The Supreme Court has a long history of ruling against consumers when it involves a company’s attempt to strip its customers of their right to a day in court, but this week the nation’s highest court decided to not hear an appeal in a lawsuit involving Samsung, marking a rare instance in which SCOTUS came down on the consumers’ side in this issue.
Imagine a teenager who has been repeatedly caught sneaking out with their friends to get drunk and pilfer garden gnomes from the neighborhood. The teen’s parents ask “Why should we trust you anymore?” and the best answer the adolescent nincompoop can provide is, “Because I started cleaning my room and I’m gonna pass that Geometry quiz, I think.”
With insurers arguing that a practice known as “assignment of benefits” is driving up costs, a Senate Republican filed a proposal Tuesday that could lead to required inspections before damaged windshields get repaired or replaced.
Nearly one year after Hurricane Matthew displaced thousands of families and damaged or destroyed thousands of homes, North Carolina continues working to help survivors and communities rebuild, with more help needed for full recovery.
Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland pleaded not guilty to fraud charges over the Bahamian music event that went viral this spring when ticket holders offered real-time social-media coverage of its disastrous collapse
Texas is known for its prolific weather events — wind, hail, tornadoes and, most recently, Hurricane Harvey — all of which can wreak havoc and cause significant damage to residential and commercial properties. As the locals say: “If you don’t like the weather in Texas, wait five minutes” and the next weather pattern will roll in. But six-12 months after the storm rolls out, Texas is known for another prolific event: the filing of storm litigation cases across the state.
At not-food-in-food recall on Monday night covers 38,475 pounds of ground turkey, including the Publix store brand, that might have metal shavings from the processing equipment. In addition to Publix ground turkey and ground turkey breast in 1.3-pound styrofoam trays, 1.2-pound trays of Fit & Active Fresh Ground Turkey and 1-pound trays of Weis Markets Fresh Ground Turkey Breast are covered in the recall. All have ink jet printing on the side of the trays with the numbers 7268 and 7269.
A sports bar and pizza shop were destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning in Armstrong County. Firefighters were first called to the building on Hill Street in Manor Township around 3:15 a.m.
Four people died, including a San Mateo man, and several others were injured in a head-on vehicle collision on Maui’s northwest side, authorities said. The collision happened Saturday night when the driver of a pickup truck crossed a painted median and slammed head-on into a Toyota Camry sedan with five people in it, Maui police said.
A Haitian man who federal prosecutors say was the ringleader of an auto insurance scam involving as many as 50 staged car crashes was sentenced Monday to four years in prison and ordered to pay $207,000 in restitution.
The average cost of cybercrime globally climbed to US$11.7 million per organization, a 23% increase from US$9.5 million reported in 2016, according to new research from Accenture and the Ponemon Institute.
Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) Whole Foods Market on Thursday said payment card information has been stolen from taprooms, restaurants and other venues located within some of its stores.
Despite a push in the House of Representatives to reform the private flood insurance market, the provision failed to make it through Senate for approval that same day.
Puerto Rico’s island-wide power outage will mean a surge in insurance claims for lost business income that will increase the already high cost of damage caused by Hurricane Maria, likely tipping some big reinsurers into the red this year, according to industry experts.
