An insurance company that wanted to avoid defending a company that inspected and certified an amusement park drop tower ride that fatally ejected a 14-year-old boy failed to prove that it had served the defendants with notice of its suit, putting an early end to its case, a Florida federal judge decided Tuesday.
The Association of American Railroads says train emissions regulations adopted by the California Air Resources Board are preempted by the Interstate Commerce Commission's Termination Act of 1995, arguing in litigation over the state's authority that the ICC law broadly keeps state and local authority from regulating rail transportation.
The plaintiff in a putative class action lawsuit alleging that Walmart shoppers were overcharged for meat and produce wants a Florida federal judge to approve a $45 million settlement offering up to $500 to people who can show documentation for their purchases, calling the deal "an excellent outcome" for the class.
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued PepsiCo on Wednesday over its single-use plastic that she says contributes significantly to high levels of pollution along the Buffalo River, saying the food and beverage giant failed to warn consumers about the possible health and environmental risks and misled the public about its efforts to fight plastic contamination.
A Texas county won't be held liable in litigation that alleged a county judge sexually assaulted a county employee because the judge who has been dismissed from the suit did not have final policymaking power under state law for the purported behavior, a Fifth Appellate panel ruled.