Three years ago a 30-year-old mentally ill man fatally shot a California woman as she admired a scenic view on the Oregon coast, using one of three weapons acquired by the killer’s mother from gun dealers. The family of the dead woman, 57-year-old Kirsten Englund, filed a wrongful death lawsuit earlier this year against two gun dealers who sold the firearms and against the …
In March, six Volkswagen retailers came together with the mission of negotiating an out-of-court settlement with the factory to compensate their fellow dealers for losses from the diesel emissions scandal, and averting what they feared would be messy litigation against their business partner. But when such a deal finally came together last week, it was disclosed by someone else: Steve Berman, a …
Volkswagen diesel owners aren’t the only ones affected by the VW’s ongoing emissions cheating scandal. The company’s dealers have acutely felt the impact of the scandal, in the form of deflating sales figures. The proposed settlement announced last month offers cash payments to owners of 2.0-liter TDI models, who can either …
Ross MacDonald
One spring evening in 2012, after getting off a shift at Señor Frog’s bar and grill in Las Vegas, Candice Smith drove to the Palace Station casino to cash her paycheck. When she returned to her car, it wouldn’t start. She knew what the problem was: the starter kill switch her lender had installed on the vehicle.