimous Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court panel, in an opinion issued April 9, affirmed that records created by the state Department of Environmental Protection during the...
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