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Investors in a pair of cases in California scored a victory in November when a state-court judge in Santa Barbara ruled they had met the minimum pleading standards necessary to move forward with their fraud claims against Hartford, Conn., insurer Phoenix Cos.

Insurers Sued Over Death Bets Leslie Scism 2011

Coast Guard has assigned responsibility to BP and Transocean, but a state-court jury, if it were allowed to hear the case, might say Halliburton is liable, too.

Sneak Play Daniel Fisher 2011

Related Article Effort on Home Loans Stalls "Our ability to delve behind what's asserted in the affidavits is really limited," says Jennifer Bailey , a Florida state-court judge who rules on foreclosure cases in Miami-Dade County.

Mired in Foreclosures Jessica Silver-Greenberg 2011

Ms. Swanson accused Encore in a state-court lawsuit in May of including defective affidavits in debt-collection lawsuits against Minnesota residents.

States to Fight Lawsuit Accord Jessica Silver-Greenberg 2011

"Unfortunately, very few ... borrowers actually have lawyers," says Maxine Cohen Lando , a Florida state-court judge in Miami-Dade County.

Mired in Foreclosures Jessica Silver-Greenberg 2011

In July, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott alleged in a state-court lawsuit that Encore violated Texas law by using false and deceptive documents in lawsuits against Texas residents.

Debt Firm Is the Target of a Probe Into Practices Jessica Silver-Greenberg 2011

The case could set a precedent across the U.S. and discourage lenders from using collectors to get money from surviving relatives on debts left behind by the deceased, according to other state-court judges.

Judge Says Widow Harassed Jessica Silver-Greenberg 2011

Bank of America Corp. and a debt collector it hired to go after deceased customers' debts violated state law by repeatedly calling a Florida woman about paying the credit-card bill of her late husband, a Florida state-court judge ruled this month.

Judge Says Widow Harassed Jessica Silver-Greenberg 2011

Justice Breyer observed that Mr. Pollard's suit involved the kind of allegations typically at issue in state-court lawsuits—including failure to provide adequate care.

Court Says Inmate Can't Sue for Injury Jess Bravin 2012

Florida Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi , in a state-court suit filed Thursday, said the $128.9 billion Florida Retirement System Trust Fund wasn't one of the chosen clients.

Suit Alleges Favoritism by BNY Mellon Carrick Mollenkamp 2011