News from 2007
Iowa SC says pollution clause lets insurer off hook in death
Justice Michael J. Streit DES MOINES -- Carbon monoxide is a form of pollution, the Iowa Supreme Court stated in a ruling released today.
Gov. Rell chooses next Chief Justice of Conn.
Rogers HARTFORD, Conn. - Appellate Court Judge Chase Rogers, a former co-worker of state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, will be Connecticut's next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Gov. Jodi Rell announced Tuesday.
Blumenthal debates hedge fund manager
Blumenthal Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal recently offered his opinion in the case of a hedge fund manager accused of soliciting clients by maintaining a company Web site.
Insurers group responds to Hood
Hood DES PLAINES, Ill. - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood claims he is attempting to protect insurance consumers with the legislation he recently crafted and is pushing on the state, but one industry head says the measures would have the opposite effect.
Miller wins petrol tank suit, has another in the pipeline
Tom Miller DES MOINES -- The problem of environmental damage from leaking petroleum-storage tanks in Iowa is apparently never-ending.
File review before attacking tax decision in court: Idaho SC
Justice Roger S. Burdick BOISE -- Attack might be the best method of defense on the football field but it isn't necessarily recommended at the Idaho Supreme Court.
Tennessee judicial candidates lose discrimination appeal against Governor
Bredesen NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee's Supreme Court decided Wednesday that Gov. Phil Bredesen did not discriminate against two white applicants vying for the open spot on the five-seat Court.
Tobacco giant picks up second big win as USSC boots suit
United States Supreme Court building WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Philip Morris finally appears to have cleared the tobacco-lawsuit decks.
AG election loss primes Bibb for U.S. Attorney's race
Jim Bibb The losing GOP candidate in last year's New Mexico attorney general race is now in the running for another top legal post.
AG Hood proposes legislation to keep State Farm
Hood JACKSON, Miss. - A day after State Farm Insurance Co. announced it will no longer offer policies to new Mississippi consumers, Attorney General Jim Hood announced he will introduce legislation designed to keep the company modeled after recently passed measures in Florida.
Uninsured employers aren't self-insured for WC: Iowa SC
Chief Justice Marsha Ternus DES MOINES -- Employers without any form of worker-compensation (WC) insurance aren't liable for failing to pay awarded WC benefits to an injured employee, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled today.
Maryland's High Court disallows Baltimore's property-seizing attempt
Cathell ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland's Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, recently decided unanimously that the City of Baltimore's recent attempt to seize a businessman's property first and answer questions later was not constitutional.
Cruise company not responsible for doctor's malpractice
Quince TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a lower court's ruling that a cruise company is responsible for the actions of the doctor on board.
Myers wins one, loses one in SC political-funds ruling appeal
Hardy Myers SALEM -- Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers scored a mixed result in today's Supreme Court ruling in a contentious ballot initiative case with some unusual twists.
State Farm puts brakes on business in Miss., cites "untenable" legal environment
Hood JACKSON, Miss. - State Farm Insurance announced Wednesday that it will not write any new commercial or homeowner policies in Mississippi starting Friday, and state Attorney General Jim Hood said he was disappointed but not surprised with the decision.
Fla. AG issues price-gouging alert
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In the wake of a series of deadly tornadoes that hit Florida earlier this month, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is warning consumers of contractors who will engage in the practice of "price gouging."
AG, governor calm state workers over amendment fears
John Suthers DENVER -- A controversial ballot proposal passed overwhelmingly last year is causing serious concern among Colorado's state employees.
Insurance attorney: Former AG sending consumers in circles, gambling with insurance future
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida taxpayers are achieving lower insurance premiums by paying the difference in their taxes, an Oregon insurance attorney said Tuesday.
U.S. doesn't hold federal rangeland water rights: Idaho SC
Idaho Supreme Court (front) BOISE -- Private ranchers who have been grazing livestock on federal rangeland prior to the passage of a U.S. grazing act hold instream water rights, the Idaho Supreme Court recently ruled.
AG Blumenthal helps win casino case
Blumenthal WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court on Friday sided with a hotel and restaurant workers union that received help from Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, declaring that Indian nations are subject to federal labor laws.