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| Lawsuit Blames Death on Dole Plant Salad, Listeria Outbreak |  | A new wrongful death lawsuit alleges an Ohio woman died because she ate salad processed at a Dole plant linked to a listeria outbreak. The Springfield News-Sun reports the lawsuit says a 79-year-old Franklin County woman died in February after eating salad from Dole's Springfield plant. The food processor is accused of failing to prevent contamination. Dole declined to comment on the litigation.
Associated Press, Houston Chronicle 06/02/2016    | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| VW Can't Yet Halt Consumer Suit Over Emissions Scandal | | A Virginia federal judge on Tuesday refused to halt a consumer action against Volkswagen over its "clean diesel" emissions scandal and sent the case back to state court over the automaker's objections, finding that the local court still has authority in the case while consolidation is being weighed. U.S. District Judge Glen E. Conrad said the six VW drivers who launched the action in April on behalf of themselves and all other Virginia residents with VW cars affected by so-called "defeat devices" used to skirt emissions standards.
Kali Hays, Law360.com 06/02/2016 | | Read Article: Law360.com |
| Verizon Customer Need Not Arbitrate Fee Claims, Court Says | | A California state appeals court on Tuesday denied a Verizon unit's bid to move a customer's class action into arbitration, rejecting the telecom giant's argument that a terms of use agreement requires the customer to arbitrate her claims that Verizon improperly charged late fees for unpaid telephone use charges.
Adam Sege, Law360.com 06/02/2016 | | Read Article: Law360.com |
| Appeals Court Won't Revisit N.F.L. Concussion Settlement | | The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Wednesday denied a request to reconsider arguments aimed at altering the settlement between the N.F.L. and thousands of former players who said the league hid from them the dangers of concussions. In April, a three-judge panel in the Third Circuit unanimously affirmed the approval of the settlement, which provides up to $5 million to individual players with severe neurological diseases.
KEN BELSON, The New York Times 06/02/2016 | | Read Article: The New York Times |
| Ex-Student Files Suit Over Sexual Assault Against College | | A former student of Sienna College in New York has filed a lawsuit alleging that the school is to blame for her sexual assault. The young woman filed her lawsuit on May 25 in state Supreme Court in Albany. The complaint alleges that the assault in the plaintiff's dorm room would not have taken place had the school patrolled the residence hall. The lawsuit alleges that the plaintiff was "viciously assaulted" by three young men who forced themselves into her room.
Bethany Bump, Albany Times Union 06/01/2016 | | Read Article: Albany Times Union |
| Fla. Surgeon Faces Lawsuits by 160 Women Over Breast Surgeries | | Over 160 women have filed suit against a Florida surgeon alleging that he disfigured them during breast surgeries. Three women sued the surgeon and his son in October alleging that their breast surgeries were botched, causing them disfigurement and continued pain. Six months after the initial lawsuits were filed, about 160 women have filed similar complaints against the surgeon. The surgeon was also named in three lawsuits in the 1990s, but those court records have not been disclosed.
Andrew Pantazi, Florida Times Union 06/01/2016 | | Read Article: Florida Times Union |
| Automakers Still Installing Defective Takata Airbags in Cars: Report | | Even as federal safety regulators expand the ongoing recall of defective Takata airbags, four major automakers continue to install some of the defective devices on their newest vehicles, according to a new Senate report. A number of manufacturers also are using defective Takata inflators as replacements for older airbags in about 2.1 million recalled vehicles. Federal regulators have approved that move as a temporary measure due to a shortage of replacement parts using newer, safer designs.
PAUL A. EISENSTEIN, NBCNewYork.com 06/02/2016 | | Read Article: NBCNewYork.com |
| Ford Recalls 1.9M Vehicles With Takata Air Bags | | Ford said Wednesday it is recalling nearly 1.9 million vehicles with defective air bags on the passenger side, the latest recall over possibly defective air bags manufactured by Takata. Ford Motor Co. said in Wednesday's statement that the vehicles affected by the safety recall are 2007-2010 Ford Edge, 2006-2011 Ford Fusion, 2005-2011 Ford Mustang, 2007-2011 Ford Ranger, 2007-2010 Lincoln MKX and 2006-2011 Lincoln MKZ, Zephyr and Mercury Milan vehicles built in North America.
Kurt Orzeck, Law360.com 06/02/2016 | | Read Article: Law360.com |
| Report: 11 Deaths at Huntington Hospital Among Patients Infected by Dirty Scopes | | Pasadena health officials said Wednesday that 16 patients were infected by dangerous bacteria from medical scopes at Huntington Hospital from January 2013 to August 2015, including 11 who have now died. The hospital had previously said just three patients were infected in the outbreak that officials said was limited to the middle of 2015. The patient infections were detailed in the Pasadena Public Health Department's investigation into the outbreak. The report blamed both the design of the scope and the hospital for lapses in infection control.
Melody Petersen, LA Times 06/02/2016 | | Read Article: LA Times |
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