News from March 2007
Ohio AG suing Internet company
Dann COLUMBUS, Ohio - After receiving more than 50 complaints from consumers across the United States, Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann recently filed a lawsuit Friday that charges an Internet company with false advertising.
MassMutual internal reports not exempt from disclosure
Borden HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut's Supreme Court decided Monday that an internal investigation conducted by MassMutual Insuance Co. and provided to state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal may be released to a newspaper.
Insurer will pay Connecticut for storm drain problem
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - United States Fidelity & Guaranty, a division of St. Paul Travelers will pay the State of Connecticut $17.5 million to finish a storm-drain project, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced Thursday.
Conn. SC adopts new negligence rule
Palmer HARTFORD, Conn. - A business should have known customers would drop food on its floor and is liable for the injuries of a woman who fell on a piece of lettuce, the Connecticut Supreme Court recently concluded.
Landfill opponents overturn city ruling in Supreme Court
Justice Thomas R. Fitzgerald SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Supreme Court last week ruled that courts must review the decision of a state agency, not a local authority, in pollution cases.
Guice class denied certification, State Farm re-evaluating claims
Hood GULFPORT, Miss. - While the end result of each "slab case" is plainly obvious to the naked eye, a federal judge on Thursday ruled that a similar acceptance can not be made as it relates to the means by which the result occurred.
D.C. Court: Pro se Workers' Comp applicant may have been misled
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The District of Columbia Department of Employment Services may have caused a woman to untimely file for permanent total disability benefits, a recent D.C. Court of Appeals order remanding the case said.
Settlement freezes rate of AT&T's last regulated plan
LANSING, Mich. - AT&T's Michigan customers will save $1 a month as a result of a settlement called "significant" by Attorney General Mike Cox's office.
McGraw wins suit against funeral director
McGraw ELKINS - The owner of a funeral home will repay almost $35,000 she allegedly misappropriated funds from customers who prepaid for funerals.
Report: State-run company insuring huge amount
A recent report in the St. Petersburg Times says state-run Citizens Property Insurance has a $432 billion exposure to risk.
Blumenthal files brief against sex-themed shop
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - After stating more than a month ago that his office would not participate in the Town of Berlin's lawsuit against a sexually oriented business, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Monday in federal court filed a friend of the court brief in support of the town.
AG McGraw reaches agreement with out-of-state business
McGraw CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Four West Virginia consumers who say they were unfairly bothered after defaulting on loans that are illegal in the state had their balances wiped out in a recent agreement between West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw and Advance America.
Blumenthal finally running for governor
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - Eliot Spitzer was once the next Richard Blumenthal.
Supreme Court reinstates class in Missouri lead-emission suit
Justice Richard Teitelman JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri Supreme Court has reversed a lower-court decision and reinstated a group of children as a class in a pollution lawsuit.
Despite popularity among patients and doctors, Depo-Prevo suits pile up
CHICAGO -- A Cook County suit filed in February alleges that Pfizer failed to warn the plaintiff of risks associated with Depo-Provera, and adds to the list of similar suits filed across the nation.
List of Tenn. SC applicants released
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sixteen applicants make up the list released Monday as the candidates for the vacant seat on the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Scruggs' contempt hearing set for Wednesday
Hood BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Richard Scruggs, a trial lawyer with close ties to the Mississippi Attorney General's office, will be the subject of a civil contempt hearing Wednesday in Alabama federal court.
McKenna credits both parties for legislative successes
Rob McKenna SPOKANE -- Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna is claiming bipartisan support for his annual agenda thus far
Former Supreme Court hopeful could be booted from Appeals bench
Judge Wendell Griffen LITTLE ROCK -- Outspoken Arkansas Court of Appeals Justice Wendell Griffen is set to finally face a disciplinary hearing over his controversial comments.
Judgment officially entered in lead paint case, companies appeal
Lynch PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Two paint companies found guilty of creating a public nuisance filed Friday in Rhode Island Superior Court their appeals to the state's Supreme Court.