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After Typhoon Mawar, ‘What Used to Be a Jungle Looks Like Toothpicks’
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Many residents of Guam remained without power and utilities Thursday after Typhoon Mawar tore through the remote U.S. Pacific territory the night before and ripped roofs off homes, flipped vehicles and shredded trees. There were no … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTV Station Airs MMA Partner’s Admissions During Staff Meeting
A New Orleans television station broadcast an audio recording of a founding partner of the McClenny Moseley & Associates law firm admitting that his law firm used a roofing company and a marketing firm to sign on clients. 4WWL’s Eyewitness … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreUS Forecasters Call for Near-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
HOUSTON – The Atlantic hurricane season will bring an average number of ocean storms and hurricanes this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Thursday. NOAA forecasters estimate 12 to 17 named storms of which five to … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreContractor Says it has Settled Lawsuit with Sick and Dying Coal Ash Workers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Attorneys for a group of workers who believe their jobs cleaning up a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee led to a slew of illnesses, including fatal cancers, have reached a settlement with the contractor who … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMurdaugh Indicted for Diverting Insurance Proceeds
Former South Carolina injury attorney Alex Murdaugh, convicted in March of murdering his wife and son, has been indicted on 22 federal counts of defrauding clients, laundering money, and diverting insurance proceeds into his personal account. Murdaugh set up a … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSuper Typhoon Mawar Passes over Guam as Category 4 Storm
HONOLULU (AP) – Typhoon Mawar barreled into Guam as a powerful Category 4 storm Wednesday, pummeling the U.S. Pacific territory with high winds, heavy rains and a dangerous storm surge that swamped low-lying areas as residents hunkered down in homes … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDo Not Call: States Sue Telecom Company over Billions of Robocalls
PHOENIX (AP) – Attorneys general across the U.S. joined in a lawsuit against a telecommunications company accused of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the national Do Not Call Registry. The 141-page lawsuit was filed Tuesday in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDEA Failed to Punish Distributor Blamed in Opioid Crisis
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug distributors to keep shipping highly addictive painkillers for nearly four years after a judge recommended it be stripped of its license for … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreOklahoma Lawmakers Sign Off on $1M Settlement over Inmate’s Death
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma lawmakers on Tuesday signed off on a $1.05 million settlement with the family of a state prison inmate who died of appendicitis in 2018 despite five visits to the prison’s medical staff in the week … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBankruptcy Judge Lets Directors of Failed Bank Tap into D&O Insurance
A bankruptcy judge is allowing current and former officials with the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank to tap into the $210 million in insurance coverage available through directors and officers liability policies to defend themselves against litigation that followed … Source: Claims Journal
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