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How One Citizen’s Auto Claim Against Her City Upended Her Life
The evening before Hurricane Zeta made landfall, Vicki Dean and her husband, Kenny, were curious to see if the distant storm was already churning up Biloxi’s Back Bay. Like they did many evenings when Vicki wasn’t waitressing at a Gulfport … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNFL Owner Kraft Sued Over South Carolina Paper Mill’s Air Pollution
A South Carolina paper mill, whose foul smell has triggered more than 30,000 complaints, has become one of the dirtiest polluters in the United States since being acquired by an investment group led by Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePeloton Installing Repairs to Touchscreens on Treadmills
Peloton Interactive Inc. has decided to install U.S. regulator-approved repairs to the touchscreen console on its treadmill starting this month after reports of injuries earlier in the year led to product recalls. Media reports had said the loosening of screws … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFlooding Complicates Relief Efforts for Desperate Haiti Earthquake Victims
Flooding due to a storm overnight complicated efforts on Tuesday to seek survivors from a weekend earthquake in Haiti that killed more than 1,400 people and provide aid and relief to hundreds of thousands left struggling for food, water or … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDrones, Navies, Attack Boats: Nations Join Together to Deter Piracy Off West Africa
LAGOS – Helicopters hover above a patrol vessel in Nigeria’s frenetic Apapa port as attack boats zoom past. On the dock, drones emblazoned with the Nigerian flag sit ready to deploy – all part of a $195 million U.S.-backed “Deep … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBayer Heads to Supreme Court Seeking Reversal of Roundup Cancer Claim Verdict
Bayer, trying to contain billions of dollars in legal costs, filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court verdict that upheld damages to a customer blaming his cancer on the German group’s glyphosate-based weedkillers. Bayer … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCourt Revives Litigation Over 3M Surgical Device Citing Excluded Testimony
A federal appeals court on Monday revived nearly 6,000 lawsuits alleging that a widely used device produced by 3M Co. to keep surgical patients warm caused them to develop infections. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Minnesota … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWhat’s at Stake in $850M Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan Opposed by Insurers
The Boy Scouts of America sought bankruptcy protection in February 2020 to halt thousands of lawsuits by men who said they were molested as youngsters by Scoutmasters or other leaders. The filing was part of an attempt to reach a … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSafety Agency Has Begun Probe Into Tesla Autopilot
U.S. auto safety regulators said Monday they had opened a formal safety probe into Tesla Inc.’s driver assistance system Autopilot after a series of crashes involving emergency vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said that since January 2018, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePowerful Quake Adds to Haiti’s Misery, Killing at Least 304
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) _ A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake added to the misery in Haiti, killing at least 304 people, injuring a minimum of 1,800 others and destroying hundreds of homes. People in the Caribbean island nation rushed into … Source: Claims Journal
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