The leading retail chain Boots is facing a claim for £100,000 in compensation after a rolling pin fell from its third floor window and fractured the skull of a baby below. Mother Claire Burns, 32 from Fife, says that the incident occurred on a shopping trip to Dundee in 2008. She and her father, Henry …
The US financial services organisation JPMorgan Chase & Co is being sued in a class action lawsuit filed by former customers of Bernard Madoff, who is now in prison for masterminding one of the largest financial frauds in US history. This latest lawsuit comes soon after a similar suit filed by Irving Picard, the trustee …
The publishing group responsible for the Sunday Mirror has reportedly failed to overturn a breach of privacy ruling involving the French actor Olivier Martinez. Martinez sued Mirror Group Newspapers in the French courts back in 2008 after it published an online article relating to the actor’s relationship with Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue, from whom …
An environmental group has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the California-based theme park Disneyland. The lawsuit was filed by the Mateel Environment Justice Foundation following accusations that numerous attractions in the park contain potentially dangerous levels of lead, and that children could exposed to it. The attractions cited in the legal documents include the stained …
The Hollywood actress Jessica Alba is reportedly suing a US weight loss aid company for using her image without permission to promote its products. Alba, who is best known for her roles in the television series Dark Angel and the Fantastic Four films, is pursuing the weight loss aid company Belly Bandit for prominently featuring …
The electronic commerce giant Amazon has reportedly been hit with a patent infringement lawsuit over its Kindle Fire tablet computer, just weeks before it goes on sale. The lawsuit has been filed by Smartphone Technologies, an Acacia Research Group owned-firm which already has lawsuits ongoing with RIM, Apple and many others over patents. The company …
The makers of Stella Artois Cidre, a relatively new product on the market, have been forced to recall three batches after two customers complained that a bottle had exploded and caused them to sustain minor injuries. Tests were carried out on the batch codes and it was found that they contained yeast contamination. This could …
The retail giant Marks & Spencer has been fined a total of £1 million after it was found that the company put customers and employees in danger by potentially exposing them to asbestos during a store refurbishment. The company received the fine after inspectors found that an expensive refurbishment of one of its stores in …
The owner of the Solicitors from Hell website, which was set up to name and shame solicitors who have allegedly given bad advice to customers, is facing a class action defamation lawsuit from more than 100,000 lawyers. Rick Kordowski, a self-employed graphic designer, has been successfully sued for libel as many as 16 times in …