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A friend of mine recently told me that he had read about a jury awarding emotional distress damages in favor of a husband and wife whose home was improperly wired by an electrical...

It is your first trip to the State of Alabama. You have traveled to Mobile on a business trip. Your mission is to assess Alabama as apotential site for your company’s expansion. ...

Youare buying a brand new home.  Youare excited – you should be.  Atclosing, the builder hands you a warranty on your new home.  It may have been mentioned back whenyou first spoke with your...

Whenyou made a offer on your new home, your realtor no doubt pointed out that you could make your offersubject to a home inspection.  Thatway, if you found something that you did not like, you had...

The next time a group supporting tort reform tells you that your vote will result in lower insurance rates for the professional being sued that they are looking to protect, ask a question.  Of the...

Thousands of people in South Alabama are caught in a real bind - their present homeowner's insurance carrier has cancelled their policy and they can not find replacement coverage.  What is a home...

A lawsuit filed by Florida's Attorney General, against a Jacksonville furniture company, will prohibit the business from operating in Florida.The lawsuit, filed against Leather Depot, alleges the company is in violation of a prior business litigation settlement and is involved in deceptive business practices.In April 2006 Leather Depot settled with the Attorney General over complaints from...

Magna Bank has finished highliting evidence in a legal malpractice lawsuit against Thompson Coburn after four weeks of testimony.The trial, which was on a three-day hiatus so presiding Judge Daniel J. Stack could attend a judicial conference in Chicago, resumed March 6. And in an odd twist Magna's lead lawyer, Rex Carr, was called to testify as a witness for the defense.Carr was asked several...

A shareholder lawsuit has been filed against, Internet giant, Yahoo, for refusing a $44.6 billion buyout offer by Microsoft. The Detroit Police and Fire retirement system andWayne County Employee's Retirement System, of Michigan, which owns approximately 13,600 shares of Yahoo, filed a lawsuit in Michigan court asking that Yahoo be forced to consider the buyout. The complaint was filed after...

The city of Cleveland has filed a public-nuisance lawsuit against 21 of the biggest subprime mortgage lenders, such as Ameriquest Mortgage Co., seeking damages due to a huge increase in foreclosures.Filed Thursday, in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, the lawsuit alleges the banks created a foreclosure crisis, following subprime mortgages that have left the city to sustain hundreds of millions...

Ameriquest Mortgage Co., at one time the largest home mortgage lender catering to people with credit problems, paid New Yorkers $18 million as part of a previous nationwide predatory lending settlement.Checks were sent to approximately 13, 700 New Yorkers, according to a joint statement released on Monday, by Governor Eliot Spitzer and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo."Through their aggressive use...

Over $14 million dollars in checks are being mailed to 18, 481 Michigan loan borrowers as part of a settlement with Ameriquest Mortgage, once the nation's largest sub-prime lender. The payments are part of a $295 million national settlement stemming from a predatory lending lawsuit against them.More than 300,000 nationwide borrowers are expected to receive a share of the settlement. Total...

Last week the FDA called a joint meeting of its Nonprescription drugs and Pediatric advisory committees to discuss recent death and illness reports allegedly linked to over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold medications for infants and children.Due to the reported deaths and illnesses associated with use of OTC cold and cough rememdies, the infant versions of these drugs have already been...

Wachovia is suing Ameriquest Mortgage for $1 million dollars accusing them of selling bad loans, representing further fallout from a meltdown in the subprime mortgage lending industry.Wednesday, Ameriquest based in Orange, California, filed to move the case into federal court. Wachovia filed the lawsuit last month in Charlotte Superior Court.Wachovia claims they paid Ameriquest almost $129...

A government study to be published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, finds that so-called MRSA 'superbugs' are twice as common as was previously thought. Nearly 19,000 people died in 2005 after becoming infected with drug-resistant bacteria in hospitals and nursing homes.Beginning in 1970, doctor began to observe infections that weren't easily treatable with typical...