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FAA Official Echoes Boeing Timeline for Max Return This Year
Boeing Co.’s 737 Max aircraft, grounded since March after two fatal crashes in five months, should be back in the air by December, a top U.S. regulator said. It’s not possible to give an exact date as work progresses on … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreJ&J ‘Did Everything’ to Push Opioids, Oklahoma Witness Says
Oklahoma’s star witness told a state judge that Johnson & Johnson pressed doctors to prescribe its painkillers even as the potentially fatal addictive threat posed by the drugs became clear more than a decade ago. The judge, Thad Balkman, is … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreVideo Believed to Show Helicopter Flying Erratically Before NY Crash
The helicopter that slammed into the roof of a Manhattan high-rise building on Monday was apparently captured on video minutes earlier flying erratically and investigators are trying to determine whether the pilot should have taken off in the decaying weather. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreInsurer Liable for Bad Faith Mistake of Law: Viewpoint
A recent ruling from the District of Massachusetts suggests that insurers are responsible for training their claims handlers to know and understand the law affecting their insureds’ liability – and that the insurer may be held liable for bad faith, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMass Shootings in the Workplace are Rare and Puzzling
A postal worker on disability retirement for psychological issues returned to her workplace years later and killed six people. A Connecticut beer delivery worker irate over being forced to resign opened fire as he was being escorted out of the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSupreme Court to Hear BP Unit’s Dispute over Montana Superfund Site
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to a hear a bid by a unit of British oil major BP Plc to avoid a lawsuit by private landowners in Montana seeking to force the company to pay for … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreGreen Groups Sue Trump Administration for Gutting Offshore Oil Safety Rules
WASHINGTON — A coalition of environmental groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Interior Department’s rollbacks of safety measures put in place by the Obama administration in the aftermath of the fatal 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDa Vinci’s $450 Million Masterpiece Is Kept on Saudi Prince’s Yacht: Artnet
A Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece, whose whereabouts has been a mystery since it sold in 2017 for a record $450 million, has turned up in an unlikely place, according to Artnet.com. “Salvator Mundi” is being kept on superyacht Serene owned … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNew Groping Claim at Lloyd’s of London Agent Deepens Scandal
Two executives at a top Lloyd’s of London insurance company have resigned following allegations of sexual harassment. One was accused of groping colleagues at a booze-fueled party, the other of stalking a junior employee. The first executive was said to … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAudi Recalls First Electric SUV in U.S. on Battery Fire Risk
Volkswagen AG’s luxury brand Audi is recalling its first all-electric vehicle sold in the U.S. due to a potential risk of a battery fire. The company issued a voluntary recall of approximately 540 E-Tron SUVs because of a risk that … Source: Claims Journal
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