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Lawsuit Blames Tiger Woods for Drunken Driver’s Death

The parents of a drunken driver who died in a car crash last year are suing Tiger Woods. They blame the golfer and his girlfriend for allowing their son to drive home from their Florida restaurant while intoxicated. The wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday says Nicholas F. Immesberger was served excessive amounts of alcohol before the Dec. 10 car crash. Immesberger worked at The Woods …


GM Seeks Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Its Electric Car Range

(AP) — General Motors is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a South Dakota man who claims the automaker has misled consumers about its electric car model. Jason Haas says he bought a Chevy Bolt in November 2017 from a dealer in Iowa City, Iowa. The car’s literature said the electric Bolt has a range of 238 miles. The Argus Leader reports the automaker says in its dismissal motion that …


Sierra Club Files Lawsuit Against Oklahoma’s $100 Electric Car Fee

Oklahoma hopes to correct a budget shortfall by enacting an electric car fee, but a lawsuit against the state asserts that proper procedures for such a tax were not followed.

Oklahoma’s Sierra Club Chapter isn’t happy about the recent proposed $100 fee for electric vehicles, and an additional $30 registration fee, which won’t be instated for gasoline and diesel engines. Of course, the environmental organization may move to battle anything that gets in the way of EV adoption or fails to note its benefits. Director of the organization’s Oklahoma chapter, Johnson Bridgewater, said in an interview: …



$3 Million Lawsuit Filed Against Organizers of Charlottesville Rally

Two women who were injured in the car attack in Charlottesville Saturday have filed a $3 million lawsuit against the alleged driver of the car as well as the man who organized the white nationalist rally. Named in the lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in Charlottesville, is James Alex Fields, Jr., the 20-year-old Ohio resident who is charged with second-degree murder, three counts of malicious …


Lawsuit Filed Against 30 People, Groups Connected to Unite the Right Rally

Two people are filing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against those they believe are responsible for a deadly car attack by the Downtown Mall. Plaintiffs Tadrint Washington and Micah Washington name a total of 30 defendants in their lawsuit, including James Alex Fields Jr., Jason Kessler, and Vanguard America. The sisters are seeking a trial by jury in Charlottesville Circuit Court, and a total …


The Self-Driving Lawsuit Against Uber Could Land Executives in Prison

Waymo’s case against Uber hinges on Anthony Levandowski, a former employee it alleges stole its self-driving car trade secrets before joining the ride-hail company to oversee its self-driving car program. Levandowski, though not party to Waymo’s suit, has so far invoked his 5th Amendment rights to avoid self-incrimination should the case become a criminal matter. The referral of the case to the …


Class Action Suit Includes Local Honda SUV Owners

A class action lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Cook County after local owners of Honda CRVs complained of falling ill from an odor–and their attorney says there could be hundreds of others–if not more–who have yet to come forward. Every time Carol gets in her CRV she says she doesn’t know when she’ll smell gasoline. NBC 5 is not using Carol’s last name due to concern over her privacy.


Insurance Companies Contribute to Less-Than-Safe Repairs, Lawsuit Says

At Valet Auto Body in Sandy, Utah, owner Trace Coccimaglio shows off a red, 2014 Chevrolet Impala that his guys just finished repairing. You’d never know it was recently in a wreck so rough that the entire front end needed to be replaced, including several sections of the bumper’s frame. The owner’s insurance company said they would not pay to repair the car with parts manufactured by …