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Storm Hitting Chinese Ports is a Wakeup Call for Climate Risk to Markets
DUBAI —As Typhoon Doksuri aimed toward mainland China, major southeast ports were forced to turn away dozens of vessels for days. The storm, supercharged by the warm July waters of the Pacific, delivered Beijing’s worst flooding in more than 50 … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTesla Cybertruck’s Stiff Structure, Sharp Design Raise Safety Concerns
The angular design of Tesla’s Cybertruck has safety experts concerned the electric pickup truck’s stiff stainless-steel exoskeleton could hurt pedestrians and cyclists and damage other vehicles on roads. Reuters spoke to six safety professors and officials who viewed videos of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWest Virginia Appeals Court Reverses $7 Million Jury Award in Ford Lawsuit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An appeals court in West Virginia on Friday reversed a $7 million award in a product liability lawsuit against the Ford Motor Co. to the family of a woman who died when her Ford Mustang was … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDrought vs Deluge: Florida`s Unusual Rainfall Totals Either Too Little or Too Much on Each Coast
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) __ In Florida, this year has been a tale of two states as far as rainfall totals, with the southeast coast deluged by sometimes-record rainfall and much of the Gulf of Mexico coast facing a drought. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreHospital Fire Near Rome Kills at Least 3 and Causes an Emergency Evacuation Patients
ROME (AP) — A fire broke out in a hospital on Rome`s outskirts, killing at least three people and forcing the overnight evacuation of the smoke-filled facility and its nearly 200 patients, officials said Saturday. The blaze began in the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTennessee Residents Clean Up After Weekend Storms Killed 6 People and Damaged Neighborhoods
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers cleaned up Sunday from severe weekend storms and tornadoes that killed six people and sent more to the hospital while damaging buildings, turning over vehicles and knocking out power to … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWoman Charged with Attempted Arson of Martin Luther King Jr. Birthplace in Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police have arrested a woman who`s accused of trying to burn down the birthplace of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta. Officers arrested the 26-year-old woman around 5:45 p.m. Thursday after responding to a … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreViewpoint: California COVID-19 Presumptions Set to Expire
California’s COVID-19 presumptions will expire on Jan. 1, 2024, which means employer-related outbreak reporting and shortened-decision timeframes are going the way of the dinosaur. The last sentence of Labor Code sections 3212.86, 3212.87, and 3212.88 says that they expire on … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCalif. Work Comp Doc, Arrested Before but Not Convicted, Charged with Insurance Fraud Again
A Northern California doctor is charged — once again — with insurance fraud for allegedly overcharging workers’ compensation insurers for services at his pain management practice. The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office charged Dr. Gary Martinovsky and his office assistant … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreJ&J Rejected $19 Billion Baby Powder Cancer Accord Pitched by One of Its Ex-Lawyers
A lawyer who is trying to broker a settlement in Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder cancer lawsuits proposed that it can resolve the decade-long litigation and any future cases for $19 billion — $10 billion more than the company offered … Source: Claims Journal
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