News from 2007
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.
Candidate better known than Supreme Court Chief, poll shows
Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson MADISON -- Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson earlier this week asked a legislative committee to support a bill increasing funding for the state's court system.
McKenna joins pursuit of foreclosure-help 'scams'
Rob McKenna OLYMPIA -- As the sub-prime mortgage market starts to go south, lawsuits against foreclosure-rescue "scams" look headed in the opposite direction.
Contractors burned in electric explosion get new crack at suit
Seated is Chief Justice William Barker. Standing, from left, are justices Janice Holder, Gary Wade and Cornelia Clark. NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The case of two contractors who were involved in an explosion on Trevecca Nazarene University's campus will be remanded and reopened after the Tennessee Supreme Court recently decided the summary judgment for the school was inappropriate.
Va. SC: Man who sunk own boat covered by insurance
RICHMOND - A recent Virginia Supreme Court opinion ruled against Allstate's claim that it should not have to pay a policyholder who sunk his own boat when he used a rake handle as a plug to substitute for closing a valve.
AG's post-promise handouts hit $1 million
McGraw CHARLESTON, W. Va. - In the month since his top assistant promised otherwise, Attorney General Darrell McGraw has handed out $1 million of lawsuit settlement money to various groups across the state.
CEI: Blumenthal the Baptist, MySpace the bootlegger
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal wants more regulations on social-networking Internet sites.
Attorney: State Farm settlement possibly "can't be fixed"
Hood GULFPORT, Miss. - A team of lawyers led by nationally known plaintiffs attorney Richard Scruggs has withdrawn its request for approval of a multi-million-dollar settlement reached with State Farm Insurance Co.
AG McCollum wants more sunshine
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Sunshine on Bill McCollum's shoulders must make him happy.
Nixon agrees to let dam-burst suit shift to damaged county
Jay Nixon JEFFERSON CITY -- Embattled utility AmerenUE has won an important victory in its on-going legal battle with Missouri attorney general Jay Nixon.
County must return payments stolen by employee, SC rules
Justice William Ray Price, Jr. JEFFERSON CITY -- A title company is entitled to a refund of money stolen by an employee of the county deeds recorder, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled today.
Madigan latest AG to strike oil in petroleum-leak lawsuits
Lisa Madigan SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois's Lisa Madigan might soon be the next attorney general to find that gasoline can be pricey even if it never touches a car's gas tank.
Blumenthal wants more MySpace regulations
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is backing a bill currently being considered in the state's legislature that would require social networking Internet sites to take new age-verification measures.