May 16, 2012
The Wood County Board of Education in West Virginia is being sued by a woman who claims an assistant football coach encouraged a fight between her son and another player. The Parkersburg News and Sentinel says Lisa Watson filed the …
May 9, 2012
A Stamford, Conn., official is rejecting allegations by an attorney for the father of three girls killed in a Christmas morning house fire that the Connecticut city failed to ensure safe conditions as the house was being renovated. Richard Emery, …
May 2, 2012
Gaylord Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government accusing the National Weather Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of negligence that led to massive destruction at its luxury hotel in Nashville and damage to the most …
April 25, 2012
The family of a man who died along with his wife and son in a traffic accident is suing the driver of the other vehicle in the accident. Mary Robinson of Holts Summit, Mo., is suing 19-year-old Emily Frakes of …
April 17, 2012
A crash involving two vehicles transporting prisoners has led to a lawsuit by a Maine State Prison inmate. The lawsuit by Clifford Perkins claims the driver was operating the vehicle negligently and unskillfully when the crash occurred, causing injuries to …
April 16, 2012
A Kansas storm chaser and photographer is suing a motorist whose car struck his SUV during a Montana snowstorm, alleging that the wreck destroyed a vehicle that had “unique value” for surviving more than 350,000 miles through hurricanes, tornadoes and …
April 12, 2012
A New York collector claims in a lawsuit that photographer William Eggleston’s decision to sell oversized versions of some of his iconic images has diluted the resale value of the originals. Jonathan Sobel filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Manhattan federal …
March 23, 2012
Columbia-based Shelter Insurance has filed a $390 million lawsuit against a Memphis-based firm that it says failed to do due diligence on a municipal bond offering for the failed Mamtek sweetener plant project in Moberly. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported …
March 1, 2012
The brother of a man killed by a fellow dementia patient last year has sued the western Pennsylvania nursing home where the fatal attack occurred. The Tribune-Democrat of Johnstown reports Wednesday that Jack Shaw sued Grane Healthcare last year in …
February 24, 2012
Former NBA star and current Bobcats owner Michael Jordan filed suit in a Chinese court against Qiaodan Sports Company Limited, a sportswear and footwear manufacturer, for unauthorized use of his name. In a statement released through his spokeswoman, Jordan says …