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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it opened a recall query into about 597,571 vehicles from General Motors over engine failure. The recall affects GM vehicles equipped with a L87 6.2L V8 gas engine that experienced … Source: Claims Journal

Edison International sued Los Angeles County and other public agencies for allegedly failing to ensure timely evacuation alerts that the company says could have saved most of the 19 people who died in a massive wildfire last year. If the … Source: Claims Journal

An integrated healthcare consortium headquartered in Oakland, California, that are affiliates of Kaiser Permanente agreed to pay $556 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting invalid diagnosis codes for their Medicare Advantage Plan enrollees. … Source: Claims Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Bayer AG’s appeal taking aim at thousands of lawsuits targeting its top-selling Roundup weedkiller for causing cancer. The high court agreed Friday to hear Bayer’s challenge to a $1.25 million Missouri jury verdict … Source: Claims Journal

A year after the Los Angeles wildfires, many survivors face the same problem: Their insurance policies aren’t paying out enough to cover the cost of rebuilding. It’s a tragic predicament. And it will happen again when the next disaster hits. … Source: Claims Journal

Boeing Co. warned operators in 2011 that a key structural component found cracked in the plane involved in November’s fatal crash of a United Parcel Service Inc. freighter had failed on prior occasions. The planemaker issued a service letter in … Source: Claims Journal

Allstate can move forward in its recovery of $4.7 million it paid to settle fraudulent medical claims with a Houston, Texas medical facility, the Fifth Circuit has ruled. The federal appellate court reversed a lower court’s ruling that Allstate’s RICO … Source: Claims Journal

Trump administration officials said on Friday that Canada would regret its decision to allow China to import up to 49,000 Chinese EVs, and that those cars would not be allowed to enter the United States. “I think they’ll look back … Source: Claims Journal

Federal lawmakers have begun to discuss numerous pieces of legislation focusing on the evolving automobile industry, with legislation addressing consumer data rights, parts and repair, pedestrian safety, driver-assistance technology and even catalytic-converter theft. In preparation for a hearing Jan. 13, … Source: Claims Journal

U.S. auto safety regulators have granted Tesla a five-week extension to respond to an investigation into whether its vehicles violated traffic laws while the Elon Musk-led company’s Full Self-Driving system was engaged. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on … Source: Claims Journal