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HUFFPOST - City Of LA Not Liable In Death Of Teen Girl Hit By Police Officer's Stray Bullet

A jury has found the city of Los Angeles not liable in the killing of a 14-year-old girl who was hit by a police officer’s stray bullet during a shootout in 2021.

ABCNEWS - Lawsuits allege negligence by UPS , others before fiery, fatal November crash

A slew of new civil lawsuits allege UPS and its partners failed their responsibility to make sure a plane they put in the air was safe to fly.

WASHINGTONPOST (Molly Hennessy-Fiske) - Texas legislators say they’re shocked camp owners want to reopen after deaths

Texas lawmakers do not think owners have fixed problems at Camp Mystic, but they might not be able to prevent the camp from reopening in May.

JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Jury selection begins in Elon Musk, OpenAI trial

The trial will be done in two parts and the jury will only have input in the first phase, which is the liability phase to decide if any wrongdoing occurred. There will also be a remedies phase to determine the appropriate damages.

NYTIMES (Emily Steel) - Second Jury Finds Uber Responsible for Sexual Assault by a Driver

The ride-hailing giant has now lost the first two of more than 3,000 pending federal lawsuits.

NPR (Bobby Allyn) - Jury holds Meta and Google liable for role in young woman's mental health issues

The verdict marks the end of the first-ever jury trial over whether tech giants should be held accountable for social media addiction. It may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits.

NYTIMES (Rebecca Davis O’Brien) - Quartz Countertop Makers Want Immunity Against Legal Claims from Sick Stone Cutters

Workers are filing lawsuits against the countertop industry as cases of silicosis, a deadly lung disease, rise.

HUFFPOST - Lawsuit Alleges Google's Gemini Guided Man To Consider 'Mass Casualty' Event Before Suicide

A new lawsuit says Google’s Gemini chatbot fueled a man’s delusions and nearly pushed him to commit a violent event before he killed himself.