New Wisconsin Lemon Law Limits Time to Seek Damages
If the vehicle you just bought turns out to be a lemon, you’ll have less time in Wisconsin to seek damages from the manufacturer and you won’t get as much money. The restrictions that went into effect...
View ArticleJury: Texas Company Should Pay $175M in Guardrail Case
A jury has decided that a Texas company should pay $175 million in a case involving the safety of thousands of guardrails on highways around the country. A whistleblower charged that the company...
View ArticleJury: Toyota Must Pay $11M Fatal Minnesota Crash
A federal jury in Minneapolis found that Toyota Motor Corp. must pay nearly $11 million to victims of a fatal 2006 crash after deciding that a design flaw in the 1996 Camry was partly to blame for the...
View ArticleDallas Jury Orders Johnson & Johnson to Pay $500M in Hip Implants Case
Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $502 million to a group of patients who accused the company of hiding flaws in its Pinnacle artificial hips that caused the devices to prematurely fail and left...
View ArticleCanadian Grain Bin Maker Sued by North Dakota Insurance Company
A North Dakota-based insurance company is accusing a major farm equipment manufacturer from Canada of making defective grain bins. Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Co. of Jamestown is suing...
View ArticleTruck Hauling Takata Air Bag Inflators to Texas Site Explodes; 1 Killed
A truck transporting Takata Corp air bag inflators and propellants that are at the center of a global recall exploded in Texas earlier this month, resulting in one death and four injuries, the...
View ArticlePanel to Study Cyber Security Issues at St. Jude After Heart Device Claims
Medical-device maker St. Jude Medical Inc. said it plans to set up a medical advisory board focused on cyber security issues affecting patient care and safety. St. Jude said in a statement that the...
View ArticleNew Wisconsin Lemon Law Limits Time to Seek Damages
If the vehicle you just bought turns out to be a lemon, you’ll have less time in Wisconsin to seek damages from the manufacturer and you won’t get as much money. The restrictions that went into effect...
View ArticleJury: Texas Company Should Pay $175M in Guardrail Case
A jury has decided that a Texas company should pay $175 million in a case involving the safety of thousands of guardrails on highways around the country. A whistleblower charged that the company...
View ArticleJury: Toyota Must Pay $11M Fatal Minnesota Crash
A federal jury in Minneapolis found that Toyota Motor Corp. must pay nearly $11 million to victims of a fatal 2006 crash after deciding that a design flaw in the 1996 Camry was partly to blame for the...
View ArticleDallas Jury Orders Johnson & Johnson to Pay $500M in Hip Implants Case
Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $502 million to a group of patients who accused the company of hiding flaws in its Pinnacle artificial hips that caused the devices to prematurely fail and left...
View ArticleCanadian Grain Bin Maker Sued by North Dakota Insurance Company
A North Dakota-based insurance company is accusing a major farm equipment manufacturer from Canada of making defective grain bins. Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Co. of Jamestown is suing...
View ArticleTruck Hauling Takata Air Bag Inflators to Texas Site Explodes; 1 Killed
A truck transporting Takata Corp air bag inflators and propellants that are at the center of a global recall exploded in Texas earlier this month, resulting in one death and four injuries, the...
View ArticlePanel to Study Cyber Security Issues at St. Jude After Heart Device Claims
Medical-device maker St. Jude Medical Inc. said it plans to set up a medical advisory board focused on cyber security issues affecting patient care and safety. St. Jude said in a statement that the...
View ArticleReuters Report: How Secrecy in Courts Stymies Safety Regulators
LEBANON, Ohio — Something wasn’t right with the Rhino. Reports started trickling in to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 2005 of people being killed or injured in the Yamaha Motor Co....
View ArticleCalif. Court Rules Amazon Liable Like Other Retailers for Defective Products
Amazon.com can be held liable like other traditional retailers for injuries from defective products sold via its sprawling e-commerce marketplace, a California state appeals court ruled on Thursday....
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