Insurance

     Cumberland Packaging Corp. sued Chubb Insurance Co. for $7.3 million, claiming its "crime coverage" should include losses to Bernie Madoff, because of Madoff's crimes, in Kings County Court, Brooklyn.

Crib Death

     Parents say their 5-month-old baby suffocated in an unsafe Amby Baby crib, in Portland, Ore., Federal Court.

UPS Class Action


     United Parcel Service charges for next-day delivery service that "it knows, or should know, cannot be timely delivered," a class action claims in Brooklyn Federal Court.

Media

     Kalju Kahn, a chemistry lecturer at UC Santa Barbara, says KEYT-TV defamed him by broadcasting that police were looking for him on a rape charge, in Santa Barbara Superior Court.

Consumer Class Action

     Brother claims that its color laser printers will work after replacement of only the tint cartridge that has run out, but that's not the case, a class action claims in Newark Federal Court.

Microsoft


     VirnetX claims Microsoft's Windows 7 violates two patents, in Tyler, Texas, Federal Court.

Environment

     The National Wildlife Federation and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community say Michigan improperly granted permits for Kennecott Eagle Minerals to mine sulfide metallic ores, which will pollute the Salmon Trout River, according to two complaints in Washtenaw County Court, Ann Arbor.

Health Care Reform

     Judicial Watch wants the Department of Health and Human Services to deliver documents on all White House meetings about health-care reform "behind closed doors with various groups" between Jan. 1 and 15, in a FOIA complaint in DC Federal Court.

Shareholder Class Action

     Directors of Accuray inflated its share price through false and misleading statements, a class action claims in San Francisco Federal Court.