Posts by Y@DminG
Pregnancy Discrimination Continues, 41 Years After Banned by Federal Law
For 41 years, federal law has banned pregnancy discrimination in the workplace. But the stories tumbling out this week show it’s far from eradicated. Prompted by presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s claim that she was forced out of a teaching job … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDisney World Workers Endure Tourists Who Punch, Yell, Grope
ORLANDO, Fla. — Disney World employees are easy targets. Tourists scream at them, sexually harass them and in the most serious cases, physically attack them, according to law enforcement reports. “There are so many situations, so many things that happen … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFlorida Timber Farmers Face Tough Choices Year After Michael
BLOUNTSTOWN, Fla. — The sunsets are a sight to behold in Joe Leonard’s neck of the woods these days. A year ago, lush stands of towering pines obscured the horizon, he said as he drove his pickup along a dusty … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreJ&J Faces 100,000 More Damage Claims After Taking $8 Billion Hit
Johnson & Johnson has taken some costly beatings in court this year. And it could get worse. Just last week, a jury ordered J&J to pay $8 billion for wrongfully pushing doctors to prescribe the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal. While the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePurdue Judge Halts Government Opioid Suits Against Drugmaker
Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners won a temporary reprieve from nearly 2,700 opioid lawsuits, giving the bankrupt drugmaker time to clinch a deal that would atone for its role in America’s addiction epidemic. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert D. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDeadly Los Angeles Wildfire Burns With Subdued Fury After Change in Weather
Firefighters have tightened their grip on a deadly Los Angeles wildfire burning with subdued fury on Sunday after extremely dry desert winds that had stoked the flames gave way to moister, gentler breezes blowing in from the Pacific. The so-called … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreOne Massive Blackout Is Over, Now California Braces for the Next
An unprecedented blackout that plunged millions of Californians into the darkness for days is over. And nobody can say when the next will hit. Even as PG&E Corp. declared an end to last week’s shutoffs — a deliberate move to … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreGrowing Private Flood Market Will Test Claim Professionals
A nudge into the market by carriers offering private flood insurance is becoming more of a shove, which might bring new opportunities for claims adjusters and maybe create a more efficient claims process along the way. An executive for Munich … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBlack Guest Ousted from Doubletree Hotel Sues for $10M
PORTLAND, Ore. — A hotel guest whose lawyers say he was ousted from a DoubleTree hotel in Oregon for “calling his mother while black” from his cellphone in the hotel lobby is seeking $10 million in a lawsuit. The lawsuit … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNike to Shut Down Oregon Project After Top Coach Is Banned
Nike Inc. is ending its Oregon Project supporting elite track athletes after a top coach was banned for violating anti-doping rules in a scandal that has engulfed the sport’s biggest corporate backer. A company spokesman confirmed the decision, which came … Source: Claims Journal
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