Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Jenner Settles One of Three Lawsuits Over Malibu Collision |  | One of the three lawsuits filed against Caitlyn Jenner over a fatal collision in Malibu has been settled. According to authorities, Jenner caused the crash that involved two other vehicles when she was towing an off-road vehicle behind her car. During the collision, Jenner rear-ended two cars, pushing one into traffic and causing the death of a 69-year-old woman. One of the drivers who was rear-ended filed suit for lost wages and earning capacity, as well as hospital and medical expenses. The details of that settlement have not been disclosed. The family of the woman who was killed has also filed suit.
Ann Tatko-Peterson, Contra Costa Times 12/31/2015    | | Read Article: Contra Costa Times |
| Lawsuit: Hotel Let Attacker into Woman's Room | | A New Jersey woman sexually assaulted while staying at a downtown hotel has filed a lawsuit claiming staff members unwittingly let her attacker into her seventh-floor room. Cheri Marchionda is suing Embassy Suites; its parent company Hilton Worldwide Holdings; and Atrium Finance III, the company that owns the hotel itself. In a federal lawsuit on track to go to trial in Des Moines, lawyers from a Pennsylvania firm representing Marchionda wrote that a manager, a desk clerk and a maintenance man all helped LaPointe get into the woman's room without asking Marchionda whether he had permission to be there.
Grant Rodgers, The Des Moines Register, USA Today 01/04/2016 | | Read Article: USA Today |
| OK Car Crash: First Case to Test Legal Boundaries of GM Ignition Switch Scandal | | A civil trial set to start this month in New York City will test the legal boundaries of hundreds of claims remaining against General Motors Co. stemming from faulty ignition switches. The case involves an Oklahoma man who blames a defective ignition switch for preventing his air bags from deploying during a crash. It's the first trial to result from hundreds of lawsuits filed against GM after the auto giant revealed in 2014 that faulty ignition switches in Chevy Cobalts and other small cars necessitated an unprecedented recall.
LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press, Star Tribune-South Metro 01/04/2016 | | Read Article: Star Tribune-South Metro |
| Four Vehicles Added to Takata Recall | | | Four car models have been added to a recall list involving defective Takata airbags. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it has added Honda CR-Vs, Mazda6s and Subaru Legacy and Outback to the list of vehicles recalled for faulty airbags. Over the last year, the recall has involved 23 million air bag inflators in 19 million cars from 11 automakers. The head of the NHTSA announced the recent recall addition may involve hundreds of thousands of vehicles.
Kelsey Mays, USA Today 12/28/2015
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| Jeep Issues Recall for Faulty Wiring Issue | | A recall has been issued on Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango vehicles from 2011 and 2012 due to an issue with faulty wiring. According to the recall, faulty wiring in the sun visors and mirrors can short-circuit and cause a fire. FCA US has not yet received any reports of incidents or injuries related to the wiring issue. The recall applies to Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango vehicles produced prior to September 2, 2012.
Bengt Halvorson, Christian Science Monitor 12/29/2015 | | Read Article: Christian Science Monitor |
| Justice Dept Probes Blue Bell Over Listeria Contamination | | Blue Bell Creameries is being probed by the U.S. Department of Justice over listeria contamination of its ice cream that was linked to three deaths, the Wall Street Journal reported. Government lawyers are trying to find out what company executives knew about listeria in its plants and potentially its products, and what they did in response.
Wall Street Journal, Reuters 01/04/2016 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Honda Confirms 9th Death Linked to Takata Airbags | | Honda Motor Co. confirmed that a Takata airbag inflator ruptured in a July crash of a Honda Accord and likely led to the death of the young driver, the ninth death in the world linked to the faulty inflators. The death, first reported by U.S. auto safety authorities last week, is the eighth in the United States and the first since April tied to the inflators that have been recalled in tens of million of vehicles worldwide.
David Shepardson , Reuters 01/04/2016 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Ohio Supreme Court to Decide Malpractice Lawsuit | | A malpractice lawsuit filed by a retired Air Force colonel is headed for the Ohio Supreme Court. The lawsuit contends that doctors at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio botched a surgery on the plaintiff's prostate, causing him to become impotent and incontinent. The clinic alleges that the plaintiff did not file his lawsuit within the four-year window allowed plaintiffs in medical malpractice lawsuits. The plaintiff and his wife did file suit in 2010 and allege that they were forced to drop the lawsuit because the clinic refused to grant them access to medical records.
Casey Ross, Cleveland.com 12/23/2015 | | Read Article: Cleveland.com |
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