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Wisconsin Mud Buggy Race Operators Won’t Be Held Negligent in Crash
A jury properly determined that the operators of an Eau Claire mud buggy race weren’t negligent in a wild crash that cost a spectator part of his leg, a Wisconsin appeals court ruled Tuesday. The case revolves around Shawn Wallace, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSenate Votes for 4 Month Extension of Flood Insurance Program
The Senate voted Tuesday to extend for four months the program that provides flood insurance for nearly 5 million homeowners and business owners. The bill’s passage by an 86-12 vote averts a scenario in which people living in coastal communities … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCalifornia Workers’ Comp Changes Helping System, Division Chief Says
California’s workers’ compensation system has undergone numerous changes since the implementation of the sweeping reforms that started in 2013 with Senate Bill 863. In the last few years medical provider fraud has been addressed by subsequent new laws, a plague … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreUp to 10,000 California Homes Threatened by Twin Wildfires
Twin wildfires tearing through vineyards and brushy hills threatened some 10,000 homes in Northern California Tuesday – yet another front in the seemingly endless summer of wildfires that have ravaged some of the most scenic areas of the state. The … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAlaska Firm Denies Truck Dropped Rock That Hit Car, Caused Death
A company working on road reconstruction on an Alaska highway south of Anchorage has said its gravel trucks were not responsible for the rock that hit a car and killed an 8-year-old boy inside. Noah Schwebach, of Eagle River, was … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreLawsuit Filed in Fatal Missouri Duck Boat Sinking Seeks $100M
The owners and operators of a tourist boat that sank this month in Missouri, killing 17 people, put profits over people’s safety when they decided to put the Ride the Ducks boat on a lake despite design problems and warnings … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreOil Prices, Truck Fatalities Intersect at Texas’ ‘Death Highway’
Route 285 is the formal designation for one of the main roads used to carry supplies to and from the oilfields of West Texas. Locals call it something else: “Death Highway.” Last year, 93 people died in accidents involving trucks … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFlood Damage Caused by Hurricane Harvey Boosts Insurance in Texas
Little more than two months before Hurricane Harvey slammed the Gulf Coast of Texas, Alberto Castaneda let his home’s flood insurance lapse. He had never filed a claim on the policy in 10 years and he needed the extra cash … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreN.H. College Student Hit in Eye by Baseball Sues
A Dartmouth College student who was seriously injured during baseball practice is suing the Ivy League school. In a lawsuit filed Thursday, Colton French said he was pitching to a batter in a narrow indoor area enclosed by netting in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreReport: MH370 Was Likely ‘Manipulated’ Off Course
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, missing since 2014, was probably steered off course deliberately and flown to the southern Indian Ocean, according to the Malaysian government’s safety report into the disaster. MH370 vanished on March 8, 2014, en route to Beijing … Source: Claims Journal
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