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The U.S. Transportation Department has given a boost to companies working on automated long-haul trucks, saying an artificial intelligence system could constitute a “driver” under federal trucking rules in a bid to ease barriers to the technology. The Federal Motor … Source: Claims Journal

Social media caused confusion during evacuation efforts following a refinery explosion and fire in Wisconsin, according to a report. Douglas County has created an 18-page report examining the emergency response to the Husky Energy refinery fire in April, Wisconsin Public … Source: Claims Journal

Following two consecutive years of rising figures, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that 2017 highway fatality numbers are down. In addition, preliminary estimates for the first 6 months of 2018 appear to show that … Source: Claims Journal

The Atlantic’s warmer waters triggered the unusual number of major hurricanes last year, according to a new study that predicts the region could see a couple of extra whopper storms each year by the end of the century. Six major … Source: Claims Journal

Geomni Forms Strategic Alliance With DroneBase Geomni, a Verisk business, and DroneBase, a global drone operations company, announced a strategic alliance that adds DroneBase’s Pilot Network and API to Geomni’s fleet of fixed-wing aircraft to expand property inspections globally. Geomni … Source: Claims Journal

Healthcare worker Katelin Noffsinger told a potential employer that she took medical marijuana to deal with the effects of a car accident, but when a drug test came back positive, the nursing home rescinded her job offer anyway. A federal … Source: Claims Journal

A new report from the Insurance Research Council (IRC) estimates that Florida’s third-party bad faith legal environment added an average of $106 in claim costs to every insured vehicle in the state in 2017, and resulted in a total of … Source: Claims Journal

One day last month our firm received three separate, unrelated subrogation claim files involving serious personal injury, property damage, and a death resulting from tractor-trailers whose drivers had swerved to avoid colliding with a deer on the highway. In two … Source: Claims Journal

In the race to start the world’s first driving business without human drivers, everyone is chasing Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo. The Google sibling has cleared the way to beat its nearest rivals, General Motors Co. and a couple of other players, … Source: Claims Journal

Jurors weighing claims that Johnson & Johnson’s iconic baby powder is laced with cancer-causing asbestos failed in a second case in two weeks to reach a verdict, resulting in another mistrial. The latest case was brought by a retired computer … Source: Claims Journal