Liability News
Hundreds Dead After Mexico Quake; Survivor Search Begins
Mexican search and rescue teams worked through the night after an earthquake rocked one of the world's largest urban centers, killing hundreds and reducing buildings to rubble. Military police, ...
Hurricane Jose Appears Headed for U.S. as Maria Strengthens
Hurricane Jose churned toward the U.S. Northeast and could cause swells along the coast by midweek, according to the National Hurricane Center, while Tropical Storm Maria is expected to become a ...
Streams of Raw Sewage Overwhelm Cities Slammed by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
Hurricane Harvey took aim at one of the nation's most industrial regions, releasing a stream of toxic pollutants from chemical plants, refineries and Superfund sites in Texas. But when its bigger ...
New Wells Fargo Disclosures May Jeopardize $142M Customer Class Action Settlement
Wells Fargo & Co.'s disclosure Thursday that employees may have opened significantly more unauthorized accounts than previously stated could jeopardize a $142 million class-action settlement with ...
Wells Fargo Admits Discovery of 1.4M Additional Bogus Customer Accounts
Wells Fargo & Co will refund nearly 2 million more customers for charges they should not have incurred after expanding a review of improper sales practices, the third-largest U.S. bank said on ...
Wells Fargo Accused of Charging Improper Mortgage Fees in Proposed Class Action Lawsuit
A homeowner has filed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing Wells Fargo & Co of improperly charging thousands of customers nationwide to lock in interest rates when their mortgage applications ...
Automated Car Safety Systems Working; Preventing Crashes: Studies
Safety systems to prevent cars from drifting into another lane or that warn drivers of vehicles in their blind spots are beginning to live up to their potential to reduce crashes significantly, ...
J&J Talc/Cancer Trial Verdict Opens New Front in Litigation
A massive California verdict in a lawsuit alleging Johnson & Johnson's talc-based products cause cancer has opened a new front in the litigation, upending the company's hopes that the cases were ...