The 4th District Court of Appeals has upheld an $82.6 million award given to a woman whose back was crushed when her Ford Explorer flipped in 2002. $55 million is for punitive damages. Ford plans to appeal this latest ruling. Ford Motor Co. attorney, Theodore Boutrous Jr. states that the company does not believe punitive […]
Street Race Kills Taxi Driver
A taxi driver was killed in Toronto, Ontario when his taxi was hit by one of two Mercedes Benzs allegedly street racing in January 2006. Tahir Khan was a Pakistani immigrant, and was three days from obtaining Canadian citizenship when he died. Khan was killed almost instantly when he was hit by the Mercedes Benz, […]
Chiquita’s FARC Relationship Center of Wrongful Death Suit
The banana company, Chiquita Brands International Inc., is involved in yet another legal battle for its payouts to Columbia’s left-wing paramilitary group, the Fuerza Amadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). Families of five missionaries killed by the FARC in the 1990s have filed a wrongful death suit claiming that Chiquita’s payments to the rebel group contributed […]
Record $250 Million Settlement Announced in Superfund Case
The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced on Tuesday that W.R. Grace & Company has agreed to pay a record $250 million to clean up past mining operations in Libby, Montana. The settlement results from asbestos poisoning claims that helped to drive the chemical company into bankruptcy. History W.R. Grace & Company […]
Pharmaceuticals in Our Water Supply
An Associated Press investigation has shown that drinking water supplies in at least 24 major metropolitan areas across the country have trace amounts of a variety of pharmaceuticals in them. These 24 cities supply drinking water to 41 million Americans. While the concentrations are miniscule, with quantities measuring in parts per billion or trillion, the […]
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