HATFILL SUES ASHCROFT, JUSTICE, OVER ANTHRAX
INVESTIGATION.
Dr. Steven J. Hatfill filed suit in federal court Aug. 26 against
Attorney General John Ashcroft and other Justice Department officials,
alleging they ruined his professional reputation and . . .
FMCSA READY TO COMPLY WITH 9TH CIRCUIT MEXICAN TRUCK
ORDER.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said Aug. 26 it was
ready to complete the full environmental analysis ordered months ago by
the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to determine the . . .
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY BILL IS LAW.
After four years of dispute over whether financial institutions can
share consumers' personal information without their express
permission, California Gov. Gray Davis Aug. 27 signed the opt-in . . .
EEOC PRESSURES ALLSTATE TO SETTLE AGENTS' CLASS
ACTION.
An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission official stepped up
pressure last week on Allstate Insurance Co. to settle the class action
filed against it by current and former agents before Sept. 15, . . .
GAO FINDS MIXED IMPACT OF MALPRACTICE PREMIUMS ON HEALTH
CARE.
Increases in medical malpractice insurance premiums appear to have
been slower in states that have capped noneconomic damages, the General
Accounting Office reported Aug. 29, and care of some . . .
TEXAS VERDICT DOESN'T BAR PURSUIT OF FALSE CLAIMS
ACTION.
A Texas court's verdict against a plaintiff in a
wrongful-discharge lawsuit doesn't bar him from pursuing similar
allegations in a lawsuit under the federal False Claims Act, the Fifth
U.S. Circuit . . .
TEXAS A&M BONFIRE LAWSUIT REVIVED IN U.S. COURT.
The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a federal civil
rights lawsuit brought against Texas A&M University officials by
survivors and families of victims after a giant 1999 campus . . .
TEXAS CAMPAIGN INTENSIFIES OVER MALPRACTICE CAP
AMENDMENT.
A fierce battle is being waged to persuade Texans to vote either
yes or no Sept. 13 on whether the state's constitution should be
amended to cap damages in medical malpractice lawsuits immediately . . .
OREGON LEGISLATURE PASSES CREDIT SCORING BILL.
The Oregon Senate Aug. 20 approved a bill to restrict
insurers' use of credit information for personal lines underwriting
and rating.
After pending in the House Rules Committee for three months, . . .
LOUISIANA ANTI-SUBROGATION LAW TRUMPED BY ERISA.
A Louisiana anti-subrogation statute is completely preempted by the
federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Fifth U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals has ruled.
And if a state-law claim is . . .
IDAHO GIRL LOSES BIVENS CLAIM OVER PROTECTED WITNESS.
A child sexually abused by a convicted felon in the witness
protection program cannot recover against the federal agents responsible
for him because the abuse wasn't reasonably foreseeable, the . . .
FLORIDA JUDGE APPROVES CLASS ACTION ON GRAVE DESECRATION.
Broward Circuit Judge J. Leonard Fleet Aug. 19 approved about
30,000 persons for class action status in a lawsuit alleging grave
desecration at two Menorah Gardens cemeteries in Florida.
The . . .
CALIFORNIA: U.S. COURT AFFIRMS "SHAM DEFENDANT"
RULING.
A California woman cannot get her bad-faith lawsuit against an
insurance company back into state court by adding as a defendant an
insurance agent who is a resident of the state, the Ninth U.S. . . .
CALIFORNIA JUDGE DELAYS RULING ON GARAMENDI'S HOMEOWNER
REGS.
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Raymond M. Cadei said Aug. 22 he
had decided to delay ruling on the insurance industry's challenge
to the emergency homeowner insurance regulations issued by . . .
ALABAMA RESIDENTS TO RECEIVE OVER $600 MILLION IN PCB
SETTLEMENT.
St. Louis-based Solutia and its former owner, Monsanto Co., which
has been purchased by Pharmacia of Pfizer, agreed Aug. 20 to pay over
$600 million to settle two class action suits brought by . . .
IIABA FINDS TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE WHO RENT DO NOT HAVE
INSURANCE.
In a telephone survey of 1,000 people by International
Communications Research, 64.4 percent said they did not have property or
liability insurance and 2.2 percent said they did not know if they . . .
CONSUMERS PUSH TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM POWER-WINDOW
INJURIES.
Consumer groups submitted a petition Aug. 19 to the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration to initiate rulemaking to protect
children from death and injury involving power-generated windows . . .
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT EXPANDS CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM.
The Agriculture Department's federal crop insurance program
will expand its drought and flood coverage this fall from farmers who
raise major commodity crops like corn and soybeans to farmers who . . .
FCC BUCKLES UNDER PRESSURE, DECIDES TO DELAY RULE ON JUNK
FAXES.
After being deluged with emergency petitions from thousands of
businesses and tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations, the Federal
Communications Commission decided Aug. 18 not to implement on Aug. . . .
DAVIS EXPECTED TO SIGN PRIVACY LEGISLATION ALLOWING
OPT-IN.
Despite pressure from insurers to veto a controversial opt-in
privacy measure passed by the Legislature last week, California Gov.
Gray Davis is expected to sign the bill this week, a spokeswoman . . .
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