Texas Utility Pole at Center of Wildfire Suit Was Marked Unsafe to Climb March 7, 2024 By Mark Chediak and Josh Saul The toppled utility pole that Xcel Energy Inc. has been asked to preserve as potential evidence was inspected and marked...
Lyft Earnings Report Error Prompts Shareholder Lawsuit March 6, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel Lyft has been sued by shareholders for securities fraud after a mistake in a recent earnings release about a key...
Buffett’s Oregon Fire Costs Grow as He Sours on Utilities March 6, 2024 By Rachel Graf Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s PacifiCorp was hit with at least another $29.3 million in damages for Oregon’s 2020 Labor Day fires,...
Volkswagen Faces Pair of Lawsuits Over Claim Porsche EV Battery Sparked Ship Fire March 5, 2024 By Karin Matussek Volkswagen AG faces a pair of lawsuits in Germany over claims it was the battery in a Porsche electric vehicle...
Xcel Energy Is Sued Over Worst Wildfire in Texas History March 4, 2024 By Mark Chediak and Jef Feeley A unit of Xcel Energy Inc. was sued over claims that broken power equipment started the worst wildfire in Texas...
Drugmaker Endo Reaches $465M Bankruptcy Settlement With US March 1, 2024 By Dietrich Knauth Bankrupt drugmaker Endo International will pay up to $465 million to settle the federal government’s law enforcement, tax, and healthcare...
Billions Awarded in Indian Brothers’ LA Real Estate Feud March 1, 2024 By John Gittelsohn An obscure 21-year legal feud involving five brothers from India who’ve amassed a fortune in diamonds and Los Angeles real...
Justice Department Looking Into Boeing Door Plug Blowout March 1, 2024 By Chris Strohm and Greg Farrell The US Justice Department is scrutinizing the midair blowout last month of a Boeing Co. door plug on an Alaska...
Over 44,400 Lives Lost Due to US Vehicle Crashes in 2023 February 29, 2024 There were about 44,450 motor vehicle fatalities in the United States in 2023—down from 2022 but still very high—according to...
Family Dollar to Pay $41M Fine Over Rodent-Infested Distribution Center February 28, 2024 Family Dollar will pay $41.7 million for holding food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics under insanitary conditions at company’s West...