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Texas Teen Who Survived 3,000-Foot Fall in Sky-Diving Accident Wins $760,000 in Lawsuit | Courts

Makenzie’s father, Joe Wethington, made the 200-mile drive to Oklahoma with her and was the first to jump from the plane that morning. The sky divers were making a static-line jump, where a lanyard attached to the plane is connected to the parachute, causing the chute to open automatically. Wethington said that when his daughter jumped, her parachute opened only partially and she began to spin …


Trader Joe’s vs. Pirate Joe’s: Lawsuit Over Knockoff Store Is Revived

A U.S. court has the authority to hear a trademark lawsuit by grocery chain Trader Joe’s against a man who purchased the company’s products and resold them in Canada at Pirate Joe’s, a store designed to mimic a real Trader Joe’s, a federal appeals court said Friday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court’s decision to dismiss California-based …