Tesla will pay a $31,000 penalty due to a settlement reached with the Environmental Protection Agency over hazardous waste violations at its California factory.
McElwain Brothers Paint and Collision in Pennsylvania has paid $67,462 in back wages and damages to 12 workers to settle a federal Department of Labor complaint.
A Florida federal judge granted preliminary approval on Wednesday to a $299.1 million deal for Ford Motor Co. to exit multidistrict litigation over defective Takata Corp. air bags and hasten the removal of dangerous air bag inflators from 6 million affected vehicles.
The same day a Missouri appellate panel affirmed a $37.5 million award in a suit accusing a motorist of negligently causing a highway accident resulting in a man’s paraplegia, Allstate Insurance Co. agreed to pay a $30.5 million settlement to resolve the issue.
A statewide auto body shop has agreed to pay approximately $1.5 million in penalties following an investigation started in Sacramento over improper disposal of hazardous materials.
Ford Motor Co. agreed to an economic loss settlement of $299.1 million covering at least 6 million U.S. vehicles with potentially faulty Takata air bag inflators.
A U.S. appeals court on Monday approved a $10 billion settlement between Volkswagen and car owners caught in the manufacturer's emissions cheating scandal.
