A Texas couple is suing Apple , claiming that its FaceTime app distracted a driver who rammed into the couple’s car, killing their 5-year-old daughter. Parents James and Bethany Modisette are suing Apple for damages on the basis that the electronics giant failed to install and implement a “safer, alternative design” for FaceTime that would have helped prevent a driver from using the app while …
A shareholder lawsuit filed against Tesla Motors, Inc. ( TSLA ) has progressed to the arguments phase, according to Seeking Alpha . The case will be heard in a Delaware court . The judge is expected to rule on a demand from the plaintiff, Shahid Haque, for internal company records related to customer demand and Tesla production issues.
Desiigner Facing $500K Lawsuit Over Wrecked Ferrari December 6, 2016 | 10:36 AM Desiigner is facing a $500,000 lawsuit after a company claims the Brooklyn rapper wrecked a Ferrari over the summer. While Desiigner’s team says they’ve never heard of the incident until now, the company claims they have documents to prove their side. According to documents obtained by TMZ , friends of the “Panda” …
Volkswagen AG and car owners will likely secure a federal judge’s final sign-off on their $14.7 billion settlement as the automaker continues to seek regulators’ approval of a fix for 482,000 pollution-spewing vehicles still on U.S. roads. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco said he is “strongly” inclined to approve the settlement requiring VW to buy back cars with 2.0-liter …
Volkswagen AG is asking for a final sign-off on its $14.7 billion settlement with drivers as it continues to seek regulators’ approval of a fix for 482,000 pollution-spewing vehicles still on U.S. roads. Without an approved repair, VW may be left with only one option: buy back the cars with so-called defeat devices from the owners. And the German automaker might have to do the same for a …
A Cook County lawsuit alleges a Countryside car dealership failed to inform a customer, who later died in his car, that his vehicle was leaking carbon monoxide when he brought it in for repairs. An administrator of the deceased man’s estate filed a wrongful death claim against Fishacar Ltd. , which operates as Autobarn Volkswagen of Countryside, the Cook County Recorder reported Friday. The …
Elaina Brown is expecting her first little boy in November. She says her dad would have been so excited. “He was surrounded by girls and he always wanted a little boy and we are finally going to have that.
Months after a lawsuit was filed against Honda for using an eco-friendly material experts say attracts rodents, a new lawsuit filed in Los Angeles suggests there could be tens of millions of defective Toyota vehicles and drivers left to pay for thousands of dollars in repairs. Al Heber says rodents — in this case squirrels — are gnawing away at the wiring inside his Toyota pickup truck. Tired …
GM settled the final two of six bellwether cases designed to set the pattern for future settlements related to the maker’s faulty ignition switches. General Motors Co. agreed to settlements in the final two ignition-switch cases slated for trial in a New York federal court this year. Terms of the settlements were not disclosed.
The family of a woman killed in car crash with a state police trooper is taking the state to court. Sgt. Jeff Denning was on his way to Mahomet after an officer was shot in early may.