Posts by Y@DminG
Utah Supreme: Appearance of Conflict Enough to Disqualify Medical Evaluator
Workers’ compensation claimants don’t have to prove that the physicians appointed to resolve medical disputes have an “actual bias” — the mere appearance of a conflict of interest is enough to disqualify them from evaluating a claim, the Utah Supreme … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreGunmakers Lose Challenge to New York law Allowing Lawsuits Against Industry
A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit by a group of gun manufacturers, distributors and retailers challenging the constitutionality of a New York law that allows the state and people affected by gun violence to sue the industry. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreLawsuit Accuses 3 Automakers and Parts Maker in Air Bag Case
DETROIT (AP) — A class action lawsuit is accusing three automakers and a parts manufacturer of knowingly selling vehicles containing air bag inflators that are at risk of exploding. Two deaths and at least four injuries have been linked to … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreLawsuit Filed Over Plane Crash that Killed 8 Off of NC Coast
The families of four people — including three teens — who died in a February plane crash off the North Carolina coast are suing the companies that owned the plane and employed the pilot, who also died. The suit claims … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreIran Building Collapse Kills 14 as Mayor and Others Detained
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Rescuers dug through debris Tuesday of a building collapse in southwestern Iran that killed at least 14 people, fearful that many more could still be trapped beneath the rubble as authorities arrested the city’s mayor in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreGas Wells Leak Explosive Levels of Methane in California
Some Bakersfield residents are concerned about potential explosions after a state agency found that six idle oil wells near homes were leaking methane in the past several days. State and regional inspectors found concentrations of methane in the air around … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTentative $161.5 Million Settlement Reached in Opioid Trial
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Attorneys for the state of West Virginia and two remaining pharmaceutical manufacturers have reached a tentative $161.5 million settlement just as closing arguments were set to begin in a seven-week trial over the opioid epidemic, Attorney … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePlanned Wyoming Abortion Clinic Severely Damaged in Fire
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — An overnight fire Wednesday severely damaged a building that was being renovated to house a new abortion clinic in Wyoming, a conservative state where opposition to abortions is widespread. No one was hurt in the blaze … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreOhio Supreme Finds Ditch Diggers Misclassified as Independent Contractors
Ditch diggers who accepted work assignments online and used their own spades and shovels to do the work cannot be classified as independent contractors by a company that contracted with Time Warner Cable to install underground lines, a divided Ohio … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreForecasters Predict 7th Straight Above-Normal Hurricane Season
The Atlantic hurricane season is poised to deliver another round of above-normal storms for the seventh consecutive year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Tuesday. NOAA forecasters estimate 14 to 21 named storms, six to 10 of … Source: Claims Journal
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