Posts by Y@DminG

TOKYO (AP) — A transcript of communication between traffic control and two aircraft that collided and burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport showed that only the larger Japan Airlines passenger flight was given permission to use the runway where … Source: Claims Journal

SUZU, Japan (AP) — Japanese rescue workers and canine units searched urgently through rubble Wednesday ahead of predicted bitter cold and heavy rain in what the prime minister called a race against time after powerful earthquakes killed at least 73 … Source: Claims Journal

The owners and operators of a hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, have agreed to pay $100,000 to a former general manager and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the … Source: Claims Journal

The federal circuit appeals court for the District of Columbia (D.C.) has asked D.C’s highest court for guidance on the standard of negligence in a case involving a noticeably intoxicated man who died after falling from a train platform into … Source: Claims Journal

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — One man was fatally stabbed while another was found bleeding to death on New Year`s Day in Atlantic City, the gambling resort that`s currently adding hundreds of new security cameras to the thousands already keeping … Source: Claims Journal

A third conspirator has been sentenced to prison for her participation in a Florida check-cashing scheme that used shell companies to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and workers’ compensation insurers out of millions of dollars in payroll taxes and workers’ … Source: Claims Journal

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.’s PacifiCorp is selling US investment-grade bonds to help fund settlement claims related to wildfires in Oregon. The electric utility is issuing debt in four parts, with the longest portion — a long 30-year fixed-rate note — … Source: Claims Journal

Georgia authorities last week announced the arrest of a contractor charged with underreporting payroll and defrauding Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. of more than $9 million in premiums. Jose Martinez, 56, of Grayson, was charged with insurance fraud after an investigation … Source: Claims Journal

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minnesota woman has sued her dentist after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit that she says led to her disfigurement. Kathleen Wilson filed the lawsuit last week in … Source: Claims Journal

LONDON —U.S. insurer AIG was the lead insurer on a $130 million “all-risks” policy for the Japan Airlines airplane which collided with another plane at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, two insurance industry sources said on Wednesday. AIG declined to comment. All … Source: Claims Journal