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California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. proposed $123 million for trial court system upgrades in this year’s state budget. According to Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, the money is much needed by the state’s trial courts to restore services reduced … Source: Claims Journal

Alondra Alvarez lives about five minutes from her high school on Detroit’s southwest side but she drives there instead of walking because her mother fears for her safety. Once the 18-year-old enters the building, her surroundings take on a more … Source: Claims Journal

The tragedy of the first pedestrian killed by an autonomous vehicle points to a potential vulnerability with the nascent technology now being tested on the open roads: While robo-cars, powered by sophisticated sensors and cameras, can reliably see their surroundings, … Source: Claims Journal

Severe storms that spawned tornadoes damaged homes and downed trees as they moved across the Southeast on Monday night. Forecasters warned that the storms could threaten more than 29 million people, raising the risk of powerful tornadoes, damaging winds and … Source: Claims Journal

Arizona’s First Collision Reporting Cent Set to Open in Tucson Accident Support Services International Ltd. announced that it will open its first Arizona Collision Reporting Center, the second in the U.S., in Tucson, May 2018. Accident Support Services International Ltd., … Source: Claims Journal

As a teenager working for his dad’s construction business, Noah Ready-Campbell dreamed that robots could take over the dirty, tedious parts of his job, such as digging and leveling soil for building projects. Now the former Google engineer is turning … Source: Claims Journal

As climate change increases the risk to trees from severe storms, insects, diseases, drought and fire, a Rutgers University study highlights the need for improved safety in tree-care operations. According to findings published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, … Source: Claims Journal

The technology behind autonomous vehicles has originated from coders in Silicon Valley, engineers in Detroit and academic researchers in Pittsburgh. Much of it eventually lands on the streets of Arizona, a state that’s done more than any other to welcome … Source: Claims Journal

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it has almost finished an overdue review of damage claims from a Colorado mine waste spill that the agency accidentally triggered, but an internal agency accounting of those claims appears to be off by … Source: Claims Journal

California insurers handling first party property claims are seeing an increase in additional living expense (ALE) fraud, according to Pete Galassi, director at Mercury Insurance. Claims Journal spoke with Galassi during the Combined Claims Conference, held recently in Orange County, … Source: Claims Journal