Posts by Y@DminG
Bayer Gets Supreme Court Hearing in Challenge to Roundup Suits
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Bayer AG’s appeal taking aim at thousands of lawsuits targeting its top-selling Roundup weedkiller for causing cancer. The high court agreed Friday to hear Bayer’s challenge to a $1.25 million Missouri jury verdict … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreLA Fire Survivors Got a Rude Surprise That Could Hit More Americans
A year after the Los Angeles wildfires, many survivors face the same problem: Their insurance policies aren’t paying out enough to cover the cost of rebuilding. It’s a tragic predicament. And it will happen again when the next disaster hits. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBoeing 2011 Warning May Offer Clues into 2025 UPS Jet Crash
Boeing Co. warned operators in 2011 that a key structural component found cracked in the plane involved in November’s fatal crash of a United Parcel Service Inc. freighter had failed on prior occasions. The planemaker issued a service letter in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAllstate Can Proceed with Recovery in Texas RICO Case, Fifth Circuit Rules
Allstate can move forward in its recovery of $4.7 million it paid to settle fraudulent medical claims with a Houston, Texas medical facility, the Fifth Circuit has ruled. The federal appellate court reversed a lower court’s ruling that Allstate’s RICO … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreUS Says Canada Will Regret Decision to Allow Chinese EVs into Their Market
Trump administration officials said on Friday that Canada would regret its decision to allow China to import up to 49,000 Chinese EVs, and that those cars would not be allowed to enter the United States. “I think they’ll look back … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreThumbs Down on SELF DRIVE Act as Written, Says Industry Trades
Federal lawmakers have begun to discuss numerous pieces of legislation focusing on the evolving automobile industry, with legislation addressing consumer data rights, parts and repair, pedestrian safety, driver-assistance technology and even catalytic-converter theft. In preparation for a hearing Jan. 13, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTesla Gets 5-Week Extension in US Probe of Full Self-Driving Traffic Violations
U.S. auto safety regulators have granted Tesla a five-week extension to respond to an investigation into whether its vehicles violated traffic laws while the Elon Musk-led company’s Full Self-Driving system was engaged. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePublishers Seek to Join Lawsuit Against Google Over AI Training
Publishers Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group asked a California federal court on Thursday for permission to intervene in a proposed class action lawsuit against Google over the alleged misuse of copyrighted material used to train its artificial intelligence systems. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreA Lean Lens on Legal Bill Review: Keeping the Insured at The Center
For over a decade, I helped build the legal e-billing and review industry. I sat across the table from vice presidents of claims at major carriers, making the case that systematic invoice auditing was a fiduciary imperative. The logic seemed … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDriver Fails to Back Up Claim That Tesla Touchscreen Defect Caused Accident
Vehicle manufacturer Tesla has won dismissal of a product liability lawsuit claiming that a defective touchscreen in a 2021 Tesla caused an accident. Judge Nelson Roman in federal district court in New York granted Tesla summary judgment because the woman … Source: Claims Journal
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