The plaintiff was injured when her 1998 Ford Expedition rolled over her leg after she thought she put it in park.

The shooter was reportedly a disgruntled customer who hadn't paid for repairs to his car, so it was towed and auctioned off.

The automaker said it agreed to settle to "end years of litigation," while requesting to keep the settlement terms private.

The union claims the automaker's efforts to stamp out a unionization effort at its Alabama plant violate a German global supply chain practices law.

Owners are suing the automaker for secretly sharing driving behavior data with insurance companies, collected via OnStar.

The lawsuit claimed the insurer overcharged policyholders during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sixteen people have been sentenced in the case so far.

Tractable filed the claim as part of an ongoing lawsuit in which CCC accused it of stealing intellectual property.

A fire on board the Felicity Ace in 2022 was allegedly caused by a battery in an electric Porsche, which is owned by Volkswagen AG.

Owners of qualifying Kia vehicles have until Jan. 11, 2025, to file a claim to receive compensation.

The scheme involved submitting false insurance claims to manipulating the system and illicitly gain more than $1 million from multiple carriers.

The suit focuses on USAA's use of a third-party contractor to assess which medical claims should be paid.

The plaintiff sued after a second estimate came in significantly higher than the first.

Neighbors of the approved site sued the city.

Five defendants now face felony insurance fraud charges.

According to the lawsuit, three managers engaged in "egregious and persistent" sexual harassment towards female staff.

Manchester City Nissan is accused of charging customers unnecessary additional fees.

The company also agreed to implement training for all employees, covering race discrimination and harassment.

Reginald Hopkins faced 18 to 41 months in prison for the scheme.

The clinic signed an agreement in November to stop billing for fraudulent charges, but Allstate says that was quickly breached.

A shareholder filed the lawsuit, accusing the company of misrepresenting its ability to integrate its auto glass business and the performance of its car wash segment.

The automaker said it was charged too much because the city included payroll data from GM's self-driving vehicle subsidiary, Cruise, in its calculations.

The company allegedly installed defeat devices on 630,000 Ram 2500 and 3500 pickup trucks between model years 2013 and 2019.

Orange County, CA, Auto Body Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to $1M Tax Evasion

Chung Ku Sin admitted to using a check-cashing business to cash checks made payable to his shops, and not disclosing the transactions to his tax preparer.

Written by Autobody News Staff
Published Nov. 29, 2023

Chung Ku Sin, 68, owner of three auto repair businesses in Orange County in California, pleaded guilty to a charge of filing a false tax return, admitting to a near $1 million tax loss to the U.S.

According to the plea agreement, Sin, who operates

FL Judge Finds Reasonable Evidence Tesla Knew Autopilot Defective

The lawsuit, filed by the widow of a man killed in a 2019 crash, can proceed to trial.

Written by Iulian Dnistran, InsideEVs
Published Nov. 27, 2023

A Florida judge found “reasonable evidence” that Tesla, along with its CEO Elon Musk and other managers, knew the so-called Autopilot advanced driver assistance system was defective but still allowed cars to be driven unsafely, according to Reuters.

The news comes after Judge Reid Scott, in the Circuit Court for Palm Beach County, ruled the plaintiff in a lawsuit over a fatal crash involving a Tesla Model

New Orleans Man Sentenced for Using Auto Body Shop to Traffic Cocaine

Hakim Shabazz was convicted of hiding shipments of cocaine in gas canisters in his shop before distributing them.

Written by Autobody News Staff
Published Nov. 9, 2023

Hakim Shabazz, 46, of New Orleans, LA, was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to receive and distribute cocaine, U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced in a news release.

Shabazz was sentenced Nov. 2 by U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey, who

Former Oklahoma Dealership Owner Sentenced to Almost 11 Years for Fraud Scheme

Bobby Chris Mayes and two co-defendants were accused of falsifying customers' loan applications and bribing at least one loan officer.

Written by Autobody News Staff
Published Nov. 9, 2023

Bobby Chris Mayes, 51, of Norman, OK, former owner of Big Red Dealerships, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison for a complex web of wire fraud, conspiracy, issuing forged securities, aggravated identity theft and obstruction of justice., U.S. Attorney

Tesla-Certified Shop Suing 2 Insurers; Ex-Employee Files Lawsuit Against Safelite

One Maryland-based shop has sued State Farm and Allstate alleging customer steering, while Safelite is being sued for insurance fraud.

Written by John Yoswick, Autobody News
Published Nov. 7, 2023

Multiple lawsuits involving various segments of the collision industry are working their way through federal courts.

State Farm has filed a motion to dismiss a tortious interference and defamation lawsuit brought by a Tesla-certified collision repair business

Mitsubishi Ordered to Pay PA Man $977M for Injuries Caused by Defective Seatbelt

The 2017 rollover accident left Francis Amagasu, 58, a quadriplegic.

Written by Autobody News Staff
Published Nov. 3, 2023

A jury in Philadephia, PA, decided Oct. 30 that Mitsubishi Motors North America must pay a Pennsylvania man $977 million for damages after he was left permanently and severely injured when his seatbelt failed in a rollover accident.

Francis Amagasu, 58, and his wife were awarded $177 million in compensatory damages and $800 million in

Tesla Found Not Responsible for Fatal Autopilot Crash

The landmark case was the first one brought against the automaker for a crash that caused a death.

Written by Joey Klender, Teslarati
Published Nov. 2, 2023

Teslawas victorious in the first-ever U.S. trial that claimed its Autopilot system was responsible for a death in a crash that occurred in 2019.

On Oct. 31, a California state jury ruled there was no manufacturing defect in Tesla’s Autopilot suite, which cleared the automaker’s driver assistance feature of any wrongdoing.

In 2019, Micah Lee’s Tesla Model 3 suddenly veered off the highway in Los Angeles, CA. The vehicle then struck a palm tree and burst