Family of woman killed in Kailua helicopter crash sues manufacturer, tour company The family of a 28-year-old woman killed in an April 2019 helicopter crash in Kailua has sued the manufacturer and a local tour company. (Image: Davilynn Moniz) By Rick Daysog | April 25, 2021 at 5:41 PM HST - Updated April 25 at 5:41 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The family of a 28-year-old woman killed in an April 2019 helicopter crash in Kailua has sued the manufacturer and a local tour company.
Ryan McAuliffe, an executive with a Chicago-based real estate firm, died along with the pilot Joseph Berridge and passenger Jan Burgess, of Australia, in the fiery crash.
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WASHINGTON U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and several Republican senators unveiled their own infrastructure plan in hopes of finding compromise with President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan.
Capito, R-W.Va., the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, spoke with reporters Thursday about the Republican Roadmap, an infrastructure package unveiled earlier Thursday at a press conference in the U.S. Capitol.
“Our purpose today is to say what our concepts are as Republicans as what infrastructure means, what our principles are as far as pay-fors, and then say to President Biden and his team and our Democratic colleagues that we’re ready to sit down and get to work on this,” Capito said. “Our biggest message that we want to put forward today is this is important to us.”
Supreme Court curbs FTC’s ability to levy fines
In a rare unanimous decision, the court
ruled that FTC cannot attach fines to cases that it brings to court against dietary supplement companies, internet marketers and telemarketing firms and other industry sectors it regulates. If the agency believes a fine is warranted, it must go through an administrative law procedure, which includes a finding of fact and an opportunity for a defendant to respond to the levying of the fine.
Attorney: Ruling not a surprise for those who’ve followed issue closely
“Was this ruling surprising? I didn’t think so,” said attorney Jennifer Adams of the firm Amin Talati Wasserman.
Scott Tucker, seen here in his Leawood, Kansas, home during an interview with Netflix for its Dirty Money series. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a $1.3 billion penalty against Tucker in a civil case brought by the Federal Trade Commission. (Kansas City Star/TNS)
Supreme Court overturns $1.3 billion penalty against payday loan tycoon
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously sided with convicted Kansas City payday loan tycoon Scott Tucker in an appeal of a $1.3 billion penalty in a civil case brought by the Federal Trade Commission.
AMG Capital, one of Tucker’s payday loan enterprises, sought to overturn the 2016 decision of a federal judge in Nevada who agreed that Tucker and his businesses should pay $1.3 billion in restitution to borrowers who were defrauded.