Posts by Y@DminG
Mother Whose 11-Year-Old Son Died in Texas Freeze Sues For $100M
The mother of an 11-year-old boy who died after they lost electricity and heat in their Texas mobile home during last week’s freeze has filed a $100 million lawsuit against two power companies for gross negligence. Maria Pineda said the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSolarWinds, Microsoft, FireEye, CrowdStrike Executives Face Senate Grilling
WASHINGTON — Top executives at Texas-based software company SolarWinds Corp, digital giant Microsoft Corp and cybersecurity firms FireEye Inc and CrowdStrike Holdings Inc are expected to defend their companies’ responses to a series of breaches blamed on Russian hackers when … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDirty Driving: How Nevada Could Close ‘Classic’ Car Loophole
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — What makes a car classic? It sounds like fodder for bar trivia, but in Nevada it’s a question almost certain to come up in the state Legislature. Classic vehicle license plates issued by the state … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNTSB Says Damage to United Boeing 777 Engine Consistent With Metal Fatigue
WASHINGTON — Damage to a fan blade on an engine that failed on a United Airlines Boeing 777 flight is consistent with metal fatigue, based on a preliminary assessment, the chairman of the U.S. air accident investigator said on Monday. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFukushima Nuclear Plant Operator: Seismometers Were Broken
TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Monday that two seismometers at one of its three melted reactors have been out of order since last year and did not collect data when a powerful … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBoeing Engine Blowouts Investigated as Older 777s Are Suspended
Showers of jet engine parts over residential areas on both sides of the Atlantic have caught regulators’ attention and prompted the suspension of some older Boeing Co planes from service. Saturday’s incidents involving a United Airlines 777 in Denver and … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCommercial Property Insurance Coverage for Texas Winter Freeze Losses
For an incredible 10-day period in mid-February, Texas was battered by a brutal winter storm bringing snow, ice, and record-low temperatures. Millions of Texans were without power and water for days. These conditions forced thousands of Texas businesses to close … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTennessee Races to Repair Broken Water Mains in Storm’s Wake
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Workers in Tennessee raced Sunday to fix water mains that failed in freezing temperatures, and COVID-19 vaccine shipments resumed as the South carried on with efforts to recover from the winter weather that paralyzed parts of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreKroger: Some Pharmacy Customer Data Impacted in Vendor Hack
BOSTON (AP) — Kroger Co. says personal data, including Social Security numbers of some of its pharmacy and clinic customers, may have been stolen in the hack of a third-party vendor’s file-transfer service. The Cincinnati-based grocery and pharmacy chain said … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBankruptcy Judge Refuses to Halt Weinstein Co. Plan
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Delaware judge presiding over the Weinstein Co. bankruptcy has rejected a request by four women who have accused disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct to put her approval of the company’s bankruptcy plan … Source: Claims Journal
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