Two California residents have filed suit against Starbucks Corp. for allegedly cheating them out of a full latte. According to the suit, Starbucks lattes were found to be under filled by approximately 25 percent, and that the baristas follow recipes that consistently...
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Celebrity-Founded ‘Honest Company’ Sued for False Advertisement of Product Ingredients
The Santa Monica based household products brand ‘Honest Company’ is currently undergoing a lawsuit due to the dishonest nature of some of its ingredients. Co-founder Jessica Alba launched the company five years ago, promising toxin-free products such as diapers,...
How to File a Personal Injury Lawsuit in Phoenix
Filing a personal injury lawsuit in order to recover the cost of medical bills, lost wages, future earnings, and other losses may seem intimidating. Many people think or hope that they will be covered fully by insurance—the responsible party’s or their own—and shy...
Failure to Identify Abnormal EKG Results Leads to Man’s Heart Attack and Eventual Death; Settled for $975,000
A middle-aged man visited the emergency room complaining of shortness of breath and chest tightness. He was a smoker and was on medications for high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Following an EKG, which the emergency room physician assessed as “fairly normal,”...
Product Liability Lawsuit Filed Against Trump University
Three lawsuits have been filed against Donald Trump and his real estate school, Trump University, alleging fraud. In 2010, some students sued Trump in a class action lawsuit, saying that they had paid as much as $35,000 for misleading promises. They enrolled in the...
Uber to Pay Out $28.5 Million Settlement in Consumer Liability Case
Uber has agreed to pay $28.5 million to 25 million customers in an attempt to settle two class action lawsuits over the way the company represented background checks, and passenger fees. The company is also required to change its safety-related advertising language,...
Guard Rail Company Sued for Wrongful Death
After unveiling a change in their design, guardrail end-treatment company, Trinity, has come under scrutiny for their “ET Plus” guardrail. This design change has prompted at least one state to remove and replace the new guardrails from high speed roadways, and some to...
Johnson & Johnson Sued Over Link to Cancer
$72 million has been awarded in a case of product liability to the family of a woman who died from ovarian cancer that was caused by baby powder and other products containing talcum, produced by Johnson & Johnson. The lawsuit was part of a broader claim, which...
When to Sue the Other Driver after an Accident
The average driver can expect to get into a car accident three to four times over the course of their driving career, according to the car insurance industry. If you’re involved in a fender bender, where cars are damaged but no-one is hurt, you and the other driver...
Consumers File Product Liability Lawsuits against Food Companies in California
The California Supreme Court has recently overturned a ruling made in District Court regarding a lawsuit that accused Herb Thyme Farms for falsely labeling products as organic. According to the suit, the company mixed organic and non-organic herbs, then falsely...