Increasing school violence across the country raises questions about whether educators who are injured and eligible for workers compensation can sue their employers.
GEICO is facing a nationwide class action lawsuit stemming from allegations of compromising customer privacy through the unauthorized release of their driver’s license numbers.
Nearly four years after the catastrophic collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel in Downtown New Orleans in October 2019, settlement negotiations begin for the families of the victims.
Evidence in civil and criminal trials includes audio, video, and digital images, where the interpretation of the evidence often becomes a matter of expert opinion.
3M on Monday agreed to pay $6.01 billion to settle nearly 260,000 lawsuits by current and former U.S. military service members who say they suffered hearing loss from using the company’s earplugs, according to a person familiar with the agreement.
Mayor Brandon Johnson has officially announced that the city of Chicago is filing a civil lawsuit against major automakers Kia America, Inc., Kia Corporation, Hyundai Motor America, and Hyundai Motor Company.
Maui County says it has filed a lawsuit against local electric companies over damage caused by the devastating Maui wildfires, including ones in Lahaina and Kula.
As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ida approaches, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has issued a reminder about the approaching deadline for initiating legal proceedings against insurance providers.
Allstate (ALL.N) agreed to pay $90 million to settle a class action lawsuit by shareholders who accused the insurer of defrauding them by concealing that it lowered underwriting standards to boost growth.
When it comes to civil litigation, there is far more attention on nuclear verdicts compared to nuclear settlements. However, with only approximately 5% of civil cases going to trial, nuclear settlements are considerably more frequent.
Sixteen survivors of a 2022 mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket filed a lawsuit Tuesday in New York’s Erie County Supreme Court against social media companies, the manufacturers of the shooter’s weapons and body armor and the shooter’s parents.
Federal prosecutors have secured charges against five more people in an alleged years-long scheme to crash cars into big rigs and buses on New Orleans freeways for millions in insurance money.
US trucking firms face a worsening litigation landscape, as jury awards and settlement amounts for trucking litigation have exploded over the last decade.
In a groundbreaking decision, Montana District Judge Kathy Seeley, who presided over the United States’ inaugural constitutional climate trial earlier this year, has ruled in favor of a group of young plaintiffs.
