The Tennessee Valley Authority has asked a federal court to dismiss all lawsuits filed against the utility in the aftermath of a major coal ash spill.

Dozens of plant workers who claim their health was damaged by exposure to a chemical used to give a buttery flavor to microwave popcorn have filed lawsuits in...

The parents of two students slain at Virginia Tech say they’ve filed lawsuits because they want accountability.

On the second anniversary Thursday of the mass killings at Virginia State University, the families of two slain students sued the state, the school and its counseling...

The Virginia attorney general’s office says two families have sued the state on the second anniversary of the mass killings at Virginia Tech.

A federal judge has rejected a defense contractor’s claims that it cannot be sued by alleged torture victims at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

The Supreme Court has refused to consider whether the mother of a Texas A&M student injured in a deadly bonfire collapse nearly a decade ago can sue because of the...

The Supreme Court has turned away pleas by New York City and victims of gun violence to revive lawsuits accusing the firearms industry of selling guns with the...

A mediator said Thursday that all but three of nearly 100 lawsuits brought on behalf of those killed or injured in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks have been settled for...

A day after the Supreme Court decided that federal rules do not protect drugmakers from state lawsuits, Democrats in Congress moved to overturn a decision that has...

A mediator says all but three of nearly 100 lawsuits brought on behalf of those killed or injured in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks have been settled for half a billion...

A Houston Baptist spokeswoman says the university has settled its state and federal lawsuits against the NCAA over the time it will take to gain full membership.

Procter & Gamble Co. and Kraft Foods Inc. say they have settled lawsuits alleging patent infringement on coffee containers.

Seven states sued the federal government Thursday over a new rule that expands protections for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in...

A South Carolina pawn shop owner accused by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg of recklessly selling a rifle to an ex-convict pleaded guilty Friday to a federal weapons...

A South Carolina pawn shop owner accused by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg of recklessly selling a rifle to an ex-convict has pleaded guilty to a federal weapons...

Sponsors of California’s voter-approved gay marriage ban accused Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday of advancing a far-fetched legal theory to justify...

This coming week, Minnesota’s Canvassing Board will declare what everyone’s been waiting for in the state’s prolonged U.S. Senate race: A winner.

This coming week, Minnesota’s Canvassing Board will declare what everyone’s been waiting for in the state’s prolonged U.S. Senate race: A winner.

Seven lawsuits have been filed in connection with the deadly Metrolink commuter train crash in Los Angeles.