Posts by Y@DminG
Wynn Resorts to Settle Sexual Harassment Inaction Claim from Salon Workers
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Wynn Resorts and nine unnamed women are settling a lawsuit alleging the casino company failed to investigate allegations that female employees were sexually harassed by former company CEO Steve Wynn, according to a court document. Attorneys … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreHurricane Lee Charting a New Course in Weather, Could Signal More Monster Storms
ATLANTA (AP) — Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane. Lee __ which just as quickly dropped to a still-dangerous Category 3 and held that … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMorocco Survivors Seek Aid as Earthquake Toll Passes 2,100
MOULAY BRAHIM, Morocco — Survivors of Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades struggled to find food, water and shelter on Sunday as the search for the missing continued in remote villages and the death toll of more than … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWisc. Sawmill Agrees to Pay $191K After 16-Year-Old Boy Killed on the Job
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A northern Wisconsin sawmill has agreed to pay nearly $191, 000 and stop hiring children under 16 to settle a federal lawsuit labor regulators filed after a teenager was killed on the job this summer and … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreInfrequent Inspection of Fan Blades Led to United Jet Engine Failure in 2021, NTSB Says
WASHINGTON (AP) — An engine on a United Airlines jet broke up over Denver in 2021 because of wear and tear on a fan blade that was not adequately inspected for signs of cracking, federal investigators said Friday. The National … Source: Claims Journal
Read More11th Circuit Panel Affirms Dismissal of Discrimination Suit by White TV Weatherman
The use of a form that identified an employee’s race as part of a company’s termination process was not evidence that the employer discriminated against him because he is white, a divided panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreHurricane Lee Strengthens to Category 5 Storm: Weather Watch
Hurricane Lee has become the strongest Atlantic storm since 2019 with winds of 165 miles (266 kilometers) per hour, and the US National Hurricane Center said the Category 5 system isn’t done growing yet. While the storm is far from … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSevere Flooding in Greece Leaves at Least 4 Dead and 6 Missing, Villages Cut Off
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Widespread flooding in central Greece left at least four people dead, six missing and dozens trapped, with severe rainstorms turning streams into raging torrents, bursting dams, washing away roads and bridges, and hurling cars into the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFla. Public Adjusters Can’t Act as Appraisers if Fees Exceed Statutory Cap
Public adjusters cannot double as appraisers in claims disputes if their total fees exceed the statutory cap, a Florida appeals court decided Wednesday in what may be seen as another win in property insurers’ long battle against tactics allegedly employed … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMiss. Supreme Allows Subrogation Suit Against ATV Driver in Crash Involving Lt. Gov.
A workers’ compensation fund for Mississippi state agencies will can take subrogation action against the driver of an all-terrain vehicle that badly injured the former chief of staff to the state’s lieutenant governor, the Mississippi Supreme Court decided. A circuit … Source: Claims Journal
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