Russell Staley stared out his broken windshield as darkness engulfed him and firefighters bearing chain saws cut through fallen trees...
Articles by David Voreacos and Margaret Newkirk

The U.S. extorted American International Group Inc. shareholders when it extended a $182 billion taxpayer bailout at the height of...
Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s chemical unit agreed to pay $190 million to cover its liability for the cleanup of the Passaic...
Roche Holding AG won reversal of a $2.1 million verdict by a New Jersey jury in favor of a California...
A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. truck driver went at least 24 hours without sleep before his tractor-trailer crashed into a limousine,...
Prudential Financial Inc. agreed to dismiss its claims that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. engaged in fraud and racketeering in selling...
Johnson & Johnson will pay more than $4 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits over its recalled hip implants in...

The owner of SeaStreak Wall Street, a commuter ferry that crashed in Manhattan’s financial district on Jan. 9, has settled...
The National Football League was sued by 10 retired players, including Curley Culp and John Riggins, who claim the NFL...