The creator of a safe lithium car-battery jump starter sued Duracell Co. in Chicago federal court Friday for allegedly ripping off its invention.

A netting maker isn’t liable for injuries to a spectator at a Pittsburgh Pirates game who was hit by a foul ball that deflected off its netting as she walked to her seat behind home plate, a Pennsylvania appeals court affirmed Friday.

Volkswagen Group of America Inc. and Audi AG sold more than a dozen vehicle models with a flawed start/stop feature that causes loss of control of the vehicle, a proposed class suit in Virginia federal court says.

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co. will pay $1.7 million to settle claims that it failed to comply with federal and state laws regulating hazardous air pollutants and waste at its La Porte, Texas, plant, according to a filing in the Southern District of Texas.

NBA star Zion Williamson calls alleged “newly discovered evidence” that he signed a contract and accepted $400,000 from an agent in 2018 “patently fraudulent,” and says it relies on hearsay and forged documents, in a letter filed with the Middle District of North Carolina.

The European Union should change the way it evaluates chemicals, ban certain uses of PFAS, and find ways to curb chemicals that disrupt the hormone system, EU lawmakers said in a wide-ranging resolution adopted Friday.