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California Labor Code section 1102.5 prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for refusing to participate in unlawful activities. That explains why, after the city of Whittier paid a $3 million settlement to six police officers who claimed they were disciplined … Source: Claims Journal

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.’s PacifiCorp said it will pay $299 million to settle claims over wildfires that burned homes in southwest Oregon, averting another jury trial in litigation that has already exposed the utility to billions in damages. The accord, … Source: Claims Journal

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Twelve people died in the downpour before Tropical Storm Michaung made landfall along India`s southeast coast Tuesday, bringing further torrential rains and strong winds, officials said. The storm entered Andhra Pradesh state with maximum sustained winds … Source: Claims Journal

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Family members of three Black people fatally shot at a Dollar General store in north Florida by a racist gunman have sued the store`s landlord, operator and security contractor for negligence, claiming lax security led to … Source: Claims Journal

Bayer was ordered on Tuesday to pay nearly $3.5 million by a Philadelphia jury that found the company’s Roundup weedkiller caused a woman’s cancer, the company said, the latest in a string of trial losses for the company as it … Source: Claims Journal

BATU PALANO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia`s Mount Marapi volcano found 11 more bodies of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption, raising the number of confirmed dead to 22, officials said Tuesday. … Source: Claims Journal

California regulators are alleging a San Francisco robotaxi service owned by General Motors covered up the severity of an accident involving one of its driverless cars, raising the specter they may add a fine to the recent suspension of its … Source: Claims Journal

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A massive explosion at a duplex where police were investigating reports of shots fired shook a Washington, D.C, suburb Monday and destroyed the home. All officers escaped serious injury but it was unclear what happened to … Source: Claims Journal

As maritime accidents go, the collision between the M/V Strandja and the M/V Kieffer E. Bailey on the Mississippi River was hardly a catastrophe. A jury determined that damages amounted to only $114,000. But the accident did provide an opportunity … Source: Claims Journal

Eight people were taken to a hospital for treatment on Monday after a toxic gas leak at Altivia Chemicals’ plant in La Porte, Texas, local officials said. An update on their condition was not immediately available. The city canceled a … Source: Claims Journal