Toyota has recalled more than 400,000 Toyotas and Lexuses over steering problems. The models, mostly 2000-2004 Toyota Avalons, have a steering interlock system that can crack and could potentially lock up while the car is moving. The other model being recalled, Lexus luxury LX 470, years 2003-2007, has a steering column that can potentially become disengaged if the car hits a bump of pothole. Toyota has received three reports of minor accidents related to the problem, but no injuries have been reported.

A lawsuit has been filed against the federal government and Boeing after a Marine Corps jet crashed into a California home, killing four people. The plaintiff is accusing the government and Boeing of negligence. The lawsuit claimed that the jet “had a history of warnings and system failures” that both the government and the manufacturer were aware of, and should not have been flying.

The death of a woman who was hit by a car on a crosswalk at the Salt Lake City International Airport has prompted a lawsuit from the woman’s husband. The lawsuit claims that airport officials were aware of the “dangerous traffic situation” at the crosswalk but had done nothing to make it safer. The airport had been warned by an employee of the potential for accidents at the crosswalk, the lawsuit states. The suit also names the driver of the car as a defendant.

A lawsuit has been filed against Greyhound in Sacramento, Calif., by six passengers injured in a fatal bus accident last week. The lawsuit claims that the driver “did not not fulfill his duty to transport the passengers safely.” Another passenger, who is not part of the lawsuit, has made statements that he believes the bus driver was speeding just before the accident occurred, which killed six people. The accident is still under investigation, and the speed of the bus has yet to be determined. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.

A sports bar in Austell, Ga., has agreed to pay $1 million to the widow of a man killed by a drunk driver who was allegedly over-served by the bar staff. The lawsuit claims that in October 2008, The Sports Grill served alcohol to a man when he was already drunk. The man then crashed his car into another vehicle, killing the car’s owner. The judge also sanctioned the bar after it was discovered that they destroyed video tapes and bar tabs that showed the man drinking.

GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C. has agreed to a $1 billion settlement that will cover 800 claims that the company’s drug Paxil causes birth defects. The company paid $2.5 million to a Pennsylvania boy who allegedly suffers from severe heart defects because of Paxil. Glaxo has set aside a total of $2.4 billion to settle various lawsuits involving Paxil and the company’s diabetes drug Avandia

New York City has agreed to pay $7 million to the two children and two friends of a man who was shot and killed by police officers in 2006. Police officers opened fire on the vehicle that the man and two of his friends were riding in early in the morning. The officers killed the man, who was unarmed, and seriously injured the two others. The suit also prompted the city to change some of its policing procedures, “including alcohol testing for officers in any shooting in which someone is injured, as well as improved firearms training.”

A retired police sergeant in Bell, Calif., has accused other officers of voter fraud in a lawsuit he filed against the city. The plaintiff claims in his suit that in 2009, officers passed out absentee ballots to voters, telling them which candidates to vote for, and filed out voter cards for deceased individuals. The plaintiff says he reported this to the FBI last year and was demoted and eventually forced out of the department because of it. He has also filed a claim for damages against the city and with the state Department of Fair Employment.

A lawsuit has been filed against the Los Angeles Police Department that claims they failed to investigate a 1986 murder since the prime suspect was another police officer. The suit, filed by the family of the victim, claims that the officer had confronted and threatened the victim multiple times before she was killed. During the investigation the police officer was never questioned. Recently, however, the case was reopened and the police office was arrested based on DNA evidence. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.

A lawsuit will continue against Vitaminwater maker Coca-Cola over the health claims the company makes on the bottle. The suit was filed last year by the Center for Science in the Public Interest and states that the company claims that Vitaminwater is “healthy” because of added vitamins. The F.D.A. prohibits food makers from adding vitamins or other nutrients to an otherwise unhealthful food in order to make a health claim.