ALBANY — New York’s top court ruled Tuesday that securities fraud enforcement by the state attorney general doesn’t pre-empt private common-law suits against investment companies, keeping the door open to billions of dollars in claims by those hurt in the ...

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Litigation over oil and natural gas industry techniques that include hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is underway across the country and expected to spread. Over the past few years, the use of fracking to drive natural gas out of shale rock ...

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BUFFALO — Lawyers for passengers killed aboard Continental Connection Flight 3407 outside Buffalo will be back in court, along with attorneys for the airlines they're suing. They'll update U.S. District Judge William Skretny on Wednesday on the status ...

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NIAGARA FALLS — Opponents of New York's gay marriage law filed the first lawsuit challenging the measure, an anticipated salvo that came Monday as dozens of same-sex couples exchanged vows in a group ceremony overlooking Niagara Falls a day after the first gay weddings.

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BUFFALO — Families suing over the 2009 crash of Flight 3407 near Buffalo are awaiting an important ruling. Federal Judge William Skretny has told lawyers he'll let them know Monday about the key issue of punitive damages. Those are damages meant to punish companies and deter future wrongdoing.

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About two dozen lawsuits have been filed around the country alleging that Zimmer NexGen knee replacements are defective and the company failed to warn that they have a high rate of failure requiring additional revision surgery.

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BUFFALO — The deadly crash of a Continental Connection turboprop near Buffalo two years ago has now produced 56 lawsuits as passengers' relatives seek damages from the flight's operators. A dozen of the lawsuits have been settled and others are before mediators ...

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BRADENTON, Fla. — Veterans, military families and others who oppose a decades-old law that shields military medical personnel from malpractice lawsuits are rallying around a case they consider the best chance in a generation to change the widely unpopular protection.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a federal law intended to protect the religious rights of prison inmates bars most lawsuits that seek money from states that violate the law.

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As lawmakers continue to push a bill that would limit medical malpractice lawsuits, opponents are boosting their criticism of the measure, pointing to a recent study showing that hospital errors occur ten times more frequently than previously thought.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court says hospitals and clinics that serve the poor cannot sue prescription drug manufacturers over allegations that the companies charged too much for their medicines.

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Seven Rochester-area residents filed suit in U.S. district court on Wednesday alleging they were injured by defective hip replacement implants. The suit was filed against hip implant manufacturer, DePuy Orthopaedics and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson.

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