Nintendo and EA Games are amongst many other companies named in a new patent infringement lawsuit filed by Impulse Technologies over wireless exercise equipment. The industrial wire and cable company is claiming that it patented a pressure sensitive board, complete with accelerometer accessory, back in 1996. It now argues such as EA Sports Active, Wii …
A lawsuit has been filed after a defective snow globe allegedly caused a fire which completely destroyed a home worth more than $1 million. The Jumbo Snowman snow globe, which was made by Hallmark cards, is believed to have started a blaze which destroyed the northern Michigan home of Florence and Stephen Hajek. The couple …
Premier Foods, the maker of the Loyd Grossman line of cooking sauces, could find itself with a product liability lawsuit on its hands after two people fell ill with botulism after consuming a jar of Loyd Grossman korma sauce. The incident occurred in Scotland, when two children in the same family fell ill after consuming …
The entrepreneur Levi Roots, who owes his success to an appearance on the BBC programme Dragon’s Den, is reportedly being sued by a former friend over the recipe for his best-selling product, Reggae Reggae sauce. Roots, whose real name is Keith Valentine Graham, became a millionaire after persuading business moguls Richard Farleigh and Peter Jones …
A golf club has been ordered to pay a £5,000 fine after a businesswoman using its golf course was hit by a stray golf ball and injured. Rachel Davis, a marketing consultant, was hit in the face by a golf ball at the Branston Golf and Country Club in Staffordshire after she had finished her …
The Canadian telecommunications company Research in Motion (RIM) is reportedly being sued by Blackberry customers in Canada and the US for ‘breach of contract’. In the lawsuit, RIM, which provides the wireless solution for Blackberry devices, is accused of being responsible for the recent global outage on the network, which left users without internet service, …
The lifestyle consultant Carole Caplin, who is known for working with the former Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie, has been awarded substantial damages after filing a libel lawsuit against the Daily Mail. The case centres on an article published in the national newspaper back in September 2010, which was titled ‘Carole’s £1m …
One of the largest private mortgage lenders in the US, Allied Home Mortgage, is being sued for billions in damages after US prosecutors alleged it had engaged in reckless lending practices. Also named in the lawsuit, which was filed by the US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, is the founder of Allied, James Hodge, who is …
A chicken firm in Suffolk has been fined a total of £230,000 after two of its workers were injured in separate accidents. The accidents occurred at the 2 Sisters Food Group site, which is located in Flixton, in 2009. The first involved Shaun Alexander, who suffered injuries to his hand after it was crushed in …