Disney Drops Bid to Have Allergy-Death Lawsuit Tossed Because Plaintiff Signed Up For Disney+ August 22, 2024 By Philip Marcelo Disney is no longer asking a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit on the grounds that the victim’s...
Disney Argues Wrongful Death Suit Should Be Tossed Because Plaintiff Signed Up For a Disney+ Trial August 19, 2024 By Philip Marcelo Does signing up for Disney’s popular streaming service mean you have agreed to never sue the entertainment giant over anything...
Families of Mass Shooting Victims to Split $8 Million Settlement November 14, 2022 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The families of nine people killed last year by a co-worker at a California rail...
Lawsuits Allege Cheaper Drilling Plan Used in Gas Well Blast October 31, 2018 The operator of a gas well that exploded in southeastern Oklahoma used a cheaper and quicker drilling plan than experts...
Arrests Made in California Warehouse Fire That Killed 36 June 7, 2017 By PAUL ELIAS A man who illegally rented out space in an Oakland, California, warehouse that caught fire and killed 36 people has...
GM Still Faces Exposure in Flawed Ignition Switch Suits That Seek Billions September 21, 2015 By Erik Larson, Bob Van Voris and Patricia Hurtado General Motors Co.’s potential liability over flawed ignition switches isn’t over yet, and billions of dollars remain at stake. GM...
Amtrak Admits Liability in Philadelphia Crash Cases July 13, 2015 By David Voreacos and Edvard Pettersson Amtrak said it will concede that it’s liable for most damages caused by the May 12 train derailment in Philadelphia...
Wrongful Death Suits Filed by Newtown Victim Families Against Town, School Board January 15, 2015 By DAVE COLLINS Families of two of the 20 children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre are suing the town...
First Lawsuits Filed Over Fatal South by Southwest Crash in Austin December 23, 2014 By Paul J. Weber The first wave of victim lawsuits since four people died at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas,...
Jury Finds That Guardrail Maker Defrauded U.S. With Changes October 21, 2014 By Patrick G. Lee Trinity Industries Inc. faces a potential liability of $1 billion after a jury found the company defrauded the U.S. by...