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The question of whether Washington voters will have their say on a measure designed to make it easier to prosecute police for negligent shootings might not be over, after all. The day after ruling that Initiative 940 should appear on … Source: Claims Journal

Two construction workers fell to their deaths when scaffolding collapsed as they were pouring concrete on the seventh floor of a 16-story hotel under construction near Disney World early Wednesday, Orange County Sheriff’s officials said. The accident happened just outside … Source: Claims Journal

DCI Solution Announces New Canadian Subsidiary DCI Solution announced it has opened a new Canadian subsidiary, DCI Solution Canada. The firm provides valuations for specialty vehicles in the U.S. including Total Loss, Diminished Value, and Right of Appraisal valuations. Industry … Source: Claims Journal

As small business owners in Hawaii and California clean up following Hurricane Lane and wildfires, they’ll find there’s no one formula for recovery. The same disaster can devastate businesses in divergent ways – a hurricane might tear the roof off … Source: Claims Journal

The unemployment rate for the insurance industry is at a record 1.7 percent, significantly lower than the 3.9 percent national average, according to the latest iteration of the Semi-Annual U.S. Insurance Labor Outlook Study conducted by The Jacobson Group and … Source: Claims Journal

An 11-year-old boy nearly lost his life in a waterlogged drainage ditch in eastern Wisconsin but was pulled to safety by an eagle-eyed firefighter who spotted his finger poking through a manhole cover, officials said, following another round of storms … Source: Claims Journal

California utilities regulators would have the option of letting power companies charge their customers for some of the costs of lawsuits stemming from disastrous 2017 wildfires under legislation that will go before the Assembly and Senate this week. After weeks … Source: Claims Journal

Two-thirds of California’s beaches may be washed away by the end of the century, according to the state’s latest forecast. California’s fourth statewide climate assessment details the increasingly dire impact of climate change, including rising seas, climbing temperatures, more land … Source: Claims Journal

Former Liberty Mutual Employee Charged With Filing Fake Claim for Ring Jessica Epler was charged in Spokane Superior Court with second-degree attempted theft and filing a false insurance claim for a diamond ring. The case was investigated by Washington Insurance … Source: Claims Journal

Never get between a university and its trademarks. That’s the lesson dozens of people learn every year when they unwittingly provoke the wrath of big universities and the lawyers they hire to protect their mascots, slogans and logos. Records gathered … Source: Claims Journal