The federal agency responsible for taking consumer complaints about vehicle defects has recorded roughly 90 complaints about 2010 and 2011 Subaru Outbacks whose exterior lights allegedly fail frequently and prematurely. In a November complaint, a driver claims his or her 2011 Outback needed headlamp bulbs changed every six weeks. In a more recent complaint, a …
Parties in a class-action lawsuit alleging discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender (GBT) inmates at West Valley Detention Center appear open to resolving the case independently or through formal mediation, yet first must wrap up a weighty discovery effort. The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, along with a Los Angeles-based law firm, filed the …
But Action News Investigates has found one case in which consumers joining a class action case could actually hurt themselves. Matthew Mitchell started having problems with his Subaru Crosstrek just months after he bought it. The oil and check engine lights were coming on constantly.
A class-action lawsuit could be the newest trouble facing the blood-testing start-up. Somehow, things just keep getting worse for Theranos.
More Than 100 Dentists Form Class Action Suit Against 3M Dental professionals are claiming the failure rate of 3M’s Lava Ultimate product have led to significant costs that they have not been able to recoup. Several dentists from Georgia and Texas are leading a proposed class action lawsuit against 3M, claiming the manufacturer’s Lava Ultimate dental crowns are defective and have a “shockingly …
A class-action lawsuit against Facebook with major ramifications for privacy in Internet communications moved one step closer to trial, Courthouse News Service reports. The case, which claims Facebook illegally mines private messages for advertising, would be the first to claim users have property rights in their Facebook messages. Chief U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton partially certified …
A class action lawsuit against food and beverage company Mondelez International claiming some of its packaging contains non-functional slack fill is just the latest example of customers suing over what they see as deceptive marketing, a consumer advocate says. “We have seen great number of cases being brought in regard to non-functional slack fill,” Bonnie Patten, …
One of the largest vacation rental sites, Airbnb, is under major scrutiny and being hit with a class-action suit for discrimination against its African-American users. The class-action suit that was held in Washington D.C. federal court on Tuesday was due to the allegations that Airbnb violated the Fair Housing Act. According to NBC Bay Area, in March 2015 25-year- …
Facebook users can proceed with a class-action accusing the company of violating their privacy by scanning messages that users send to each other on the company’s platform, a federal judge has ruled. But U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton in the Northern District of California also ruled that the users can’t seek monetary damages on a class-wide basis, because assessing damages requires …
A panel of state appellate justices could have simply found an insurer wasn’t obligated to pay to cover a $4 million settlement reached to end a lawsuit brought by a suburban engineering firm that claimed it had received so-called “junk fax” advertisements. But the justices used the occasion to also send a message to the lawyers it says are responsible for a “proliferation” of potential junk …