Litigation/Liability Trends
GM Hit With Suit Alleging it Failed to Warn Cadillac Owners of Headlight Defects
General Motors Co. failed to warn U.S. drivers of a Cadillac sport-utility vehicle about a defect that causes headlights to malfunction because moisture gets inside the glass, creating a safety ...
Major European Insurers Expect France to Shoulder Notre-Dame Rebuilding Cost
Major European insurers expect France to bear the bulk of the cost of rebuilding the Notre-Dame Cathedral after a fire tore through the eight-centuries-old Paris landmark on Monday. The cost of a ...
Most Hotel Websites Accidentally Leak Guests’ Personal Data: Symantec Research
Two out of three hotel websites inadvertently leak guests' booking details and personal data to third-party sites, including advertisers and analytics companies, according to research released ...
California Gov. Newsom Proposes Fund to Cover Wildlife Liabilities
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed a new fund to pay for wildfire liabilities and said he would hold the state's largest utility more accountable for insuring safety against the ...
Bayer Ordered to Pursue Mediation in Roundup Weedkiller Cancer Lawsuits
A U.S. judge ordered Bayer AG to pursue mediation with plaintiffs claiming that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, asking the company to try to settle lawsuits that have wreaked havoc on its share ...
Ex-VW CEO Winterkorn Charged in Germany With Fraud
German prosecutors charged former Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn with fraud on Monday over his role in the carmaker's manipulation of diesel emissions testing, more than three years after the ...
Liberty Mutual Releases Top 10 Causes of Most Serious Workplace Injuries
The annual Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index documents the top 10 causes of the most serious workplace injuries – those causing an employee to miss five or more days from work – and ranks ...
2 Romanians Convicted in Malware Scheme That Infected 400,000 Computers
A federal jury on Thursday convicted two Bucharest, Romania, residents of 21 counts related to their scheme to infect victim computers with malware in order to steal credit card and other information ...