Category: compensation

Amazon to Pay Customers Up to $1,000 in Compensation for Unsafe Items Sold by Third-Party Sellers

Amazon has announced updates to its complaints and returns policy, with the company set to take on the role of a facilitator between disgruntled customers and third-party sellers and, in some cases, directly paying customers up to $1,000 for third-party products that caused damage or personal injury. The online retail giant said in an Aug. 10…


Florida Condo Collapse Victims to Receive $150 Million In Initial Compensation: Judge

A Florida judge said Wednesday that victims and families who suffered losses in last month’s collapse of a 12-story condominium in Surfside would get at least $150 million in compensation initially. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said at a hearing that around $50 million would come from insurance on the Champlain Towers South building, whose collapse…


India’s Top Court Ends Proceedings Against Italian Marines

NEW DELHI/ROME—India’s top court said on Tuesday it has closed all proceedings against two Italian marines over the shooting of two fishermen off the southern Indian coast in 2012, after Rome paid $1.36 million in compensation. Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre were arrested in February 2012 over the shooting. They said the killings were accidental,…