A Georgia appellate court ruled Tuesday that Lyft was properly dismissed from a suit by a passenger who was badly beaten by his driver, ruling that reports of unsafe driving and suspected drug or alcohol use did not make the driver's violent assault reasonably foreseeable.
A Georgia appellate court ruled Tuesday that Lyft was properly dismissed from a suit by a passenger who was badly beaten by his driver, ruling that reports of unsafe driving and suspected drug or alcohol use did not make the driver's violent assault reasonably foreseeable.
FCA US LLC has agreed to pay up to $5 million to resolve proposed class claims alleging it sold Jeep Wrangler plug-in hybrid vehicles with a defect that renders electric driving unavailable, while class counsel plans to seek an additional $2 million in fees, costs, expenses and incentive awards.
The Fifth Circuit reinstated a suit from an ex-conductor who said Union Pacific wouldn't let him return to his job after passing a color vision test, rejecting the company's claim that he had waited too long to lodge his claims after being excluded from a similar class action.
U.S. Senate permitting legislation could reduce courtroom time for energy project developers by funneling more lawsuits challenging federal agency decisions directly to appeals courts, though attorneys caution that it isn't necessarily a silver bullet for faster litigation results.
Van-type trailers and their subassemblies imported to the U.S. from China are subject to triple-digit countervailing and antidumping duties, the U.S. Department of Commerce ordered Tuesday.
As recent oral arguments in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County demonstrated, the case hinges on long-standing principles of federalism that allow state and local governments to protect their resources and citizens — and if the justices rule based on precedent, Suncor should lose, says William Buzbee at Georgetown University Law Center.
The U.S. Department of Justice late Tuesday acknowledged that it confused key statutory terms related to jury instructions at famed appellate advocate Tom Goldstein's criminal trial, while also insisting "the government's mistake here was understandable" and shouldn't upend a jury's guilty verdict.
The widow of a Miami real estate investor is suing a former president of the Florida Bar for malpractice, claiming his botched representation left her without a claim to her late husband's $350 million estate.
A high-stakes case that will determine whether the U.S. government should face patent infringement claims over Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines and Labcorp's appeal of a nine-figure patent verdict against it are among the arguments the Federal Circuit will hear in November.
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a district court determination striking down as unconstitutional West Virginia's law restricting the publication of the home addresses and phone numbers of law enforcement and judicial officials, saying the district court applied "well-established" First Amendment principles.
