Walmart and other major corporations are asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed against them by the Cherokee Nation, which argues that the companies have not done enough to stop prescription opioid abuse. The Oklahoma-based tribe filed the …
A Claremore, Okla.-based manufacturer of sucker rods and accessories for the oil and gas industry will pay $106,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According to the …
Don’t miss out on your chance to become one of Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Independent Property/Casualty Agencies. Extended Deadline Now: June 19 Insurance Journal will publish its annual list of the Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies in its August …
An effort to limit civil damages in lawsuits and give the Arkansas Legislature control over court rules was already shaping up to be one of the biggest and expensive campaigns in next year’s election. A competing measure the state Bar …
A federal jury in East St. Louis, Ill., has awarded $15 million to a 10-year-old boy whose mother blamed his birth defect on AbbVie Inc.’s bipolar disorder drug Depakote that she took while pregnant, in the latest trial among hundreds …
A federal appeals court on June 9 upheld an $11 million verdict against Toyota Motor Corp. over a fatal 2006 car crash in Minnesota, which a jury found was caused by an accelerator defect in a 1996 Camry. A three-judge …
Orland Park, Illinois-based insurance brokerage and risk advisory firm, The Horton Group, has hired Tricia Pucek as chief financial officer. Pucek is responsible for overseeing all corporate accounting, financial reporting and identifying growth opportunities for the agency’s 13 offices located …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of Microsoft Corp. in its bid to fend off class action claims by Xbox 360 owners who said the popular video game console gouges discs because of a design defect. The …
Lawyers for the operator of an Oakland warehouse charged in a fire that killed three dozen partygoers who were packed into the building aired possible defenses on Friday to a prosecution case that legal experts say appears to be strong. …
The insurance company for Spokane County, Wash. will pay $2.25 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit that contended the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office engaged in witness-tampering and recklessness to wrongfully convict three men for a 2008 robbery. Spokane …
