Litigation/Liability Trends
Many Lawsuit Claims Likely From Southwest Survivors
After the crash come the claims. Being on an airplane more than six miles in the air when an engine blows up and sends shrapnel through a window is an experience so scary that aviation lawyers say ...
Safety Advocates Chip Away at Tesla’s Post-Fatality Autopilot Defense
Tesla Inc.'s ardent defense of its Autopilot system is getting heat from safety advocates who question a key data point the company has been citing to plead its case. Several times since an ...
Tesla Draws Negative Response for Blaming Autopilot Death on Driver
Consumer-safety advocates and autonomous-vehicle experts criticized Tesla Inc. for issuing another statement about the death of a customer that pinned the blame on driver inattentiveness last week. ...
Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Readying ‘Thousands’ of Asbestos Cases in Wake of J&J Verdict
A $117 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson and a supplier in favor of a man who said his asbestos-related cancer was caused by long-term use of J&J's Baby Powder could open a new front ...
Great American, National Casualty, Other Carriers Sued by USA Gymnastics Over Nassar Lawsuit Costs
Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics is suing its insurance carriers, alleging that they haven't fully reimbursed it for defense costs incurred in lawsuits filed by victims of disgraced former sports ...
Attorneys Warn Automated Driving Is Auto Industry Product Liability Issue
Deadly crashes involving Tesla Inc and Uber Technologies vehicles operating entirely or in part under automated systems have made a once-abstract problem very real for auto industry lawyers gathered ...
Wells Fargo Could Get $1B Fine to Resolve Auto Insurance, Mortgage Lending Abuses
Two U.S. regulators have proposed Wells Fargo & Co pay $1 billion in penalties to resolve probes into auto insurance and mortgage lending abuses at the third largest U.S. bank, overshadowing its ...
Appeals Court Revives Barnes & Noble Data Breach Lawsuit
A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit seeking to hold Barnes & Noble Inc responsible for customer losses from a 2012 data breach, where fraudsters tampered with payment verification machines ...