April 27, 2011
A settlement agreement has been reached with a New Orleans, La.-based supplier of tainted Chinese drywall in the multi-district litigation (MDL 2047) over the product. Interior/Exterior Building Supply L.P. and the company’s two primary insurers have reached a settlement in …
April 26, 2011
Missouri is set to receive $125,000 under a settlement with a vehicle extended service contract seller. Attorney General Chris Koster said the state reached a settlement with St. Charles-based Dealers Warranty, LLC, d/b/a Mogi, and its owner, Brian Marino, in …
February 14, 2011
When Dane County, Wis., highway worker James Porter was struck and killed on the job in June 2009, Joel Porter, his son, lost his best friend. Porter’s daughter, Jessica Johnson, lost a grandfather to her two little girls. And because …
February 9, 2011
A settlement has been reached in the case of a Connecticut worker who was fired for criticizing her boss on Facebook, according to the The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The case centered on a complaint issued last year by …
February 7, 2011
The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) is distributing $18 million from a settlement reached with an insurance agency to Illinois funeral directors in trust for affected client-families. Distribution of the $18 million brings closure to the nearly two-year effort by …
January 31, 2011
A federal jury in Texas on Jan. 28 ordered Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary to pay $482 million in damages to an inventor who claimed the health care giant infringed on his patent for a cardiac stent. Jurors hearing …
January 20, 2011
Australia’s Qantas Airways is working towards a commercial settlement with Rolls-Royce over last year’s mid-air engine explosion, its chief executive said, as the airline rebuilds its image tarnished by the incident which temporarily grounded its fleet of A380 aircraft. Alan …