Posts by Y@DminG
US Asks Tesla How Autopilot Responds to Emergency Vehicles
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency wants detailed information on how Tesla’s Autopilot system detects and responds to emergency vehicles parked on highways. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration made the detailed request in an 11-page letter … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreStrong Winds Push California Wildfire Closer to Lake Tahoe
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Flames raced across treetops and through drought-stricken vegetation as firefighters scrambled Wednesday to keep a growing California wildfire from reaching a resort city at the southern tip of Lake Tahoe after evacuation orders were … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreUN: Weather Disasters Soar in Numbers, Cost, but Deaths Fall
GENEVA (AP) — Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather agency reports. But these disasters are killing far fewer people. In … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreIn Ida’s Aftermath, No Quick Relief in Sight for Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana residents still reeling from flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Ida scrambled for food, gas, water and relief from the sweltering heat as thousands of line workers toiled to restore electricity and officials vowed to … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWisconsin Backs Down on Regulating Swimming Pool Rental App
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin regulators have backed down on demands that operators of a startup that allows private homeowners to rent their swimming pools by the hour said would kill their business. The regulators told Swimply in April that … Source: Claims Journal
Read More‘Historic’ New York-Area Flooding in Ida’s Wake Leaves at Least 9 Dead
NEW YORK — Flooding killed at least nine people, swept away cars, submerged subway lines and temporarily grounded flights in New York and New Jersey as the remnants of Hurricane Ida brought torrential rains to the area. New York City … Source: Claims Journal
Read More11th Circuit Adds to Plaintiff Losing Streak for COVID Business Interruption Claims
Another federal appellate court has ruled against a policyholder who sought coverage for business interruption losses caused by coronavirus restrictions, siding with the vast majority of federal judges in ruling that SARS-CoV-2 does not cause a direct physical loss or … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreJudge Will Approve Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Plan That Shields Sacklers
A U.S. judge said on Wednesday he would approve OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP’s bankruptcy reorganization plan, clearing a path to resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits and shielding the company’s wealthy Sackler family owners from future opioid litigation. Bankruptcy Judge … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAmazon’s Answer to Delivery Driver Shortage: Recruit Pot Smokers
Amazon.com Inc. has a solution for a potentially crippling shortage of delivery drivers: Recruit pot smokers. The company is advising its delivery partners — the mom and pops that operate the ubiquitous blue Amazon vans — to prominently advertise that … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreJudge Begins Ruling on Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Plan That Shields Sacklers
A U.S. judge began delivering his ruling on Wednesday on OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s request to approve its bankruptcy reorganization plan that would shield the company’s Sackler family owners from future litigation over the opioid crisis. If U.S. Bankruptcy Judge … Source: Claims Journal
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