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MEXICO CITY (AP) — An explosion and fire destroyed an offshore gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico early Friday, while two workers died, eight were injured and one was missing, officials said. The state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, said … Source: Claims Journal

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California Edison and two other companies have paid $22 million to settle U.S. government claims that they caused a 2016 wildfire that burned thousands of acres of national forest, it was announced Friday. The money … Source: Claims Journal

VALE, Ore. (AP) — Five people including an infant died when two vehicles collided and burst into flames in eastern Oregon near the Idaho border, according to Oregon State Police. Police responded to the crash at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday … Source: Claims Journal

The union that represents locomotive engineers says a Thursday night coal train derailment in Virginia is renewing questions about Norfolk Southern`s safety practices. The derailment happened coming down out of the Appalachian Mountains near Elliston about 20 miles (32.19 kilometers) … Source: Claims Journal

Farmers Hires Chief Claims Officer Farmers Insurance hired Kevin Yoo as chief claims officer, effective July 12. Yoo succeeds Rob Howard, who will retire in October, the insurance carrier said in a press release. Yoo previously served in senior claims … Source: Claims Journal

LONDON —More than 40 aviation leasing firms, locked in a battle with insurers over who should bear up to $10 billion in costs for 400 jets stuck in Russia, are urging the High Court to allow a reinsurance dispute to … Source: Claims Journal

FLORENCE, Wis. (AP) — Workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy from injuries he received last week at a Wisconsin sawmill. Michael Schuls died Saturday at a pediatric hospital in Milwaukee, two days after officers responded … Source: Claims Journal

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The state of Nevada has reached a $285 million settlement with Walgreens regarding the pharmacy chain`s role in the opioid epidemic, the state`s top lawyer announced Wednesday. The last in a series of multiyear settlements with … Source: Claims Journal

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two firefighters were killed and five others injured battling a blaze that began deep inside a docked cargo ship carrying more than a thousand vehicles, officials said Thursday. Responding firefighters found five to seven vehicles already … Source: Claims Journal

If a person’s right to bring a personal injury lawsuit has expired by the time of his or her death, the person’s estate is barred from bringing a wrongful death suit in Massachusetts for the benefit of the beneficiaries. The … Source: Claims Journal