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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The owners of the cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge are suing the company that built the vessel, alleging negligence in the design of a critical switchboard on the ship. Grace Ocean Private and Synergy Marine PTE Ltd, the owners of the Dali, filed the lawsuit last [...]
A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel recently affirmed the conviction of a Delaware woman on charges that include kidnapping, abduction (both with firearm specifications), domestic violence, aggravated menacing and two counts of assault. The appellate panel found that the Delaware County Common Pleas Court was correct in determining that 36-year-old Megan Cochran failed to [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Outerwear retailer Columbia Sportswear has sued Columbia University over alleged trademark infringement and a breach of contract, saying that the university’s merchandise looks too similar to its own offerings and can confuse shoppers. In a lawsuit filed July 23 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, Columbia Sportswear, [...]
A Franklin County judge has ordered two defunct electronics-recycling companies to pay $3 million in civil penalties for abandoning massive quantities of hazardous waste in Columbus. The court’s final judgment adopted in full a magistrate’s earlier decision against Closed Loop Refining & Recovery and Closed Loop Glass Solutions, according to a news release from Ohio [...]
MIAMI (AP) — A Miami jury decided that Elon Musk’s car company Tesla was partly responsible for a deadly crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver assist technology and must pay the victims more than $240 million in damages. The federal jury held that Tesla bore significant responsibility because its technology failed and that not [...]
A Franklin County appellate panel has affirmed the Ohio Court of Claims’ dismissal of a Hilltop man’s suit alleging fraud and forgery — among other offenses — against the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and the state Department of Medicaid. The Tenth District Court of Appeals panel determined that the court’s dismissal of [...]
A Tenth District Court of Appeals panel upheld a trial court decision denying an inmate’s motion in which he ultimately sought a new trial related to his conviction on charges in the shooting deaths of two people in 2017 in Columbus’ Hilltop neighborhood. The three-judge panel overruled the arguments of 29-year-old Devon Bias that the [...]
A Franklin County appellate panel determined that a trial court was wrong to dismiss an individual’s complaint which asserted breach of fiduciary duty, among other allegations, when her personal information was exposed during a data breach of the state’s unemployment compensation system. The Tenth District Court of Appeals panel reversed the Ohio Court of Claims’ [...]
The stream of lawsuits across the country from college athletes trying to grab another season of eligibility appears ready to fizzle out for a bit. With fall football practice cranking up this week, players still hoping for a judge allowing them to take the field may be left waiting for a ruling that likely won’t [...]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A voter-backed California law requiring background checks for people who buy bullets is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled last week in a blow to the state’s efforts to combat gun violence. In upholding a 2024 ruling by a lower court, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the [...]