Archive for March 2018

The pilot of the photo-tour helicopter that crash-landed in New York’s East River this month said a safety tether designed to keep passengers inside the open-door flight may have accidentally shut off the craft’s fuel, causing it to lose power. … Source: Claims Journal

This week’s fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber SUV in Arizona drew attention to a new employment category that barely existed a few years ago: the autonomous vehicle safety driver. In Arizona alone, more than 600 autonomous vehicles are being … Source: Claims Journal

About one-third of U.S. consumers (34 percent) have been notified that their data has been breached, according to a survey released by The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB), part of Munich Re, and one in five have … Source: Claims Journal

With issues like the opioid crisis and inflating drug costs at the forefront of discussion in workers’ compensation, several states, including Indiana and Pennsylvania, are currently considering legislation to establish workers’ compensation drug formularies. Some debate has arisen as to … Source: Claims Journal

A former “Melrose Place” actress whose three-year prison term for a fatal 2010 auto crash sparked outrage from the victim’s family and prompted legal appeals must return to court for a second re-sentencing. A New Jersey appeals court ordered the … Source: Claims Journal

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service readily admits it can’t see the forest for the trees. Literally. Even when fire spotters climb to the top of the 80-foot Bass River State Forest fire tower, their view is blocked on three … Source: Claims Journal

Colleges in California have a responsibility to protect students from foreseeable acts of violence in the classroom and other settings connected to their studies and can be held liable for failing to do so, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. … Source: Claims Journal

The U.S. Army show officials knew for 36 years a dam at a South Carolina military base might not stand up to a big storm before it was breached in a massive 2015 downpour that caused a flood that killed … Source: Claims Journal

A meteorologist who aided emergency response efforts along the Gulf Coast after the 2010 oil spill has been tapped to lead the U.S. government’s hurricane forecasting hub in Miami. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday that Kenneth Graham … Source: Claims Journal

Large-scale projects long considered essential to easing Houston’s flooding woes went to the top of the area’s to-do list after Hurricane Harvey inundated large swaths of the nation’s fourth-largest city. Seven months later, local officials are still looking for funding … Source: Claims Journal