Nevada News

A Nevada jury said two UnitedHealth Group Inc. units should pay a total of $500 million in punitive damages in a case involving two members who contracted hepatitis C, an award that will draw close attention in the health-insurance industry.

Plaintiffs’ attorneys asked a Nevada state court jury on Monday to put the state’s largest health management organization on the hook for a stunning $2.5 billion punitive damage award in a Las Vegas hepatitis outbreak that lawyers called the largest in U.S. history.

A jury is slated to hear a lawyer's request to hold Nevada's largest health management organization liable for as much as $1 billion in punitive damages in a Las Vegas hepatitis exposure case.

A Nevada jury was asked Wednesday to hold the state’s largest health management company responsible for up to $1 billion in damages because two women contracted incurable hepatitis C during treatment at a Las Vegas outpatient medical clinic later blamed for an outbreak called the largest in U.S. history.

Amazon.com subsidiary Zappos lost an attempt on Thursday to force customers into arbitration over damages allegedly caused by a data leak in January.

Too many lawsuits may be hurting Nevada’s reputation — and costing the state jobs.

Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto's plan to use $11.7 million in funds from a nationwide mortgage settlement was passed by state lawmakers last week.

Bank of America Corp., aside from the nationwide foreclosure deal, has settled a separate lawsuit over mortgage modifications brought by Nevada for almost $800 million, state Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said Friday.

Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto is defending her decision to hire a private law firm to sue a loan processing company.

In the latest sign that some attorneys general are no longer pinning their hopes on a broad state and federal settlement with big banks, two states battered by housing foreclosures announced a plan Tuesday to combine forces to investigate mortgage fraud and related misdeeds.