A federal judge in Philadelphia has reduced a $5 million punitive damage award to two law school professors who said they were defamed by a legal publishing firm that released a book addendum bearing their names even though they didn’t …
A federal jury found that Toyota Motor Corp. isn’t responsible for a 2005 crash that the driver blamed on the floor mat or the electronic throttle, in the first case to go to trial since automaker recalled millions of its …
A Long Island motorist caused a chain reaction of fires and property damage when her car hit a utility pole and kept on going. Police said the 80-year-old woman complained of head pain and was taken to a local hospital, …
Maryland police have charged a man with setting fires in his own Pasadena house in April. Forty-three-year-old William Macher surrendered to police on Wednesday and has been charged with arson, manufacturing or possessing a destructive device and other offenses. He …
The Obama administration renewed its push on Monday for tougher pipeline safety regulation following accidents in recent years that killed dozens of people and disrupted energy markets. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood sought to revive legislation that would put more teeth …
Southwest Airlines Co. canceled 70 flights Monday as it continued to inspect Boeing 737 planes following the emergency landing on Friday of a jet with a hole in its fuselage. Spokeswoman Whitney Eichinger said 70 flights systemwide were canceled for …
The company known as “Old GM” exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week and was carved into four trusts, marking the close of one of the most complex Chapter 11 cases in U.S. history. GM filed for bankruptcy in June 2009 …
The family of a slain Middle Tennessee State University basketball player has filed a $20 million wrongful death lawsuit against the young woman accused in her death. According to The Daily News Journal, the parents of Tina Stewart sued 18-year-old …
One man wanted to shrink his carbon footprint. Another saw a chance to save gas money. A third needed a way to get around after losing his driver’s license. All turned to the venerable moped, a low-powered form of two-wheeled …
Japan’s nuclear crisis is likely to lead to one of the country’s largest and most complex ever set of claims for civil damages, handing a huge bill to the fiscally strained government and debt-laden plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. …