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A man who was choked unconscious by an off-duty Los Angeles, Calif., firefighter who saw him handing out Halloween candy to children will receive $7.4 million to settle a lawsuit, his attorney announced Wednesday. Samuel Chang suffered a traumatic brain … Source: Claims Journal

The firefighters climbed one ladder, hand over hand, then shifted over to a second and sometimes a third ladder, hooked precariously from window ledges eight stories above bare concrete. The architecture typical of many Paris residences – hidden central stairwells … Source: Claims Journal

Snow, ice and rain will sweep across the eastern U.S. starting Tuesday, giving commuters in New York and the Northeast a couple of slippery trips to and from work and potentially tying up air traffic throughout the region. A low-pressure … Source: Claims Journal

While there are many different segments of the commercial insurance industry, they often share a similar story. From my vantage point, the workers’ compensation system was designed to help both injured workers and employers by guaranteeing care and compensation for … Source: Claims Journal

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre resulted in criminal and civil court cases and the creation of a state investigative panel examining the shooting’s causes. A look at where those stand: CRIMINAL CASE The murder case against 20-year-old Nikolas … Source: Claims Journal

A gas explosion in a San Francisco, Calif., neighborhood shot flames into the air for hours Wednesday and burned five buildings, sending panicked residents and workers fleeing into the streets. It took utility crews more than two hours to put … Source: Claims Journal

Kemper Announces Resignation of Director Thomas Goldstein Kemper Corporation announced that Thomas M. Goldstein has resigned from the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately, to focus on his health and family. Goldstein joined the Kemper Board of Directors in August … Source: Claims Journal

Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest maker of healthcare products, has agreed to settle the bulk of consumers’ lawsuits alleging it sold defective artificial hips and misled patients about their dangers, according to a lawyer for the plaintiffs. “The parties … Source: Claims Journal

Minnesota’s high court has declined to expand the state’s doctrine of implied primary assumption of risk to recreational skiing and snowboarding. The Minnesota Supreme Court came to that conclusion in Soderberg v. Anderson, published Jan. 23, 2019. The case involves … Source: Claims Journal

New Jersey Man Fakes Fall for Insurance Money Police have arrested a New Jersey man who they say faked a slip and fall at a business to get insurance money. Prosecutors say the 57-year-old Randolph man was subcontracted to work … Source: Claims Journal