A recent federal court judgment in West Virginia is holding medical manufacturer C.R. Bard Inc., responsible for $250,000.00 in compensatory damages and $1.75 million in punitive damages for manufacturing and promoting a transvaginal surgical mesh which it knew or should have known would cause ...
A U.S. District court judge does not seem fully convinced that Uber drivers are independent subcontractors and not employees, and may send the case to a jury to find out. In a San Francisco, CA. district court summary judgment hearing, district judge Edward Chen heard ...
As a parent, you can sometimes find yourself responsible for other people's children. Car pools, play dates, sporting events and birthday parties seem completely harmless, but you may be legally or financially liable if a child is injured on your property, in your car, ...
Volkswagen’s scandal was discovered in the most American of ways: the good old fashioned college road trip. In the spring of 2014, researchers from West Virginia, two professors and two students, were evaluating the tailpipe emissions of diesel cars made for the American market by European manufacturers, something never before studied in the academic realm. What ...
Just when you think that you had seen it all in the automobile business, Volkswagen makes you wonder if there will ever be a level below which manufacturers will not go in order to sell cars. The world's top-selling car maker recently made headline news when it ...
A Boston Globe report earlier this year spotlighted the practice of retailers who request your zip code at the point of sale. Consumers presume this information is needed to confirm a credit card purchase, but in fact, it helps the seller determine their client demographics, which ...
As if you didn’t have enough reasons not to text while driving, here is another one: punitive damages. A man injured was hurt in Los Angeles accident that he blamed on a texting driver. He is now asking the California appeals court for permission to seek punitive damages. ...
Fiat Chrysler, commonly referred to us in America as Chrysler, has announced the recall of over one million vehicles due to cybersecurity concerns. It was discovered that the Dodge, Jeep, and Chrysler models that have a touch screens were hacked. Specifically hackers were reportedly able to ...
The family of a 33-year-old man who was stabbed to death by an underage drinker at TGI Fridays received a $40 million verdict against the restaurant operator. The victim, Orlando Jordan, was a dedicated 11-year employee of Wells Fargo bank. The lawsuit is being brought by ...
As summer gets underway, many college students head home for a couple months of relaxation or perhaps a summer job. In two short months, however, they will return to school, many of them in off campus housing. One question that students should keep in mind ...
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