Tesla owners today filed a class-action lawsuit against the automaker for knowingly selling nearly 50,000 cars with nonfunctional Enhanced Autopilot AP2.0 software that still has not met Tesla’s promises, including inoperative Standard Safety Features on affected models sold in Q4 2016 and Q1 2017, according to Hagens Berman.
The executive order was announced on Jan. 30. President Donald Trump’s executive order to slash two federal regulations for each new policy introduced may arbitrarily cut regulations focused on health and safety, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The suit, filed by liberal groups the Natural Resources Defense Council, Public Citizen and Communication Workers of America, claims the order fails …
A former longtime Mead Johnson employee alleges the Glenview-based company fired her for raising safety concerns, including not telling consumers about potentially spoiled baby formula. Linda O’Risky, who spent more than 25 years at Mead Johnson, claims in a lawsuit filed today that the company attempted to “whitewash and downplay” the issue related to its popular ready-to-use infant formula. …
A class-action lawsuit against Samsung alleges that some of its top-loading washing machines are dramatically falling apart. A statement from Samsung did little to soothe concerned consumers, saying, “we are in active discussions with the CPSC to address potential safety issues related to certain top-load washing machines manufactured between March 2011 and April 2016.” In case you concerned: …
A former University of San Diego student is suing the school, saying she was drugged, strangled and raped in her dorm room and the school mishandled the investigation and then failed to help her feel safe on campus. The student reported that she was attacked in February 2014. She requested to be identified only by her nickname, âNiki,â and The San Diego Union-Tribune agreed, given a policy …
A shareholder class action lawsuit was filed Wednesday against Corrections Corporation of America, a private prison company that was the subject of a recent Mother Jones investigation. Last week, the Department of Justice announced it would work to end its private prison contracts. The shareholders allege that CCA and its executive officers made false or misleading statements that put the …
Vecchione signed a consent decree on July 7 with the state Board of Dentistry to use best practices in sanitation and to make immediate sanitation improvements. The consent decree says that Vecchione fully cooperated with the investigation and that the probe didn’t find that conditions at the clinic had caused the infections. During its investigation, the state Department of Health determined …
After that the transmission will automatically shift to Park if the driver’s side door is opened, the driver’s seatbelt is unbuckled and the vehicle is stopped or moving slowly. The lawsuit states that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV concealed both its shifter design defect and hundreds of related accidents that caused property damage and injuries. Los Angeles police are investigating the cause of …
Dometic president denies allegations in class-action lawsuit Dometic Corp. president Frank Marciano is responding to a lawsuit that alleges the company knowingly sold defective refrigerators that caught fire on five RV owners’ vehicles. “First and foremost, we place the highest priority on the safety of our products and those who enjoy them,” Marciano said in a letter sent to RV OEM customers, …
It’s college acceptance season. Millions of students are now weighing their options about where to spend the next four years of their lives. As they do, they will likely turn to premier college rankings guides such as The Princeton Review, an independent organization that has offered data on colleges and universities for more than three decades.