Cave Explorer Dubbed ‘Pedo Guy’ Describes Hurt, Humiliation December 6, 2019 By Brian Melley LOS ANGELES — A British cave explorer who helped rescue a dozen boys and their soccer coach from a flooded...
Feds Sue Arkansas Insurer Over Fired Employee Who Had A Baby December 5, 2019 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The federal government is suing a Little Rock-based insurance company over the firing of a worker...
Powder Keg: FDA Bowed to Industry for Decades as Alarms Were Sounded Over Talc December 3, 2019 By Lisa Girion and Chad Terhune At an invitation-only gathering late last year, U.S. regulators and their guests huddled at a hotel near Washington, D.C., to...
Uber Defeats Rider Rape Suit Over Impostor’s Windshield Decal November 25, 2019 By Robert Burnson and Peter Blumberg Uber Technologies Inc. beat back a lawsuit by a woman who claims she was lured into a sexual assault because...
J&J Found Negligent by Australian Court in Vaginal-Mesh Suit November 21, 2019 By Edward Johnson and Jeff Sutherland Johnson & Johnson lost the latest battle in a string of global lawsuits over its vaginal-mesh products, with an Australian...
McDonald’s Workers Sue Over ‘Daily Risk of Violence’ From Customers November 21, 2019 By Josh Eidelson Current and former workers from 13 Illinois restaurants are suing McDonald’s Corp. for failing to adequately protect employees from customers...
Walmart Alters Disability Reassignment Policy to Settle Suit November 18, 2019 AUGUSTA, Maine — Walmart has agreed to change its national policy for reassigning disabled workers to settle a lawsuit brought...
PG&E Is Offering $13.5 Billion in Compensation to Wildfire Victims November 12, 2019 By Mark Chediak and Scott Deveau Bankrupt utility giant PG&E Corp. is trying to offer $13.5 billion in compensation to the victims of wildfires sparked by...
Blackbeard’s Ship Case About Images Returns to Trial Court November 6, 2019 By Martha Waggoner RALEIGH, N.C.– A treasure hunter who accuses the state of North Carolina of misusing his images from Blackbeard’s flagship says...
J&J Says New Tests Find no Asbestos in Same Baby Powder Bottle that Sparked Recall October 30, 2019 By Carl O'Donnell and Lisa Girion Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday that 15 new tests found no asbestos in a bottle of baby powder that...