Lawyers and judges in Philadelphia, and not just those in London, will have a say over whether American companies can face liability for an inferno at an apartment tower in London that killed 72 people and injured about 70 others in 2017.
Read moreIn a case centered on a headlamp that caught fire and burned a family’s house to the ground, the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday that online retail giant Amazon is not liable for defective products sold on its website by third parties.
Read moreThe parents of consumer activist Ralph Nader’s niece, who was killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash last month, brought a federal lawsuit Thursday accusing Boeing of cutting corners on its design of the 737 Max aircraft and neglecting to tell airlines that pilots would need new training to fly it.
Read moreDoes retail giant Amazon bear responsibility when a third-party seller’s product malfunctions and burns down a family’s house? That was the question before a Fourth Circuit panel Thursday in what one attorney called “the flaming headlamp case.”
Read moreMore than 120 recent lawsuits from military service members filed all around the country claim that 3M Company’s Combat Arms earplugs are defective.
Read moreAn attorney in Houston filed a lawsuit late Monday claiming he was conducting a deposition with a client when he encountered Apple’s latest bug that allowed others to access his iPhone’s microphone without him answering a FaceTime call.
Read moreAn Army veteran said he didn’t notice the ringing in his ears until he returned home in 2004 from a deployment to Iraq. Now, nearly 15 years later, the ringing has not gone away. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, he accuses 3M Company of supplying defective earplugs to the military.
Read moreA federal class action claims LG Electronics makes refrigerators with defective compressors that fail, spoiling food and necessitating expensive repairs.
Read moreSeveral injured passengers and the family members of those killed claim a defective Michelin tire that was almost brand new is to blame for a bus crashing while on a tour of Mexico last year.
Read moreA woman claims in a federal complaint that a defectively designed Nutribullet high-speed blender virtually exploded as she used it, burning and scarring her.
Read moreHurricane Harvey cost many Houstonians their homes after days of pouring rain flooded the city, but for one family, infrastructure failures during the storm cost them their son.
Read moreThe parents of late actor Anton Yelchin – Chekov in the “Star Trek” reboot – have confidentially settled their lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler, the maker of the Jeep Grand Cherokee that crushed and killed Yelchin in 2016.
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