Judge Finds Evidence That Tesla, Musk Knew About Autopilot Defect November 22, 2023 By Dan Levine A Florida judge found “reasonable evidence” that Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and other managers knew the automaker’s vehicles had...
Tesla Wins First US Autopilot Trial Involving Fatal Crash November 3, 2023 By Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin Tesla on Oct. 31 won the first U.S. trial over allegations that its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a...
Tesla Aware of Autopilot Steering Malfunction Before Fatal Crash: Lawyer October 25, 2023 By Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin An attorney suing Tesla over a fatal accident cited an internal safety analysis conducted by the company that showed it...
Tesla Engineer Defends ‘Full Self-Driving’ Name at Crash Trial October 6, 2023 By Hyunjoo Jin and Dan Levine A Tesla engineer in court on Wednesday rejected a lawyer’s suggestion that the company named its driver-assistant feature “Full Self-Driving”...
Eli Lilly Settles New Jersey Whistleblower Allegations Over Manufacturing Practices October 3, 2023 By Dan Levine and Marisa Taylor Eli Lilly and Co. and a former employee agreed to settle a lawsuit in which the worker claimed she was...
Plaintiffs’ Attorney Cites ‘Experimental Vehicles’ in Tesla Trial Over Autopilot Fatality September 29, 2023 By Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin The lawyer representing victims of a fatal crash of a Tesla Model 3 car in his opening statement in court...
Tesla Braces For Its First Trial Involving Autopilot Fatality September 1, 2023 By Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin Tesla Inc. is set to defend itself for the first time at trial against allegations that failure of its Autopilot...
U.S. Court Rejects J&J Bankruptcy Strategy for Thousands of Talc Lawsuits January 31, 2023 By Tom Hals, Mike Spector and Dan Levine A U.S. appeals court on Monday shot down Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to offload tens of thousands of lawsuits over...
Koch Industries Gets $2.5B in Dividends From Unit That Offloaded Asbestos Liability January 26, 2023 By Dan Levine and Mike Spector Industrial conglomerate Koch Industries received nearly $2.5 billion in dividend payments last year from its Georgia-Pacific unit, which had spun...
Special Report: Corporate Chiefs Dodge Lawsuits Over Sexual Abuse, Deadly Products November 8, 2022 By Mike Spector, Benjamin Lesser, Dan Levine, Kristina Cooke and Disha Raychaudhuri Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction landed him in prison. Allegations of serial sexual abuse cost him his career and...