Editorials/Columns/Letters |
Editorial: An Important Win in the Supreme Court for Class Actions |
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court gave an important victory to regular Americans, ruling that companies may not avoid class-action lawsuits by offering to buy off the individual plaintiffs before they can establish a class of similarly harmed people. The 6-to-3 decision was a surprising break from a long line of extremely pro-business and anti-class-action rulings by the five conservative justices, led by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. Editors, The New York Times 01/21/2016 |
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Laws/Cases |
Supreme Court Denies Johnson & Johnson's Appeal of $140M Ruling in Children's Motrin Lawsuit |
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Johnson & Johnson's appeal of a $140 million judgment in a lawsuit alleging that it failed to reveal that its children's medication could cause adverse reactions. The lawsuit alleged that Johnson & Johnson "failed to warn that Children's Motrin pain and fever medication could cause a devastating skin condition." The lawsuit was filed by the family of a girl who developed toxic epidermal necrolysis after taking several doses of Children's Motrin. The condition caused the 7-year-old girl "to lose 95 percent of the top layer of her skin and suffer other serious injuries, including heart failure, stroke and an aneurysm." The $140 million verdict is one of the largest ever awarded by a Massachusetts jury. Jessica Dye, Reuters 01/19/2016 |
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Los Angeles Settles Two Wrongful Conviction Lawsuits |
The Los Angeles City Council will pay $24.3 million to two men who were wrongly convicted of murder. Both of the men filed suit against the city and police officials and sought damages for their wrongful convictions. The city council decided to settle saying, "We believe that it saves the taxpayers money, but it's also the right thing to do, given the circumstances." The city council recently voted in favor of paying $16.7 million to one man who served over 34 years in prison after he was wrongly convicted of killing a man in Los Angeles when he was 18 years old. The city council also approved paying $7.6 million to another man who spent 26 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of killing his mother. Staff Report, CBS Los Angeles 01/19/2016 |
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Texas Family Sues Over Body That Went Missing From Casket |
A Texas family is suing a funeral home for at least $1 million after the body of a young woman vanished without a trace from a hallway of the facility and has yet to be found, lawyers said on Thursday The family of Julie Mott, who died in August at the age of 25, has filed suit against the Mission Park Funeral Chapels and Cemeteries of San Antonio for misplacing her body, they said. "After the memorial service, but before the body was transferred to the crematorium, Mission lost possession of Julie Mott's body, and to this day has been unable to explain how they lost the body," the lawsuit filed this month states. JIM FORSYTH, Reuters 01/21/2016 |
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Two Injured in SXSW Crash Suing City of Austin, Festival Organizers |
Two people injured by Rashad Owens, the drunken driver who killed four and injured dozens when he plowed through a crowd during the 2014 South by Southwest Music Festival, have sued the city of Austin, SXSW and Owens. Jacqueline Longhurst and Luis Suarez are seeking up to $1 million in damages in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in a Travis County state district court. Tuesday's suit is not the first resulting from the crash. Eight other victims, including the families of three people killed in the crash, sued SXSW and the city in December 2014. Philip Jankowski and Katie Urbaszewski, Austin American Statesman 01/22/2016 |
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Products |
Amazon Offers Full Refunds on Hoverboards |
Amazon is now offering full refunds for customers who bought hoverboards, the popular electric self-balancing riding devices which have been implicated in multiple fires and explosions. The Consumer Product Safety Commission so far has investigated 40 such incidents. Elizabeth Weise, USA Today 01/22/2016 |
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2015 Auto Recalls in U.S. Overtake 2014's Record |
Automobile recalls set a record last year as stronger government enforcement and widening recalls of exploding airbags pushed the total above 51 million vehicles. The 2015 number barely beat the record set in 2014, after that total was adjusted downward to just under 51 million from nearly 64 million to eliminate double-counting in the large recalls of airbag inflaters made by Takata. Associated Press, The New York Times 01/22/2016 |
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