The Justice Department has reportedly opened a preliminary criminal investigation into General Motors’ delayed recall of cars with faulty ignitions, several news outlets are reporting.
The operator of the Vortex ride at the North Carolina State Fair is facing charges in the malfunction that injured five people last Thursday, three of whom remained hospitalized on…
A would-be client of a Florida personal injury law firm wound up without the legal representation he had sought after his chair collapsed as he was meeting with an attorney…
It’s not just law firms that are outsourcing some of their work. Overburdened federal judges are increasingly appointing special masters to help with the pretrial work in complex cases.
In June 2013, for the third time in four years, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt with the question of when federal law preempts state tort liability for those injured by…
An 85-year-old personal injury lawyer in Eugene, Ore., has taken on a 20th case alleging seat warmers in cars caused third-degree burns in people with sensory disabilities.
John Rizzuto could have tried harder to quit, rather than continuing to smoke for four decades, as evidence mounted about the health risks of cigarettes, lawyers for manufacturers argued.
A record $1.6 billion settlement approved last week by a federal judge in Orange County, Calif., is only part of the potential liability that Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. Inc. is…
A Tennessee lawyer has filed a federal products liability lawsuit against Apple Inc., contending that the company is strictly liable for selling “unreasonably dangerous or defective” electronic devices that lack…
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