News from July 2011
Ala. AG to testify before financial services committee
Strange WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange is among those set to testify before the House Financial Services Committee on mortgage servicing Thursday.
Insurer rebates $4.2M severance package to ratepayers
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield is rebating to consumers the full amount of the $4.26 million severance package given to former CEO Cleve Killingsworth.
Texts part of flood scam, N.D. AG says
Stenehjem BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) - As the flood waters in North Dakota slowly recede, more scam artists are moving in to cash in on the disaster, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said Wednesday.
Fatal spider bite at nursing home covered by malpractice law
Johnson AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Medical malpractice law covers a fatal bite from a brown recluse spider in a nursing home, the Supreme Court of Texas decided on July 1.
CNN gives up on Spitzer's show
Spitzer ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - CNN is dropping a show hosted by former New York attorney general and governor Eliot Spitzer.
Fourth Circuit: W.Va. AG wrong to keep settlement funds from feds
McGraw RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court has ruled that the federal government was right to withhold Medicaid funds from West Virginia because it was shortchanged in a lawsuit by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw.
Vt. AG won't charge Vermont Yankee officials with perjury
MONTPELIER, Vt. (Legal Newsline) - Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell has no plans to pursue criminal charges against nuclear power provider Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee.
DeWine sues car dealer
DeWine COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced a lawsuit on Wednesday against Glory Auto Sales for multiple violations of state consumer law.
Calif. chief justice makes two appointments
Cantil-Sakauye SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Two California associate justices have been appointed to chair the Judicial Council's Executive and Planning Committee and the Rules and Projects Committee.
Pa. AG suing Okla. companies
Kelly HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly announced a consumer protection lawsuit on Wednesday against two Oklahoma-based companies over alleged violations of the state's Do Not Call list.
Mo. AG files two air conservati on lawsuits
Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced two air conservation lawsuits on Tuesday against a St. Louis-based man and a Lawson, Mo.-based company and its facility manager.
Pa. class action lacks standing
Eakin HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a ruling last month, said a construction company and its owner lack standing under state law to challenge a health insurer's corporate actions.
Miss. SC orders new trial in wrongful death case
Waller JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in a wrongful death lawsuit against a roofing company.
Builder owed no duty of care to subcontractor's employee
Greene ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Legal Newsline) - The Maryland Court of Appeals, in a ruling last month, found that a building company was not negligent in the death of a subcontractor's employee.
La. jury awards $1.5M in asbestos case
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - An Orleans Parish Civil District Court jury last week awarded $1.5 million in general damages to a man who contracted mesothelioma, a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.
N.J. AG fines 25 moving companies
Dow NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - New Jersey Attorney General Paula T. Dow announced Tuesday the results of a sting operation targeting unlicensed and uninsured moving companies.
Health insurer to pay $100K over data breach
Zoeller INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced Tuesday that his office has reached a settlement with a health insurer that will pay the state $100,000.
Mo. AG signs No-Call agreement
Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced on Thursday that he has signed an agreement with a Palm Beach, Fla., company after it allegedly made No-Call list violations.
W.Va. gubernatorial candidates talk legal reform
Maloney CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The Republican candidate for governor says West Virginia's courts and legal system are "in urgent need of repair," but acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says he has worked hard to improve the state's legal climate and attract business to the state.
Judge waits for Ill. SC on Tillery subpoenas
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - U.S. Magistrate Judge Byron Cudmore won't open records of private groups to class action lawyer Stephen Tillery unless the Illinois Supreme Court does.