Parking Lot Strip Search Lawsuit Ends in Settlement
Roadside Strip Search Lawsuit Ends in Settlement
Lawsuits & Litigation
Mandatory Arbitration Limits Impact of #MeToo Movement
Mandatory Arbitration Limits Impact of #MeToo Movement
Court Says Oil Company Lawsuit Can Move Forward
Court Says Oil Company Lawsuit Can Move Forward
Judge Still Skeptical of Claims that Saudi Arabia was Behind the 9/11 Attacks
A district judge who’d rejected claims that Saudi Arabia was behind the 9/11 attacks seemed skeptical after a congressional action revived a dying series of lawsuits. According to U.S. News¸ the latest arguments swung into being after Congress passed the 2016 Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. Originally vetoed by then-President Barack Obama, its newfound
General Motors Sued After Self-Driving Car Collides with Lane-Splitting Motorcyclist
General Motors is facing one of the first lawsuits involving an accident between a self-driving vehicle and another motorist. According to The Guardian, motorcyclist Oscar Nilsson ran afoul of an autonomous Chevrolet Bolt on December 7th of last year. While the Bolt was ostensibly under the control of a backup driver, it “suddenly veered into
“Batterygate” Drops Dozens More Lawsuits on Apple
Disgruntled iPhone owners won’t let “Batterygate” go. Even after Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company would release a software update giving iPhone owners the option to turn off a battery-throttling feature, individuals and organizations won’t stop suing. Behind the now-infamous scandal was a corporate decision to secretly introduce a “dynamic power management” feature in
Overdose Lawsuit Between Family of Slipknot Bassist and Doctor Ends with Settlement
A lawsuit connected to the 2010 drug overdose death of Slipknot bass player Paul Gray recently reached a settlement. The lawsuit itself was filed by members of Gray’s family against “health care providers whom they blamed for his drug-overdose death.” But what happened, exactly, and why did the family blame Gray’s healthcare providers?
Former Drug Court Judge Disbarred for Taking Cocaine from Locker
Former Drug Court Judge Disbarred for Taking Cocaine from Locker
Restaurant Price-Fixing Lawsuit Granted Class Action Status
Restaurant Price-Fixing Lawsuit Granted Class Action Status
$40M Settlement Reached Between Delaware County Family and Hospital, Ending Medical Malpractice Case
Recently, a Delaware County jury awarded “$40 million to the family of a 6-year-old who suffered a spinal injury during birth.” The settlement is the largest of its kind in the county, but how will it be divided up, and what was the lawsuit about that resulted in such a large settlement? For starters, the settlement is related to a lawsuit filed on behalf of Grayson Charlton, a young girl who has been paralyzed “from her mid-chest down” since birth due to a medical error. According to the settlement agreement, “$10 million will go towards past and future pain and suffering, while the rest of the award will go toward future economic damages.”