The massive data breach from November 2013 through December which involved at least 40 million and perhaps even 110 million Target Corp. customer accounts has sparked legal action. Banks that may have lost hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of Target’s failure to secure customer information have joined suit in multiple jurisdictions and […]
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Remington Faces Class-Action Litigation for Faulty Trigger
Doug / 10-22-2013 / Consumer Safety
The firearm industry faces surmounting pressure on a daily basis for creating weapons capable of death, mostly in the form of gun control. However, this time firearm leader, Remington Arms Co. is facing litigation over alleged faulty defects in its Model 700 bolt-action rifle. Three separate class-action lawsuits have been filed in Montana, Missouri, and […]
Florida Widow Gets Verdict Against Tobacco Companies
Doug / 09-23-2013 / Dangerous
The Palm Beach Post ran an article announcing that a 75-year-old Boca Raton widow won $3.8 million on Friday after a jury found two tobacco companies responsible for her husband’s death. Kathleen Gafney Hanners filed suit on her husband, Frank Gafney’s behalf after he died in 1995 at the age of 59 from lung cancer. […]
Litigation Over BP Oil Spill Continues
Doug / 08-30-2013 / Dangerous
The BP oil spill, considered to be “the worstoil spill in the history of the petroleum industry,” began on April 20, 2010 at the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig, operated by BP, which they leased from Transocean. It wasn’t until July 15, 2010 that the rig was successfully capped, after the lives of 11 […]
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