Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| U.S. Supreme Court Rejects BP, Anadarko Over Deepwater Horizon Spill Penalties |  | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected bids by BP and Anadarko Petroleum Corp to avoid penalties under federal pollution law in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP could face a maximum penalty of $13.7 billion under the Clean Water Act. Anadarko says it could be required to pay more than $1 billion. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans has not yet imposed penalties, but has ruled that BP was grossly negligent and that 3.19 million barrels of oil were spilled. The high court left in place a June 2014 ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which said the companies were liable for civil penalties under the federal Clean Water Act.
LAWRENCE HURLEY, Reuters 06/30/2015    | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Judge Certifies Class Over TransUnion Terrorist Alerts | | TransUnion, a leading U.S. consumer reporting agency, must face a class action accusing it of violating federal law by mistakenly reporting that thousands of individuals were on a government list of potential terrorists, a federal judge ruled. In an order on Friday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said the sheer number of consumers reported as potential terrorists makes it likely that a significant number were inaccurately tagged.
DENA AUBIN, Reuters 06/30/2015 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Judge Dismisses GM Ignition Switch Lawsuit | | Delaware Chancery Court Judge Sam Glasscock dismissed a lawsuit against General Motors that alleged the board of directors did not perform its duty in preventing the mounting losses from the sale of vehicles with faulty and deadly ignition switches. The shareholder suit sought to recover losses due to expenses, fines, lawsuits and damages to the company as a result of the 119 deaths and 234 injuries associated with faulty parts and a huge and costly recall.
Alissa Priddle, Detroit Free Press, USA Today 06/30/2015 | | Read Article: USA Today |
| Family of Businessman Killed in Train Crash Sues Amtrak | | The family of a businessman killed when a speeding passenger train derailed near Philadelphia accused Amtrak of negligence and outrageous conduct in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed Monday. The May 12 crash killed eight people, including businessman Robert Gildersleeve Jr. of Elkridge, Maryland, and injured more than 200. More than a dozen lawsuits have now been filed over the crash.
Maryclaire Dale, AP, The Washington Post 06/30/2015 | | Read Article: The Washington Post |
| Airbus Sued by AirAsia Crash Families Over Defective Systems | | Airbus Group SE was sued by representatives of the families of 10 passengers who claim the plane maker is liable for their deaths after AirAsia Bhd. Flight 8501 plunged into Indonesia's Java Sea in December. The A320 plane was "defectively and unreasonably dangerous" and its systems didn't provide accurate weather, air speed and ice-accumulation information, according to a complaint filed June 19 in federal court in Chicago.
Andrea Tan, Bloomberg 06/30/2015 | | Read Article: Bloomberg |
| Arizona Settles Cases With Relatives of 19 Who Died Fighting Wildfire | | Relatives of some of the 19 firefighters killed in one of the nation's deadliest wildfires joined state officials Monday to announce settlements in two legal cases against the Arizona State Forestry Division, the agency responsible for the firefighters on the day they died. The agreements, disclosed on the eve of the fire's second anniversary, include more than $600,000 in compensation for the families and an acknowledgment that commanders' misguided decisions put the elite firefighting crew, the Granite Mountain Hotshots, at great risk.
Fernanda Santos, The New York Times 06/30/2015 | | Read Article: The New York Times |
| Time Warner Requests New Trial in Injury Lawsuit | | Time Warner Cable is seeking a new trial in a workplace injury lawsuit filed by one of its former warehouse workers. The former employee was granted $2.7 million judgment after filing suit against Time Warner and alleging that the company failed to accommodate her for an on-the-job injury. According to the plaintiff, who suffered a neck injury at work, she was fired after reporting her injury and being forced to take a drug test. In a motion filed on Wednesday, Time Warner requested that a judgment be entered in its favor, rendering the $2.7 million judgment invalid.
Staff Report, Daily Breeze 06/29/2015 | | Read Article: Daily Breeze |
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