Nearly 25 years after a catastrophic accident in Bhopal, India, killed thousands of people, a federal appeals court in the U.S. has reinstated a 2004 lawsuit concerning those allegedly exposed…
Actor Keanu Reeves was found not to be liable for a photographer’s injuries last year after the paparazzo apparently got too close to his upscale vehicle.
Saving $1,000 to $1,500 by not installing guardrails on top of a $1 million cargo elevator, as the original design called for, cost two elevator companies $2.17 million yesterday.
An 8-year-old boy aiming a 9 mm Micro Uzi at a pumpkin on a Connecticut firing range Sunday accidentally shot himself instead as the submachine gun recoiled and he apparently…
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered Chevron to take down sponsored Google links to a website providing the company’s spin on an incident that resulted in the death…
A convicted sexual predator who previously worked as a deputy for the Polk County Sheriff’s Office may have caused a fatal accident in Florida for which a civilian has been…
A Tennessee woman claims in a lawsuit that she suffered severe burns when coffee she bought at a Starbucks drive-up window spilled onto her hand and lap.
Acting New York Supreme Court Justice Paul G. Feinman dismissed a negligence action against the Lawyers Athletic League by a former Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman teammate who was allegedly…
Although experts said Donald Sturgill didn’t have a viable medical malpractice claim for ailments he suffered after being treated and released for a boating accident, his lawyer managed to get…
A tobacco lawyer claims in an appellate brief that a federal judge who ordered cigarette makers to stop using “light” descriptions for cigarettes copied government language in her 2006 opinion—including…
A New York appeals court has overturned the conviction of a personal injury law firm and one of its name partners for conspiring to defraud insurance companies.
After one Texas teen was killed and another paralyzed in a rollover accident, their parents are suing the manufacturer of their 2006 Volkswagen Beetle.
The vehicle was “unreasonably dangerous,” contend…
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