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US Supreme Court won’t hear Meta’s challenge to Vermont social media addiction lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Meta's appeal in a Vermont lawsuit alleging Instagram's design fosters addiction among teens.
Google to pay $68M to settle assistant privacy lawsuit
Google agreed to pay $68 million to settle a class action alleging its voice assistant illegally recorded private conversations and violated user privacy.
Lawsuit over info disclosed on ‘dark web’ can proceed
The 4th Circuit reinstated data breach claims after finding plaintiffs had standing when their driver’s license data appeared on the dark web.
Consumer Protection: Court consolidates three FCRA suits
Where a consumer filed three virtually identical lawsuits against credit reporting agencies, the suits involved common questions of law or fact and the law favored consolidation, the suits were consolidated.
Consumer Protection: Suit arising out of allegedly improper vehicle inspection reinstated
Where the purchaser of a vehicle sued the company that performed an allegedly defective vehicle inspection that the plaintiff relied upon when he purchased the vehicle, the circuit court erred when it dismissed the Virginia Consumer Protection Act claim.
Texas sues Tylenol over unproven pregnancy safety claims
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue, alleging deceptive marketing of Tylenol as safe for pregnant women despite autism concerns.
Consumer Protection: District court wrongly dismissed two plaintiffs’ data breach claims
Where two individuals alleged that they found their driver’s license numbers listed on the dark web, and they attributed the listings to a breach of the defendants’ network, the district court wrongly dismissed their claims. These allegations were sufficient to show a concrete injury in the eyes of Article III.
Consumer Protection: Consumer reporting agency fails to dismiss FCRA suit
Where a consumer plausibly alleged a credit reporting agency reported inaccurate information, that it failed to follow reasonable procedures to ensure it did not report inaccurate information and that its conduct was willful, the agency’s motion to dismiss was denied.
Consumer Protection: Over $69,000 in fees awarded to prevailing plaintiff in defective RV suit
Where the purchaser of an RV vehicle prevailed on her defective vehicle claim, she was awarded over $69,000 in attorneys’ fees.
Consumer Protection: FDCPA vehicle repossession claim is dismissed
Where a man alleged a towing company breached the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act during its repossession of his vehicle, but his arguments were not supported by the law, this claim was dismissed.
Consumer Protection: Woman files suit following data breach
Where a woman’s alleged her private information was part of a data breach, and that it was coopted by malevolent third-parties and used to apply for and acquire credit cards in her name, her data breach suit largely survived the defendant’s motion to dismiss.
Consumer protection class action allowed to proceed in federal court
A federal judge ruled a class action under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act against BMW over a rollaway defect in its X1 vehicle can proceed.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers stroke from ruptured aneurysm
- Premises Liability- Man suffers paralysis after bench tipped back
- Medical Malpractice – Botched tubal ligation results in childbirth
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pickup truck passenger dies from crash injuries
- Medical Malpractice-Patient received spleen injury during colonoscopy
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers complications from improper cyst removal
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Henrico driver sustained wrist fracture in five-car collision
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
- Medical Malpractice – Ingrown toenail removal leads to CRPS type 2
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
Opinion Digests
- Arbitration – Court decides whether nonparty to arbitration agreement can enforce it
- Constitutional – Circuit court applied wrong standard in church dispute
- Civil Procedure – Medical malpractice statute of limitations doesn’t apply to claims against hospital
- Bankruptcy – Creditor can’t examine debtor under Bankruptcy Code § 707(b)(1)
- Administrative – Court construes Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
- Taxation – County’s tax assessment was ‘plainly wrong’
- Negligence – Release doesn’t bar rider’s negligence claim against horse owner
- Bankruptcy – Motion to reinstate Chapter 7 petition previously dismissed by court is denied
- Wills and trusts – Court applied incorrect statute of limitations to breach of trust claims
- Administrative – Doctor’s attacks on license suspension order fails
- Habeas Corpus – Petition attacking military court martial is dismissed
- Parent and Child – Stepmother awarded custody of stepchildren over father’s objection
