Plaintiffs claiming punitive damages in lawsuits must meet a high bar, a Florida appeals court found in overturning a trial court’s decision in a fatal accident involving an online car-sharing platform. Turo Inc., a firm that connects renters with automobile …
The U.S. Northeast, including New York City, will get a brief touch of snow this weekend before a frigid blast of arctic air pushes through the region, leaving winter-weary residents shivering and putting additional stress on power grids and energy …
XPT Specialty, headquartered in Plano, Texas, hired Kyle Goedeke as an underwriter/broker. Goedeke has nearly a decade of experience across wholesale brokerage, underwriting, and excess and surplus (E&S) line placements. In his role at XPT Specialty, Goedeke will underwrite and …
Tesla Inc. was sued over a fiery crash in Massachusetts that killed the driver after he was unable to exit the vehicle, the latest lawsuit to allege defects with the company’s electrically powered door handles. Samuel Tremblett, 20, died in …
Uber Technologies Inc. was hit with $8.5 million in damages in a trial over a 19-year-old woman’s claim that she was raped by her driver in Arizona, raising the rideshare giant’s risk of a costly settlement to resolve thousands of …
The $4.3 million payment that Ohio-based FirstEnergy made to veteran lawyer and lobbyist Sam Randazzo in 2019, shortly before he was appointed as the state’s top utility regulator, is at the center of the latest criminal trial to get underway …
Kristen Hanneman made a small decision in 2022 that would upend life for her entire town. State scientists were checking private drinking water wells across Wisconsin for a widely used family of harmful chemicals called PFAS. They mailed an offer …
The U.S. agency that enforces laws banning workplace discrimination said in a court filing on Wednesday it is investigating Nike for allegedly discriminating against white people through its diversity policies. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in the filing that …
New York football fans may not be happy that neither the Giants nor Bills nor Jets made it to Super Bowl 2026 but there is a reason for them to tune in on Sunday anyway. During the New England Patriots …
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday his government was scrapping a national electric vehicle mandate, marking another retreat from climate measures after previously dropping both an emissions cap on the oil and gas sector and regulations for clean …