Consumption

Lawsuit Challenges Initiative That Would Ban Safe Consumption Sites

A new lawsuit seeks to stop an initiative banning safe consumption sites across King County from ever appearing on a King County ballot. Protect Public Health, a new nonprofit started by “public health experts and family members who have lost loved ones to overdose,” filed a lawsuit today arguing Initiative …


Some Subaru Owners to Get New Engines in Class-Action Settlement

Subaru agreed to put a new engine in some vehicles that customers said had oil- burning issues, according to the terms of a class-action lawsuit settlement approved this week. The class-action suit said the Cherry Hill-based automaker was “unresponsive” to customer complaints and set “an unreasonably high threshold” to test oil consumption. It’s not known how many of the 650,000 Crosstrek, …