News from 2012
Maine SC modifies insurance rule
AUGUSTA, Maine (Legal Newsline) - The Maine Supreme Court has modified the applicable burden of proof for insurance coverage in a "scope of consent" motor vehicle accident case in the light of the policy change signaled by Maine's enactment of compulsory liability insurance.
Insurer wins Texas case over back injury
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson
La. SC makes ruling in case brought by alleged father over child's death
BATON ROUTE, La. (Legal Newsline) - The Louisiana Supreme Court has found that an alleged biological father had the right to bring a wrongful death and survival action for his illegitimate child, after finding the father had sufficiently avowed the child under Louisiana's "fact-pleading system."
Fla. AG Bondi settles with three colleges
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced an agreement on Wednesday with three Fort Lauderdale-based providers of career, college and other educational services to resolve allegations of improper enrollment and marketing practices.
Temporary injunction entered in Mo. hotel workers' case
St. Ann, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Owners of the Northwest Airport Inn must offer reinstatement to two union employees who were fired after the company refused to negotiate with their union.
Ill. SC finds timing threshold in arbitration agreements
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. (Legal Newsline) - The legal representative for the family of a deceased woman is not bound by a nursing home contract's arbitration agreement in an Illinois wrongful death claim, but the arbitration agreement is binding for claims on actions prior to the decedent's death.
EPA, Sunoco reach agreement
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations caused Sunoco, Inc. to pay $117,000 in a settlement announced Thursday.
Judge orders JAG employees rehired
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - An Ohio nursing home was ordered by a federal judge to offer about 20 union employees reinstatement after they were not retained when the facility went under new management.
Judge orders $240M civil penalty
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A default judgment and permanent injunction against Nicholas Cosmo was entered Thursday in an action brought by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Ohio AG announces $2.14 million recovery in ODOT case
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced the recovery of $2.14 million from Butler Manufacturing on Monday after the company allegedly failed to weatherproof metal that was used to construct a government building.