Posts by Y@DminG
Gunmaker Rejected as Supreme Court Lets Sandy Hook Families Sue
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the gun industry, refusing to block a lawsuit against Remington Arms Co. by family members of nine people killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. The lawsuit blames the gunmaker’s … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSafety Violations Found After Attacks at Iowa Psych Hospital
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Regulators have recommended a nearly $73,000 fine against the Iowa Department of Human Services after finding serious workplace safety violations at a state-run psychiatric hospital where several employees have been assaulted by combative patients. Staffers at … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreThe Case of the Sunk Float Tank
Floatation tanks, also known as isolation tanks, flotation tanks and sensory deprivation units are therapeutic devices used to create a “restricted environmental stimulation therapy”, also known as REST. The technique was researched early in the 1950’s as a means of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreLong Trend of Declining Workplace Accident Rate Stalls in 2018
The workplace injury rate for private-sector workers has been dropping year after year for decades. But 2018 was not one of those years. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week that the incidence rate of nonfatal injuries and … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreThousands Face Life-Threatening Floods From Aging Dams
On a cold morning last March, Kenny Angel got a frantic knock on his door. Two workers from a utility company in northern Nebraska had come with a stark warning: Get out of your house. Just a little over a … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreHow One Startup is Trying to Help Car Dealers Weather Hailstorms
Nick Pacifico has been working at his family’s Cadillac dealership in Denver since 2003. He’s never seen insurance costs this bad. “Getting coverage is nearly impossible,” said Pacifico, vice president at Rickenbaugh Automotive Group. Two years ago he paid about … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTyson Foods Earnings Miss Forecasts as Slaughterhouse Fire Hurts Beef Sales
Tyson Foods Inc fell short of Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and profit on Tuesday after a fire at a Kansas slaughterhouse hurt sales volumes in its beef business, the company’s biggest segment. Shares of the maker of Ball … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePG&E Is Offering $13.5 Billion in Compensation to Wildfire Victims
Bankrupt utility giant PG&E Corp. is trying to offer $13.5 billion in compensation to the victims of wildfires sparked by its power lines as part of a restructuring plan, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The company’s shares … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePG&E Faces Strict Probation Judge After Massive Kincade Fire
For the first time since a fire last month scorched 77,758 acres of northern California, PG&E Corp. returns to the courtroom of the judge whose personal crusade is to “reduce to zero” the number of wildfires caused by the utility’s … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreRansomware Attack At Mexico’s Pemex Halts Work, Threatens To Cripple Computers
MEXICO CITY — A ransomware attack hit computer servers and halted administrative work on Monday at Mexican state oil firm Pemex, according to employees and internal emails, in hackers’ latest bid to wring ransom from a major company. Hackers have … Source: Claims Journal
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