Motorcycle manufacturers Harley Davidson Inc. have settled a lawsuit with a Chicago firefighter who was injured in a road accident in the US in 2004. The victim of the crash, 53-year-old Jim McMahon, claims he was riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle on a highway in Arizona when a defect in the bike caused it to wobble …
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has found that around 49 per cent of UK workplaces have never had a proper health and safety inspection. The survey, which the TUC conducts every two years, found the following: • 9 per cent of safety representatives said that the last visit from a health and safety inspector at …
The private equity company Terra Firma has reportedly lost its lawsuit against international investment bank Citigroup over the purchase of major record label EMI. In the lawsuit, Terra Firma chairman Guy Hands claimed that he was “tricked” by Citigroup into paying too high a price for EMI, as he was led to believe that other …
A 78-year-old woman from the US has reportedly lost her legal battle against coffee corporation Starbucks, after it was ruled that the company was not liable for an accident with one of their hot drinks which resulted in severe burns. In what has been called a ‘frivolous’ product liability lawsuit, Rachel Moltner from Manhattan was …
The noted businessman and multi-millionaire Sir Peter Vardy has launched a lawsuit against the editors of Tribune magazine, over what he calls a defamatory article they printed about him in October 2009. Vardy alleges that in the article – headlined ‘Creationist Claptrap that Beggars Belief’- he is painted to be a devout creationist who sponsors …
A steel pipework manufacturer in Essex has been fined more than £1,000 this week after the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the firm had no employers’ liability insurance. This kind of insurance is a legal requirement in the UK, with employers obliged to take out at least a minimum level of cover to …
Two major Hollywood studios – Disney and Warner Brothers – have been awarded a total of $400,000 in damages as a result of a contributory copyright infringement lawsuit against advertising firm Triton Media. Triton Media was embroiled in the lawsuit after it was alleged that the firm was placing advertising services for pirate movie websites, …
Telecommunications giant BT is bracing itself for a wave of compensation claims from former employees in South Wales, after it was found that some engineering equipment could potentially have caused irreparable hearing damage. The law firm representing the 300 former BT engineers who have signed up to the class action lawsuit already believes that “tens …
US pop band the Black Eyed Peas are reportedly embroiled in two separate legal disputes over two of their biggest hits – “I Gotta Feeling” and “Boom Boom Pow”. Two lesser-known artists have come forward to allege plagiarism in two separate copyright infringement lawsuits, both seeking substantial damages from the band’s record label Interscope (who …