A 13-year-old girl from Riverside who survived a fiery car crash with an illegally parked big rig in 2009 was awarded $150 million by a jury on Tuesday, October 29th.
A 13-year-old girl from Riverside who survived a fiery car crash with an illegally parked big rig in 2009 was awarded $150 million by a jury on Tuesday, October 29th. Kylie Asam escaped out of her family’s SUV along with her brother Blaine, but her parents and...
The United States Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from Phillip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, and Liggett Group of a Florida Supreme Court ruling that made it easier to sue cigarette manufacturers. The refusal to hear the case effectively ends legal recourse for the...
In a rebuke to employers who prefer to issue prepaid debit cards instead of paychecks, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a letter to employers engaged in this practice that their companies, by law, cannot force employees to be paid in such a way....
Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has settled two employment discrimination lawsuits filed after two Muslim women were discriminated against for wearing hijabs, Islamic religious headscarves. Abercrombie will pay the women a total of $71,000 plus attorneys...
A Los Angeles jury has ruled that Takeda Pharmaceutical, the maker of diabetes drug Actos, was liable for failing to adequately warn patients that Actos can cause cancer. The jury awarded $5 million in compensatory damages to Jack Cooper, 79, and $1.5 million to his...
A California appellate court has ruled that holding a smartphone to use Google Maps or any other GPS service constitutes distracted driving. Drivers can therefore be ticketed as if they were texting and driving. Simply holding your phone while driving can get you a...
