Brent Wieand

Family Sues Tesla Over Fatal Crash, Alleging Autopilot System Drove Vehicle Into Texas Home

Filed: June 24, 2026 Cause No. 2026-42166 61st Judicial District, Harris County, Texas A Harris County lawsuit claims Tesla’s driver-assistance technology failed to detect the end of a residential street, killing a 76-year-old grandmother and injuring her son-in-law. The case raises broader questions about autonomous vehicle safety, misleading marketing, and corporate accountability. A Texas family […]

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Eleventh Circuit Upholds Defense Verdict for ECT Device Maker, Finding Warning Defect Did Not Cause Patient’s Memory Loss

A man who received 95 electroconvulsive therapy treatments and later suffered severe memory loss could not collect damages from the device manufacturer — even after a jury found its warnings were deficient. That is the bottom line of a September 2025 decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Thelen

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Supreme Court Rules Federal Pesticide Law Bars Roundup Cancer-Warning Lawsuit

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled June 25 that federal pesticide law preempts a Missouri jury’s finding that Monsanto should have placed a cancer warning on its Roundup weedkiller, reversing a $1 million-plus verdict in favor of a longtime user who developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In a 7-2 decision in Monsanto Co. v. Durnell, the Court

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