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U.S. Supreme: Accident Victims Can Sue Ford in Minnesota, Montana State Courts
Mar 26 2021 // The Supreme Court has ruled that Michigan-based Ford Motor Co. can be sued in the state courts of people who were killed or seriously injured in accidents involving Ford vehicles. The justices unanimously rejected the...
Suez Canal Blockage Could Cost Global Trade $6B-$10B per Week: Allianz
Mar 26 2021 // BERLIN – The container ship blocking the Suez Canal could cost global trade $6 billion to $10 billion a week, a study by German insurer Allianz showed on Friday. The study by Europe’s biggest insurer also found...
Container Ship Could Block Suez Canal Like a ‘Beached Whale’ for Weeks
Mar 25 2021 // ISMAILIA, Egypt – A huge container ship blocking the Suez Canal like a “beached whale” may take weeks to free, the salvage company said, as officials stopped all ships entering the channel on Thursday in a...
Battle Brews over Texas Bills Aimed at Commercial Vehicle Accident Lawsuits
Mar 25 2021 // A battle is brewing between trucking and insurance industry interests and trial lawyers in Texas over a pair of companion bills introduced in the Texas House and Senate that proponents say are aimed at providing...
Huge Backlog of Ships Waits for Salvage Team to Re-Float Vessel Blocking Suez Canal
Mar 25 2021 // A huge backlog of vessels was building up around the Suez Canal amid warnings that the salvage team could need days — or even weeks — to prise out the giant container ship that’s blocking the crucial...
Minnesota District to Pay $300K to Settle Transgender Student Discrimination Suit
Mar 25 2021 // Minnesota’s largest school district will pay $300,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit with a transgender student who was barred from using the boys’ locker room, school officials and supporters of the...
Lawsuit Against BHP over Brazil Dam Collapse Fails on Appeal in English Court
Mar 25 2021 // LONDON – A 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group said on Wednesday it had failed to resurrect a 5.0 billion pound ($6.9 billion) English lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP over a devastating 2015 dam...
Insurers of Container Ship Aground in Suez Canal Face Millions in Claims
Mar 25 2021 // LONDON – The owner and insurers of one of the world’s largest container ships stuck in the Suez Canal face claims totalling millions of dollars even if the ship is refloated quickly, industry sources said on...
Insurtech Root Hit With Shareholder Lawsuit Alleging Negligence, Omissions in IPO Filing
Mar 24 2021 // With shares of Root Inc. trading at less than 50 percent of the late October 2020 IPO price of $27 per share, the insurtech carrier has been named in a shareholders class action complaint, Carrier Management has...
Authorities Working to Free Giant Stranded Container Ship Blocking Suez Canal
Mar 24 2021 // CAIRO – The shortest shipping route from Europe to Asia remained blocked on Wednesday as 10 tug boats struggled to free one of the world’s largest container ships after it ran aground in the Suez Canal. The...
Reporters Without Borders Sues Facebook in France over Hate Speech, False Information
Mar 24 2021 // PARIS – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has filed a lawsuit against Facebook in France over hate speech and false information, the global media watchdog said in a statement on Tuesday. RSF said that in a lawsuit filed...
Judge: No Dismissal of Ammo Seller from Suit over Texas School Shooting
Mar 24 2021 // A Tennessee-based online retailer accused of illegally selling ammunition to a student who fatally shot 10 people at a Texas high school in 2018 won’t be dismissed from a lawsuit filed by families of those killed and...
RICO Suit against Colorado Cannabis Firms Highlights D&O Dearth
Mar 23 2021 // A scarcity of directors and officers coverage for cannabis companies may be take an even bigger spotlight following a Colorado lawsuit in which two large cannabis operators and several executives are accused of illegally...
Supreme Court Nixes Facebook Bid to Curtail $15B Class Action Over User Tracking
Mar 22 2021 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away Facebook Inc.’s bid to pare back a $15 billion class action lawsuit accusing the company of illegally tracking the activities of internet users even when they are logged...
Minneapolis to Pay Floyd Family $27 Million in Civil Rights Lawsuit Settlement
Mar 22 2021 // The city of Minneapolis agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police custody, as jury selection continued in a former officer’s...
Oregon Lawsuits Seek $1B from Pacific Power over Wildfires
Mar 22 2021 // Two new lawsuits filed in Marion County, Ore., seek more than $1 billion in damages from Pacific Power, claiming the utility’s negligence led to wildfires in the Santiam Canyon last year. The two lawsuits filed in...
California Lawsuit Says Deputies Shared Grisly Bryant Photos
Mar 19 2021 // Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, on Wednesday posted the names of four Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies she alleges shared graphic photos from the site of the helicopter crash that killed her husband,...
Illinois Court: Suit Against MLB over Wrigley Field Foul Ball Injury Can Proceed
Mar 18 2021 // An Illinois appellate court has ruled a woman struck by a foul ball at Wrigley Field can move ahead with a lawsuit she filed against Major League Baseball. In upholding a lower court ruling, the appellate court said the...
Inmate Suits Blame California Corrections for Spreading Virus
Mar 18 2021 // The family of a 61-year-old California inmate who died of the coronavirus sued state corrections officials Tuesday, blaming a botched transfer of infected inmates to San Quentin State Prison that killed 28 inmates and a...
Georgia City Resident Sues Over Chemical Discharge in Water
Mar 17 2021 // A Georgia city, a textile manufacturer and others are being sued by a former Summerville, Georgia, city council member over a water crisis that forced Summerville to distribute bottled water for weeks and still could cost...
