| Volume 144 Number 27 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Lots of people are having difficulty paying their rent due to the pandemic. But recently, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released an eviction moratorium order. It protects people from being evicted for not paying their rent if they complete a declaration form and give it to their landlord. This protection lasts until June 30, 2021. Click here for more.
GM recalls Cadillacs, GMC vehicles and Chevrolets
General Motors is recalling 94,641 model year 2021 Cadillac Escalades & Escalade ESVs, GMC Yukons & Yukon XLs, and Chevrolet Suburbans & Tahoes with third-row seating.
The third-row outboard seat belts may have been trapped or misrouted behind the outboard seat-folding mechanism, which could result in damaged seat belts.
A damaged seat belt can break during a crash, increasing the risk of injury to the occupant. Click here for more.
Your Money
If you've ever applied for a home loan or opened a credit card, then you have experienced the Truth in Lending Act, or TILA. The federal law, enacted in 1968, protects you from predatory lending practices and promotes the informed use of consumer credit. TILA requires creditors to disclose finance charges, annual percentage rates and other terms to help consumers understand the cost of credit and to comparison shop for it. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Supreme Court makes it easier for people to sue, allowing them to bring their claims in the state where they were injured. In this case, a state court exercised jurisdiction over Ford in a products-liability suit stemming from a car accident that injured a resident in the State. Ford moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. It argued that each state court had jurisdiction only if the company’s conduct in the State had given rise to the plaintiff’s claims. And that causal link existed, according to Ford, only if the company had designed, manufactured, or sold in the State the particular vehicle involved in the accident. In neither suit could the plaintiff make that showing. Only later resales and relocations by consumers had brought the vehicles to Montana. The State supreme court rejected Ford’s argument, and held that the company’s activities in the State had the needed connection to the plaintiff’s allegations that a defective Ford caused instate injury. Click here for more.